Call of Duty: Warzone continues to work on its weapon meta and released a new update on the evening of December 15. Overall, the patch changes the base values of 26 weapons and adjusts a few popular attachments. MeinMMO has the complete patch notes in German.
The most important points at a glance:
- A little over a week ago, the Pacific update of CoD Warzone went live, featuring a new map and nearly 40 new weapons
- Together with the map update, there have already been 5 patches adjusting many of the new Vanguard weapons, but also reworking old meta weapons
- With the latest update, more than 20 weapons have been changed again
CoD Warzone: Update from December 15 – Patch Notes
When will the update be available? The patch is already live.
How large is the update? You only need to download a little or not at all. On Xbox and PlayStation consoles, it is just an in-game update without a download.
What changes have been made? Here we show you all adjustments without weapon changes. You can get directly to the balance changes.
- Changes to loot on Caldera
- Ground loot
- Chest loot
- Contract loot
- Bug fixes
- Fixed additional problematic spots with collision issues on Caldera
- Missing or incorrect images of store bundles have been repaired
- Broken texts in the social menu have been revised
- High flinch resistance of the “Focus” perk of the Kar 98k from CoD MW has been fixed
- The Type 99 can now no longer achieve one-shot kills with chest hits
- Owen SMG and PPSh may have caused more damage than intended
Update changes a lot of weapons – All balance changes
The Warzone creators clarify unclear terms regarding recoil in the game:
- Recoil Adjustment
- The recoil pattern has changed
- Recoil Deviation
- Value determined by random factors in the recoil pattern (bloom effect)
- Increase, decrease recoil
- Extent of the recoil
There have always been misunderstandings related to recoil changes that should be clarified by the definitions of the terms.
Now, let’s take a look at the weapon adjustments. We categorize the changes into “buffs” and “nerfs”:
- STG44 – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- BAR – Nerf
- Increased recoil
- Roboter – Nerf
- Significantly increased recoil
- Cooper Carbine – Nerf
- First damage range reduced from 1,350 to 1,200 inches (approx. 30 m)
- Neck multiplier reduced to 1.2 from 1.3
- Body multiplier reduced from 1.1 to 1.0
- Recoil slightly increased
- Klauser – Nerf
- Neck multiplier reduced to 1.2 from 1.5
- Machine Pistol (Handgun) – Nerf
- First damage range reduced from 225 to 215 inches (approx. 5.5 m)
- Second damage range reduced from 600 to 450 inches (approx. 11 m)
- RATT – Nerf
- Neck multiplier reduced to 1.2 from 1.5
- Break-action – Nerf
- Neck multiplier reduced to 1.2 from 1.5
- MG82 (Cold War) – Nerf
- Increased recoil deviation
- MG42 – Nerf
- Aim speed reduced by 9%
- Increased recoil
- G-43 – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- Combat Shotgun – Nerf
- First damage range reduced from 150 to 140 inches (approx. 3.50 m)
- Second damage range reduced from 240 to 220 inches (approx. 5.50 m)
- Gracey Automatic – Nerf
- Damage of second damage range reduced to 20 from 22
- Damage of third damage range reduced from 18 to 14
- First damage range reduced from 160 to 140 inches (approx. 3.50 m)
- Second damage range reduced from 325 to 300 inches (approx. 8 m)
- Owen SMG – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- PPSh-41 (Vanguard) – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- Sten – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- Aim speed reduced by 10%
- MP40 – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- M1912 – Nerf
- Recoil adjustment
- Movement speed reduced by 1.25%
- Movement speed while aiming reduced by 4%
Here is the shorter list of buffs:
- Kar 98k (CoD MW) – Buff
- Flinch resistance increased by 19%
- Kar 98k (Vanguard) – Buff
- Flinch resistance increased by 19%
- Schweizer K31 – Buff
- Flinch resistance increased by 19%
- Type 99 – Buff
- Maximum base damage increased from 92 to 96
- Minimum base damage increased from 72 to 82
- Neck multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.7
- Three-line rifle – Buff
- Maximum base damage increased from 92 to 95
- Minimum base damage increased from 75 to 78
- Neck multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.5
- Body multiplier reduced from 1.1 to 1.06
- Upper limb multiplier reduced from 1.1 to 1.0
- Aim speed increased by 16.6%
- Gorenko Anti-Tank Rifle – Buff
- Minimum base damage reduced from 108 to 102
- First damage range increased from 2,048 to 4,096 inches (approx. 104 m)
- Neck multiplier reduced from 2.0 to 1.8
- Bullet velocity increased by 22%
- Einhorn – Buff
- First damage range increased from 140 to 160 inches (approx. 4 m)
- Second damage range reduced from 230 to 220 inches (approx. 5.50 m)
There are also some adjustments to attachments:
- Break-action: M15 shotgun cartridge – Nerf
- First damage range reduced from 197 to 180 inches (approx. 4.50 m)
- Maximum base damage reduced to 18 from 25
- Second damage range reduced from 315 to 278 inches (approx. 7 m)
- Damage of second damage range reduced to 14 from 15
- Weapon perk “Quiet” – Nerf
- Hipfire movement multiplier reduced to 4% from 5.5%
- Aim movement multiplier reduced to 3.5% from 4%
- Three-line rifle: Quick reload magazine – Buff
- Bullet capacity increased to 5 from 3
- Kar 98k (Vanguard): Quick reload magazine – Buff
- Bullet capacity increased to 5 from 3
Those were all the adjustments from the latest update of Call of Duty: Warzone. If you want to take a look at the English patch notes, you can find them here (via ravensoftware.com).
The weapon meta of Warzone is not resting for now and the developers are continuing to work on eliminating overpowered options and mechanics in the game.
If you want to see a summary of changes since the start of Season 1, check out our list of the best weapons in Warzone. Once the dust settles, you will find the best options and alternatives of the weapon meta there.
