Every Weapon Buff and Nerf in Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded - Charlie INTEL

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❘ Published: 2023-05-10T14:49:55

❘ Updated: 2023-05-10T15:38:08

Every major Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 update introduces a host of weapon balance changes, and Season 3 Reloaded is no exception. Here’s a breakdown of every buff and nerf in Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded.

Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded is finally here, bringing a ton of exciting new content to both games. Battle royale players are finally getting their hands on the Warzone 2 Ranked Play beta, while multiplayer fans will get stuck into a new raid and 6v6 map.

The devs are shaking up the weapon meta not only by introducing new FTAC siege and GS Magna handguns, but also by buffing and nerfing a lot of existing guns. It is set to disrupt the most popular weapons across both games.

Here’s every weapon buff and nerf that came in the Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded update.

ISO Hemlock Gets Second Nerf in Warzone 2 and MW2 Season 3 Reloaded

The ISO Hemlock was the go-to assault rifle before the mid-season update.

Following its nerf in the Season 3 update, ISO Hemlock hits again with Warzone 2 & MW2 Season 3 Reloaded. The assault rifle has seen its minimum and maximum damage reduced, as well as an adjustment to the amount of damage done when hitting the arms and legs.

Although already nerfed once in Season 3, the Hemlock was still the most popular assault rifle before the mid-season update. With these recent changes, we will have to wait and see how AR dominates the matches.

All weapon buffs and nerfs in Warzone 2 & MW2 Season 3 Reloaded

Here’s a look at every weapon buffed or nerfed in the Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 3 Reloaded update as described in the official patch notes:

First Rice

The delay between first equipping a weapon and being able to fire it has been reduced on several weapons.

Quick rise and quick drop

Quick Rise and Quick Drop speeds have been uniformly increased, allowing for more rapid deployment of equipment—further improved by Fast Hands.

Armor damage

Added maximum armor damage values for all assault rifles, battle rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns. These values help slow down the time-kill at close range.

Minimum armor damage has been adjusted or added to several weapons to increase their viability in the long run. See below weapon changes for details:

“handguns”

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Basilisk
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
P890
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
X12
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
X13 Auto
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

“Submachine Gun”

BAS-P
- ADS speed is increased
- Reduced headshot damage multiplier
- Maximum damage increased
- Maximum damage range is increased
- Increased mid-range damage
- Increased mid-fur damage range
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Minimum damage is increased
- Minimum damage range increased
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

Lachman Sub
- Blast-fire minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only

MiniBak
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only

MX9
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

Vaznev-9 K
- Maximum damage range is reduced

“Assault Rifles”

Chimera
- Added semi-auto minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

ISO Hemlock
- Maximum damage is reduced
- Moderate damage is reduced
- Minimal damage is reduced
- The lower torso multiplier is higher
- Extreme multipliers are reduced

Kustov 545
- Close-to-mid damage range is reduced
- Medium damage range is low
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

Kustov 762
- Added semi-auto minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Extreme multipliers are reduced

Kustov-74u
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

Lachman-556
- Increased close-range damage
- Maximum damage range is increased
- Added medium damage range
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Added semi-auto minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Upper torso multiplier increased

M16
- Increased close-range damage range
- Maximum damage range is increased
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Cooldown time between bursts is reduced
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

M4
- Added semi-auto minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

M13B
- ADS speed increased slightly
- Damage range increased
- Hip spread accuracy is slightly higher
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

TAQ-56
- Maximum damage range is reduced

» Battle Rifles »

FTAC Recon
- Auto-fire minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

Lachman-762
- Auto-fire minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

SO-14
- Auto-fire minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- The lower torso multiplier is higher
- Maximum damage increased
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only

TAQ-V
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Semi-auto minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only

» Shotguns

Bryson 800
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Moderate damage increased

Bryson 890
- Minimum armor damage increased | Warzone 2.0 only
- Moderate damage increased

Lockwood 300
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only

“Light Machine Guns”

HCR 56
- Added minimum armor damage | Warzone 2.0 only
RAPP h
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time
SAKIN MG38
- Reduced ‘first rise’ animation time

attachments

“ammunition”

Explosive
- Bullet velocity is reduced

.300 Blackout (all types)
- Maximum Armor Damage Added | Warzone 2.0 only

“Laser”

Laser visibility is low
Canted Vibro-Dot 7
- Now the Core BP2 blocks the underbarrel

7mW canted laser
- Now the Core BP2 blocks the underbarrel

“magazine”

Fenech
- Fennec Double Tap Mod
  - Maximum weapon reserve increased
  - Maximum Armor Damage Added | Warzone 2.0 only
  - Minimum Armor Damage Reduced | Warzone 2.0 only
  - Starting Ammo increased

STB 556
- Single Tap Mod
  - Cooldown time between shots is reduced

The following magazine adjustments apply to all attachments depending on whether they are larger or smaller compared to the weapon’s original magazine capacity. These changes mean that, on average, larger capacity magazines are significantly less punitive and smaller capacity magazines are significantly more upside down.

big
- ADS speed penalty is reduced
- Reduced movement speed penalty
small
- ADS speed advantage has been increased
- Movement speed benefits are increased
- Sprint to fire speed benefit has been increased

“muzzle”

Lockshot KT85
- Horizontal rebound control is reduced
- Increased vertical recoil control

“Optic”

Kazan-Holo
- Reticle visibility is improved

“stock”

FJX Imperium
- FJX Lux-7
  - Increased target walking speed benefit
  - Increased target idle stability penalty
  - Sprint speed advantage is increased

RIB400
- Recoil control benefit is increased
- ADS speeding penalty increased

X12
- XRK pistol stock
  - Movement speed penalties are reduced

X13 Auto
- XRK Bar Stock
  - Reduced movement speed penalty
- XRK Dynamic Precision Stock
  - Reduced movement speed penalty
- X13 Coachwhip Stock
  - Reduced movement speed penalty

“underbarrel”

Corvus masterkey
- ADS speed is increased
- ADS pellet spread is reduced
- Arms stockpile has increased
- Mid damage range is slightly increased

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