Season 1 has turned the balancing screw in Warzone 2.0 and helped one CoD classic in particular to new strength.
With the first season of Warzone 2.0, various weapons also had to accept buffs and nerfs. We show you which weapons took a beating and which got a little love.
Comeback of the M16?
A total of 16 weapons have been buffed or generated in the Season 1 update of Warzone 2.0. While M16, FSS Hurricane and PDSW 528 received much-needed buffs, the Kastov-74u considered extremely strong, was slightly generated. The STB 556 and the two DMRs SA-B 50 and SP-R 208 have also been slightly degraded.
The buff was more than necessary, especially for the M16, but whether it is enough to bring the CoD classic back to the top of the meta remains to be seen.
It was already known within the community that the weapon is extremely bad. Since then, together with the Kastov 545, which was also buffed, it was considered the most unpopular and worst weapon and was played almost exclusively to unlock its essays.
Find the full patch notes (here).
Overview Weapon Buffs/Nerfs
Attack Rifles
- Increased recoil at long range on all assault rifles
Kastov 545
- ADS speed increased
- ADS view improved
Kastov-74u
- ADS speed reduced
- Distraction increased when firing from the hip
M4
- Distraction reduced when firing from the hip
M16
- Fire rate increased
- Distraction reduced when firing from the hip
- Speed until the weapon is centred again after a shot has been increased
- Improvement of shot grouping
- AADS movement speed increased
- Punishing speed increased
- Semi-auto recoil reduced
- Semi-auto damage reduced
STB 556
- Nearby damage reduced
- Sprint-to-fire speed reduced
Fighting Rifles
FTac Recon
- ADS speed increased
- 5 shot magazine speed and mobility increased
- Flinch from hit increased
- Hip spread decrease
- Hip spread decrease when firing from the hip
SO-14
- Steering increased when firing from the hip (full-auto)
Guns
- Rapidity at close range increased for all pistols
LMGs
- Long range recoil increased for all LMGs
DMRs
SA-B 50
- Slight increase in flinch on hit
SP-R 208
- Strong increase in flinching when hit
Shotguns
- Rapidity at close range increased for all shotguns
Lockwood 300
- Damage range reduced
Bryson 800
- Damage increased at short range
- Increased strafing when firing from the hip
SMGs
- Long range recoil increased on all SMGs
FFS Hurricane
- ADS movement speed increased
- Headshot damage increased
- Damage at long range increased
Minibak
- Movement speed reduced
- Damage range reduced
- ADS speed reduced
- Distraction increased when firing from the hip
PDSW 528
- Movement speed increased
- Damage range increased
- ADS speed increased
- Distraction reduced when firing from the hip
- Lasers and lamps added
- 1mW Artemis Laser
- 1mW rapid fire laser
- Accu-Shot 5mW Laser
- VLK LZR 7mW
- Genegated 7mW laser
- Bearing ULO-66 Laser
VEL 46
- Damage range increased
Sniper Rifles
Signal .50
- Run values adjusted:
- 21.5″ Fluted Fifty
- 23.5″ SA Fifty-H7
