Sidekicks and commandos for me. They require a little more finesse. BR just isn’t fun for me. It has no downside to spam firing at all, and that’s what you end up seeing a lot of.
All of them are fine; in fact I think I might like Mangler SWAT more than regular SWAT because it requires WAY more skill since you can’t laser people with it across the map so there is actually some decent map movement and sick plays being pulled off.
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I thought the variant Tactical Slayer modes will be event limited only. To be honest, in MCC SWAT is limited to (depends the game of course) BR, DMR, Magnum and since the late update Silenced Pistol from ODST.
So for Infinite I only tolerate in the Tactical Slayer playlist these weapons: BR, Commando and maybe the Sidekick. Every other weapons is OK, many player likes is. But, put them on Sniper-Shotty or similar game type and remove them from the Tactical Slayer! I love TS, but since 1 to 10 a chance I get a match with a weapon I don’t like it in that specific game mode I hate it!
Stalker Rifle, OK. Made a Sniper playlist! Since it’s a sniper weapon. Shotgun and pistol a bit weird to, but Sidekick almost as Silenced Pistol in H3 and damn precise. I like the Commando, I just learned it’s a semi-auto rifle. 
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Mangler is my favorite.
I LOVE Stalker
Commando is good if you use it right
Sidekick is probably the best iteration to not get cross-mapped on
BR is BR, you know what your getting
Manglers is horrid, every time I get a lucky headshot I cringe knowing that the other guy broke their controller.
Commando and Sidekicks I find to be fun along with the BR. Manglers aren’t too bad but Stalkers are definitely ones i have the least fun with.
Depends on the map.
Getting snipers for a very small map is stupid.
Getting manglers for a very large map is stupid.
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Cross hair is too small and the thing feels slow to aim. Like you’re steering an ocean liner in a very specific direction.
But I’m not a fan of any of the non traditional SWAT modes. Mangler and all that need to go.
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Stalker feels amazing, which is doubly refreshing considering I find the weapon to be hot trash in any other gamemode. I can see it being a love hate gamemode because I think lots of people find the pinpoint accuracy & low AA incredibly difficult, but personally I love it and it’s by far my favourite in the playlist.
I’ve got a Stalker challenge crop up, so I’ll give it another try (assuming I get a game of Stalker to pop up). If it takes too long, I’ll be swapping the challenge out
The variants SUCK. None of them have a traditional Swat feel. The weighting of the BR is terrible, with maybe ONE match every ten which is STUPID. Halo 5 had a great group of variants and enjoyed that mix, but these are just awful and I quit a TON of matches because of them.
Personally I would prefer Sidekick starts with BR, Commando, Stalker Rifle, Manger, Shotgun and Heatwave to just spawn on the map somewhere. Then play gametypes like Slayer, CTF, One Flag, Neutral Flag, and Oddball where you can’t see the ball carrier.
With this I wouldn’t mind seeing because it’s something new and different which is exactly what Infinite needs.
As far as BR Starts I still think 
the normal SWAT Playlist should be added to Rank that way if you want to play something different just play Social then Rank has that classic playlist style with that competitive feeling to it.
That REEEEEEEEALLY depends on what you’re playing on.
On Console, its great. It’s aim assist is so over tuned that it might as well be on par with the BR.
On PC?
Stalker rifle is the worst thing ever,
Zero Magnetism at any range, and shots are impossible to hit because PC de-sync is worse than console.