Hello and welcome to the thirteenth episode of my Call of Duty Ghosts Weapon Guide.
In this episode: the Honey Badger - an American Personal Defence Weapon with integral suppressor:
named for a particularly ferocious species of mustelid.
The Honey Badger's damage is moderate, with the weapon performing well in close quarters:
three body shots to kill, or two shots where one is a headshot.
At a distance, you may need up to five shots to kill, unless you're fortunate enough to
land four headshots upon a distant target.
Rate of fire is a healthy 800 rounds per minute, very good for the assault rifle category and
certainly enough to hang in most close-quarters gunfights.
Hipfire performance is at the assault rifle default, but the intrinsic stealth benefits
paired with the higher than average rate of fire means that hipfiring should generally
yield good results.
Recoil is high, with your shots quickly dispersing in an omnidirectional manner.
The Honey Badger is very much suited to close range engagements, so you should seek to avoid
longer range combat where possible.
Aim time is the same as any other assault rifle, at 300 milliseconds - and your movement
speed is identical to the Honey Badger's peers too, at 90% of the base.
Magazine capacity is 30 rounds, or 45 rounds with extended mags: the standard for the assault
rifle class.
Reloads are reasonably quick, taking 2.63 seconds to complete: sometimes inconvenient
for a close-quarters weapon, but the default silencer will often buy you time sufficient
to change mags.
It makes the most sense to build a stealth class around the Honey Badger: if you've a
silenced weapon by default, it seems logical to muffle other means of detection as well.
As far as your attachments are concerned, you can effectively equip three: and the most
useful overall is probably the Fore grip, enhancing your weapon's controllability.
While you shouldn't seek out combat at a long range, it doesn't hurt to have lower recoil,
and this can prove decisive in some gun fights.
Extended Mags is probably another wise choice, as the Honey Badger fires relatively quickly
- and the 15 extra rounds per mag will come in useful from time to time.
If you'd sooner equip an optic, you certainly can - although the iron sights are clear enough
and with a stealth build you should ideally be engaging unaware targets at a close range,
where aiming assistance probably isn't necessary.
For your perks, Off The Grid is a great way to preserve the element of surprise - as you'll
be entirely invisible to enemy Sat Coms.
Pair this with Dead Silence and even the most attentive of foe will be completely unaware
of your approach, leaving them vulnerable.
Takedown is a cheap point spend that will also help chain stealth kills together - making
it even more difficult for enemies to pinpoint where you're striking from.
Finally, Marathon can also be a worthwhile spend on larger maps - infinite sprint comes
in useful to flank your enemy, as you'll be able to take a longer route to strike from
an unseen angle.
The Honey Badger is an effective assault rifle for close quarters combat that comes pre-loaded
with a free silencer.
Its damage is more than sufficient compared to the alternatives, and few other assault
rifles can compare to the Honey Badger's rate of fire.
When used in a stealth role, the weapon is both versatile and deadly - more than able
to quickly take down enemies out to a middle range.
At a distance, performance does suffer - the higher recoil means landing shots at range
is difficult, which could give the advantage to a weapon better suited to the engagement.
You'll find SMGs and shotguns do outperform you at a very close range, too - while the
Honey Badger's output is good, it pales in comparison to the weapons which specialise
in short-range scuffles.
Still, you do have a stealth edge - and the blend of traits bestowed upon the mighty badger
do make it a good fit for such a role.
Such a tenacious weapon won't stand for any nonsense, and will earnestly cut down any
prey bold enough to stand in its way.
You can equip another weapon if you'd like...
...honey badger don't care.
Thank you very much for watching, and join me next time - when I'll be covering the USR.
Until then, farewell.