All weapons buffs and nerfs in Black Ops 6 & Warzone Season 2

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Black Ops 6 and Warzone Season 2 have brought plenty of changes to the meta, thanks to a host of weapon buffs and nerfs that are sure to shake things up.

The Season 2 update brings plenty of new weapons looking to make a name for themselves, such as the new Cypher 091 and the returning PPSh-41. That’s not all though, as the existing guns in both games are also getting an overhaul, giving some previously underpowered options a chance to shine.

Here are all of the buffs and nerfs to need to know about when building your loadouts in Season 2.

All buffs & nerfs in Warzone & BO6 Season 2

Check out all of the weapon balancing changes in the Season 2 update below:

Black Ops 6

Black Ops 6 and Warzone Operators holding SMGsActivision

Weapons

  • Weapon motion reduction from the Dexterity perk improved from 60% to 70%.
  • Weapon raised animations that play on respawn are now fully interruptible.
  • Reduced bullet penetration on all surface types.

Magazine attachment changes

  • Fast Mag I, Fast Mag II, Fast Mag III, and Flip Mag reload times improved by 10% on all weapon classes but pistols.
  • Fast Mag I and Fast Mag II reload times improved by 5% on Pistols.
  • All LMG magazines with 50 rounds or less have had reload times improved by 5%.
  • AS VAL default magazine reload time improved by 10%.
  • Addressed an issue with Swat 5.56 Fast Mag I, it will now improve reload times as intended.
  • C9 Extended Mag I: from 1.933s to 2.267s.
  • Model L Extended Mag II: from 2.133s to 2.433s.
  • GPMG-7 Extended Mag II: from 5.2s to 5.6s.
  • GPMG-7 Extended Mag III: from 5.7s to 6.07s.
  • GPMG-7 Extended Mag IV: from 6.13s to 6.47s.
  • SVD Extended Mag 2: from 2.63s to 3s.

Melee

  • Removed screen flash from taking frontal bullet damage while holding a melee.

Assault Rifles

Goblin Mk2

  • ADS In time improved from 245ms to 240ms.
  • All Hipfire Spread angles improved by 0.5 degrees.
  • Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 175ms to 170ms.
  • Tactical Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 285ms to 280ms.
  • Flinch caused by this weapon increased.

SMGs

Kompakt 92 & 3-Round Burst Mod

  • View Kick Strength reduced

Shotguns

Marine SP

  • Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 210ms to 200ms.
  • Tactical Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 320ms to 310ms.

ASG-89

  • Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 205ms to 195ms.
  • Tactical Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 315ms to 305ms.

Maelstrom

  • Fire Rate improved from 300rpm to 316rpm.
  • Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 200ms to 190ms.
  • Tactical Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 310ms to 300ms.

LMGs

PU-21

  • Pre-fire delay improved from 55ms to 20ms.
  • Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 245ms to 240ms.
  • Tactical Sprint to Fire Speed improved from 335ms to 330ms.
  • View Kick Deviation slightly reduced.

Marksman Rifles

DM-10

  • Gain-Twist Barrel: Bullet Velocity improvement increased from 25% to 45%.

Sniper Rifles

LW3A1 Frostline

  • Upper Torso and Upper Arm Damage Modifiers decreased from 1.1x to 1x.
  • Lower Torso and Lower Arm Damage Modifiers increased from 0.9x to 0.98x
  • Quickdraw Rear Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Speed bonus reduced from 70ms to 60ms.
  • CHF Barrel
    • Now improves Upper Torso and Upper Arm Damage Modifiers to 1.03x.
    • Now improves Hand and Upper Leg Damage Modifiers to .98x.

SVD

  • Quickdraw Rear Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Speed bonus reduced from 75ms to 65ms.
  • CHF Barrel
    • Now improves Upper Torso and Upper Arm Damage Modifiers to 1.03x.
    • Now improves Hand and Upper Leg Damage Modifiers to .98x.

LR 7.62

  • Hand and Upper Leg Damage Modifiers increased from .9x to 0.99x.
  • Quickdraw Rear Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Speed bonus reduced from 80ms to 65ms.
  • CHF Barrel
    • Now improves Upper Torso Damage Modifier to 2x.
    • Now improves Lower Torso and Lower Arm Damage Modifiers to 1.02x.
    • Now improves Hand Damage Modifier to 1x.
    • Now improves Lower Leg Damage Modifier to .99x.

AMR Mod 4

  • Quickdraw Rear Grip
    • Aim Down Sight Speed bonus reduced from 80ms to 65ms.

Pistols

Styrder .22

  • Bullet Penetration improved to match the other pistol

Special Weapons

Sirin 9mm

  • Extended Mag 1
    • Extended Mag I now increases Sprint to Fire Time by 10ms.
    • Extended Mag I now increases ADS In Time by 20ms.
  • Fast Mag 1
    • Fast Mag I now improves Sprint To Fire Time by 10ms.
    • Fast Mag I now improves ADS In Time by 20ms.

Launchers

Cigma 2B

  • ADS In time improved from 400ms to 325ms.
  • Weapon swap Raise Time improved from 1000ms to 800ms.
  • Fast Hands Raise Time improved from 750ms to 550ms.
  • Weapon swap Raise Interrupt Time improved from 750ms to 250ms.
  • Fast Hands Raise Interrupt Time improved from 500ms to 100ms.
  • Weapon swap Drop Time improved from 600ms to 450ms.
  • Fast Hands Drop Time improved from 300ms to 200ms.

HE-1

  • ADS In time improved from 400ms to 325ms.
  • Weapon swap Raise Time improved from 1000ms to 800ms.
  • Fast Hands Raise Time improved from 750ms to 550ms.
  • Weapon swap Raise Interrupt Time improved from 750ms to 250ms.
  • Fast Hands Raise Interrupt Time improved from 500ms to 100ms.
  • Weapon swap Drop Time improved from 600ms to 450ms.
  • Fast Hands Drop Time improved from 300ms to 200ms.

Warzone

General

  • Reload Speeds
    • Reload speeds have been improved across all weapons, with increases ranging from 5% to 20%, depending on the weapon class.
      • Modern Warfare 3
        • Assault Rifles (ARs): 15% faster
        • Marksman Rifles (MRs): 5% faster
        • Submachine Guns (SMGs): 10% faster
        • Sniper Rifles: 12% faster
        • Handguns: 5% faster
        • Battle Rifles: 10% faster
      • Modern Warfare 2
        • Assault Rifles (ARs): 12% faster
        • Marksman Rifles (MRs): 10% faster
        • Light Machine Guns (LMGs): 15% faster
        • Submachine Guns (SMGs): 22% faster
        • Sniper Rifles: 15% faster
        • Handguns: 5% faster
        • Battle Rifles: 10% faster
      • Black Ops 6
        • Assault Rifles (ARs): 5% faster
        • Marksman Rifles (MRs): 5% faster
        • Light Machine Guns (LMGs): 10% faster
        • Submachine Guns (SMGs): 10% faster
        • Sniper Rifles: 10% faster
        • Handguns: 5% faster
        • Reload speeds for Flip and Fast Mag attachments have been increased by an additional 5%.
  • Bullet Penetration
    • Adjusted bullet penetration across most materials resulting in a more consistent experience for thicker walls in particular.
  • Weapon Swap
    • Increased swap speed by 10%, effectively replicating the effect of the Quick Grip Gloves Perk from Modern Warfare.
  • Sprint-to-Fire
    • Reduced sprint-to-fire penalty when jumping from 35% to 10%.
  • Aim-Down-Sight
    • Reduced the aim-down-sight (ADS) jump speed penalty by 25%.

Assault Rifles

AK-74

Additional Adjustments

  • Aim Down Sight speed improved from 290ms to 270ms.
  • Sprint to Fire time improved from 205ms to 190ms.
  • Lower Torso multiplier increased from 0.88x to 0.9x.

AMES 85

  • Leg multiplier increased from 0.9x to 0.95x.
  • Headshot multiplier increased from 1.1x to 1.15x.

AS Val

  • Default magazine reload speed is 5% faster.

Goblin Mk2

Additional Adjustments

  • Bullet Velocity increased from 800m/s to 820m/s.
  • Default Magizine and Flip Magizine clip size increased from 20 to 25.
  • Lower, Arm, and Hand multipliers increased from 0.8x to 1x.

GPR 91

Additional Adjustments

  • Aim Down Sight speed slowed from 225ms to 240ms.
  • Sprint to Fire time slowed from 160ms to 175ms.
  • Leg multipliers decreased from 0.9x to 0.84x.

Model L

Additional Adjustments

  • Leg multipliers increased from 0.85x to 0.88x.

XM4

Additional Adjustments

  • Leg multipliers decreased from 1x to 0.88x.

Attachment Adjustments

  • 100 Round Magizine:
    • Aim Down Sight speed penalty increased from 15% to 30%.
  • Buffer Stock:
    • Horizontal Recoil Control bonus decreased from 60% to 45%.
    • Vertical Recoil Control bonus decreased from 30% to 18%.
    • Gunkick bonus decreased from 32% to 20%.   

SMGs

C9

Additional Adjustments

  • Aim Down Sight speed improved from 210ms to 200ms.
  • Sprint to Fire time improved from 130ms to 120ms.
  • Bullet Velocity increased from 550m/s to 570m/s.
  • Leg multipliers increased from 0.9x to 1x.

Jackal PDW

Additional Adjustments

  • Upper Torso and Arm multipliers decreased from 1x to 0.93x.
  • Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 0.9x to 0.83x.
  • Bullet Velocity decreased from 530m/s to 500m/s.

Kompakt 92

  • Aim Down Sight speed improved from 225ms to 210ms.
  • Sprint to Fire time improved from 145ms to 130ms.

KSV

Additional Adjustments

  • Aim Down Sight speed improved from 220ms to 210ms.
  • Sprint to Fire time improved from 130ms to 120ms.
  • Bullet Velocity increased from 510m/s to 550m/s.

PP-919

Additional Adjustments

  • Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.07x to 1.04x.
  • Leg multipliers decreased from 1x to 0.82x.

LMGs

XMG

  • Buffer Stock Attachment
    • Horizontal Recoil Control bonus decreased from 40% to 25%.
    • Vertical Recoil Control bonus decreased from 25% to 15%.
    • Gunkick bonus decreased from 25% to 15%.

Pistols

9mm PM

  • Headshot multiplier increased from 1.2x to 1.3x.
  • Upper Torso and Arm multipliers increased from 1x to 1.2x.
  • Attachments
    • Extended Mag I
      • Magazine size increased from 12 to 15.
    • Extended Mag II
      • Magazine size increased from 15 to 18.

For more, be sure to check out all of the BO6 Zombies content in Season 2, as well as the new Terminator event.

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