The LAPA - Warzone's new SMG - has been introduced alongside the Haunting event. It's a strange weapon, but it has meta-potential. Here's how you unlock it.
Warzone's Haunting is upon us. All over Verdansk, the lights have been extinguished. But there is a beacon of hope against the undead - a new SMG: the LAPA.
How To Unlock The LAPA In Warzone?
The LAPA can be unlocked by completing all 9 of the Haunting event challenges for either Black Ops Cold War or Warzone, alternatively, you can just buy the LAPA from the store via the Terrible End bundle. Obviously, the first option is going to be favored by most of you, so here are the challenges for BOCW and Warzone respectively.
Unlocking The LAPA From Challenges
For Warzone and Black Ops Cold War, there are 9 challenges to complete, each with its own additional reward.
Warzone Challenges
| Challenges | Additional Rewards |
| Play 5 matches in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Fire Slick M82 Blueprint |
| Earn a Top 10 final placement with your Squad in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist 3 times | Frightening Watch |
| Eliminate 10 enemy Ghosts in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Respirator Weapon Charm |
| Eliminate 10 Humans while playing as your Operator in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Final Summons Animated Emblem |
| Eliminate 5 enemy Humans while playing as a Ghost in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Bloody Knife Reticle |
| As a Ghost, redeploy as your Operator by collecting 3 Souls or performing a Finishing Move on a standing, crouching, or prone Human enemy | Murderous Mime Sticker |
| Use 3 Sacred Ground locations to reduce your Fear Meter in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Underworld Calling Card |
| Answer 3 phones in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Prophecy Sticker |
| Experience 3 hallucinations while you have a full Fear Meter in The Ghosts of Verdansk playlist | Tentacle Weapon Charm |
Black Ops Cold War Challenges
| Challenges | Additional Rewards |
| Play and complete 5 matches in Multiplayer or Zombies The Haunting event playlists | Blasting Lantern Blueprint |
| Get 200 Multiplayer eliminations in the Nuketown Halloween 24/7 playlist or smash pumpkin heads in Zombies | Trick-or-Treat Watch |
| Finish Top 3 in Scream Deathmatch of successfully exfil in Hallow's Eve Outbreak | Magic Broom Weapon Charm |
| Get 30 Multiplayer eliminations in Infected or eliminate Special or Elite enemies in Zombies | Jack-O Animated Emblem |
| Get 10 Melee Weapon kills in Multiplayer or earn Butcher medals in Zombies (5 rapid melee kills) | Spiderweb Reticle |
| Open 5 Scare Packages in Multiplayer or Zombies | Slash-O-Lantern Sticker |
| Get 50 eliminations while using the Ghost Perk in Multiplayer or kill enemies while cloaked in the Aether Shroud in Zombies | Jack's Revenge Animated Calling Card |
| Get 3 Multiplayer kills without dying 3 times or earn Carnage medals in Zombies (10 rapid kills) | Keystone Capers Arcade Game |
| Get 5 Multiplayer kills with fire damage or earn fire damage multi-kill medals in Zombies | Molar Weapon Charm |
Unlocking The LAPA Through A Store Bundle
This method is only going to appeal to those of you who have spare coin and like buying bundles. If you'd never consider buying a weapon skin then move on to our assessment of the LAPA and its meta-potential. Now those losers have gone, we can show you the bundle:
1200 CP (approx $10) is pretty steep for what you get here. But if you just love that LAPA skin then maybe this is for you.
Is The LAPA A Good Weapon?
The LAPA has a slow rate of fire and poor handling, two characteristics you'd ordinarily want from an SMG, but the damage is high enough to produce an EM2 situation; this will be part of the high-skilled meta. Don't expect to see the LAPA becoming hugely popular, only the best players will make something of this weapon.
For those who are unsure why; weapons with a lower rate of fire require you to land a much higher percentage of shots to take someone down before they can spray you. If you can do this you can benefit from very fast TTKs, if you can't then use an easier weapon, even if it's technically weaker.
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