For the first time in franchise history, the developers properly put the AK 74U in the AR category rather than the SMG category.

the cod community is so lucky to have this man

Also EXCELLENT in Warzone combined with longer-range AR or sniper. No reason to not have it levelled up and used often.

These are some of the most intelligently-made videos in all of CoD. The extra effort and thought you put into these videos are so appreciated by those of us who are serious about gun stats. Your use of visual references is also much appreciated. Like being able to see an actual screenshot of a map (Raceway) with the "shots to kill" distances laid over top of it, so I can EASILY register in my brain how far those distances are in-game is awesome. You are very good at what you do sir, and I love it. Keep doing you, and thank you for your hard work.

There are so many viable AK platforms in this game. I'm sure Brandon Herrera is rejoicing.

I just love the way the 762 feels. when you learn the timings it feels so nice and gives you free kills and is really good for people on head glitches

When I got to this gun while leveling up guns, I noticed how insane it is. Melts people near instantly, by far the easiest gun to level so far, the minibak is also excellent

This is the first cod I've bought since black ops 1, this channel has been a true blessing.

When I first unlocked a blueprint to use it, I thought it smacked but was crazy with the recoil. Once I made a nice build to control it I noticed immediately that this thing was a monster.

thank you for your videos. been following you for a couple years now. you're one of the content creators i can trust.

I'm upset that Tier 1 is so inconsistent. I don't see what was wrong with the 30 HP standard.

I just love the visuals on how this gun reloads 😊

I like the SA Ultra barrel, a red dot, OLE-V laser, Shark Fin grip and 20 round mag. It plays so fast, and the recoil is perfectly fine at close range.

I’ve always loved the AK74U and I’ve always loved the iron sights for it

Thanks Ace, I'll try this gun today !!!

A good player with this thing just rules lobbies man. Insane up close, usable even very far out. I'm always flying to the mp5 if I see people running this and they are good.

This is one of the few guns where I feel the smaller mags shine. It only takes three to four shots to kill someone so going down to 20 isn’t a big deal, and I like the speed boost for really being aggressive.

I honestly didn't expect this gun to be so dang good. Says a lot that all the other guns are still level 3-5 for me (I'm still new at warzone ok) and my 74u is already at 15 or so

I love the 74U, as soon as i unlocked it, it became my favorite weapon, with a barrel, muzzle, 40 rounder, high velocity, maybe an ads lazer. smokess

Love the build videos btw. Great qaulity videos, great info provided, and deep dives into stats of weapons and attachments. Just curious if you or anyone else would be intrested in providing info on Hip-Fire Builds, Weapons, and Loadouts? I personally love running a Run&Gun Loadout with a Weapon Speced for Hip-Fire Accuracy, Recoil Control, and Sprint to Fire Speed. Just thought this would be a great subject to add to your videos. Keep up the great work bub!

Nice vid,thanks a lot for the infos

Started using this in hardcore and it does surprisingly well. I usually avoid 74U in past games bc it would get outgunned by smg’s and other AR’s

it's simply just a better Kastov 545. also, i'd be pretty happy to see a Kastov 545 guide!

Awesome video!

TAQ 56 may just beat it for me with the right attachments. It excels at everything! Low recoil, fast handling and kills fast with 3-4 shots at short to long range. It's the ultimate versatile gun.

Happy they finally made a AK platform weapon the meta after years of them not being at the top , last time a AK type gun was at the top in my opinion was BO2 with the AN94

I have a custom load out with this and the Vasnev 9k ...they're so nice together!

Ak74u feels so good, great ttk up close, and surprisingly accurate basically just vertical recoil. I see why it needed the ADS nerf since it was at smg level.

This is one of my favorite guns ever. I’m glad it’s strong. I don’t use it, but I think it’s cool.

In the beta this gun was awesome, now playing the full game this gun is still awesome. All the AK platform guns in this game are good. Ak-74 for mp and RPK for dmz.

Absolutely love this gun, it was great on Cold War also

Thanks Ace

The patch notes say they reduced footstep audio. Have you checked to see if they're the same as before WZ2's launch?

Golded all my assault guns and and found the 74U to be the best. My go to gun now.

It irks me that this gun could really just have been a barrel attachment for the Kastov 545 but they just had to completely defy logic and make it a separate gun which somehow has a higher damage than the 545 despite representing functionally the same gun. It's like they were really trying to pad the number of weapons at launch.

I'm just happy that it's actually labeled as a assault rifle instead of an smg.

COD developers try not to make the AK-74u wildly overpowered challenge: (impossible)

Ace, you are doing Gods work here. The stats we are given make no sense. Thank you for your hard work.

I literally said this at launch. I've tried the Vel, Taq 56, both kustov forms, FSS hurricane,lachmann 556, almost every assault rifle and smg. I literally said no gun felt better than when I had the 74 u I'm my hand. The Gun goes crazy!

Hopefully there is more clarity regarding Tier 1, and looking forward to you covering that in the future.

As I started using this one, I had moments of "Oh my god this thing absolutely RIPS". Some of my best games were with this lil guy

Luca bandera scope (Lockwood mk2 rank 7) is the best sniper scope in the game, check it out Ace. Also the DS farsight is a runner up.

I went from a best of 21 kills to 31 in shoot house the first time I used it, I'm new to online gaming and find it hard to stay on target. With the 74u I think the aim down sight speed and 3 hits to kill made a huge difference for me. I kill them before they can kill me back finally!

having a 74u in a modern warfare game is just so cool man

The FTac Tiger Grip is finally unlocked for me after installing the latest patch 1.11 :)

I remember running the 74u back in Black Ops and it slapped.

So now everyone will move from the STB 556 to the KASTOV-74u, excellent

I literally just unlocked this gun ya know after level two seperste guns and literally immediately dominated with it. Thing just melts people it's unreal

I LOVE YOU XCLUSIVEACE!!!!

At some point do you think you could do an analysis of all the various sniper scopes? I ask because I noticed that the default scope on the MSR has variable zoom, and I was wondering what exactly those zoom levels were.

still feels OP after looking into the stats in my opinion

Could you do a suppressor test pls? I would be really interested to see how much they benefit/hurt your range for example. Would require some testing i know but isn’t it like with the lasers where you have different names in each weapon category but they perform the same.

Even before this video, as soon as I picked this gun up in 6v6 I was like oh yeah, this is the gun. I thought the 762 was really good, then I got the 74u

using it again for real today, and this thing hits like truck. it got that damage and range and bullet velocity of an AR, but it got quick mobility, and ADS speed og an SMG. I'd be wrecking lobbies

Hate to ask for another statistic but I think an interesting video would be the different TTK over past games and favorite weapons

I love this gun's empity reload

It's a good pick up off dead enemies in dmz.

where the personal radar landed here 5:48 was so satisfying

Nice lobby. Love when I get lobbies like what you’re showing!

FACTS it slaps literally no matter what you put on it! When I started using it I was like wtf 😳

Gotta love how the 74u is so good in almost every game it’s been in

Do you know if they are going to change up Tier 1 to the old Hardcore mode settings or are they going to stick with this current settings the way it is? It's not that bad but, it does get old when there is no kill feed to know who is dying on which team during a match.

I like it too but the aug 556 was my favorite the only thing with the ak74u that bugs me is when you put a red dot on it, it seems to dramatically increase the visual recoil

Interestingly, the SA ultra II is slightly longer visually although it reduces velocity so it could be other factors, the Shorttac 330mm is shorter visually despite the fact it says it's 330mm while the SA ultra II state's it's around 220mm.

Nice video! You should do one comparing all of the suppressors, that’s would be very helpful!

Why you don't have over 1m followers cause you are the guy when it comes to info about all this love seeing your videos 🤟🤟🤟🙌🙌

The 74u quickly became my favorite AK from launch

Are you going to cover any warzone 2.0 content ? I wouldn’t touch the first warzone but this one with some fine tuning has potential

The gun is a beast when tuned!

Could you comapre the AK74U with the Vaznek from SMG class, I'm still wondering which one to choose in 6v6 matches

Those True classic T's are nice 👍

I’d like to see a comparison between the RPK and the 762, I’ve used both of them with the same attachments and prefer the feel of the RPK, feels more consistent to me!

After season 1 patch notes… are the top 5 guns from your other video still the same ? Or is there a new top 5?

IMO you should have chosen a Muzzle that is not just based on vertical recoil. The "new" recoil has clearly much worse side to side bounce. Something you cannot compensate for. So, I would personally look for a Muzzle attachment that includes horizontal recoil control along with vertical. Since the gun isn't a "long range" gun. The vertical recoil isn't as important. Maybe even a suppressor with added damage range and bullet velocity could be a good choice. That would take care of the 7.5% reduction of range. I also find High velocity ammo pretty useful since bullets land quicker on target and less lead needed. Those can be tuned for damage range as well.

I'm not sure how many people know this... But your custom load outs can be Renamed by right clicking on the tab. Ex: I can identify which load out I want by calling it 'Ka74/shotty' or 'CQB'. If you haven't done so, it might be a good tip for your content!

Could the headshot damage explain why bots can beam / “insta kill” players in DMZ? They may be landing headshots when we pass by on vehicles

Just got the x13 gold, can’t wait till u get to it, GL😂.

The movement at 4:04 was nasty

I am using it in warzone! Super easy to use

Has there been any LMGs gun guide? I'm loving the rapph and making the hacr a AuG styer4

Always right after I struggle bus my way to the gold mastery for a weapon

The short tac probably changed ads pre nerf, now it's practically a free slot

Played with it the 1st time last night and came to the same conclusion...however, I've yet to find a gun I haven't liked in this game

Ace my man check out the default AK 74u in the pre-built section for some reason that guy plays very different

I remember unlocking this gun in the beta with no attachments, and was still waxing ass

It may be your opinion but it’s a data driven opinion and I think that holds more value than others.

to get a more accurate picture of the ttk, multiply the stk by 2.5 and assume that you are challenging an spr on taraq.

Great content,will definitely be giving this a shot!.Any news on cross play? How to turn it off?

I wonder what kind of nerf this could catch to not completely destroy it. Removing the 2 shot headshot perhaps? But would that be enough?

Hey Ace thanks for this vid! Could you do one for the M4? It's really good but it feels like it needs too many shots at a bit more range.

ACE, the community greatly appreciates you! The testing and data collection behind the scenes for these (typically) 8-15 mins videos must be insane! Nobody else does it like you bro. 👍🏼

I need those Ace lobbies where half of the other team is clueless 😮

Can you tune it and show your personal favorite slider settings pleasd?

Is there a way to save a set up in the armory as past COD allowed?

I wish you'd still cover stocks

If they are going to nerf it further in the future, I think a fair stat to decrease would be bullet velocity. It would fit in game, as it's sort of an AR/SMG hybrid role, and IRL the short barrel does actually decrease bullet velocity compared to the AK-74

Hey brother, I wanted to see if you could throw in a lethal/tactical equipment guide in between the gun guides (mainly because the guns are likely to be tuned alot more). I used to love the Thermite in the previous Modern Warfare, but it doesn't seem to be the same. Plus with slower animations, not sure what's the best setup to run in these slots. As always, thank you for your diligence and research (which we all appreciate!).

Did you ever go over the weapon magazines in the past? I feel like that's missing from the videos

I need them to tell us what tier 1 is exactly, i hate not knowing what guns should be doing.

The Kastov545 needs a 3 shot kill range. Edit: Its dumb the 74U can 3 shot to the chest but the 545 can't when they use the same ammunition.