Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Update Nerfs Grau, MP5, and More

At 11pm PT on June 29, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare fans can look forward to the release of the big mid-season update for both the standard game and the Warzone battle royale. The Modern Warfare mid-season update is about 20-30GB depending on platform and which version of the game players have, but while it's got a rather large file size, it is making some significant changes. This includes some pretty massive weapon nerfs, with popular weapons like the Grau and MP5 both impacted.

As previously teased, the Modern Warfare mid-season update nerfs the Grau, mainly by reducing its damage range and increasing its high frequency recoil. Additionally, the Tempus 26.4" Archangel and FSS 20.8" Nexus barrels that players can equip to their Graus will have reduced recoil compensation and decreased range, making them far less effective. The MP5, meanwhile, is getting decreased damage range, decreased 10mm damage range, reduced long range damage with its 10mm ammo, and a recoil increase when using 10mm ammo. Needless to say, these changes could potentially shake up the Modern Warfare multiplayer meta significantly, though fans will need to see how they work in action first.

Meanwhile, Infinity Ward didn't just nerf weapons with the new Modern Warfare update. For example, the MK2 Carbine has been buffed, with faster movement speed and increased damage range. The Dragonuv sniper rifle has also been buffed, with players now able to aim down the sights faster and have a faster rate of fire.

It should be noted that these weapon balance changes apply to both Modern Warfare and the Warzone battle royale. Considering this, players of both games may need to adjust their loadouts accordingly.

Besides making weapon balance changes, the Modern Warfare mid-season update also adds a brand new weapon to the mix. Upon downloading the update, Modern Warfare players can add the Rytec AMR sniper rifle to their arsenals. To do so, they can purchase it from the shop, or they can complete a new challenge.

While this big Call of Duty: Modern Warfare mid-season update is rather significant, it's far from the last update coming to Modern Warfare as part of Season 4. In fact, it's likely that Infinity Ward will stick to its weekly updates for Modern Warfare and Warzone, so fans can expect the new content to keep coming on a regular basis.

Here are all the weapon balance changes made in the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Season 4 Reloaded update:

The M4 will perform an AR magazine reload when attempting to reload the underbarrel launcher while you have the 50 Round Mag attachment equipped. This has been fixed

Stopping Power is now applied to headshots. Only certain weapons can go from a 2-shot to a 1-shot head shot, like the FAL and Oden. This fixes a few cases where headshots could sometimes do less damage than body shots when using Stopping Power

Start Ammo and Max Ammo Adjustments:

Increased Max Ammo: M4 .458 SOCOM Rounds
Increased Max Ammo and Start Ammo for CR-56 AMAX M67 Rounds, SKS 10 Round Mags, Striker 45 Hollowpoint Rounds, SCAR Default Mags, Oden Default Mags
Increased Start Ammo for SCAR 25 Round Mags, Oden 25 Round Mags

AX-50: Increased damage range

HDR: Guaranteed one-hit to lower torso at any range

Kar98k:

Increased ADS speed
Small decrease to hip spread
Increased damage range

MK2 Carbine:

Faster movement speed
Increased damage range

Dragonuv:

Increased ADS speed
2 hit kill min
Gun recoil returns to the center more
Faster rate of fire

FAL: Added a close range damage shelf with one-hit headshot potential

AK-47: Increased ADS speed

CR-56 AMAX: Decreased damage range

MP5:

Decreased damage range
Decreased 10MM damage range
Reduced long range damage to 10MM ammo
Slight recoil increase to 10MM ammo

Grau 5.56

Damage range reduction
Slight increase to high frequency recoil
Reduced recoil compensation and decreased range on Tempus 26.4” Archangel and FSS 20.8” Nexus barrels

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