Every weapon buff & nerf in Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded

❘ Updated: 2023-03-15T15:28:37

Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded bring a ton of weapon buffs and nerfs, taking down the most powerful weapons to create a new meta. Here’s every weapon change in Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Reloaded.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 Season 2 Reloaded is here, bringing the brand-new Tempus Torrent Marksman Rifle, major quality of life changes, a brand-new Raid, and new Operators such as Ghost and Shredder.

These major updates also come with a host of weapon buffs and nerfs, taking down the most dominant guns and moving underused choices into the meta. The KV Broadside Shotgun has been a major talking point since its arrival, with players begging for nerfs.

Players will be glad to hear the KV Broadside has finally been nerfed in Warzone 2 and Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Reloaded, and here’s every buff and nerf in the update.

KV Broadside finally nerfed in Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2
LMGs nerfed in Warzone 2
All weapon buffs & nerfs in Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 Reloaded

KV Broadside finally nerfed in Modern Warfare 2 & Warzone 2

The KV Broadside Shotgun has been dominating both Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2 since its arrival in the Season 2 Battle Pass, and it finally got nerfed in the Season 2 Reloaded update.

What’s been hit hardest is its damage, with the deadly Shotgun receiving a lower torso damage reduction alongside nerfs to its 12 Gauge and Dragon’s Breath ammo. Whether it will still be a top choice remains to be seen, but at the very least it’ll be less powerful than it was before the update.

The KV Broadside has finally been nerfed in Season 2 Reloaded.

LMGs nerfed in Warzone 2

Light machine guns have been extremely powerful choices, especially in Warzone 2’s Al Mazrah, and the top choices receive substantial nerfs in Season 2 Reloaded. The RPK receives another nerf in Season 2 Reloaded, with the RAAL MG and Sakin MG38 also getting hit.

The RAAL has seen the most severe nerf, reducing its overall damage, range potential, and increasing its recoil. The Sakin also deals less damage over range and the RPK has reduced walking speed and lower bullet velocity.

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

» Assault Rifles «

STB 556
- Added minimum damage against Armor (limits bullets to kill at furthest range)

» Light Machine Guns «

RAAL MG
- Reduced far range damage
- Small increase to close range damage
- Reduced headshot damage
- Reduced upper torso damage
- Increased recoil
RPK
- Reduced walking speed
- Reduced muzzle velocity
Sakin MG38
- Reduced damage range

» Marksman Rifles «

Crossbow
- Increased time period to trigger double kills for challenges

» Submachine Guns «

MX9
- Increased mid damage ranges
BAS-p
- Increased sprint to fire time
- Increased damage ranges
PDSW 528
- Slightly offset weapon while ADS using iron sights to improve visibility
Vel 46
- Increased close damage ranges
- Fixed attributes on 30 round magazine to improve handling and mobility
Lachmann Sub
- Reduced movement speed
- Reduced aim down sight speed
- Improved recoil control
- LM Nebula Barrel
  - Improved damage range
  - Improved recoil control

» Shotguns «

KV Broadside
- Reduced lower torso damage
- 12 Gauge Ammo
  - Reduced damage ranges
  - Reduced close range damage
- Dragon’s Breath Ammo
  - Reduced damage ranges
  - Reduced close range damage
  - Global reduction to 12 gauge Dragon’s Breath maximum residual damage
Bryson 800 and Bryson 890
- Increased headshot damage on all slugtype ammo
- Added minimum damage against armor

ATTACHMENTS

» Global «

Flinch
- Reduced recenter speed for Flinch
- Minor increase to Flinch on ARs, SMGs, LMGs, and Shotguns

» Ammunition «

Hollow Point Rounds
- Removed bullet velocity penalty
Frangible Rounds
- Changed healing delay timer to set from last bullet’s impact (lengthens the overall delay on a Player)
- Removed damage range penalty
Overpressure Rounds
- Removed recoil penalty
- Increased flinch imparted on Players
12 Gauge Dragon’s Breath
- Reduced residual damage while burning
12 Gauge Slugs and HE Slugs
- Added minimum damage against armor

» Underbarrel Launchers «

Removed movement penalty from Grenade Launchers
Added recoil control bonus to Underbarrel Grenade and Shotgun Launchers
Added one extra ammunition stock to Grenade Launchers

» Stocks «

Reduced flinch received on no stock modifications

» Bipod Grips «

Reduced ADS penalty for the Bipod V9 grip
CORE BP2 Bipod Grip:
- Fixed bug in stat reporting
- Added hip recoil control
- Reduced hip walking speed
- Removed ADS penalty
- Added grip to compatible LMGs and Marksman Rifles

» Underbarrel Grips «

Reduced ADS penalty on all under barrel grips
Reduced movement speed penalty for all vertical grips

» Muzzle Attachments «

Breachers
- Greatly reduced ADS penalty
- Added hip movement speed buff
Flash Hiders
- Reduced ADS penalty

» Optics «

Reduced ADS penalty on holo optics
Removed movement penalties on holo optics
Reduced ADSand movement penalties from all thermal, hybrid, and variable zoom optics
Reduced ADS penalty on shotgun scopes

» Comb Attachments «

Fixed Handling stat UI on:
- Shlager TTF3 Riser
- FSS Ammo Sleeve
- PD-A40 Sleeve
- Wingman Comb
- FSS EL-T Pouch

We expect even more changes in the Season 3 update, but be sure to check out some of our other guides:

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