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How to Lean in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Using the lean mechanic in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will help you win many gunfights.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will begin to become available for players across the world to play beginning on Thursday, October 24th. There are plenty of new things for players to experience in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that has never been in the franchise before or haven’t been utilized in recent years. One of these features is the lean mechanic players can use to gain a tactical advantage over their opponents. 

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Are you curious about how the lean mechanic works in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? If so, be sure to check out everything you need to know about the lean feature below.

How to Lean in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

This ability in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare allows players to brace their weapon up a wall or edge and fire with most of their body still behind cover. This will enable you always to be able to fire at your enemies while making the least amount of your character’s body available for your enemies to shoot. 

How to Lean in Call of Duty Modern Warfare

The process for activating this particular feature is not a difficult one by any means. All that you have to do is walk up against the edge of a wall or flat surface and hold down the aim and melee buttons. This will then cause your character to lean and brace their weapon on the surface. In addition to making you less of an easy target, leaning also lessens the recoil of your gun much more than if you were not leaning when shooting. 

There are sure to be plenty of excited players testing out the best ways to use the lean feature in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for use in all of their future battles. 

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Nicholas Barth
Guides Writer Nicholas enjoys helping fellow members of the video game community learn more about their favorite games. First-person shooters and Battle Royale games are what you can usually find Nicholas playing when he isn't writing. We will congratulate you if you can find a bigger Call of Duty fan than Nicholas, who has been playing since he got Call of Duty 2 with his first Xbox 360. [email protected]