Halo 5 DMR and Battle Rifle are for sure the best option for SWAT. But i love the variation it has with other weapons. I know, lot of people dont like the combination SWAT + Sidekick, but i could play this combination all day long.
Stalker rifle is NOT like the DMR, not even a little. The overheating is awful, the scope is STUPID and it has a bright red light shining to tell your enemy where you are. It’s AWFUL. The sidekick is the worst pistol ever, even worse than the swatnums. It’s toooo weak.
I love the DMR, but the stalker rifle is pretty similar to one. Aside from tighter aiming and double scope capabilities, it isn’t any different. As for the bright light, all weapons that use an actual scope do this, this one also can make people run away since it could be a skewer. The sidekick is like a DMR, just smaller and less forgiving. In swatnums or swatkicks it doesn’t matter how strong it is, just whether or not you can aim. In normal multiplayer though, its namesake fits, “sidekick”, hit 'em with the AR, finish them with the sidekick.
See, I love mangler starts and I abhor the stalker and commando starts. This is why we need to be able to choose. I have friends that hate mangler and like sidekick, etc. But we all miss the BR starts. They should really have separate playlists for regular SWAT and the ‘variant’ versions