How to Play Hardpoint and Best Loadouts
Hardpoint is one of the multiplayer game modes available in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Read on to learn more about this game mode, how to play it, and the best loadouts you can equip.
How to Play Hardpoint
Hardpoint Overview
| No. of Players | 12 Players (2 Teams of 6) |
|---|---|
| Win Condition | Get a total of 250 Points to win. |
Hardpoint is the Call of Duty version of the classic King of the Hill game mode. 12 players split into 2 teams of 6 will have to capture and hold spawning Hardpoints across the map.
Each Hardpoint spawn will be active for 1 minute before expiring and respawning at a different section of the map. Holding one will rack up points for your team, with the first to 250 Points taking the match.
List of All Hardpoint Maps
| List of All Maps | ||
|---|---|---|
 Farm 18
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 Mercado Las Almas
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 Breenbergh Hotel
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 Al Bagra Fortress
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 Crown Raceway
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 El Asilo
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 Embassy
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 Santa Sena Border Crossing
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 Zarqwa Hydroelectric
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 Taraq
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 Shoot House
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 Shipment
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Best Hardpoint Loadouts
Double Primary Loadout
| Primary | Secondary | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 M4
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 VEL 46
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| Tactical | Lethal | ||||||||||
 Stun Grenade
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Semtex | ||||||||||
| Perk Package: Assault | |||||||||||
| Overkill | Scavenger | Hardline | Quick Fix | ||||||||
| Field Upgrade 1 | Field Upgrade 2 | ||||||||||
 Portable Radar
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 Munitions Box
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| Kill Streaks | |||||||||||
| UAV | Mortar Strike | SAE | |||||||||
Securing Hardpoints requires constant fighting between both teams and having this loadout lets you keep fighting enemies without the worry of running out of resources. The Overkill perk also lets players swap between the M4 and VEL 46 depending on the fights they need to take.
Hardpoint Defense Loadout
| Primary | Secondary | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kastov 762
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 P890
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| Tactical | Lethal | ||||||||||
 Smoke Grenade
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 Claymore
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| Perk Package: Phantom | |||||||||||
| Battle Hardened | Double Time | Cold-Blooded | Ghost | ||||||||
| Field Upgrade 1 | Field Upgrade 2 | ||||||||||
 Deployable Cover
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Munitions Box
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| Kill Streaks | |||||||||||
| UAV | Cruise Missile | Sentry Gun | |||||||||
This loadout is for players that want to play for each Hardpoint captured. Players can combine different equipment such as Deployable Cover, Smoke Grenade, and Claymore as they can provide additional utility to hold areas on the map and defend your captured Hardpoint.
Tips and Strategies for Hardpoint
Play Around the Hardpoints
Capturing the Hardpoint is as simple as walking in the indicated area and while you can stay and defend it from inside, it is best to move around the area and play around the Hardpoint.
Once your team already has the objective and all you need to do is defend it. Staying outside and moving around gives you more space to work with and decreases the possibility of getting killed by throwables or Killstreaks.
Anticipate Enemy Rotations
Hardpoint locations relocate every minute and will cause players on both teams to go to that specified area. If you find yourself far from the new Hardpoint, you can instead hunt for enemies trying to rotate to the new location. This disrupts any enemy plans of grouping together as you'll be sending them to respawn elsewhere on the map.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (MW2) Related Guides
List of All Multiplayer Game Modes
| Multiplayer Game Modes | |
|---|---|
| Team Deathmatch | Prisoner Rescue |
| Domination | Knock Out |
| Invasion | Hardpoint |
| Ground War | Search and Destroy |
| CDL Moshpit | Control |
| Cyber Attack | Bounty |
| Infected | Gun Game |
