Hello and welcome to the second episode of my Call of Duty Ghosts Weapon Guide.
In this episode: the Bizon - a Russian SMG which feeds from a high-capacity helical magazine
located parallel to the barrel.
The Bizon's damage is relatively high compared to its peers, although its effective range
is short.
You'll kill in three shots to the body up close, or two where one is a headshot.
This quickly drops off at a middle range, however: and outside of close quarters you
might find you'll need up to 6 shots to kill instead.
Rate of fire is good, streets ahead of any weapon outside of the SMG category and bested
only by the CBJ-MS within.
937 rounds per minute will provide a lightning-quick time to kill in close quarter gunfights, and
will allow you to rapidly saturate an area with bullets simply by firing from the hip.
Hipfire performance is very good, as with all of the SMGs - unaimed fire will prove
a very effective tactic in close quarters battle.
Recoil is moderately heavy, with the weapon pulling upwards and to the right under sustained
fire.
Coupled with the lower ranged damage, tackling distant targets is an act of folly: you should
seek to flee from gunfights outside your comfort zone.
Aim time is rapid, at just 200 milliseconds, and your movement speed is quick too, at 100
percent of the base speed.
Magazine capacity is above average for the SMG class, at 36 rounds - or 54 with extended
mags.
Faster fire rates mean more frequent reloads, however - and at 3 seconds flat, it does pay
to keep an eye on your remaining count.
Building a class with the Bizon revolves around tooling up for close-quarters combat: it is
what the SMGs were designed for, and with the right loadout you can turn the Bizon into
a bullet hose.
Rapid Fire is a great way to specialise in close-quarters combat: while you will need
more reloads and you'll find the weapon is tougher to wrangle while aiming, the sheer
increase of lead on target will do much to swing close-range firefights in your favour.
This higher output will mean a distinct advantage up close, and far more effective hipfire to
boot.
Adding the muzzle brake will slightly enhance your range, too - and with a steep drop-off
towards a middle distance, you should see the benefit relatively often.
Naturally, you should avoid tackling foes outside your effective range - but every once
in a while you won't have a choice.
For your perks, Steady Aim is a very worthy choice for any spray and pray build - enhancing
the SMG's already potent hipfire to awesome heights.
Pair this with Ready Up to mitigate the risks of sprinting near your opponent - while you
should ideally always be ready to fire, sometimes eagerness might get the better of you, and
faster recovery means you can start landing shots sooner.
For objective game modes, Marathon can be a good pairing as well - permitting faster
coverage of larger maps to arrive at critical objectives sooner.
Sprinting everywhere can be reckless, but with practice mobility perks can prove decisive
through good positioning.
Beyond this, you can invest in your preferred handling or stealth perks: taking a secondary
weapon to fall back on can be useful if you're ever caught with an empty magazine.
The Bizon is a good all-round SMG: mobile, rapid handling, and devastating in close-quarters
combat.
Few weapons can match its rate of fire, and paired with excellent hipfire performance
and a sizeable magazine, it's the perfect spray and pray weapon.
Slower-firing guns simply wont stand a chance up close, and you have the reactive ability
to tackle any enemy you might encounter unexpectedly.
Of course, such close quarter specialisation comes at the cost of ranged performance: and
it doesn't take much distance between you and your opponent before your damage drops
and your odds of survival diminish.
The trick to using SMGs effectively is to force short range engagements - if you find
yourself in the open taking fire from a distant enemy, it's likely you won't emerge the victor.
Still, this is part of the trade-off you make with a specialised weapon: and if you take
care in navigating the maps, and avoid open areas with long sightlines - you'll find you
can stack the odds in your favour.
Buffalo your opposition into the Bizon's sights, grab the bull by the horns...
...and thin out the herd.
Thank you very much for watching, and join me next time - when I'll be covering the SA-805.
Until then, farewell.