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Search and Destroy is a popular round-based bomb mode in Call of Duty<\/em>, but unlike XDefiant<\/em>, CoD<\/em> doesn’t put too much emphasis on abilities. In XDefiant, <\/em>there are multiple factions, each with unique abilities, and quite a few are much stronger than others.<\/p>