Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Guide Multiplayer Multiplayer Maps

Grounded

Grid Map

Grounded takes place in and around the remains of a massive crashed SDF destroyer. One side of the map covers the interior of the ship, while the other is out in the open, with a few small buildings nearby.

The outer areas are rocky—sort of miniature canyons—and have little in the way of cover. Stay alert for enemies coming into view. There aren’t a lot of sharp corners either, mostly naturally curving rock walls, so almost all passage through the rocky areas is dangerous.

It’s possible to fight at a distance by covering those rock lanes, and medium-range setups fare well here. There are plenty of lanes to cover easily and only a few areas where CQC weapons can really be forced (mostly on the edges of the level and in the building interiors).

The B Domination point area near the center of the map is a real killing field, with multiple routes flowing into it and some very obvious shooting vantage points that are likely to be occupied by hostiles constantly. Move through that area cautiously, or avoid it entirely by taking the northern path between the A and C Domination points.

Objectives

Vantages

Slow down

It seems counter-intuitive that you should want to move slower in a game as fast paced as Call of Duty, but it’s true.

With all the sprinting, wall running, sliding, and jumping you can do, it’s very easy to move quickly around the map, and also natural to feel like you need to hurry when a timer is ticking down on an objective.

Don’t. Stop and slow down. Play a few games where you don’t sprint at all. This is a bit extreme, but it’s important.

When you aren’t sprinting and moving, you’re more alert and have a greater awareness of your surroundings. You can hear enemy movement more easily, detect nearby gunfights, and you can bring up the sights on your weapon faster.

Don’t let the timer, impatience, or (worst of all) an enemy making you angry dictate your pace. Move carefully and cautiously, assess threats, and eliminate them before moving on.

Part of moving more slowly is understanding spacing and the presence of friendly and enemy players. In a mode like TDM, this can be very chaotic and difficult to predict (though with practice, it’s possible even there), but in a mode like Domination or Uplink, it’s much easier to guess where likely threats are lurking.

If you stick to areas where your teammates are present to back you up and don’t push into enemy territory, it’s possible to constantly shift your position and harass the enemy team, without camping in one window, and without aggressively or quickly moving toward the enemy spawn.

It’s easy to feel like you’re ‘wasting time’ by playing slow, but which is more effective, scoring 10 slow kills in a row and calling down the fury from high end scorestreaks, or rushing across the entire map from spawn and dying five times in a row? They both take about the same amount of time.

Once you have a better feel for the ebb and flow of a match, you can move quickly and decisively when it makes sense, and know when to slow down and let the enemy come to you.