How Zero Works in Black Ops 4! | (Full EMP & Icepick Breakdown)

With the addition of the brand new specialist, Zero, I decided to do a full breakdown of her EMP Disruptor equipment as well as her Icepick Ability. What do you think about Zero so far?
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[@apex1757]

EMP Grenade: Destroys Razor Wire, something that is literally just sharp metal Also EMP Grenade: Is negated by a mask and can't effectively destroy robots

[@jarencascino7604]

It’s not supposed to make sense

[@mrcrossemup6454]

yeah an emp that destroys razor wire doesnt make any type of sense lmao

[@mattkhourie4037]

It's a game bro. It doesn't make sense to take barrages of lmg fire and shake it off w an epi pen.

[@GearsoftheCOG3]

@@jarencascino7604 But. It should.

[@apex1757]

People that don't understand this is a meme are legitimately braindead

[@captainmacmillan1752]

It should just be like in bo2, where you can only hack equipment, not scorestreaks. If someone turns my mesh mines or razor wire against myself Im fine with that, but dying by my own stealth chopper is complete bullshit.

[@GreenRC24]

Agreed!

[@dael9163]

I wish tac mask countered her too

[@swaveman9434]

The Greatmagic CAN I GET SUBBBSS IM TRYING TO GROW MY CHANNEL😭💙☯️

[@akaonyegbule1274]

I thought it only destroyed scorestreaks

[@gwen3504]

You could hack streaks with the Black Hat. I did it all the time. It destroyed them, but it definitely did work.

[@JGOD]

Great video, when I tested Tacmask with Ice Pick it Reduced the time from 30 down to 15 seconds. Another add is that when the player hacks they pop up on the mini map and with a hacking icon above their head.

[@ChuckBrowning]

Tac Mask is so powerful in this game.

[@ethandonnelly1973]

@@ChuckBrowning and yet it's still pretty damned weak. All of the perks are. If they're throwing in characters later down the line the perks should throw out blanket immunities to this stuff. 90% of this games frustration comes from the fact that you are forced to fight back against streaks to avoid getting rekt by them but in past games it was simply about taking a perk that made you invis to the streaks and you lived n let live and few people focused on killing streaks so you were happy because you weren't dying to them if you didn't want to, and your enemy that owned it was happy because their streaks were killing the people that failed to protect themselves and nobody was really having a bad time. In this you MUST fight back so we're unhappy that our matches turn into an AI AA shooting gallery, and the streak owners are annoyed because their streaks are attacked by people almost instantly an the game is powerful streak killing tools so it tends to get killed and suddenly no one is really have fun with that. And all of this could be avoided if we simply had the versions of these perks that previous games in the franchise had. No one would bother with shooting shit down if they can ignore it with a perk. That's always been the status quo with COD. I don't know why they failed to see that but treyarch has goofed pretty badly

[@augusturdahlkvalheim5895]

JGOD i just watched on of your vids

[@undeadwulfman3405]

Hey there JGod, u beat me to it lol

[@jialegan9446]

Wait what. Everybody can see the hacking icon when Zero is hacking. Tac mask is not needed for that

[@Samuel2oh9]

When you hack a seeker, zero will say “I also grabbed your social security”😂 I love her hack lines

[@Kjent0]

People still use 1234 for a password is also a good line! 🤣

[@davidespinoza9964]

Zero is amazing turned out to be my favorite specialist

[@dael9163]

Her existence forces me to run her so I can hack my streaks backs

[@TheDynaMight]

2 of her in every lobby too on enemy teams

[@Theredeyedjedi]

Are you mad?

[@WuClear]

Patrick felton Yes. Very. Is that what you wanted to hear?

[@ethandonnelly1973]

You can wait out her hack and use the Streak when she starts to hack your team. It won't affect a streak that's called in after the hack starts. You can also take a Dart and throw it out when the hack starts up because it won't get hacked when it's activated AFTER the hack starts and the game pings the player that's hacking you. I just toss it out and assassinate them to clear the hack. You can also

[@6feetgrave]

hahahahaha this is the best comment here

[@punimarudogaman]

humans are firing from snipers nest,... it sounds logical that you cannot hack them, like the strike team or players that you can only disrupt but not hack.

[@jarencascino7604]

1up4u people control attack chopper though

[@Alvarwheezy]

@@jarencascino7604 this is in the future, so it could be ai

[@punimarudogaman]

or maybe the pilot is a real traitor using this good occasion to pretend that the chopper gone mad... ah ah....

[@Alvarwheezy]

@@punimarudogaman that must be it

[@gorehound666]

sniper nest explodes, it doesn't switch sides.

[@louietae9932]

She’s already becoming the most annoying specialist in the game

[@ddhp8833]

not on pc and xbox

[@humanthefinite8304]

@@ddhp8833 cherish this time while you can lol

[@bradenmchenry995]

Tempest would like a word with you

[@louietae9932]

Braden McHenry nah tempest takes a little skill at least lol.

[@theunblockedtitan918]

What skill does tempest take ? Lol

[@cruzedin18]

Nice I see they added Sombra to BO4.

[@jamdamat1669]

cruzedin18 was thinking that haha. she seems like the brig of bo4 too, that one bitch that everyone hates.

[@jackdavis1349]

That was exactly what I was thinking

[@MuhammadIlhamuodd254512]

And dokkaebi from r6 siege too

[@charlesrawlsasstinstrtechn9118]

Yep, so getting a big streak means there's a 50/50 chance that the enemy's getting a big streak. Beautiful concept. Nothing but good feels coming from this character I'm sure.

[@EminemVideoEdits]

HOW TO COUNTER ZERO VIDEO ASAP PLEASE

[@FrankOcean--]

You can't

[@thegloo2822]

Tac mask

[@imoh182]

She IS a counter

[@FlaccidPlatypus]

EminemVideoEdits kill her while using the hacking. There’s an indicator above her.

[@johntorres532]

Right? This bitch is annoying especially when there's 2 bitch was people on the opposite team spamming her shit

[@Sakkyun]

get 1600 scorestreak, destroyed by someone sitting on their ass all game for a free ability

[@rockig5529]

P. subhirtella Just like Nomads dog. Both of these are bullshit and shouldn't be in the game.

[@brandonsclips7741]

I mean it certainly isnt free. You've seen his breakdown on how long it takes these abilities to come online if someone literally does nothing.

[@Qrockpot]

I run zero, titan with fmj2 and have a rocket based class for gunships and everything else. Scorestreaks dont exist

[@Sakkyun]

@@rockig5529 You can shoot Nomad's dog, and Juneau doesn't kill Gunships. Icepick though? Good luck shooting that.

[@rockig5529]

P. subhirtella yea but that stupid fucking dog takes so long to kill and has a glitch that sometimes makes it silent. It fucking kill me when I was 29-0 in ffa. You shouldn't be able to get free kills with something that you get over time, even without doing shit.

[@privateye21]

The emp grenade should not be able to completely nerf torques shield. I could see allowing it to temporarily disable the microwaves but completely shutting them down...come on. The emp can be gained quickly, torques shield is an ultimate that takes a decent amount of time to gain.

[@jayoh8601]

Exactly!!

[@overlandconch7]

Torques shield actually comes around pretty quickly and can be obtained multiple times in a match so even if someone hacked one barricade you’d still have more depending on the time left in the match and how well you’re doing and it helps to have the emp grenade so people don’t camp in the places like the windows on seaside and are completely safe in the church unless you challenge them directly

[@MrJayza89]

AkSpartan117 I see where you are getting at but really it does not matter how often his ult is around. Her emp charges much faster, she can emp every barricade. Ohh and his wire as well. So she straight up makes him worthless right now. I think it would still kill the "camping" strats if it just disabled it for a few seconds. If it gave you like 10-15 seconds where it's disabled you have more than enough time to challenge him.

[@privateye21]

@@overlandconch7 You are right that torques barricade is obtainable 1-3 times a match depending on your mode and how your doing. My problem isn't with the hacking, I don't see a problem with the hacking. I see a problem with the emp, a grenade that can be obtained in a minute or less to completely disregard the best aspect of the shield (an ultimate) which takes 5 times longer to obtain. If the emp temporarily disabled the microwave, that would make sense but completely removing it effectively nerfs torque.

[@primemachine146]

TsukuyomiREKT it doesn’t matter though, a specialist equipment should not be able to destroy ultimates

[@sisir360]

I have the same feelings about the icepick. Imagine earning your first gunship and having it destroyed immediately.

[@s1t2e3i4n5]

I play Zero mostly to counter Torque camper-nests.

[@markshort6049]

This also basically kills Torque. Why would you pick him when you know your equipment is going to get hacked and give the other player points at the same time. Since the barricade is Torque's "Super" I do not think the Icepick should be able to hack it (just like the Tempest, etc.). In any case I do not see anyone running Torque unless this is changed significantly. Personally, I don't plan on running any character that can have its specialties/equipment hacked. I don't see the point. This was a bad idea.

[@jarencascino7604]

Mark Short torque will be fine u still get ur barricade just now u can’t get as many free kills with microwave effect

[@TylerAndToast]

Same reasoning applies to what's the point of earning streaks now!? Zero is so stupid

[@LonelycausesofCooties]

Hope you like ruin and battery

[@markshort6049]

The emp grenade just shuts off the microwave effect, the icepick hacks it and makes it the other team's barricade (and gives Zero a bunch of free points toward a scorestreak). Plus - The microwave effect is what shuts down the pathway. It is not really about free kills - it is about shutting down a pathway. With no microwave effect you can just jump over it.

[@markshort6049]

10-4

[@psychoticcherry6038]

EMP on Dog= Nothing EMP on Strike Team= Nothing EMP on Razorwire= Destroys it? WTF?

[@BigBossIvan]

John Bethany maybe it was some new age high tech computerized barbed wire... Yea, that’s gotta be it.

[@sandipdhillon4657]

Tpr can melt steel but not dogs ok

[@MadDogMax123]

Hahahha bro this shit happened to me. .the dumbest shit I've ever seen

[@RyderGroveSt]

Tpr Can’t melt steel beams!!! Bush did 9/11!!!

[@kajsterk]

HAHAHAHAHA I'm dead

[@shanewood8397]

I think I have died to my own chopper more than it kills them

[@uncertaintytoworldpeace3650]

Run sniper squad then lmao

[@es-id3ik]

Don’t call in chopper until she uses ult

[@DesktopArtsHD]

The Ice Pick hard counter is killing her while she's actively hacking.

[@xANTHONY7357x]

Alex Kinningham it’s too unreliable to even be considered a counter. Good luck running across the map before she blows up your gunship.

[@DesktopArtsHD]

@@xANTHONY7357x but I do it religiously. It's so easy when it makes a huge marker over her head

[@xANTHONY7357x]

Alex Kinningham You can’t honestly sit here and tell me you can kill Zero every time before she hacks anything. Trust me, unless you’re hacking, it’s not possible. It’s not like the seeker drone where you have to hit square in time which is a guaranteed counter of you can pull it off. You would have to manage to always stay within 2 seconds of Zero for it to be considered a true counter where no damage is done.

[@DesktopArtsHD]

@@xANTHONY7357x no mainly she eliminates a smaller stream (which takes less time) then someone on my team or in my party takes her out. Rarely have I been successfully player hacked by Zero

[@CalamariTasteGood]

IT STILL HACKS YOUR SHIT

[@MattyHAM]

Damn, I can't believe they took Torque out of the game like that

[@soulfire5354]

I'm glad they did so camping Torque players are moved to actually do something

[@0piumaeternum]

Soul Fire 😂😂

[@tacoguy210]

@@soulfire5354 I love when I have a good Torque player on my team. I just avoid the Torque player on the other team. YOU CAN'T COUNTER ZERO.

[@_witherrs_]

Torque is for pussys

[@hotcakez101]

@@_witherrs_ As a torque main I take offense to that. I play hardcore and don't camp. Just set the razor wire and microwave in good spots and move on.

[@multistyles]

I absolutely hate this specialist it has almost made this game unplayable. High killstreaks are now completely useless

[@YDurag]

Oof 😬😬

[@lebronjahames3174]

Multistyles about to comment this

[@signusthewizard9847]

Not really. You can kill her while she's hacking. It shows an indicator above her

[@Jvang86]

Yeah she seems so powerful with at least her speacilist ability of being able to hack or destroy high score streaks that just makes the game so easy to win. Like say you are winning but somebody hacks your atk chopper i mean thats quiet powerful and big game changer.

[@hallodoei7893]

True

[@jonny5842]

Zero ruins the game. It rewards bad players and hurts good players. What’s the point in going for streaks when they’ll just be taken by a Zero on the other team.

[@A-Constant-Lull]

Amen

[@A-Constant-Lull]

And Imagine 2 on the other team

[@theserulesoflife]

It's why you have to play smart and depending on what scorestreak it is and time left in the game, one would wait for the enemy zero to use their ice pick and once the 30 seconds pass, call in your scorestreaks. Also, from my experience, most players using Zero only get 1 ice pick per game and usually its 3/4ths way thru the game

[@akaonyegbule1274]

Bad players won't know when to hack tbh, but yeah those higher end streaks shouldn't be able to be hacked

[@viperson9818]

Well lets say your team is 50-120 in domination and dying 24/7 this specialist can help in those situacion. To help turn the tide. It also tells you where her location is when she's hacking just go and kill her. More balanced than a bullet proof shield or a grenade that makes your character forget what the hell to do.

[@blakeg4135]

I just died on a 20 kill streak because someone hacked my chopper

[@Horzydood]

Holy shit thats funny.. shit sounds op

[@xristoskatsaboulas1566]

I just got cut 3 off a nucke for the same fucking reason

[@einarmasson2308]

I was on a 25 kill streak and my teammates drone squad was hacked and killed me

[@Horzydood]

Lol shit sounds troll, can't wait to use her and make people upset

[@TheLtrain2010]

Its amazing glad she came to the game. People crying saying she is op are the same people using dual saugs the titan or icr

[@anthonylicon6657]

Why cant they just get rid of specialist and have support or assault like mw3

[@anthonylicon6657]

@Trippie Redd it was 18 kills for a emp running support specialist you literally have to do nothing and still get 1 a game

[@diegiok8778]

Elverga Larga nothing? There are many reasons why they put her in the game to fix the problems with the other specialist like for torque people just sit in a corner waiting for people to come by or just wait for them and get free kills no no no that’s why we have a emp and her ice pick to counter that and teach them camping isn’t always going to win

[@anthonylicon6657]

@@diegiok8778 what are you talking about I'm just saying I don't like specialist I rather would have it like MW3 were you could choose support or assault scorestreaks

[@errahd4129]

Elverga Larga mw3 for the win

[@giganiqqa3381]

Why? Because they need to have stronk idepmednen wamen who don't need no man on the battlefield. Generic models for factions wouldn't be woke enough even though people don't like the overw-tf2 ripoff heroes and the game would had sold better without this garbage.

[@superbeast5421]

this specialist is probably the most frustrating and overpowered thing I have witnessed in call of duty history. I was playing a game of team death match and it was 70- 74. I had a 5.00 KD trying to win my game because my team was complete garbage. I was carrying I had a drone squad and rushing the spawn but had a short range weapon so I couldn't contest the long range campers in the spawn, my drone squad was getting kills and the noob camping in the spawn gets the win because she hacked the drone squad and it killed me as soon as she hacked it. how is that fair that I get punished for getting my streaks and having a clear advantage over the opposing the team in in both positioning and skill to set up a win but still lose. She makes the game not even enjoyable because she counters every specialist but has no counters??

[@MAC2legion]

Thats fucked up man

[@TheLtrain2010]

She is fine people need to stop the bitching already. Same people using the titan dual saugs and ICR are the ones crying she is op give me a break

[@diegiok8778]

Just use mask perk there’s many reasons she’s a specialist

[@aolsen9786]

She has a counter, its called timing. If the enemy zero is doing bad she will have her ability at the end of the game, if doing well you can expect her to have it around the middle of the match and the end and if doing average she will have it sometime between the middle of the match and the end of the match, you just have to time it when you use your score streaks.

[@RyderGroveSt]

I get Snipers Nest and Squadron almost every game and you’re telling me they can be hacked? That is very OP

[@shadowsoldier591]

Zero is the worst designed specialist in the game in her current state. Ice Pick hack should also go away after you die, in it's current state it just encourages your team to camp for the duration.

[@LCO344]

Wow, someone more annoying than Torque and Phophet! Can't wait to rage quit after she steals my streaks!

[@mrcrossemup6454]

@@SSNebula chill out...at the end of the day, its just a video game my guy

[@RecruitMeat]

@@mrcrossemup6454 ikr all that dude was saying is that he doesnt like the specialist. You dont have to go all out and just assume that he is a torque who camps all day. I think your just one of those people who camp and hack scorestreaks, and that is why you are defending zero so much

[@awepossum1059]

@@mrcrossemup6454 He has a .5 KD pretty sure. anyone who disagrees with him is a drug using, gfuel sipping sweaty tryhard

[@LCO344]

@@SSNebula Lol "E-Raping" if you have something against streaks then stop dying. As for calling in 3 at a time, I think it fine. Why should I have to wait to use my streaks? Why should someone get to steal my steaks "just cause"? If I call in an attack chopper and some guy going 5-17 steals its from me am I not supposed to be frustrated?

[@Whatismusic123]

Kronorium Kaos stop acting like a child

[@TheMightyMarlo]

We NEED a game mode with no specialist! Please!!

[@veng1974]

Thank you 100%

[@k9cliffjumper]

Free for all doesnt allow specialist abilities and neither does heist but those are the only two at the moment that I know of. Idk if search and destroy allows them or not

[@rossbadddiley]

A permanent one too

[@rainmouse2]

They need to stop leaving hardcore out of everything

[@wirechair]

It’s called Heist!

[@LuchsYT]

Zero is the perfect counter to joining into a game where your team is loosing and you're getting absolutely wrecked by killstreaks. Love it.

[@thechazz8080]

@Justin Last Except you really can't, Usually when I join a match its like 25 to 66, A single killstreak can't help against prestige masters and a team equipped with VMPs and crossbows. Its nice but you won't join a match where the icepick will come quick enough to negate anything to make the change.

[@hjmouj]

they might as well get rid of score streaks

[@bowens9211]

Lol kids like you are such big babies lol. Enjoying overpowering beginners and when they get blessed with Zero you kids bitch about it lol Big babies lol

[@rockbronzeman6458]

@Ben Tackett mw2?

[@deadballz1ooo742]

@Ben Tackett You kids mad AsF lmao. So mad because bad players had something to fight back with

[@addy3164]

You’re gonna love Air Patrols in Cold War lol

[@alialhomoud7799]

Hacking shouldn't miss around with scorestreaks,so disturbing the enemies screen+preventing them from calling scorestreak or using specialist in the 30 seconds duration is good enough and make zero in a good place.Not that op and bs by taking other teams hard work by a press of button that doesn't require any kind of skill. Also this makes the launcher a useless weapon at all!why would i use a it at this point?

[@alialhomoud7799]

@@DreadPirate89 Thank you sir for the answer.My point is if I worked hard for a chopper then the enemy teams should work hard to take it down with launcher or use a direct hit with an LMG or what ever weapon they have... a press of a button is way op method and you can use equipment charge to increase the earn rate of icepick+two players can chose Zero in TDM&KC which gonna results into a total bs. In conclusion Launchers and FMJ2 are in the game for a reason and hacking scorestreaks is not a good idea.

[@meat.]

Ali Al homoud “thank you sir for calling me retarded” lmao

[@Sayu2x]

You cant heal if you are ice picked if your heal is on cooldown. It stalls the cooldown

[@akaonyegbule1274]

If your heal is on cooldown u aren't able to heal regardless lol

[@Sayu2x]

Aka Onyegbule i mean that it wont recharge during the duration of icepick. You can heal once if it was already charged

[@nisaac1216]

@@Sayu2x yah ur right I can confirm

[@009safa]

@@Sayu2x i died on a 18 streak because of this bullshit ass feature.. Me: im weak lemme heal My character: system hacked! , equipment unavailable! Well fuck me then i guess

[@Sayu2x]

The Joker outskilled Keepo

[@jakebatten1950]

11:06 I guess they never miss huh?

[@donavonmarshall2641]

Lmao

[@maciejkosiewicz8211]

XD

[@CarySmith87]

Love her. Most ppl camp for streaks. Time to give them less of an incentive to do so.

[@bradynk9502]

Not sure if you said this or not but the only way to counter the hack is to kill her. That will restore your HUD immediately

[@waldi9234]

EMP = disrupts Sentry Gun for entire lifetime Ice Pick = Hacks Sentry Gun for you What happens if I throw an EMP and then hack it?! Do i get a broken sentry gun?! 😅

[@SSNebula]

Good myth!

[@ryancarrington6614]

It reanimates it! I just did it and the people immediately started dying.

[@ReaperM40A3]

Sentry gun turns into Reaper! lol

[@BigBossIvan]

Ryan Carrington of course it does.

[@ethandonnelly1973]

Nope, if you EMP something and hack it you turn it back on and it works as normal. I EMP'd a torque barrier and my team mate hacked it after, it became friendly and reactivated

[@furkanh8196]

No killstreak meta just started

[@Overdosed_Llama]

Ben Tackett You probably just can’t earn them

[@dizzy.4877]

I love it!

[@ammoniumammonide]

Doesn't tac mask shorten the duration of the icepick?

[@scarface2307]

Why does an emp nade affect razor wire? Torque is all i use and playing against zero makes him allmost uselles

[@LukesYT23]

scarface 5021 good. Fuck torque camping mfers

[@_witherrs_]

torque is for pussies

[@_witherrs_]

@@FRCB yesss 😭😭😭

[@mattyg1687]

scarface 5021 thank fuck ur specialist is now useless 😂😂😂

[@eraz_mo2487]

FRCB I don’t want to talk about it 😭

[@erlendhamre]

holy shit was thinking "hmm did I have a daily dose of XclusiveAce yet", and went to check *Uploaded 13 minutes ago* Well guess its my lucky day!

[@streetvids2737]

I was 15-0 and the I got melted by my attack chopper

[@MRBIGCOHONEZ]

That's what you get for being so sweaty.

[@flamzer677]

@@MRBIGCOHONEZ This specialist is gonna make a lot of rage videos happen.

[@MRBIGCOHONEZ]

@@flamzer677 lol, I beleive it. It seems I only have fun trolling. So I'm a use her and try to piss people off.

[@perrannormanshire8783]

Why cant they just make a COD that doesn't have all this bullshit in it. Older Call of Duty's like MW2/BO1 were amazing because they didn't have so much complicated shit crammed into them. No specialists, no tier system, no black market.. Good map's and weapons is all I want.

[@JB-Jinn]

I'm going back to modern warfare remastered, I actually enjoy playing that.

[@SmokeyOwOs]

:^) Mw2 had less complicated shit but it was even more horrendous in balance and overall gameplay. Also "good maps and good weapons" Everyone used the same four weapons with noobtubes back then Same with black ops 1. Go fucking play those games if thats what you want. It aint hard lmao

[@Alex-us2vw]

I find myself going back to ghosts at least a few times a month when I get fed up specialists. Can’t deal with MW remastered since it’s yo camper firendly with its bland colors and dark corners everywhere for people to hide in. Dunno why Ghosts got so much hate back in its day, compared to the advanced movement games that followed ghosts is awesome. Forgot how many years in a row on next gen consoles we had advanced movement but it was atleast 2-3 games in a row I was stuck playing ghosts or classic movement mode on one of the advanced movement games.

[@jackflowers8547]

Well the old cods are still there. no one has a gun to your head forcing you to play black ops 4 or any new cod that come out

[@greggilbert9260]

Another detailed analysis thanks Exclusive Ace what I learnt was to run Nomad now as Juno can’t be hacked

[@littlechurro5407]

I actually enjoy this specialist because I always liked playing as engineer in cod and this is the best thing they did to satisfy that role. They ably have 1 launcher right now and now EMPS until now! I say it's a good addition since it gives a balance towards the Abilites and makes people think more strategic on how and when to use their Specialist ability/equipment

[@DizzyKrissi]

Specialists are annoying - now the anti-christ appears on date zero on the Bo4-stage and things are getting even more annoying. This is the shit which brings Treyarch into trouble: putting too much stuff into a good core gameplay to suit the masses and messing up the balance which pisses people off.

[@kingcodester1112]

Dizzy Krissi I agree. Specialists are horrible additions to cod as they annoy you more than they entertain you

[@HAL-cl7mn]

@@kingcodester1112 let's hope infinity ward actually puts an emphasis on multiplayer next game. If the next game isn't modern warfare 4, infinity ward is screwed. I'm tired of either way in the past. Or in the future. Bring back modern warfare. Multiplayer is obviously second hand here. Main focus is blackout. While I like it. It's simply not call of duty.

[@ChampionGold]

The core gameplay isn’t good at all it inherently promotes passive play

[@Trillvil1]

So what if they are annoying it’s is fun to be challenged who the hell just wants to shoot all day long it’s fun for things to be hard n different

[@ChampionGold]

Jatari x “so what if it’s annoying” idk about you but I play video games to have fun not have a migraine

[@evanwoods4774]

Looks like ima be using uav, rc-xd, and care package from now on.

[@gwen3504]

The icepick is easily one of the most poorly thought-out specialist abilities in the game. I’m kinda stunned everyone who playtested it thought it was good enough for the public build of the game.

[@tat2erik]

Well said

[@MirageUchiha]

My guess is cuz the Heli is automated and the Sniper's Nest has humans (a flesh and blood being) - same reason why you can hack Seeker drone, but not Juno.

[@team3d180]

Seems like extremely low skill with extremely high reward. Which some would argue most ops are like that, but they have counters while shes just like "lol that's my helicopter."

[@Shysekhmet]

Arc Hale nope requires brain power

[@MikeyB63]

All that hard work earning the scorestreaks just took in shame go them

[@jehumontas4587]

That icepick is so frustrating and annoying asf I already broke my controller. All they do is wait when your attack chopper or sniper nest come in and then boom the tides turn

[@jehumontas4587]

Sully Sullivan it’s fine because she’s already going to get nerfed

[@diegiok8778]

Attack choppers and snipers nest can be frustrating to the enemies team once they spawn in they get killed immediately that’s WHY they put her in the game to stop that

[@flamzer677]

I think it's good, I'm on xbox ( so I don't have it yet ), but I suck at the game. I can't have fun with the game when I get spammed with score streaks all the time, I only play blackout and zombies now.

[@S2KG]

So we all have to run engineer know it takes say 13 kills for me to get attack helicopter for it to get hacked in seconds wtf.

[@lonewolfe5960]

is it any different than getting it and it getting shot down before it gets a kill... i mean because that happens and people are just perfectly fine with it so what's really the difference... that it's a specialist... its basically like a death streak (a free kill or ability you get for dying multiple times in a row...

[@S2KG]

@@lonewolfe5960 Yes but with 1 different he get your kill with it .

[@S2KG]

@@sullysullivan2263 They should of made it after say u get 15 kills for her to be able to use her hack.

[@kevindiossi]

So this just broke the game. Adios, Call of Duty. Totally unnecessary adding something this incredibly overpowered. EMP grenade, fine. Ice Pick? Totally BS.

[@kevindiossi]

I really don't agree with stealing my streaks. I already hated the dog, but I could avoid her/kill her. But now I wait all game to use them and they're turned against me? LOL no thanks. I'm not sure what they were thinking with this.

[@zealsynth8610]

@@i420xGaming "How is she OP" seriously? Are you being genuine. If it can destroy so much equipment along with having an 18 meter range. That's absurd. For the kill streaks, being able to use a smaller gadget to effectively destroy a medium tier streak. For the hack, some you lose your own thing you earned and also are hacked. Streaks are ruined for the higher tier. This character is bullshit.

[@naruto97kyubi]

Well I'd argue the game was already quite broken but yes she does break it further i guess. Load of nonsense really, i mean they might as well have made it so you can hack enemy players to turn on their team hahaha so shit, gotta love it when you have a good game and get a Gunship only to have it blown out of the sky by some chump who is probs going 0 - 15 but happened to have his ability...yea righto Treyarc...

[@Suprasylph]

Regarding earning those streaks - consider that not all of them are earned the hard way - many of those score streaks are deployed via supply drop. And from a timing perspective, using the hack against the higher level streaks would be the equivalent of getting really lucky with your own supply drop or being in the right place at the right time with a Paladin with FMJ2 - my preferred method of dealing with aerial score streaks.

[@weserickson4139]

After a week of having zero on Xbox, I’ve noticed a lot more care packages than earned “high end” score streaks. It makes sense, because it’s better to gamble on a care package (which will likely drop before Ice pick can be charged) than to earn the streak naturally around the time ice pick will be ready to deploy.. it gives the game more of a “guns on the ground” feel, but it eliminates any desire to actually “work toward” higher score streaks...

[@ninjahstef]

Got a gunship and barely half way through it was hacked!

[@Jaykurosakii]

What I do like is that it hinders camping torque bums hiding behind microwave shields and barb wire with a Titan

[@primemachine146]

Justin H and what about the torque players who use it to lock down lanes, this specialist effectively nerfs torque to the ground

[@a_sini_c]

She needs a nerf. Enough said

[@99Sesshomaru]

To be fair alot of those score streaks are from care packages. I know people dont always use them but a chance to get one of the better score streaks within 5-6 kills (600 points or whatever) is helpful to dominate the battlefield. So a counter to prevent total domination with lucky care packages does help. But I understand the frustration.

[@Chameleon_daddi]

Yes, love this. Will help when I am teamed up with bad players that just hand kill streaks over to the opposite team.

[@LithiumBuzz]

Horrible addition to the game. Emp should affect players and destroy all equipment the way it does (even though razor wire being destroyed is weird), but 5 second shutdown of barricade and streaks. Ice pick is a little more complicated.

[@user-cz5un7of3d]

the barricade dead for ever tho

[@prestige_123]

I run zero no matter what! Because some ppl build a class specifically around score streaks!

[@captinkrunk101]

Let me just respond to all the negative torque comments, as a torque main I do not camp I use him in the game modes hes best suited for such as domination hard point and safe guard he is a defensive character now if your playing TDM and your boxing yourself in a room then it's ok to call you a camper, but any good torque player does not need to camp, a good torque player can bring about the difference in a close domination match or safe guard match #torquelivesmatter

[@david61391]

Maybe I missed it, but I don't think the EMP grenade was covered versing another Zero. I tested it and it will cancel an enemy using the Ice-pick, though any teammates or scorestreaks already hacked by it will stay hacked for the standard duration. Useful!

[@roochiecooch]

Hey Ace! I liked what you said about the ability to hack higher ends score streaks. I agree that I think it’s too powerful to allow Zero’s Ice Pick to just take over the Drone Sqwaddd, or the Attack Chyoppa, etc! It would be cool if, when Zero started hacking your streaks if you could then be prompted to hold down Square [or any button they want] to self destruct your score streaks. On top of that, if they were ground based have then turn into explosive damage items while they self destruct. The second part would just be dynamic and cool as hell haha. But the self destruct before the square disappears like the seeker drone that gives you just enough time to save yourself, you could have just enough time to press Square [or something else ;) ] and destroy your streaks before they became Zero’s streaks against you.

[@mybackisinpain9660]

I was wondering who would make a video first, you or driftor

[@viperson9818]

I say the sniper nest is controlled by ai soldiers and you can't really hack people. Whats the point of hacking it when there is no way to shoot. chopper gunner maybe thats you controlling the chopper and the pilot inside can't do nothing. Personally just take out Zero and I believe it cancels the hack. Just ignore the map for 30 seconds and use you eyes.

[@thestratilosopher42]

"Can't hack people." Proceeds to hack entire enemy team of people and the pilots of the Attack Helicopter...

[@thecrazydoctor5764]

My opinion, the Ice Pick is far too strong. Its game changing, the ability to take over opponents streaks and use them against the people who earned them is broken. You get both her ability and equipment very quickly as well, so you can do that upwards of three to four times a game if you're getting a decent amount of kills. It almost makes running higher end streaks feel not worth it when someone who is potentially 0-whatever can take over your streaks just because they've been in the game long enough to build up the specialist meter. Not a fan of her ability. But I agree the EMP grenade is pretty cool. Nice vid brother, good work.

[@wyattbarnett3877]

@frank gancedo and once you kill them the effect is over i heard

[@raddropmu4001]

True, now pros need to run zero just so they can take back the choppers in case it was stolen

[@wyattbarnett3877]

@@raddropmu4001 but there might be a glitch where once the guy got his streak is back once he died or the affect is gone i think it might think that guy who hacked it first the game thinks its his streak because of it

[@VinnieMac]

I believe the emp removes ads reticles as well... Havent seen it in game but ur red dot seemed to disappear and other games did that. Heat vision sight may b shut down as well

[@socal_3559]

Keep up the good work man. Incredible job on everything you’ve done. You’re an amazing KZbinr, I love your content, and keep doing what you love.

[@timminstraprs2169]

Where's spectre? Probably the most popular character, and nada?

[@diegiok8778]

TimminsTrapR they are coming soon just be patient

[@saschadavies2350]

With the EMP you can disable the reticles on gun

[@mcnalga]

I'm glad it still has that effect from past CoDs because those titan thermal campers can be annoying.

[@gabe547]

equipable gun sights*

[@Qrockpot]

@@mcnalga I still get kills with the titan while emp'd it doesnt stop the thermal vision just removes the reticle its kinda stupid lol. Draw a dot on my tv Lol

[@mcnalga]

@@Qrockpot lol are you serious Haha oh well

[@TasmanianTiger88]

Tac mask counter this and I always run it.

[@naskhwaja]

Zero kinda sounds like a German Artemis from Young Justice

[@Purplepentapus_]

The one super valuable thing I learned from this video: you only have to hold square go accelerate the hack and not spam press it

[@IamMrTeabo]

if the barricade is disabled and is hacked after it has the microwave effect again, also the acoustic sensor works fine during the ice pick the sentry probably works the same as the barricade

[@GrabBagEntertainment]

This is a TERRIBLE addition to the game. What was treyarch thinking? The ability to steal hard earned streaks for a free powerup? Infuriating and very unTreyarch like

[@jcs1986]

Welcome to life. The government steals your hard earned money as well. Oh wait, your probably just a child or lives in your parent's basement.

[@TWELVE-TAILS]

@@jcs1986 😂

[@wavynocturne]

They did the same thing in bo3 with blackjack aswell so this isn't the first time they did this

[@bowens9211]

Just because it's too hard for you doesn't mean it's bad lol. You kids are such big babies lol

[@angryscotsman4942]

Its a nice counter and if youre good you just earn it again

[@kghfcjktcghgctkgttcgk4784]

what's the ability recharge rate?

[@Cryptonomous]

Should be looong

[@theserulesoflife]

Did you do any tests to see if, say, the enemy has Zero... and steals/hacks scorestreaks and equipment... and you're playing as Zero as well... that after the 30 seconds are up, can you then use your ice pick to essentially take back the scorestreaks and equipment the enemy just hacked???

[@tacticalnut528]

Yea good question... but for example the uav last for 25 sec or something. You may be able to steal your chopper back but the timing needs to be real.

[@theserulesoflife]

@@tacticalnut528 true. I did it today. Their Zero took an attack chopper and Torques barricade and I was able to flip 30 seconds later after their ice pick wore off.

[@justsomeguywithabandana1890]

You can. I've stolen a UAV and an enemy zero hacked it back. I dont know if it destroyed it since I couldn't find it but she for sure hacked it back

[@waleedalshammari2632]

For the attack chopper tgat you are saying they worked for it , they might get it from a care package which is only few kills with discounted scorestreak points

[@cdoyle1298]

In regard to the radar if u use acoustic sensor when you get hacked it tells you the direction of enemy players accurately. Also when zero uses the hack a red dot comes on the radar showing her location and if you kill her before she finishes the hack it won’t last the full 30 seconds besides that idk what to do she’s low key kinda OP lol

[@Moha-Khedr]

This is worst than the shield in WW2

[@doctorprofessorstar7295]

Muhammed Alyafie no it’s worse. Just run Molotov cocktails to easily rid your self of shield boys.

[@hgonza03]

Does the EMP affect the dart? What about the attack chopper? Is that outside of thrown range of the EMP?

[@brandonsclips7741]

He said that the EMP only affects ground streaks. What? Think you can toss a grenade all the way up in the sky and hit a chopper lol

[@soulofcinder4983]

Brandon P. lmao

[@saladslugger]

@@brandonsclips7741 On some maps the Attack chopper DOES get pretty low. You might be able to catapult it up there. And the EMP does effect Drone Squad which is a hybrid of a ground/air streak. I'd say it's not exactly crazy to ask if it affects the D.A.R.T. or Attack Chopper if you still have the potential to throw the grenade where it's in effective range.

[@hgonza03]

@@saladslugger You're on to what I'm asking. Like it affected the drone squad, didn't it? I'm asking if there was any form elevation that would get ya close enough to any aerial streaks to disable some of the low flying air streaks. ie: a dart, maybe (big maybe) the assault chopper if elevation favored you. Obviously you're not gonna hulk the fucking EMP at a UAV, but grenade throw distances are pretty decent right? Would like to see how high a vertical throw would affect anything, if it would get you in range of anything that way

[@hgonza03]

Would also like to know how it affects care packages

[@xJokru]

As if getting the 5 kills with one sentry wasn't hard enough already -_-

[@rdaly4real]

Ace! I enjoy watching your videos the most of any COD (BO4) tuber! Better than Driftor, Swagg, Eliteshot, Green Goblin and Mark of J. Your content and delivery is just on another level of professionalism!

[@ethandonnelly1973]

If you use a streak AFTER the hack starts, it's unaffected by the hack. So if you get the system intrusion warning, you can call in your streaks there, and it'll be unaffected. Timing is key for it. And if you run a Dart, You can throw it out as the hack starts and just get a free shutdown because it tells you where she is. Free kill.

[@GearsoftheCOG3]

Wtf. This counters things that were already weak and does nothing to things that were op. Why did they make this character??

[@JB-Jinn]

To piss us off and send this Bs straight to the $20 bin at Wal-mart.

[@carl7018]

Well they don't wanna trigger the tryhards

[@da_jamaican]

She is gonna be nerfed I bet u

[@frequentfalls4282]

Not till after Xmas. They gotta sell them games

[@tacoguy210]

I maybe if they upped the time it takes for her to hack. Maybe that could fix it. And not having Streaks turn on you.

[@da_jamaican]

@@tacoguy210 they going nerfed her ass till she is useless like the black hat in bo2

[@kennyg2089]

WHY DOES EMP GRENADE DISABLE BARRICADES FULL LIFE?? That’s OP .... Doesn’t make sense??

[@Bardregan]

I think torque should be able to walk up to his barricade and interact with it in order to make it functional again but I doubt that'll happen.

[@dankfrank8708]

@@Bardregan Good idea. That or just disable the barricade for like 20 seconds.

[@TWELVE-TAILS]

This is why I run low kill streaks. RCXD, Uav and Counter is all you need. If you're a good player, you'll cycle thru these streaks pretty fast so it won't matter if they get destroyed multiple times

[@Kjent0]

You can counter zero's ice pick by killing her when you see the ( ! ) Is showing above her (that hacker warning thing) it will normally stop the ice pick effect.

[@zombiehuntermz6095]

I think the only resolution to this is to not have any specialist why couldnt they just keep it original bo2 and bo1 was my favorite call of dutys i dont mind the healing mechanic but specialist just ruined call of duty

[@diegiok8778]

Zombie Huntermz they wanted to go for a overwatch style if you catch my drift but it was they’re choice to make it like that

[@marshallstrong462]

I get electronic pieces of equipment. But razor wire!!??? C’mon man.

[@TexansForChrist]

Seems razor wire is "spayshull" and has some electrical properties.

[@kokotaughs]

You don't earn anything in this game anymore. Specialists were never ment to be in call of duty. It's just blatant pandering to noobs who can't get streaks. So many things get you free kills in this game you did not earn. It's ridiculous. War machines,shock drone spams,gravity spikes, invincible k9s, shock chain snipers that require little to no accuracy. This game is so trash.

[@cristhianmontoya6648]

Free kills? How? They are meant to be deadly and kill. Tf.

[@kokotaughs]

@@cristhianmontoya6648 free as I'm they take no skill or the slightest of knowledge.

[@BeyondAIR15]

Same I'm honestly over this game, what a joke of a game.

[@CardCommodities]

You just bad at the game lol

[@kokotaughs]

@@CardCommodities Wow you're dumb. Wether I'm good or not doesn't matter anymore. I can just sit in a corner and not kill a single person and still earn a warmachine or k9. As apposed to back in BO2 when you needed 5 kills without dying, if I remember correctly, to earn a war machine.

[@nailedthepotato1941]

From some reason u didn't mention the obvious counter to zero ult icepick, if she start hacking and u kill her while she still hacking, those who she didn't hack, won't be effected at all (because she is dead). But if she hacked you before u killed her, u will still remain hacked until the effect runs out from what i tested ingame.

[@iyoucantseemeiblah1839]

Acoustic sensor sort of counters the minimap fuzz by showing directions enemys come from.

[@ArdyL9]

11:05 Hit or Miss, I bet Zero is op kids, you got a new main, well looks like treyach missed, huh.

[@kingcodester1112]

Finally, another great counter to those stupid Tourqe players

[@spicytea735]

As if there aren't enough counters already? With Zero you might as well not play Torque at all.

[@TheSpawnTrapper]

Honestly I would rather play against 2x Torque than a Zero player........

[@turnt0ff]

Everybody just runs engineer now it’s annoying af. It’s so marginalizing. How the devil is this acceptable??? Do the younger gen not give a fuck when they’re getting fucked???!!!

[@danmills3039]

Why do people complain about torque? I run torque so I also know how easy it is to counter. Anything with FMJ shreds his equipment and a launcher is a one shot on wire and two shots for a barricade... hardly over powered.

[@Sotiris6V]

I think you didnt mention the emp grenade disables sights when using an optic

[@bingo62175]

I think the reason they allow the drone squad and attack chopper to be hacked is do to the fact that they frequently are earned in care packages.

[@larrymoore9262]

I’ve been a cod multiplayer for a long time and I love playing solo and trying to go for killstreaks. With specialists in the game it already makes it harder to stream up when there are 5 possibly 6 people who all have some sort of special weapon. Now that there’s a specialist that literally counters what I find fun to do in cod, I will probably stop playing multiplayer altogether until changes are made

[@Werewolf914]

I always wanted an EMP grenade, definitely going to start using her, it also will save me time using her Ice Pick to destroy streaks instead of having to switch to the launcher. I understand why pro players will hate her taking away their streaks, but I'm going to love it, my highest streak is still a 9 so not like have to feel the frustration of losing a Gunship.