SG 553

Retrain your spray: the SG climbs diagonally up-right before curling back — AK-style straight pulldown will miss.

Scope for long-range holds; the slow scoped fire mode one-taps heads at distances the AK can't touch.

100% armor penetration means every bullet does listed damage — body sprays kill armored enemies noticeably faster than AK sprays.

At 210 u/s you are the slowest rifler alive — take map control early, then let fights come to you.

Post-plant, the SG's scope turns off-site retake angles into sniper lanes without buying an AWP.

If your aim relies on one-taps, stay standing and unscoped up close — scoping in a surprise close fight is a death sentence.