Is there a way to use a VPN while gaming online to prevent remote-access Trojans/DDoSing?

Halo MCC and older CODs are plagued with huge security exploits where hackers can obtain your IP address, hit you offline, crash the game and many other malicious things. I don't run a VPN while gaming (except the Proton browser extension) since it adds latency. However, is it possible to for a VPN to stop these malicious attacks while not increasing latency? i use Linux instead of Windows so that'll certainly decrease the chances