Warzone Season 4 Reloaded balance changes: All weapon buffs and nerfs

The mid-season 4 update for Warzone has arrived and it comes with some drastic balance changes.

There's a lot of new things to explore and try out in Season 4 Reloaded, including the new Sentry Gun killstreak, two new weapons (the OTs 9 and the Mace), a brand new 20v20 Payload mode, as well as plenty of free rewards to grab during the Blueprint Blitz event.

But by far the most significant changes are coming in regards to weapon balance.

At the start of Season 4, Raven has revealed that one of their main goals with balance changes going forward is to make weapon adjustments in order to increase the average time-to-kill within Warzone across all classes.

In short, they want all the weapons to kill more slowly so that players have more time to react and reassess the situation.

With that in mind, there is a significant focus on Torso Multipliers with these changes.

"With reductions to these multipliers, we are placing a bigger emphasis on precision - a move which we feel is ultimately healthy for the game," Raven explains.

Developers want to emphasize that "weapon adjustments were not made in a vacuum," despite the fact that some of these changes might seem drastic.

Raven states that their ultimate goal is to provide "a myriad of options to choose from" and that's where they are aiming with this set of changes.

Check out all the changes below.

Season 4 Reloaded balance changes

Assault Rifles

• AK-47 (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.5
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1

• AK-47 (MW)
  
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.1

• C58 (BOCW) 
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.58
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1
  • Lower Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1
  • Maximum Damage Range increased by 8%
  • Recoil increased

• CR-56 AMAX (MW)
  • Headshot Multiplier increased from 1.5 to 1.55
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1

• Assault Rifle Bravo (MW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 2.05 to 1.62
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.1

• FARA 83 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 31 to 29
  • Recoil increased

• FFAR 1 (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.4
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 27 to 25
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 25 to 23
  • Maximum Damage Range decreased by 20%
  • Neck Multiplier increased from 1 to 1.2

• Assault Rifle Golf (MW)
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.1

• Grau 5.56 (MW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 22 to 24

• Groza (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 28 to 27
  • Maximum Damage Range increased by 4.5%
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.5
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.12
  • Lower Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1
  • Recoil pattern smoothed

• Krig 6 (BOCW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 25 to 26

• M13 (MW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 19 to 20

• Assault Rifle Charlie (MW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 28 to 27
  • Minimum Damage increased from 22 to 23

• Oden (MW)
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.3 to 1.2

• QBZ-83 (BOCW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 22 to 24
  • Base Move Speed reduced by 3%
  • Base ADS Move Speed reduced by 5%
  • Upper Torso Multiplier increased from 1.1 to 1.2
  • Lower Torso Multiplier increased from 1 to 1.1

• RAM-7 (MW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 28 to 26

• XM4 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 32 to 30
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 28 to 27
  • ADS Speed decreased slightly
  • Recoil increased slightly

Light Machine Guns

• M60 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage increased from 36 to 37
  • Headshot Multiplier increased from 1.5 to 1.6

• MG 34 (MW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 31 to 29
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 28 to 27
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.5 to 1.4
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1

• MG 82 (BOCW)
  • ADS Speed decreased slightly

• Light Machine Gun Alpha (MW)
  • Maximum Damage increased from 31 to 32
  • Maximum Damage Range decreased by 7%
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1

• SA87 (MW)
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.1
    
    
• Light Machine Gun Alpha (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 34 to 33
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1

Sniper Rifles

• Swiss K31 (BOCW)
  • ADS animation updated
  • Now shares a base reticle with the ZRG 20mm

Submachine Guns

• AK-74u (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 35 to 31
  • Minimum Damage increased from 25 to 26
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.6
  • Upper Torso Multiplier increased from 1 to 1.1
  • Bullet Velocity increased by 5%

• Submachine Gun Alpha (MW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 25 to 26
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.47

• Bullfrog (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 32 to 31
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.5
  • Left Upper Arm Multiplier increased from .9 to 1
  • Right Upper Arm Multiplier increased from .9 to 1
  • Left Upper Leg Multiplier increased from .9 to 1
  • Right Upper Leg Multiplier increased from .9 to 1

• KSP-45 (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.57

• LC10 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 30 to 27
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 25 to 24
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.55

• Mac-10 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 24 to 23
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 20 to 19
    
    
• Milano 821 (BOCW)
  • Recoil increased slightly
  • Maximum Damage range decreased by 12%
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.38
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.2 to 1.1
  • Lower Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.1 to 1

• Submachine Gun Alpha (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 33 to 31
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 25 to 24

• Nail Gun (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 50 to 46
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.62 to 1.45
  • Upper Torso Multiplier decreased from 1.28 to 1

• Submachine Gun Echo (MW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 35 to 34
  • Minimum Damage increased from 25 to 26

• PPSh-41 (BOCW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 28 to 26

• ISO (MW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 20 to 21

• Submachine Gun Delta (MW)
  • Minimum Damage increased from 25 to 26

• Fennec (MW)
  • Maximum Damage decreased from 25 to 24
  • Minimum Damage decreased from 20 to 19

Tactical Rifles

• Tactical Rifle Charlie (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.8 to 1.7

• CARV.2 (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.7 to 1.6

• M16 (BOCW)
  • Headshot Multiplier decreased from 1.8 to 1.6 

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