The Olympia is an over-under shotgun, featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops.
Overview
The Olympia is an over-under shotgun. Its Iron Sights can be used, which means that it is impossible to fire two shots at a time. Unlike the Ranger that has two side-by-side barrels, the Olympia has 2 vertical barrels. As with all double-barreled shotguns, it reloads slowly and requires frequent reload (after two shots) .
This weapon has medium range and it deals high damage, making it a fairly powerful shotgun at close and, when firing two shells, even medium range.
Campaign
The Olympia can be frequently found throughout the level Payback.
Multiplayer
The Olympia is the primary weapon of the default CQB class, along with the perks Hardline, Sleight of Hand, and Tactical Mask. Although the reloading time of the gun is not long, users will be doing so often, making the Sleight of Hand perk extremely useful. Lightweight and Marathon are also beneficial due to the fact the Olympia (as with any shotgun), is best used as close to the enemy as possible, and these perks both aid in that.
However, it is ill-advised for an Olympia user to charge headlong at the enemy, as the enemy will most likely be using weapons with far greater range and/or rate of fire. Instead, players should attempt to outflank the enemy and use cover whenever possible in order to take enemies by surprise. The Olympia excels in maps containing lots of obstacles and tight spaces.
With or without Sleight of Hand, it is advised to reload after every shot (as long as it is safe to do so). This is because it sometimes requires both barrels to dispatch an opponent (especially ones using Second Chance), and also because enemies aren't always alone! It could be said that the Olmypia requires more skill to master than most weapons, because both shots must be managed carefully.
Nazi Zombies
It is an easily available weapon to begin with, with it spawning near the player spawn in Kino der Toten and Five. It costs only 500 points, the amount you spawn with. It is very effective until after round 5, where it loses its ability to one-shot-kill reliably.
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Trivia
- The Olympia is the first over-and-under shotgun in the Call of Duty series.
- It is the only default weapon and shotgun in-game to not have any available attachments.
- The Olympia is a reference to Mount Olympus, where the ancient Greek Gods lived. The name of the Upgraded Olympia, the Hades, is a reference to the Greek God of the Same Name. It is also a reference to the zombies as Hades is the God of the Dead, but the zombies are Undead.
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