Warzone and MW3 Season 4 Reloaded buffs and nerfs

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.