Understanding the Warzone and MW3 Season 4 Reloaded buffs and nerfs make all the difference when building the strongest loadout.
With Season 4 Reloaded now live, players loading into MW3 multiplayer and the battle royale will need to adjust to a new meta after Sledgehammer Games and Raven Software adjusted a number of popular weapons dealing damage in casual and competitive play.
Find all of the buffs and nerfs from the mid-season update in this guide.
Warzone Season 4 Reloaded buffs and nerfs
BAL-27
- Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.
MCW
- Min Damage increased to 24, up from 22.
- Increased bullet velocity to 750m/s, up from 710m/s.
Holger 556
- Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 60.96 meters, up from 50.8
- Increased bullet velocity to 720m/s, up from 690m/s.
MTZ 556
- Increased bullet velocity to 720m/s, up from 690m/s.
M16
- Jak Patriot AMP
- Mid Damage Range increased to 53.34 meters, up from 48.26.
MTZ 762
- Max Damage Range increased to 25.4 meters, up from 19.05.
- Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 48.26 meters, up from 40.64.
FJX Horus
- JAK Scimitar Kit
- Max Damage Range increased to 15.08 meters, up from 13.71.
- Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 27.22 meters, up from 24.
- Mid Damage Range increased to 41.91 meters, up from 41.14.
Striker
- Lower Torso Modifier increased to 1.1x, up from 1x.
Rival 9
- Max Damage Range increased to 12.7 meters, up from 12.19.
- Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 25.4 meters, up from 24.3.
RAAL MG
- Min Damage increased to 28, up from 27.
Sakin MG38
- Min Damage increased to 25, up from 24.
RAPP H
- Leg Modifier increased to 1x, up from .95x.
HCR 56
- Near-Mid Damage Range increased to 50.8 meters, up from 48.2.
Lockwood MK2
- JAK Wardens Conversion Kit
- Increased sprint to fire speed from to 100ms, up from 35ms.
Kar98k
- Modified controller aim assist properties to align with the Sniper Rifle class.
- Max Damage Range decreased to 55.88 meters, down from 63.5.
- Decreased bullet velocity to 620m/s, down from 660m/s.
The most notable nerf is the Kar98k which dominated the first half of Season 4 since its long-awaited return. With lower damage range and reduced bullet velocity, it'll be interesting to see if it still holds its place at the top of the meta.
MW3 Season 5 Reloaded buffs and nerfs
Compared to Warzone, the Season 4 Reloaded buffs and nerfs for Modern Warfare 3 are much less. Check out all of the adjustments below:
FJX Horus
- Decreased maximum damage range from 15.2m to 13.7m (-10%).
- Decreased near-medium damage range from 25.4m to 22.9m (-10%).
- Decreased medium damage range from 33m to 29.7m (-10%).
- Decreased far-medium damage range from 40.6m to 36.6m (-10%).
- JAK Scimitar Kit
- Increased damage range benefit from 35% to 65%.
KV Broadside
- JAK Jawbreaker Conversion Kit
- Fixed an issue causing Muzzle Attachment to unequip in gameplay.
Kar98k
- Removed hipfire aim assist properties for controller input devices.
- Decreased strength of ADS aim assist properties for controller input devices.
Lockwood MK2
- JAK Wardens Conversion Kit
- Increased sprint to fire speed from 35ms to 100ms (+186%).
- Decreased maximum damage range from 4.6m to 3m (-33%).
- Decreased near-medium damage range from 8.9m to 7.1m (-20%).
Carrack .300
- Increased maximum damage from 95 to 128 (+35%).
- Increased near-medium damage from 90 to 95 (+6%).
- Increased medium damage from 70 to 90 (+29%).
- Increased minimum damage from 60 to 70 (+17%).
- Decreased maximum damage range from 30.7m to 12.7m (-59%).
- Decreased near-medium damage range from 58.1m to 30.7m (-47%).
- Decreased medium damage range from 69.6m to 58.1m (-16%).
- Increased head and neck damage multiplier from 1.7x to 2.2x.
- Increased lower torso damage multiplier from 1x to 1.1x.
COR 45
- XRK IP-V2 Conversion Kit
- Fixed an exploit allowing the Akimbo Rear Grip to be equipped.
The Carrack has received the most changes with a huge damage buff bringing it in line with other sniper rifles on offer. Alongside the sniper, the FJX Horus has received a slight nerf to reduce its incredible damage output balancing it with other SMGs.
That's all there is to know about the Season 4 Reloaded buffs and nerfs for Warzone and Modern Warfare 3. For more, check out our guides on the Warzone Mutation Resurgence mode and the MW3 Bit Party playlist.