Top 10 Best Guns to Use with Cleaners! | (How Burn Damage Works in XDefiant) 

Kinda funny to see the Cleaners are tuned to a more "Hit and Run, Dirty fighting" playstyle than the Libertad's actual guerilla fighters.

Please do this for every faction. Didn’t know I needed this info

It’s not so much the damage. Even if you survive the gun fight. Those ticks of damage delay your health regen. Which already feels like it takes a year and a day in this game.

This is a video I was waiting for. GREAT job man. Thanks for doing this in depth analysis.

Very useful info as always! I estimated 10% range reduction myself so I'm glad to see you verify that. I had a feeling that the burn damage would just extend and not stack with every shot with full auto, but it pausing after the first tick until you stop dealing damage is very interesting

LET’S GO XDEFIANT CONTENT BABYYYYYY

The cleaners ground pound is god tier

Loving this game so far honestly

This is such high quality content. Thanks Ace!

Thanks so much for this, and I look forward to more XDefiant coverage! The info you provide and your breakdowns are seriously life changing. There's no way I'd have the time to figure out all the intricacies on my own these days, especially with live service games

Thank you for putting your time and effort into these videos, like you always do. Very much appreciated having someone do the math for you. Thank you!

I LOVE XDefiant content!

Thanks for the vid, loving the xdefiant content

Great video. Definitely needed!

Yeah Cleaners has become my fav atm

Great info X! Thanks 🙌🏼

Thank you for your time making videos lve been with you at the start of Cod. Love your content

Great stuff, thanks, Ace!

Loving the XDefiant videos man!

This explains why I'm dying around corners. It totally makes since now. This is a great video!

This is a crazy good video, thank you!

I been using the SVD the past few days on the Cleaner and I gotta say, I STRONGLY recommend more people try it. Probably the most fun setup I used so far. Could also one tap headshot with heavy barrel if you dont want to use the cleaner but still want to one tap with it.

I like using the SVD the most when combined with the cleaners faction. The added 2 shot kill consistency is nice, but I freaking love that it turns the headshots into 1 shot kills (except phantom players) with the base 98 damage and one tick of burn damage. As always, thanks for the awesome video Ace!

People are forgetting the biggest strength the Cleaners have… IT’S DRIP OR DROWN, AND WITH THIS GAS MASK, I’M FLOATING

I don't know how anyone can call you an Activision shill when here you are putting time and effort into testing and pumping out xDefiant videos. Keep it up and let's get more players on this great game!

I love this ability and was praying that this breakdown would be high on your priority list! Absolutely loving the xDefiant content! Keep up the great work Ace!

I just assumed it was a percentage so thanks for doing the math for me. Loving XDefiant and your coverage of it!

Not mentioned in the video, but the SVD does 98 damage to the head in it's first damage range, so a headshot against anything but Phantoms will be a one shot kill while playing as the Cleaners

TheXclusiveAce -> TheXDefiantAce 🤩

FYI with the M44 if you use the heavy barrel it will kill them in 1 shot instantly you don't need anything other than the first dmg tic and that happens instantly

Ace, any chance of measuring the range, damage, and times of faction abilities? Like Echelon intel suit UAV ping, Libertads passive healing? Cleaners firebomb and incineration drone? Etc…

Thanks for the info wow!! Now I'm going to level up my marksman rifles with cleaners equipped

Im having such a good time with this game. Been grinding the last few days Just a few bug fixes and it will be great IMO

we need a lmg analysis video, loving the xdefiant content

The m1911 pistol NEEDS a buff. Having 7 bullets to work with until lvl 15 with xD's ttk is just not viable. Especially since i still have to pump 20 bullets into enemies that kill me instantly in half my lobbies. 10 hitmarkers = 13dmg done apparently

One thing you missed with the svd is its higher headshot multiplyer, which does 98 damage and makes the gun a 1 shot to the head after the first tick.

Remember, if a Cleaner leaves you with under 10HP, you are dead. No big surprise.

If you go to the practice zone, the advanced stats take the cleaners range reduction into account in the advanced stats page

Hey ace wanted to see if you could make an xdefiant playlist if you plan on making more videos for it

I think the Ak-47 is worth mentioning also, being able to 3 tap to the head is a big ttk decrease.

I wonder how nuch the incendiary rounds are making getting shot around a corner seem worse.

You forgot about damage increasing barrels. For example the RPK with the damage barrel will deal 96 damage in 4 shots.

I'm an echelon main but the cleaners are my go too anytime I use the m44. Another thing I've noticed that i think is great is (And it might be my imagination or placebo) how the fire will delay regen and deter people from staying put too long or playing too aggressive. Like if three people are escorting, I've found applying a quick burn effect to all three then ducking behind cover and waiting for my team will often push them off the payload if only for a moment to regen, but sometimes a moment is all i need for my team to catch up

I noticed that M44 sniper with the heavy barrel that increases the damage, taking it from 112 to upper chest up to 118 damage, the extra 2 damage will kill phantom with that first tick at 150ms.

Something to note is while libertad counters this in a sense, I think it also counters libertad healing too. Because there are guns that do exactly 100 damage but libertad will heal as you are shooting them making it take an extra shot to kill. The number of times I’ve left a libertad user with 1hp with a gun that would’ve killed a normal 100 hp player is too many to count. But burn damage could put you over the top to get that kill

The svd also deal 98 to the head making it act like a osk against non pantoms

Can you one burst with cleaners and damage barrel on the m16?

Thank you have a try it good condo you should do with the rest of the factions

I'm genuinely curious to learn more details about the deadsec faction. Like what they can hack and their range.

It's hilarious that the bonus and drawback makes it seem like it's best for short range, but in practice it works better for longer range weapons 😅

So practically speaking, 2 damage 150ms after the first shot. Then depending if you hit additional shots, 6-8 damage over a couple seconds, in exchange for 10% less range?

The last challenges I'm missing in the game are the ones to unlock the Cleaners faction characters because I was waiting for you to make a video of how the burn damage works. So I can say that the wait was worth it.

I did not know about the 10% range reduction and have been using them with shotguns. Gonna remedy that

I found that if you use the damage barrel on the m249 lmg with the cleaner incendiary, it’s a consistent 4 shot kill

I think it’s surprising how well balanced this mechanic is.

D50 is basically the only thing I use as cleaners. So nice to have the consistent 3 shot body shot pistol.

One note that I want to make is that the M44 with the heavy barrel can bring the damage up to 118 with an upper torso shot, with the first tick of 2 burn damage finishing the job (with a total of 120). This obviously has a pretty big drawback with slower fire rate, but I find it is worth it, especially when the enemy team has a few Phantoms.

when is the attachment breakdowns per gun? im an xdefiant main now

How do you get the mp7 camo shown at 1:16?

I literally made a laodout called dragons breath to use specifically with the cleaners, then realized how much less damage you do within the already limited range of the shotguns. Playing hardcore shooters like Insurgency and Hell Let Loose makes you forget how abysmal shotguns are in arcade type fps games

The m4a1 is another that sees some nice benefit with Cleaners. In fact, I consider M4 to be right up there with AK if you are using Cleaners. Makes a huge difference against phantoms as well.

I've been finding the marksman such a hard gun to use, I'll try using the cleaners see if that helps 👍

its such a great game, the SBMM is gone and its so refreshing, i think the cleaners are fine

I think some attachments have hidden changes that are not mentioned on screen.

I run Cleaners with the Double Barrel and the Deagle for close quarters maps like Arena and if you can manage the reload, you can have a lot of fun

also, with the SVD marksman rifle, your headshot multiplier is 2x meaning you do 98 damage with a headshot. adding the 2 cleaner damage it effectively has 1shot headshot potential on 100hp opponents

7:01 I think it might be worth noting that if you use the barrel that increases damage on the tac 50, then the burn damage can help you one-shot non-phantoms in other areas like the arms. The ads barrels are much better overall so it's kinda meme, but still it may be more useful for hardscopers in some situations

Did they remove bounty mode from the game? Can't see it in the modes menu

MGB is still in mw3 when you use scorestreaks so im guessing killstreaks is with the DNA bomb only

Libertad facts next please!!! :)

This explains why I was doing good with the marksman

I thought I wouldn't like this faction but they're so much fun, the tick damage is a bit gimmicky but the abilities are super nice and if you're smart with their ultimate you can "clean" up a whole team.

This character seems OP but in practice I think is actually not OP. I personally play Libertad-Remedio so maybe its just because i play a health character, BUT ive NEVER been killed by residual burn damage. Im curious as to maybe i regen health quicker than they can get off all of their burn damage? I see A LOT of cleaners in my game too, but I feel like in practice they dont actually have much of an upper hand with their passive. maybe due for a buff? its hard to say whether its under powered or not, i feel like this specific anility could be easily over powered. so maybe its perfect where it is?

I may be wrong on this but i do believe you do more damage to enemy equipment, or at least it feels like im able to take down phantom barriers pretty fast

For the tac50, if you have the heavy barrel and cleaners it is will one shot legs and arms of 100hp enemies.

Could someone explain the Minimap please

I’ve been hitting players 4-5 shots with marksman rifle with cleaners faction and they don’t die… but I do from 2 bullets lol. Hope they fix that hit reg soon.

Why is the tac50 a nono? From what I see I get quite a number of hits that do exactly 90 damage with the tac50. So isn't this burn damage the perfect?

Not a shotgun player, but playing the game, there are actually a lot of times I can specifically recall where I survived a shotgun shot, only to die to the last tick of burn damage. With the base shotgun atleast. Also, it does have a sort of secondary benefit, which is the fact that it delays healing for an additional second and a half. Which may not seem like much, but in higher level play, where you're going for trades a lot more and calling out enemies, it's a very good bonus. I'm torn because at one point I feel it could use some sort of buff considering it's countered by the 2 most popular factions, but at the same time, the benefits it gives are very strong. I cannot emphasize how important that extra second and a half are in terms of trades. Especially with the fast movement in the game. Often times you'll have to chase around a corner, or push a heady and if that player is half HP with extra downtime on healing they are 100% losing that gunfight. And both abilities are pretty strong as well. I think that if they buff the faction at all, they should simply give it immunity to opposing same-faction passive fire damage. Also, one thing I would like you to test when you get the time, does it make shooting enemy barriers any more effective. Idk why but it feels like it takes a billion bullets on any other class but I feel as though I destroy barriers a little more quickly on Cleaner. Hard to test but I think it would be interesting.

Svd with the heavy barrel too might be the most op shit I’ve seen

M60 good with fire damage?

I started using marksmen rifles as a cleaner… it’s absolutely NASTY. I love this lol. I hope they don’t nerf it 😅

Thanks. I thought it was a lot more powerful than it was

More XD vids please

We need to have more setting for our conteollers, i would love to have l1+r1 to aim and shoot without using the controllers programm

So the cleaner has a mandatory -10 range for any weapon. Hard to want to use someone like that

Y can't we just enjoy both games and hope xdefiant inspires cod to bring the old style back

Did u mention the SVD instakill

tac50 can one shot in the arm with heavy barrel and cleaner on most characters. It kinda helps with people doing jump strafes

I think the Cleaners need more love in general, but the incendiary rounds are nicely balanced. I am not sure if there is really a way to buff the cleaners in any kind of way that doesn't push them over the edge. Maybe they're just a bottom pick but still balanced overall.

Over powered

While marksman rifles are good for the passive, I don’t find that they pair well with the cleaners’ abilities. Firebomb and fire drone are both fairly close range abilities. The drone may actually work pretty well, but fire bomb is only really viable running a sub imo.

I'm definitely curious to see the playerbase and how well the game does in 6 months to a years when the honey moon phase is over and if cheaters and Ubisoft will ruin it

Heyo, the pyro hidden damage range change seems like it should be more visible. Does every faction have its own hidden passive? has the training area made it easier to test in this game vs COD?

some other things with cleaners that people arent thinking of: if youre in a gunfight vs libertad that burn damage may not matter you may be outside of the max damage range and if you used anyone else, it would have costed one less bullet to win that fight anyway they may have a healer NEARBY them and help them to heal up that burn dmg applied so your additional damage doesnt matter Cleaners are easily the worst faction because their ULTRA ability is pretty good, but its not better than echelons but their passive and active abilitys are really bad. its cool to use a molotov, but the startup time is really bad and you use it in a close range situation where any skilled smg or shotgun player will kill you faster than you can activate it the molotov drone is really bad because its hard to use up close too and if its used far away MOST TIMES you can just dodge it.

i can't stop using the AA-12 and fire bomb cleaner but it feels like im sandbagging myself

Ive died a few times to burn damage maybe 50-60 (i have 24hrs played in game rn) most of those are being 2nd or 3rd partied and then the burn kills me or two cleaners and the burn kills me prolly 50% of the time

i find lmgs to be useful with the cleaners, especially on escort.

Love how all the factions balance and can counter each other ... Hope they don't mess it up ...game has huge potential....

LMGs are amazing with the cleaners