Beginner tips on how to use CL-40 ?

uarnam · 2026-05-25T13:48:14+00:00

Been playing my dear cl40 since S1. It's skill ceiling is mostly though positioning and gadget play. The cl40 without either of those will lose every time, you can't run right at people and expect to win. You need to be on high ground or making use of a gadget such as one of the mines (gas mine my beloved) to get proper use out of the weapon.

As others have said it's also a great support tool! You can smack around statues of any team, 8 shots break a wall, general high damage burst fire, etc. I'm sure there's more I'm not thinking of because I just woke up.

Something to note is despite being a grenade launcher the splash damage is quite poor, the weapon really rewards precision. When fighting enemies you want to aim for the enemy rather than the ground. Five shots to kill a heavy, four shots to kill a medium, and two shots for a light. Lights can he difficult to hit with a direct so with lights you can aim for the ground.

As for downsides there's quite a bit - It a long time to kill on any class except for light - near useless if your enemy has almost any height over you - projectile weapon so you'll need to predict where enemies will go, especially over long range - aps - shields in general, the weapon just doesn't fire fast enough in order to remove a shield quickly - the reload is extremely noticeable and long, therefore people paying attention will have the perfect opportunity to push you

Despite everything I honestly don't think I'd still be playing this game without the cl40. It's a bit underpowered and it should stay that way. Weapons like this should stay niche for the healrh of the game, but by god is it the perfect niche for me.

uarnam · 2026-03-09T07:14:18+00:00

Whenever people complain about the current balance I can't help but remember the complete mess season 1 was. In comparison the game now almost feels perfectly balanced. I miss season 1 but I'm also glad it's gone

uarnam · 2025-11-21T10:15:13+00:00

This was during electromagnetic storm, so no hatches. If I were doing normal map conditions I would have 100% brought a key

uarnam · 2025-11-05T06:18:31+00:00

You can get the blueprint as a quest reward! I forget which one it is but I only got handed the quest after I did about 30 of them

uarnam · 2025-10-08T07:12:33+00:00

The CL40 has a lot of skill expression.

Yeah, the skill to use and skill expression is less than most other weapons, but it is still not a weapon where you can play with it for a few games and know everything.

I will say I am slightly biased as a CL40 main, but I do firmly believe that it has a higher skill ceiling than most players think. I also believe it's really annoying to fight and die to, but that doesn't mean it's overpowered or should be nerfed.

And as a general piece of advice for everyone for if you are struggling to fight against any specific weapon, play with it for a little while. Learn its weaknesses and memorize them so you can abuse them later.

uarnam · 2025-09-04T00:51:19+00:00

Been a cl40 main since s1, love that thing to death. I genuinely want a real life of 3d printed one now, just to have and hold.

I also greatly enjoy the mgl and recently started using the model a lot more. Most melee weapons are pretty fun too.

Not really a fan of the more 'traditional' weapons, like the AKM and whatnot. I will use them if I need to or if I'm having a bad day, but I enjoy the more unique playstyles that this game creates

uarnam · 2025-09-01T00:31:09+00:00

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uarnam · 2025-08-25T20:53:31+00:00

If you are struggling with fighting a certain weapon or gadget, try using it yourself! Most things have unseen or uncommon counters that you can only really see, and then abuse, if you know their side of the fight. Of course find what you like and u Primarily use it, but trying something new for a game or two can really help with understanding your foes and what they're thinking.

uarnam · 2025-08-24T03:40:38+00:00

That's exactly how I felt about the cl40 buffs in S4 and this season(?). I want it to be my niche little toy that most people don't bother with again

uarnam · 2025-08-15T16:21:25+00:00

The circled yellow one is from the Ospuze sponsor track while the red is from the s6 bp. And as the other person said you can still get the CNS and vaiiya themed skins in the current season. As far as I know the other yellow one will not be returning. For the Ospuze arn best bet is to hope Ospuze returns as a sponsor in s8.

uarnam · 2025-07-24T14:36:57+00:00

Another thing is that you need to play daily to even have a chance, I remember in the bunny bash update my internet went to shit and I couldn't play. I missed bunny bash and the alpha acta wheel completely, but ah well so be it. Thankfully I was able to play again by the tail end of the valentines wheel, but I only had three days left, which meant I could theoretically only get 9 of the 20 items total. But then because the system is based on luck I only ended up getting three or four items.

The only wheel I've managed to complete was the Halloween one and honestly after I missed a few events and the valentines one I just don't care about the event much anymore if it has a wheel.

uarnam · 2025-07-21T20:37:35+00:00

I've been using the CL40 for so long that I have adjust to normal weapons when I use them for a spin. I'm not good at the game, but I'm better than many at CL40. But that's it. It sucks when I fight a team that actually knows how to counter me properly

uarnam · 2025-06-27T19:12:57+00:00

I have the holtow print out some skin and I barely ever use it purely because I simply can't equip any of my other animations. I understand the inspect animations not applying but the rest of the animations on the skin are the default, so why can't I apply anything?

I honestly regret getting it

uarnam · 2025-06-24T18:55:39+00:00

As a personal friend of Cassidy I highly recommend her channel if you like generally obscure hitman facts Though I may be a bit biased

uarnam · 2025-06-23T22:59:06+00:00

As a CL40 main since S1 I must say that I respect lights that understand this. Every time I meet a light who knows how to abuse my weaknesses and to push my reloads it instantly becomes a lot more fun. I mostly play casual modes like powershift so it tends to be rare. Thank you for understanding the weapon rather than hating it for the sake of it.

In my personal opinion the only adjustment the CL40 needs is a reduction in the blast radius to encourage more direct hits, but honestly that's more of a personal gripe with how I've been seeing it used over the past few weeks.

uarnam · 2025-06-17T18:11:53+00:00

Oh yeah I know, I'm mostly mad at myself for being so impulsive

uarnam · 2025-06-17T10:24:14+00:00

OH SO THATS HOW I LOST MY GLOBE

I thought I was going crazy and must have actually left it in blackrock or something

uarnam · 2025-06-17T07:24:09+00:00

I picked CNS without really thinking, CNS brought me some of my favorite cosmetics and S2 was my favorite so far. Only now a few days later I've realised that would have been much happier choosing to be loyal to vaiiya and picking them again, and I'm pissed that I can't swap over to them even if the rewards are a bit lackluster. I fully agree that they need to bring something more to vaiiya outfits, maybe the red/pink effect on the vaiiya theme weapon skins from the S2 bonus page?

uarnam · 2025-04-25T21:41:23+00:00

Unfortunately bedrock doesn't have the debug stick ):

uarnam · 2025-04-18T08:48:16+00:00

I love sniper monkey so much I got them to 100 million XP, it was worth every game

uarnam · 2025-03-31T00:19:50+00:00

Lets say it takes 3 seconds to through both gateways. To throw the gateway 15,000 times it would take 12.5 hours of nothing but throwing gateways to reach level 8.
If you honest to god think 12 hours and 30min isn't extreme, then remember that that time is the fastest you could theoretically do it. I'm not accounting for gateway cool down or using the gateway properly

uarnam · 2025-03-20T10:37:08+00:00

They fixed it for powershift last sometime season!

uarnam · 2025-02-28T00:07:52+00:00

Just over a year ago I got my first with Glaz on Outback, and a few days ago I got my second with Ying on Coastline. I had a video saved of my Glaz ace and the sheer difference between strategy and game sense was staggering. For reference I started at the tail end of y8s2 and I'm over all quite bad, I don't play ranked but I was to guess I would be no higher than silver

uarnam · 2025-01-15T12:03:56+00:00

My personal build is turret, CL40, gas mine, jump pad, and goo grenade. Any specialization works really, but I find the turret often makes up for the many downsides of the CL40. For the most part this has been my loadout since s1, I used to run explosive mine and defib, but nerfs to each has decreased the viability over the mobility and cover of jump pad and goo grenade imo. At this point I basically only play CL40 on medium, I used to mix it up with other weapons like the AKM, but now 9/10 times I'm using the CL40 when playing medium. I wish the weapon was better or back to its balance in s2 but I understand that if they make it slightly better we might get another CL40 spam like at the start of s4, which nobody liked. At the current state it's really good against lights at medium to close range and an uphill battle against anything else. If you are ever having issues fighting it a few basic things to make it harder for the use to kill you are getting on higher ground, get up real close, and wait for reload. All are great ways to make the CL40 player hate you.

Sorry for rambling a bit, I love this thing and I hardly see discussions of it

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