Every Weapon Buff and Nerf in MW 2 and Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded Patch Notes

Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded Patch Notes are live, and they are introducing buffs and nerfs that are bound to shake things up in the meta. 

Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded is set to start off with a bang as the patch notes introduce us to new bundles, weapons, and weapon tweaks. Activision makes changes to weapons every patch, so there is no definite go-to-weapon in the meta. However, people still have favorite picks that they use no matter what, according to their comfort.

The newest patch brings varieties of new content to Warzone, such as the Fort Resurgence mode and multiple new weapons like the Lachmann Shroud and the Daemon 9mm pistol. However, the patch notes also give us some important weapon changes in the game that we need to be aware of. Let us take a look at them.

Contents

• All Weapon Buffs and Nerfs in the Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded Patch
• Weapons With Changes in MW2 and Warzone 2
• Weapons with Changes in Warzone 2 Only

All Weapon Buffs and Nerfs in the Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded Patch

Activision has made some core changes to ARs and BRs in the multiplayer mode. These changes are going to shake up the meta a little. However, there are specific changes to most weapon classes when it comes to Warzone only.

This might indicate that Activision wants to promote the usage of more weapon categories rather than just SMGs and Assault Rifles. Let us take a look at the weapon changes with MW2 and Warzone 2. After that, we will hop onto weapons that have changes in Warzone 2 only.

Weapons With Changes in MW2 and Warzone 2

The devs made major changes to Sniper Rifles, ARs, and Shotguns to increase their usability in MW2. There are changes to certain SMGs as well. Moreover, the Marksman Rifles have also been reworked as they have been in the dark for quite a while. Let us look at the changes.

Sniper Rifles

• Carrack .300

  • Increased close-range damage | MWII only
  • Increased upper arm location damage | MWII only
  • Increased long-distance damage range | MWII only
  • Increased ADS to hip transition speed
  • Increased hip movement speed
  • Increased sprint speed

• FJX Imperium

  • Increased ADS speed
  • Increased ADS movement speed
  • A Small reduction in hip spread

• Signal 50

  • Reduced close distance damage range | MWII only

• SP-X 80

  • Reduced damage range | MWII only

LMGs

• HCR 56

  • Reduced damage range | MWII only

• Rapp H

  • Increased mid-distance damage range | MWII only

Marksman Rifles

• SA-B 50 

  • Increased ADS speed
  • Increased ADS movement speed
  • Increased damage range | MWII only

• Lockwood MK2

  • Increased ADS speed
  • Increased ADS movement speed

• SP-R 208

  • Increased long-distance damage range | MWII only

• EBR 14

  • Reduced damage range | MWII only

Shotguns

• Lockwood 300

  • Reduced mid-distance damage range | MWII only
  • Slugs and HE slugs attachments:
    • Increased damage range | MWII only
    • Increased long-range damage amount | MWII only

• Bryson 890

  • Slightly reduced damage range | MWII only
  • Slugs and HE slugs attachments:
    • Increased damage range | MWII only

• Bryson 800

  • Slightly reduced mid-distance damage range | MWII only
  • Slugs and HE slugs:
    • Increased damage range | MWII only
    • Increased long-range damage amount | MWII only

Battle Rifles

• TAQ-V

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

• Cronen Squall

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

• SO-14

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

• Lachmann 762

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

Assault Rifles

• FR Avancer

  • Increased damage range | MWII only
  • Reduced hip spread

• Tempus Razorback

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

• M16

  • Increased close-mid distance damage range | MWII only

• Kastov 74u 

  • Reduced damage range | MWII only

• ISO Hemlock

  • Reduced mid-far distance damage range | MWII only

SMGs

• Lachmann Sub

  • Adjusted stats on FT Mobile Stock to increase mobility
  • Reduced close distance damage range | MWII only

• PDSW 258

  • Minor adjustment to iron sights to better align with bullet trajectory | MWII & WZ

• ISO 45 

  • Increased damage range | MWII only

Handguns

• FTAC Siege

  • Increased close-mid distance damage range | MWII only

Weapons with Changes in Warzone 2 Only

The devs remarked in the patch notes that they are happy with the gun diversity in the game. However, that diversity is not the same across all weapon classes, unlike the SMGs. Hence, the devs have attempted to bring the same viability seen in the SMG space to the long-range weapons.

They have also reduced Launcher damage against players and will continue to monitor them for the duration of this patch.

Assault Rifles

• Chimera | WZ Only

  • Close damage increased
  • Far damage increased
  • Head damage multiplier increased
  • Lower torso damage multiplier increased

• FR Avancer | WZ Only

  • Close damage increased
  • Far damage increased

• ISO Hemlock | WZ Only

  • Close-mid damage range decreased
  • Mid damage range decreased

• Lachmann-556 | WZ Only

  • Head damage multiplier increased
  • Neck damage multiplier increased
  • Upper torso damage multiplier increased

• M13B | WZ Only

  • All location damage multipliers increased

• M13C | WZ Only

  • Close damage increased
  • Mid damage increased
  • All location damage multipliers increased

• M4 | WZ Only

  • Close damage range increased
  • Close-mid damage range increased

• STB 556 | WZ Only

  • Head damage multiplier increased

• Tempus Razorback | WZ Only

  • Close damage range increased
  • Close-mid damage range increased

Battle Rifles

• Cronen Squall | WZ Only

  • Head damage multiplier decreased
  • Neck damage multiplier decreased
  • Upper torso damage multiplier decreased
  • Lower torso damage multiplier decreased
  • Limb damage multipliers decreased

Launchers

• All Launchers have had their damage against Players decreased | WZ Only

LMGs

• RPK | WZ Only

  • Close-mid damage decreased
  • Close damage range decreased
  • Headshot damage multiplier increased

• Sakin MG38 | WZ Only

  • Neck damage multiplier decreased
  • Upper torso damage multiplier decreased
  • Limb damage multipliers decreased

Marksman Rifles

• Lockwood MK2 | WZ Only

  • All location damage multipliers increased

Shotguns

• Bryson 800 | WZ Only

  • Lower limb damage multipliers increased

• Bryson 890 | WZ Only

  • Lower limb damage multipliers increased

SMGs

• BAS-P | WZ Only

  • Neck damage multipliers increased
  • Upper torso damage multipliers increased
  • Lower torso damage multipliers increased
  • Limb damage multipliers increased

• Fennec 45 | WZ Only

  • Neck damage multiplier increased
  • Upper torso damage multiplier increased

• VEL 46 | WZ Only

  • Limb damage multipliers increased

There are minimal changes to the SMGs which means the meta around them will mostly stay the same. However, there can be an increase in the Fennec 45 and Bas-P pick rates, as they have been unused for a while.

On the other hand, the Cronen Squall received a heavy nerf, which means it will be out of the meta for a while. Lastly, the ARs have been balanced out, which means we might see some dark horses emerge out of the meta after quite a while.

That is all you need to know about the weapon changes and balances in the latest Warzone 2 Season 5 Reloaded patch. For more Warzone 2 content and weapon guides, click here.