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The Call of Duty League is kicking off in just a few weeks. Now that the Pros have had some time on the game, the first edition of the 2024 competitive settings is here. These competitive settings will change over time, but it gives us our first look at the maps, modes, and restricted items heading into the first week of the Call of Duty League

Maps & Modes

Hardpoint

  • Invasion
  • Karachi
  • Skidrow
  • Sub Base
  • Terminal

Search and Destroy

  • Highrise
  • Invasion
  • Karachi
  • Skidrow
  • Terminal

Control

  • Highrise
  • Invasion
  • Karachi

This confirms that the Call of Duty League 2024 season will remain with the core three game modes of Hardpoint, Search and Destroy and Control. Professional players have raised concerns about how Control plays in Modern Warfare 3 while competing in scrims, and that is most likely why we only have three playable maps.

Given that most maps in Modern Warfare 3 are medium to large scale, we can expect the Assault Rifle players to be dominating and be the key battle in each match. However, it will be interesting to see if any of the new maps coming to Modern Warfare 3 in Season One can make their way into the map pool for Major 2 Qualifiers.

Restricted Items

PRIMARY WEAPONS

MWII Weapons (All)

Assault Rifles

Holger 556

Battle Rifles (All)

BAS-B

SIDEWINDER

MTZ-762

Shotguns (All)

LOCKWOOD 680

HAYMAKER

RIVETER

Marksman Rifles (All)

M1 Garand

SVT-40

G-43

LMGs (All)

PULEMYOT 76

DG-58 LSW

HOLGER 26

Marksman Rifles (All)

KVD ENFORCER

MCW 6.8

DM56

MTZ INTERCEPTER

All Silencers and Suppressors are banned too, along with a number of Ammunition attachments.

This is no surprise as the Call of Duty League rules have a large number of restricted items each and every year. However, this list points towards a meta of the MCW Assault Rifle and Rival-9 SMG, while we could see the MTZ-556 make an appearance on some of the larger maps.

How to Watch the Call of Duty League 2024

The Call of Duty League begins on December 8th as the professional players will jump into a competitive match in Modern Warfare 3 for the first time. Boston Breach take on Atlanta FaZe in the first match of the season, while Seattle Surge and the LA Thieves compete after, and OpTic Texas battle the New York Subliners in the final match of day one.