SDM Stats & Best Class Setups! | Black Ops 4 Gun Guide #22

[@TheBoxingNinja]

I hate when I die to this weapon and hear the bolt action sound.

[@f.b.iagent3971]

It does the same with the sg12, it’s super fucking infuriating

[@xflaminx4633]

Facts cuz u know dat gun rlly didn’t do shit

[@arasaan]

Lol

[@alejandrovaladez5410]

@@f.b.iagent3971 ikrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr😂😂i die to it and I get mad when I die and hear it im bro wtf its not even a sniper😂😂 but I'm working on it rn its so harddd😠😡 and annoying and finished all the headshots 1 more bloodthirsty till im done finally its the most frustrating part and i need the 50 kills with an Optic and attachment and the 50 kills with no attachments and a couple of long shots and it gold then diamond cause i have my snipers gold thats why im trying to get it gold

[@Dctctx]

@@alejandrovaladez5410 have you gotten it yet?

[@benhhigames504]

I was struggling with this gun like 30 minutes ago, thank you for the upload omg

[@smitho2e510]

ayeeeee @Bendjy ! How u doin?

[@benhhigames504]

SMITHO2E aye how you doin?😂

[@smitho2e510]

Bendjy haha! Great! Didn’t expect to see you here so early! 😂

[@mihaicolease7092]

Keep up the good work, Ace! I hope you get to the top of the leaderboards when it comes to gun guides

[@titanova]

This gun is underrated and I found out how good it was when I was going for darkmatter

[@guidogonzalez3721]

Yep, me too

[@johnnylightning6873]

Ya same it shreds if you can pick off their heads

[@lw.559]

This thing is kinda OP

[@miguel_7515]

same!

[@tahmidulamin8350]

Only gun which I have a quad headshot play of the game with.

[@BIackSkillX]

400ms aim down sights time doesn't sound as bad for a sniper when you think about that assaultrifles have 300ms...

[@BIackSkillX]

@@Lelelelel709 And 2 of the Snipers have quick draw as well. The koshka even quick draw 2 which leads into 265ms xD But I agree, no quickdraw on the SDM seems strange.

[@LtLongle]

Thanks Ace! I still have yet to get the snipers gold or really use them at all, but this will come in handy when i do! I hope you have em all covered soon

[@hackyourphone9549]

Longle he already did all the sniper gun guides this one was the last

[@LLLadySSS]

Also it definitely needs a buff. It's really useless against other guns in gun fight. I have to always use either torque or the one with the seeker mine (completely forgot what he's called I always use him lol) when I lay back or decide to be more aggressive. The latter works better for me than torque

[@tylercaldeira4904]

Lady.Whatever prophet

[@jarencascino7604]

Lady.Whatever auger’s high cal 2 just needs a nerf

[@XGCSQUEEX]

Two problems with the SDM: 1) it cant one shot without high calibre 2) you have to use it like a tactical rifle as opposed to a sniper, but is really slow to move your aim while ADS. This being said it is still very satisfying getting headshots with high cal

[@joseespinoza4518]

I love this gun so much. Its my main weapon. Something I'd like to add is that sometimes I get 3 shot kills which is very strange. Dont know why that happens. Also the SDM and the Outlaw have slight aim assist. It just doesn't rotate the camera. Think of them like the snipers in WW2. The m1903 had absolutely no aim assist like the snipers in Bo3 where as the rest like the Lee Enfield and the Karabin and even the Type 38 had slight aim assist similar to the SDM and Outlaw.

[@RightClickGamers]

Ironsights, high cal, grip I & II. lightweight, stim. blasting Fortunate Son while running around trying to get headshots.

[@calamelli209]

Ace, I have a question regarding the SDM and your choice of using the Dual Zoom attachment. Is this at all related to your video from a couple weeks back where you tested the optics and found that the Dual Zoom reduced recoil on the AR's? Does it also reduce recoil on the SDM? I've been using the SDM with Grip, Extended Mags, and the Iron Sights (I really like the irons) but if Dual Zoom has the same recoil-lowering side effect on the SDM as it does on the AR's, I might switch over. Fantastic video as always, by the way! Keep up the good work!

[@RoflcopterCote]

Best setup is to leave it on the floor

[@TheBoxingNinja]

Yeah, just go prone far away wait for someone to pop up.

[@YTKensei]

@@TheBoxingNinja No, he's saying don't pick it up in the first place.

[@TheBoxingNinja]

@@YTKensei *Woosh*

[@skubaRu7]

When I was working for dark matter this thing got me my bloodthirsty faster than some of the assault rifles. It’s actually really good

[@jesterlefae3940]

As long as your not Church from Red VS Blue, your good to go. Thanks for the guide Ace!!

[@tobefair2428]

I love this gun it's a wierd hybrid of the mozu operator mod and an auger an auger won't get you those one shot kills or the two shot hip fire like the sdm also when facing multiple people often I will kill two people with two shots usually either headshots of a colladeral since it is a sniper and bullets go through multiple enemies. It has quickly become one of my favorite guns in the game since it can compete with smgs really good up-close with the laser sight attachment.

[@Asdee14]

Really wish there was a Quickdraw attachment for the SDM. That would actually make it my main weapon.

[@raptor2ize]

I just want a gun like the M1 Grand in IW or WW2 this is a water downed version

[@markjones5672]

You could have just said "I just want a gun like the MX Garand from BO3"

[@tobefair2428]

@@markjones5672 or the m14 from black ops 3 a better two shot kill gun anyways this seems more balanced so I'm fine with this

[@raptor2ize]

@@Nik-ff3tu it's more of a M1A

[@kablamo9409]

@@tobefair2428 no its a 3shot.The mx garand and shieva are 2 hits.

[@Frost4Real]

The Auger.... Its OP too

[@LLLadySSS]

I was just finished the Koshka and started this one! Haha are you watching me 👀 Always looking forward for your videos 👌🏼

[@fesy734]

Hey ace, another great and informative video. Thanks for your honest opinion on this gun. I do however have a major recommendation, just something I’ve noticed and I think if you can try and include it in the weapon guides, when you tell us the best class set up for a weapon, and you start of with what optical you prefer, could you actually show us what each optical looks like on that specific weapon. Just like how you show us what (if the weapon has it) grip how that affects, etc. Keep up the work. It’s really appreciated.

[@P4brotagonist]

The gun definitely has a little sim assist. I onow for certain it does in Blackout, and I'm pretty sure it does in multiplayer. Try s custom game, turn your sensitivity up to max, and then sweep over an enemy with it. There's definitely slowdown.

[@unoriginalname6604]

Honestly, I was looking forward to this episode only because this means he’s covering pistols next.

[@semkn9555]

With high caliber its pretty good. I use grip, laser sight, hc and stablizer

[@A-Constant-Lull]

What would we do without Ace? Watch click-baiting KZbinrs all day ?

[@mrpropre919]

Can you do a video showing the stats of fall damage?

[@nicholaskennedy6256]

I totally agree about the iron. They are obstructive, and I would never want to use them.

[@josephcox3958]

Also guys, the SDM is great against the safeguard robot, high caliber, fmj and going for headshots really does some damage

[@suitableace1028]

love yer channel, Ace

[@ThomasTheDankEngine_]

I love it! I like it more than the auger because I can get a 1 shot kill if I get a headshot (and I always aim for the head)

[@johnbuffington3813]

I think it’s ok. I think it deserves to be better though. I like it just because it’s nostalgic to the other versions in older CODs. Thanks Ace.

[@rating784]

i think you should change the optic to iron sight i use it with that and it is amazing also the secondary should be sg12 with extra damage

[@andreivaldez2929]

The one shot headshots needed to be its base damage multiplier. There's no reason to make it require High Cal to one-shot.

[@wolfman4lph4]

It's basically an M14 EBR with weird low round count p-mags and an odd looking muzzle device

[@UzutakeShikaraiya]

Thanks, Ace!! I think I also prefer Auger, but I still didn't unlock all of the attachements for this one. However, maybe because I'm a PC gamer and I don't have aim assist, this weapon is easy tu use, and maybe is the "sniper" for the newbies. The great new: secondaries are coming, that's wonderful. I'm struggling with the 5 bloodthirsties of the mog to get some gold shotgun. I just got two and in hardcore. In "core" is a hitmarker machine even though with the cannon choke (or the name of that in english, in spanish is estrangulador de cañón)

[@Belak44444]

For me and my friends it feels like there is latency whenever we use the sdm. Like here is a 50-100 ms delay between when you pull the trigger and it actually shoots...

[@Firestorm.aiRClan]

Its beat out in almost every department by the DMR. I dont think a slight ADS buff will help it all that much

[@marekpiatek01]

Remember how OP this was in Blackout? Good times.

[@tahmidulamin8350]

From what I'm getting from this comment section is that the SDM is god tier weapon on PC due to ability to click heads easier. Meanwhile, on console it's the 'meh' version of Auger DMR. Personally, didn't find it too hard to get in diamond but then again I mainly play HC Control so...

[@jmd_9203]

I actually kinda like the SDM, I think it's really fun to run around popping people in the face. I think the Outlaw is the only sniper that really needs a buff, because that thing pains me to the core to try and get gold.

[@YTKensei]

I personally think the SDM should have an ADS time similar to the Outlaw, maybe a few frames slower. I mean, if it's not going to have aim assist, this would even everything up.

[@CaptainJoeBoss]

I can't wait till he does the MOG 12 shotgun gun guide he's going to have a fun time with that

[@siquegaming5500]

I find myself getting double hit markers at times without an ekia, happened multiple times yesterday in my journey for dark matter. Any ideas why 2 shots isn’t taking them out?

[@n7warlock22]

Just finished getting that gold the other day and I will never use it again..lol

[@DailyViper]

Chris Wiles I’m trying to get it diamond dude this gun is driving me crazy

[@IntentionalCarnivore]

Bloodthirsties for this pos is all that stands between me and DM.....

[@DanielSmith-vg5zj]

Great vid! Has anyone else come up against the Titan oppressor recently? Seemed a lot more powerful than previously and wondered if it got a buff that went under the radar or I just missed it?

[@dbwgames701]

Very good informative video thank you

[@ugly1o140]

FINALLY Keep up the good work

[@roscoelanier8598]

Perfectly fine the way it is

[@BIackSkillX]

Does the SMD still one shot headshot with high caliber, if the enemeis is boosted from crash? And do you two-shot kill without AP rounds if an enemies has body armor + crash's health boost?

[@davidjaramillo2940]

Whats ap rounds

[@alec4025]

95 damage means 3 shots to kill at 200 health

[@BIackSkillX]

@@davidjaramillo2940 armor piercing-rounds

[@BIackSkillX]

@@alec4025 Oh yeah, you are right :D I just listened to the shots to kill and not raw damage >:P

[@alec4025]

@@BIackSkillX xd

[@juhn8321]

Yo Ace you helped me I tell you!!!!! You helped me get that gold sniper. Tnx

[@Versatilty]

Kap 40? You mean Kap 45 right? I don't mind using the SDM as a sniper (again I play Hardcore so it's always a one shot kill) the only thing I dislike is the headshots for the camo challenges because it seems harder to hit headshots with this than the other snipers (the other snipers being one shot kills for the camo.)

[@roderickclerk5904]

They to zoom out on the iron sights. It is way too close up. I feel the rear peep sight is in my face.

[@S34Mii]

This gun needs either rapid fire or Quickdraw to give it that 1 thing it's missing. If it had either, it'd be my baby from BO3 with the right attachments. (Sheiva)

[@kingryan1774]

Auger with both high cal

[@kieran54]

Your vids are so helpful

[@warrenshales9249]

What map was the opening scene on? Never seen that before

[@CyDoneTV]

Does this gun require one shot kills like the other snipers?

[@KograhGaming]

Haha cheers mate.. keep up the good stuff

[@panosroid]

When you have the black ops pass and you see a dlc map for the 1st time 2 weeks after it has been released in a video

[@azzyward7779]

Could you do a video on areas in maps where you can get longshot medals. Trying to get dimond ARs but i only know of like 2 maps where this is possible.

[@Atlisnail]

I use it for fun and because it looks sooooo good

[@alexwilliams9546]

Hey exclusive ace after the patch that brought the kap45 it feels to me as if they have nerfed the hades operator mod can you confirm?

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

Almost got this gold. I completely forgot it had Laser Sight.....

[@markpangilinan7770]

I'd prefer the Koshka rather than the SDM cuz it has a better stopping power if I combine both high caliber and FMJ.

[@andreivaldez2929]

FMJ does nothing for the Koshka or Paladin versus armor, and FMJ does not increase damage or the body part multipliers.

[@SoIoCreep]

On PC it's a good gun. I have dark matter and it was one of the easiest guns.

[@andreivaldez2929]

@Whoa Don’t Zucc Me Dude Real talk: with keyboard it's good if you're a surgeon at landing headshots. Otherwise it's outclassed by so many other things; the balancing in this game sometimes makes no sense.

[@zx45zx]

Hey Ace, did you ever put out a video on the strife? Couldn't find one; was wonder what the ADS time was with and w/o quickdraw.

[@TheXclusiveAce]

Pistol guides should be starting later this week

[@zx45zx]

sounds good

[@anthonyleon6576]

Can you get collaterals with this gun?

[@SirDeViouslyHandsomestDude]

On a merciless with the SDM. Wow.

[@buddybarbuto5805]

try the saug 9mm

[@Cheema1501]

Do an overall "best best class" video

[@sonarbuge7958]

The idle sway is terrible which makes it useless

[@lucasanders4131]

I need 2 blood thirstys and its gold but it's not easy to get them.

[@xlightlessx2069]

If i knew Grip II didn't have recoil when i was camo grinding snipers i would've used it sooner

[@camsantala1112]

Can't wait for kap 45

[@xXMIKENOVAXx]

I wish select fire was an attachment in this game

[@rotoristworkshop6530]

I see a lot of people getting POTG with the SDM on PC.. but when I try to use it I get really miserable

[@iC7W]

I think augar better than sdm

[@tobefair2428]

The auger can't one shot headshot or two shot hip fire like the sdm can

[@moist603]

to be fair it’s a lot more versatile though, better attachments as well. Would prefer the auger everyday of the week.

[@georgewagner1564]

But you need high cal 2 otherwise it's hit markers for days

[@iC7W]

to be fair but will have a best attachment 😉

[@iC7W]

George Wagner yup but augar has a best attachment for DMR

[@jasonmarcum1221]

is it still 2 shot kill if player has 200 health from crash's bonus?

[@lucasanders4131]

Good?

[@SkiMaskTheBlunderGod]

this gun has no aim assist...correct?

[@wowwhydoIneedahandle]

It has some hipfire assist, no ads assist.

[@underachiever8532]

It has aim assist

[@humanthefinite8304]

@@underachiever8532 he said it doesn't in the video.

[@zz_01001]

@Zero Is it the only sniper that has hipfire assist?

[@andreivaldez2929]

@@zz_01001 Yes, but that's hardly helpful considering that at that point you're going for a lucky shot.

[@jjoestar385]

Do you need 1 shots or headshots for this sniper

[@haikaltaufik7571]

Headshots

[@LegendYasin2023]

The one iv been waiting for lol I hate this gun for headshots

[@PyroHockey729]

grip 1 and 2 is what I'm going to put on it lol

[@DK-pk5nn]

Holo, grip,high caliber and extended mag easy way to make Gold for me 👌

[@abelburnem4402]

Does a headshot with high caliber also one shot a player with 200 hp?

[@DaddyCOolZA]

Yes

[@DaddyCOolZA]

Also, headshot with high cal 1 shots Strike team units

[@hinarose4134]

What about hardcore

[@jackoneilsg1]

So, not gun related, but has anyone else experienced dead silence canceling itself out? I was knifing with acoustic sensor and dead silence, on the other team, there was a guy with the same setup. We always found each other via our acoustic sensors. He was indicated on my minimap and he had no trouble finding me. No UAVs or Sensor darts up in the air.

[@kingryan1774]

Dead silence and acoustic sensor cancel each other out but you can still detect them when they are super close but it drops the range of the sensor drastically

[@jackoneilsg1]

@@kingryan1774 I know, that dead silence and acoustic sensor normally cancel each other out. I was wondering, if it is possible, that if both people are using dead silence, it would react, as if none of them was. Like I said, he could easily find me and I had the red "triangle", indicating his direction, as if he wasn't running dead silence. But we surely both where running dead silence and acoustic sensor.

[@kingryan1774]

@@jackoneilsg1 no it doesn't

[@zabuza6243]

If the sdm wasn’t in the sniper category i would i diamond for snipers

[@UnyPhi]

The only problem with the weapon is iron sights. It glitches about 30% of the time and you just miss every single fucking shot.

[@RudeBoiz18]

Dat first class!

[@bransonbates3396]

I feel like it’s hard to be excited about multiplayer now because trey arch me to not care about fixing things

[@LoneWolf1496]

Definitely leave as is, by far the more balanced guns in the game reminds me of the old ebr from previous cods.

[@bluetooth6553]

Needs a buff on the ads

[@gmanfsu]

Hey Ace, sick of reading all the complaints on reddit from people that can’t handle ever dying crying about everything in the game that supposedly closes the skill gap. I contend that that’s BS because back in COD4/WAW/MW2 days, in a game of TDM, the best players had a kd around 2, usually lower. Now, a kd of 3 is isn’t even considered all that good. And on the low end of the spectrum, the majority still had KD’s of 0.8 and above where the people who suck are down at like 0.6 now. I contend that the skill gap has never been wider. Thoughts? How about a video addressing this?

[@TheXclusiveAce]

While I feel the TTK increase has definitely increased the skill gap, I also feel the gap has been reduced quite a bit by the specialists (more specifically, the specialist equipment). I can be better than all my enemies in a match and not lose a single straight up gunfight but still die several times to things that are completely out of my control. The worst offender in my eyes is the seeker. Even if you're running the counter (Tac Mask) or you successfully hit square (PS4) to pull out the leads, it's almost always still too late and you lose the fight to someone that wouldn't have been able to kill you otherwise. When you consider the fact that these abilities and pieces of equipment are being used consistently by 5-6 people on each team throughout the course of a match, they really do decrease the skill gap by a noticeable margin. As for the K/D comment, the reason a 2 K/D isn't as impressive in BO4 is due to the fact that assists count as kills which skews the stat significantly. I'd argue that the skill gap was much higher in BO3 and IW due to the advanced movement and relatively limited uncontrollable and uncounterable deaths.

[@gmanfsu]

Seeker is limited to 2 players per team and, depending on mode, only earned once per game (some really good players can earn it twice in a tdm game, but not the noobs). Compare that to martyrdom, last stand, having a grenade and tactical at your immediate disposal every single life. Or claymores, bouncing betties, etc every single life. With perks that could stack them. The specialists actually widen the skill gap. Not as bad as in BO3 and IW, as good players earned the specialist ability 3-4 times per game while noobs rarely got them twice. Plus, a BO3 purifier in the hands of a noob might get him 1-2 kills per use on a good day. Good players were racking up 3-5 kills with it per use. And I’m not referring to EKIA/D, but true K/D. It’s way up in BO4 for good players and significantly down for noobs when compared to COD4,WAW,MW2,BO,MW3 and BO2.

[@mstrapicana8837]

I just got this gun gold yesterday....it was a headache

[@cwdii]

It's great but could be godly if stock was an option

[@bbelvito]

I consistently get 3 shot kills with this sdm

[@Chernochegger]

Needs a rof buff

[@spicykwas]

I want an op mod for it that makes it full auto

[@pipe3168]

Spicy Kwas are you dumb?

[@andreivaldez2929]

@@pipe3168 Nigga, it's basically the VKM with High Cal 2 at that point.

[@xXMIKENOVAXx]

Hell no i would rather bring back select fire and make it 3 burst

[@antiexposvre8539]

This gun is stopping me from getting diamond on my snipers

[@IntentionalCarnivore]

What? How? Me too and I need 3 more BT for DM. Found anything that worked?

[@antiexposvre8539]

Umm I really forgot the class I used to get diamond but if you really want to know I will check.

[@IntentionalCarnivore]

I ended up getting it done. Playing safeguard.And domination.

[@benh580]

Double grips and high cal. Thank me later. Just got diamond and this was by far the easiest one to get gold. But, I play pc so it might be different for you console players.

[@ghastly8192]

SDM is worse version of auger DMR Change my mind

[@raptorcell6633]

The Auger has less recoil, fires faster, has a larger mag, im almost certain that it can ADS faster and did i mention the operator mod? The only reason why i use this thing is because it reminds me of the BO1 days lf running around with an iron sight M14. Too bad its a shit M14.

[@KimSaramago]

Shotguns Please!

[@ImLucky7en]

This gun should have been a Tactical or Assault Rifle with an operator mod that makes it shoot in bursts... I just don´t feel the gun plays like a sniper

[@Adcts]

Then it would have been an Auger clone.

[@raptorcell6633]

They could have made it like the M14 in bo1 & bo3.