Boots: Further enhance your mobility options with Boots that eliminate footstep sounds, increase climbing and mantling speed, and more.
Tip: The key to an effective Loadout is to pick Vests, Gloves, Boots, and Gear with complementary abilities, which further augment your Primary and Secondary Weapon, as well as the Tactical, Lethal, and Field Upgrade Equipment you are carrying.Boots have Perks that specifically improve your movement and swimming, as well as how loud and maneuverable you are. Every Vest (except the Gunner Vest) allows you to pick one pair of Boots from the following:
Dead Silence is back, baby! If you’re a casual player or use your TV speakers instead of a headset, the benefits of silent footsteps may not seem like a big deal.
In sweaty G-Fuel-powered lobbies, you’ll quickly realize just how important audio is. Headsets are a conversation for another time, but if you hear your opponent coming before they do the same to you, you’ll usually win the fight.
The Covert Sneakers are countered somewhat by the Bone Conduction Headset, which ‘improves identification of enemy footsteps.’ It’s hard to say how these will compare in the future, but for now, I’ll take silent footsteps any day of the week.
If I could rank Stalker Boots and Tactical Pads the same, I would, but I feel Stalker Boots are slightly better. Increased ADS speed is a huge bonus, and the ability to quickly aim at targets will win you countless battles.
Don’t underestimate the improved strafe speed, either. Quick strafing is a great way to make your opponent miss their shots. If you’re doing this with a mobile weapon like an SMG, you’ll dominate close-range engagements. For players who like their combat fast, up close and personal, Stalker boots are a fantastic choice.
Tactical Pads are a ton of fun, and killing someone while sliding is one of the most satisfying feelings in MW3. ADS during a slide is nice, but don’t underestimate the improved stance transition speed. Crouching and ‘drop-shotting’ are among the most effective ways to make your opponent miss in a gunfight.
Faster movement speed while crouched has its uses for all of you crab walkers out there as well. Tactical Pads have a ton of utility and will likely be the go-to boots for many players.
Increased movement speed is always strong in shooters, and that’s no different in MW3. Combine that extra speed with a mobile weapon like an SMG, and you become an absolute nightmare to deal with.
Lightweight boots are strong, but their usefulness varies massively depending on your weapon and the map.
Unfortunately, I can’t see a massive benefit to faster and quieter swimming, which holds the Lightweight boots back.
Climbing boots are easily the least effective entry on this list. Fast mantling is nice, but it’s a niche situation that you won’t find yourself in often. A fall damage reduction does little to sell me on the Climbing boots, either.
These benefits are too specific for general use. With how strong the other options are, the Climbing boots are a hard sell.
Increases Tac Sprint duration and reduces refresh time.
Perks are active from the moment the match begins to the end, now represented across four different categories: Vest, Gloves, Boots, and Gear. The items you pick in these categories supply your Operators with various Perk-like abilities. They do not modify your Operator’s appearance in-game, so you can choose the items that offer the best playstyle benefits without effecting your style.
Vests: Equip a variety of Vests that offer special abilities in addition to determining which kinds of items are able to be equipped within your Loadout. For example, the Engineer Vest disables Lethal Equipment, but provides two Tactical Equipment pieces and an extra Gear slot.
Gloves: Adjust your weapon and Equipment handling with Gloves that increase weapon swap speed, allow you to throw equipment farther, reload while sprinting, and more.
Boots: Further enhance your mobility options with Boots that eliminate footstep sounds, increase climbing and mantling speed, and more.
Gear: The Gear slot features a greater variety of items that affect your Operator, from EOD Padding that reduces non-Killstreak explosive and fire damage to the Bone Conduction Headset, which reduces combat noise for improved identification of enemy footsteps and gunshots.