A round of weapon balance changes are once again coming to Call of Duty: Mobile in Season 8 (2022).
For all the changes in a new seasonal update for Call of Duty: Mobile, there are a few constants with fans of the game always sure that a new battle pass will be there to grind, some new weapons to try out, and a raft of weapon balance changes, and Season 8: Train to Nowhere is no different.
This time around, the battle pass is espionage-themed, the new weapons are the ZRG 20mm sniper rifle and Butterfly Knife melee, and the weapon balance changes look like they are going to shake up the meta once again.
Getting a buff is the PPSh-41 submachine gun, a weapon that has been buffed in the last two seasonal updates and surely now a competitor to the all-powerful CBR4 and MAC-10.
There are also a raft of buffs and nerfs to items and Operator perks, including the most recent addition The Claw, which has seen its ricocheted bullets now buffed to deal full damage.
COD: Mobile Season 8 - Weapon Balance Changes
News of this round of weapon balance changes comes courtesy of LeakersOnDuty, a team of COD: Mobile leakers who regularly manage to get advance notice of the various buffs and nerfs that are coming to COD: Mobile.
S8 Balance ChangesNote that they are subject to change until official release.There are two images in this tweet.#Callofdutymobile #codm pic.twitter.com/6k4CufsFt2
— Leakers On Duty (@LeakersOnDuty) September 2, 2022
While they don't provide exact figures, we do learn of the general direction the developers are taking the meta, and in Season 8, it looks like Operator perks and munitions like throwable munitions like Flashbangs and Molotov's are getting tweaked across the board.
Buffs
A number of weapons across a number of weapon classes are being buffed, alongside Operator perks and items.
Swordfish
- Improved ADS speed
- Decreased burst delay (Base and Halberd)
- Improved hip-fire accuracy (MP only)
Oden
- Improved recoil
- Improved range
AK47
- Improved damage multiplier
LK24
- Improved damage multiplier
- Improved flinch
Chicom
- Improved damage multiplier
PPSh-41
- Improved horizontal recoil
QXR
- Improved damage
MX9
- Improved damage
- Made BR damage and range stats identical to MP stats
HG40
- Improved damage multiplier
- Improved range
Chopper
- Improved damage
- Improved range
- Improved Bullet Spread Accuracy
KRM 262
- Improved damage
- Improved range
- Improved hip-fire accuracy
Pharo
- +Improved recoil
- -Reduced range
Trophy System
- Improved radius
- Flashbang
- Improved radius
- Improved effect duration
Echo Nade
- Improved radius
Gravity Spikes
- Reduced recharge time
Contact Nade
- Improved throwing speed
- Improved damage
- Improved radius
The Claw
- Ricocheted bullets now deal full damage
Molotov
- Improved duration
Nerfs
Nerfs included the JAK-12 shotgun, as well as a number of items and Operator perks.
JAK-12
- Decreased damage multiplier
- Decreased range
Reactor Core
- Decreased radius
- Decreased recharge time
Thermite
- Decreased duration
- Decreased radius
Flash Done
- Decreased radius
Concussion Nade
- Decreased radius
- Decreased duration
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