The Milano is not the best gun in Warzone; perhaps it has never been. However, it’s reliable and one of the most potent guns for close-quarter combat. So, if you need a loadout for your favorite fast-firing SMG, we’ve compiled the best gear you can take alongside the Milano.
Selecting The Best Milano Loadout
Warzone’s Milano 821 SMG is often ignored, but SMGS are now becoming the meta. These weapons are deadly in close quarters and easy to pick up. Moreover, Raven Software has tweaked the stats of the weapon significantly. Experienced players can use the gun at longer ranges to significant effect. We’re taking care of telling you the best attachments to bring, as well as the best perks. In essence, we’re compiling the following items:
MuzzlesBarrelsLaserStockAmmoPerk 1Perk 2Perk 3LethalTactical
While the Milano might not be a flashy pick for streamers, regular players may want to test it. You will get increased effectiveness and excellent synergies alongside the items and perks we’ve selected. Overall, our picks are about how accurate and robust you can get with this SMG. We’re tweaking its range, bullet velocity, aim speed, magnification, and other attributes. And that said, the Milano is an easy-to-unlock weapon. So, it’s a great chance to get better at the game if you’re a beginner.
The Best Milano Warzone Loadout
The Best Overall Equipment, Perks, and Attachments
We’re sharing the best equipment and bonuses you can pick for the Milano SMG. These choices focus on survival, stealth, and the ability to use two primary weapons and swap between them very fast. As for the attachments, we’ve compiled the gear that makes the Milano stand in the current meta. These are suitable items that improve movement speed, bullet velocity, and stability. As a drawback, you’ll experience some extra recoil, so you’ll need to control your weapon perfectly. Additionally, these attachments won’t give benefits to firing from your grip. Hip accuracy shouldn’t be your concern, but we have below a build featuring hip accuracy. Here’s a complete breakdown of all of the choices:
Lethal: Throwing Knife
This is the core of the build. It’s a silent close-quarter weapon, and the Milano SMG is a close-quarter weapon as well. The knife will allow you to save ammo and rack up silent kills. Moreover, some unique and Legendary quiet knives, such as the Phlebotomist, are incredibly powerful. A single shot can throw down an enemy.
Tactical: Stim
The Stim is a safe choice for almost any build. You would know it as a steam-pack on any other game. It can regenerate some of your health on use. It’s necessary if you plan to fight in close quarters often, as you will take a lot of damage.
Perk 1: EOD
For perks, we’re starting with EOD. This is a choice for survival, as it will reduce the damage of explosives unless these explosives are part of a kill streak. Consider that most players will fight close-quarter enemies with grenades.
Perk 2: Overkill
Overkill lets you pick two primary weapons on your loadout. So, for example, you’d be able to take the Milano, an assault rifle, a long-range gun, or a shotgun – we recommend an assault rifle, though.
Perk 3: Amped
The last and most important perk is Amped. It will allow you to swap between your primary weapons faster than usual -as fast as switching between a primary and a secondary weapon. This way, you can cover the drawbacks of the Milano with another primary weapon without worrying too much about the time it takes to swap.
Muzzle: Agency Suppressor
The Agency Suppressor is a muzzle that lowers vertical recoil and conceals the muzzle flash. As a drawback, it reduces the effective damage range on SMGs, which is identical to any other suppressor.
Underbarrel: 10.1″ Reinforced Heavy or 10.6″ Task Force
The 10.1″ barrel will increase your damage range and bullet velocity. However, it will come at the cost of your sprint speed and your aim walking movement speed. Alternatively, the 10.6″ Task Force will increase damage range, bullet velocity, and strafe speed. It will increase vertical and horizontal recoil, so you’d need tight control of the weapon.
Laser Optic: Tiger Team Spotlight or Microflex Led
Some people do wonders with the Milano’s standard iron sights, but if you want to take another one, pick the Tiger Team Spotlight. This attachment will increase the range when enemies become hostile. In other words, it increases the reveal distance. In zombies mode, it will increase the Salvage drop chance. Another good pick is the Microflex LED. This is a Red Dot/Reflex optic with a low magnification (1.25x). It’s the lowest magnification of any optic class, so it doesn’t really deliver a significant advantage. However, it makes the weapon easy to use, and most players are used to the red dot sights. Even so, the sight is the most optional part of the build. You can use the one that best suits your playstyle.
Stock: Raider Stock or Marathon Stock
For grip, we picked the Raider Stock. It increases movement speed while you aim or aim to walk. It also increases the sprint-to-fire rate, increasing the effectiveness of medium-range encounters. Alternatively, the Marathon Stock increases Sprint to Fire Time, Sprinting Move Speed, Shooting Move Speed, and Aim Walking Movement speed. It’s an excellent choice for close-quarter combat, and it will also help you with hip fire if that’s your thing.
Ammunition: Salvo 55 Rnd Fast Mag
Lastly, the STANAG 55 Rnd Drum adds 67% ammo capacity. It also adds maximum starting ammo, as well as ammo capacity. All of this means you’ll be reloading less time reloading. It has a downside, though. It makes the reloading speed 10% slower. Other attachments can compensate for this shortcoming.
The Best Alternative Equipment, Perks, and Attachments
We have secondary bonuses and equipment loadout for the Milano SMG. This choice is more standard and perhaps easier to customize. As for the attachments that go along with these perks and equipment, we decided to make the weapon better at long-range. In essence, we’re turning the Milano into an assault rifle but we’re losing some of its short-range power. Specifically, the items will increase the effective range and bullet velocity, but the reload speed becomes slower. Let’s break down the selection:
Letha: Semtex
We start by choosing the Semtex as your lethal extra equipment. This is a deadly sticky grenade. You can attach it to any surface, even enemies, and it will explode after a short time.
Tactical: Heartbeat Sensor
The next item is a Heartbeat Sensor. As you’re playing in close quarters, this device will help you check enemy positions with a tablet. So, before you rush to a kill, you can study their movement and position.
Perk 1: Double Time or Cold Blooded
The main perk for this build is Double Time. It’s a straightforward choice that lets you sprint twice as fast for a short time. It also increases your crouch movement speed. It will make it easier to catch your enemies, sneak, and run away. Another choice that matches this build is Cold Blooded. This perk will make you harder to detect. Also, most AI targeting systems won’t find you. All of these will allow you to chain sneak take-downs.
Perk 2: Overkill
Our next pick is Overkill, which we already explained. It will allow you to pick two primary weapons on your loadout.
Perk 3: Combat Scout
The last per is Combat Scout. This ability highlights enemies you hit in orange. Your entire squad can see the mark, even through obstructions and walls.
Muzzle: Sound Suppressor or Agency Suppressor
The Sound Suppressor will decrease the effective damage range but give you 100% muzzle flash concealment. Alternatively, you can pick the Agency Suppressor, which provides less hiding but helps you with the recoil.
Underbarrel: 10.5″ Ranger or Field Agent Grip
The best underbarrel for a long-range Milano build is the 10-5″ Ranger. It will increase bullet velocity and effective damage range. It will also improve horizontal and vertical recoil, but it will lower your speed while shooting. However, it will negatively affect your walking aim speed. Still, we’re working towards a long-range solution, so this should not be an issue. Alternatively, the Field Agent Grip will improve horizontal and vertical recoil, but it lowers movement speed as you shoot. It would be best to take cover and shoot from a distance if you pick it.
Laser Optic: Axial Arms 3x
This Optic attachment became available with the Black Ops Cold War to merge. It will give a mil-dot sight and a 3x magnification level. It’s great for medium and long-range combat.
Stock: Commando Foregrip or Raider Stock
The Commando Foregrip improves recoil stabilization and aiming stability at the cost of movement speed. That makes it a good choice for long-range assaults. Alternatively, you can pick the Raider Rock, as it increases aim speed and aims to walk speed. This will improve your survival, in case you’re playing solo.
Ammunition: STANAG 55 Rnd Drum
This drum offers a more prominent magazine and a bigger ammunition capacity. You will lose ADS time and reload speed, so you’ll need to be extra accurate with your shots.
The Best Loadout for Hip-fire
The last attachment loadout for the Milano SMG focuses on the hip-fire attack. You can take advantage of the weapon’s super-quick draw and fire speed. These weapon attachments will help you attack without relying on ADS as much. First, you can pick any of the perks we’ve displayed above. In particular, we recommend you choose Amped and Overkill, as they will allow you to swap to a longer-range weapon if you must. A newcomer for this build is the SWAT 5mw Laser Sight. This will increase hipfire significantly, making you more accurate when you attack like that. At the same time, it will lower your aiming speed. There’s another sight that gives a similar bonus, which is the GRU 5mw Laser Sight. You can use this one if you wish. And finally, the Bruiser Grip brings various benefits but no drawbacks. These benefits are small, though: more movement speed, melee swing speed, and extra hip-fire accuracy.
The Best Companion Weapon for the Milano SMG
The best weapon to take alongside the Milano is the Bruen MK9. This is in case you have the Overkill perk, as this MK9 is also a primary weapon. The Bren shines because of its long range and accuracy. It’s an assault rifle, which belongs to the most favorite Warzone weapon category. Some nerfs downgraded the weapon’s power, but it’s still as reliable as it is successful. That said, you can pair the Bruen with the following:
28 CompensatorXRK Summit 26.8″60 Round MagsRubberized Grip TapeFMJ (Weapon Perk for bullet penetration)
These attachments will improve the weapon’s overall recoil, accuracy, and range.
The Best Alternative Companion Weapon for the Milano SMG
If you’re taking the alternative setup for the Milano, then it would be best to take a long-range rifle. We recommend the ZRG 20mm, which is hard to use but is deadly. This sniper rifle offers a better range than the Pearlington 704 or the Kar98k. It comes with three bullets per magazine, and each shot can take down an enemy (if you hit on the torso or the head). You can pair the weapon with the following attachments:
Sound Moderator.43.9″ Combat Recon5 RndSWAT 5mw Laser SightAirborne Elastic Wrap
Sound suppression is always essential in the game. Notably, the sound of sniper rifles can reveal your position very quickly, particularly if you miss the target. The other components will improve bullet velocity, flinch resistance, aim speed, and accuracy. There will be some extra recoil, but not enough to become unusable.
How to Unlock the Milano 821 SMG?
The Milano 821 SMG is easy to unlock. You don’t need to complete any specific challenge. You can open it by playing the game until you reach level 13. Part of the fame of this weapon is how easy it is to find and unlock. You can get it quickly in a few games. After you reach level 13, you will see it on the inventory, available to pick before you enter the maps. As it is, though, without any attachments, the weapon is pretty rough. It hits moderately hard but has significant recoil, a low range, moderate bullet speed, and a noisy barrel. If you must take it to the battlefield without any attachments, ensure to pack a Stim and your shields at all times. You’d also better sneak around and try to take out your enemies by shooting them in the face. Without attachments, it’s still a good choice for maps and game modes with fewer people.
