r/CoDCompetitive • u/TP1570 FaZe Vegas 2026 Champs • 18h ago
Question Best CoD in the CDL?
I’ll say CW
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u/Objective_Alfalfa179 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
MW3, BO6, BO7 are the best games and comp I’ve seen in the CDL so far, games wise it’s some of the best finesse, and imo the 3 best games mechanically and feel wise in the CDL era.
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u/JayToussaintReddit COD Competitive fan 16h ago
There will literally never been another game like BO7.
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u/Ancient-Performance1 COD Competitive fan 1h ago
its certainly one of the all time games of all time
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u/PoroOllie FaZe Vegas 2026 Champs 17h ago
Bo7 was great, I think that would be the far higher rated if optic didn’t shit the bed
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u/Artistic-District678 COD Competitive fan 14h ago
If optic won those 3 rounds 11s at champs it would be talked about as one of the greatest cods ever
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u/TP1570 FaZe Vegas 2026 Champs 14h ago
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u/rmakhani COD Competitive fan 11h ago
Y’all faze fans employing bias then pushing the blame to other fan bases saying shit like this 😂. MW3 and Cold War prob the 2 best
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u/PoroOllie FaZe Vegas 2026 Champs 5h ago
I liked mw3 but if optic didn’t win in that title you would have remembered that it was a one gun meta and we played triple invasion every series the whole year, great game still cleared by Cold War and bo7 and yes I am bias, if optic had won every event in bo7 I would have not enjoyed it as much
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u/Sad_Presentation5519 COD Competitive fan 16h ago
I think if BO7 had better maps like Frequency in from the start and if the MPC wasn't so busted, I'd have it over MW3 lol.
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u/Jelly_James OpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs 17h ago
Its so crazy how many MW3s I see after how much hate that game got untill the end of the season.
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u/sgee_123 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
To be fair, the map pool changes toward the end of the season made that game goated. 6 Star is my favorite map in the CDL era, Vista and Rio being added was also fantastic.
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u/Jelly_James OpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs 16h ago
Yeah thats kinda my point though they saved the game it was very hated early on.
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u/TemporaryThink6132 COD Competitive fan 16h ago
That’s cap people people were glazing during the second half
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u/AlexThugNastyyy compLexity Legendary 12h ago
There was great team parity between the top 4. Optic, FaZe, NY, and Ultra were all pretty comparable talent-wise.
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u/Shadowfist_45 Battle.net 12h ago
What's even crazier is, people saying that over Cold War when it's not even close to as good as Cold War was. Tbh MWIII was kind of ass, but it came after the literal worst CoD ever made so I think it gets way more credit than it really deserves. Like it was built off MWII, it was never gonna be a great game. It was better but we shouldn't pretend it was all that good. Like if MWIII came out after Bo4 we'd all say it's one of the worst games ever made.
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u/VanDiis OpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs 17h ago
If you’re going off the end of the year MW3, my personal favorite but I can also acknowledge it was not good first half of the year with the map pool, and the MCW at times could be a bottle over the top until they fixed the HS multi.
If not MW3 it’s CW and there’s a giant gap between CW and any CDL COD behind those two
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u/sankalp_pateriya Paris Gentle Mates 15h ago
MWIII, even though everyone hated MWIII for most of the season except for when they added 3 good maps.
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u/Ok_Ad_650 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
CW was easily the best to watch and play. Most underrated would be Vanguard imo
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u/Kcrizzle87 Florida Mutineers 17h ago
To watch? Or to play?
To watch, for me was MW3
To play, for me was BO6
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u/Ibrah_11 Toronto Ultra 17h ago
people are heavily overrating MW3 imo best to watch was VG most hype moments fs best COD to play was CW or late game MW3 i edge CW as i preferred the gun meta.
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u/johnbeazy OpTic Gaming 15h ago
The MPC meta in my opinion killed BO7. Could have taken the top spot.
My List: 1. MW3, 2. BO6, 3. Cold War 4. BO7 5. MW2
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u/BigMikeXxxxX COD Competitive fan 16h ago
MW3 for sure. Especially the second half of the year. CW is a close second.
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u/Sincerely-Internet Ghosts 16h ago
CW, MWIII and BO7 were the best games for comp due to Maps, Skill gap and great 3 game modes that fit the game well
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u/Free-Valuable-3898 COD Competitive fan 16h ago
Damn, all i’m gonna say was I hated watching mw3 im really surprised it’s so loved
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u/Savings-Position-940 COD Competitive fan 15h ago
CW, MW3, and BO7
I personally enjoyed Vanguard ranked play, and thought it was fun, but it was objectively not a good competitive game
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u/Any-Ticket-4292 COD Competitive fan 15h ago
Mw3 and it’s not fucking close
Best maps, gun meta, movement and the top 4 team throughout the year all won events and was good the entire year
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u/_CertifiedTurtle COD Competitive fan 5h ago
BO7, now I hope we get a AW2 because competitive at least I think would chaotic and fun to watch
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u/Illustrious-Goat6821 COD Competitive fan 1h ago
mw3 in my opinion, the great pros could make insane plays and outgun multiple people and there was a skill gap in team play. like bo7 just looks like trade trade trade I like it more than pros can express skill, like hydra mw3 and mw2 type of plays
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u/fromdowntownn OpTic Texas 2025 B2B Champs 1h ago
MW3 best season of the CDL but if we are talking about best game no way it’s above BO6, BO7 or CW
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u/Efficient_Cut7377 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
B07 is arguably the most well rounded of the lot, except for the map pool.
MW3 is praised so highly because of the fantastic competitive maps. Unfortunately you play the game on the maps, so yeah, MW3.
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u/TacoSexual16 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
MPC ruined bo7 :(
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u/Efficient_Cut7377 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
True, but when you GA everything in the game then you’re asking for situations like that. The CWL had plenty of titles with deeper weapon metas, and that was far better imo.
The mid pack or lower teams could grind, find a new meta, and then made a lower bracket run off of their game knowledge. The barebones approach in the CDL just doesn’t allow for this kind of approach.
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u/TacoSexual16 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
It’s the lower tier teams in the CDL not allowing it.
So it’s the same tier teams as back then but on salary. Gotta protect that salary somehow
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u/TacoSexual16 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
And also, guns were ga’d heavily in the CWL too
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u/Efficient_Cut7377 COD Competitive fan 16h ago
B03 and 4 had a good variety, WWII had more than the CDL
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u/ChiliKong COD Competitive fan 17h ago
M15 ruined bo7 pre mpc buffs:(
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u/TacoSexual16 COD Competitive fan 17h ago
The pre nerf m15 was insane. But late game m15 not even a top 5 competitive Ar
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u/GoldKnowledge7129 eGirl Slayers 17h ago
MW3 and BO6 are the only ones that required any level of skill by the end of the season.
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u/XanonymouspoetX OpTic Texas 15h ago
I adored mw3, id still be playing it if ranked was still there
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u/canadianwrxwrb Black Ops 2 17h ago
BO7 to watch and play, but MW3 was saved with 6 star, vista and Rio maps. BO7 maps arent great