All Black Ops 6 Season 1 weapon balance changes

With the release of Black Op 6 Season 1, many weapons in the roster received a significant balance pass to better suit the game state. Here’s a list of every weapon balance change made in Season 1.

All Balance Changes in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Season 1

Despite having many of the same weapons available, the balance passes for Multiplayer and Zombie modes are treated differently, so I’ll provide the changes for each mode separately.

Multiplayer Balance Changes

Multiplayer received the largest assortment of changes across most weapon types despite the relatively decent balance and usage rates since release. All weapons received the following changes:

• Adjusted weapon motion while moving and changing stances to improve aiming feel and centering (especially with optics). 
• Hold Breath focus state will now be maintained while firing if applicable.
• Improved Weapon depth of field settings when performing a Weapon Inspect.

Assault Rifles

XM4

• Maximum Damage increased from 21 to 23
• Medium Damage increased from 20 to 22
• Minimum Damage increased from 17 to 19
• Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.3 to 1.15
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.42 to 1.25

AMES 85

• Maximum Damage increased from 21 to 23
• Minimum Damage increased from 17 to 19
• Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.25 to 1.12
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.4 to 1.25

GPR 91

• Maximum Damage increased from 21 to 23
• Medium Damage increased from 20 to 22
• Minimum Damage increased from 17 to 19
• Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.3 to 1.15 
• Sprint to Fire time improved from 165ms to 160ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 275ms to 270ms 
• Slide to Fire time improved from 0.37s to 0.33s 
• Dive to Fire time improved from 0.45s to 0.42s
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.4 to 1.2 

Goblin Mk2

• All movement speeds improved by 0.01m/s
• Sprint to Fire time improved from 180ms to 175ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 290ms to 285ms 

SMGs

Kompakt 92

• Minimum Damage decreased from 11 to 10
• Headshot multiplier improved from 1.05 to 1.1

Shotguns

• Strelok Laser Attachment –
  • Increased the time it takes to reach ADS spread from 20% of Aim Down Sight Speed to 70% of Aim Down Sight Speed 
• Slug Attachment
  • Slugs allow players to run shotguns as mid-range precision weapons. As a tradeoff, they have limited short-range effectiveness if you are not carefully hitting headshots.

Marine SP (Slugs)

• Maximum Damage increased from 92 to 102
• Maximum Damage Range decreased from 9.7m to 2m
• Medium Damage 1 increased from 84 to 96
• Medium Damage Range 1 decreased from 9.8 – 15.2m to 2.1 – 12.7m
• Medium Damage 2 increased from 60 to 70
• Medium Damage Range 2 increased from 15.3 – 18.2m to 12.8 – 25.4m
• Medium Damage 3 increased from 49 to 50
• Medium Damage Range 3 increased from 18.3 – 20.7m to 25.5 – 33m
• Minimum Damage Range increased from 20.7m to 33m
• Headshot multiplier increased from 1 to 1.5 
• Upper Torso and Upper Arm multipliers increased from 1 to 1.1 
• Now increases hip spread by 15% 

ASG-80 (Slugs)

• Maximum Damage increased from 92 to 102
• Maximum Damage Range decreased from 0 – 3.8m to 0 – 1.3m
• Medium Damage decreased from 84 to 70
• Medium Damage Range increased from 3.9 – 5.3m to 1.4 – 15.2m
• Medium Damage 2 increased from 49 to 50
• Medium Damage Range 2 increased from 5.4 – 12.1m to 15.3 – 21.6m
• Medium Damage 3 increased from 33 to 40
• Medium Damage Range 3 increased from 12.2 – 19.1m to 21.7 – 29.2m
• Minimum Damage increased from 24 to 30
• Minimum Damage Range increased from >19.1m to >29.2m
• Headshot multiplier increased from 1 to 1.5 
• Upper Torso and Upper Arm multipliers increased from 1 to 1.1 
• Now increases hip spread by 20% 

Marksmen Rifles

Swat 5.56

• Aim Down Sight Speed improved from 340ms to 315ms 
• Sprint to Fire time improved from 215ms to 205ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 325ms to 315ms
• Rapid Fire Attachment:
  • Recoil Gun Kick penalty increased from 25% to 30% 
  • Vertical Recoil penalty increased from 25% to 30% 
  • Horizontal Recoil penalty increased from 25% to 30% 

AEK-973

• Sprint to Fire time increased from 205ms to 215ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time increased from 315ms to 325ms 
• Rapid Fire Attachment:
  • Rate of Fire benefit reduced from 10% to 5% 
  • Burst Fire Delay increased from 115ms to 295ms 
  • Recoil Gun Kick penalty increased from 25% to 50% 
  • Vertical Recoil penalty increased from 20% to 50% 
  • Horizontal Recoil penalty increased from 25% to 50% 

Sniper Rifles

• All snipers now have 1 second of 50% Idle Sway scaling at the beginning of Aim Down Sight 
• All snipers have had base Flinch Resistance improved by 17% 

LW3A1 Frostline

• Aim Down Sight Speed improved from 550ms to 535ms 
• Sprint to Fire time improved from 300ms to 290ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 450ms to 430ms 
• ADS Idle Sway reduced (improved) by about 10%
• Infiltrator Stock Attachment 
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.48m/s to 0.58m/s 
• Heavy Stock Attachment
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 60% to 53% 
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Recoil Gun Kick penalty improved from 75% to 50% 
  • Vertical Recoil penalty improved from 65% to 50% 
• Combat Stock Attachment
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.25m/s to 0.33m/s 
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 35% to 23% 

SVD

• Introduced a delay after firing before a new shot can be queued. This does not change the rate of fire, but prevents accidentally firing extra unintended shots when repeatedly pulling the trigger. 
• Sprint to Fire time improved from 310ms to 300ms 
• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 460ms to 450ms 
• Infiltrator Stock Attachment
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.5m/s to 0.56m/s 
• Heavy Stock Attachment
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 50% to 42.5% 
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Recoil Gun Kick penalty improved from 75% to 50% 
  • Vertical Recoil penalty improved from 65% to 50% 
• Combat Stock Attachment
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.27m/s to 0.3m/s 
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 25% to 12.5% 

LR 7.62

• Tactical Sprint to Fire time improved from 470ms to 460ms
• Infiltrator Stock Attachment
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.43m/s to 0.51m/s 
• Heavy Stock Attachment
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 55% to 48% 
• CHF Barrel Attachment
  • Recoil Gun Kick penalty improved from 75% to 50% 
  • Vertical Recoil penalty improved from 65% to 50% 
• Combat Stock Attachment
  • Aim Walking Movement Speed improvement increased from 0.2m/s to 0.25m/s 
  • Flinch Resistance decreased from 30% to 18% 

Zombies Balance Changes

Assault Rifles

AMES 85 (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 27 to 31.6
• Crit Damage increased from 130 to 153

AK-74 (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 27 to 31.6
• Crit Damage increased from 130 to 153

AS Val (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 20 to 23
• Crit Multiplier decreased from 5.55x to 5.35x
• Crit Damage increased from 111 to 123

Model L (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 27 to 30.5
• Crit Multiplier increased from 4.25x to 4.85x
• Crit Damage increased from 114 to 141

XM4 (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 23 to 25
• Crit Damage increased from 106 to 116

GPR-91 (Pack-a-Punch)

• Bullet Damage increased from 23 to 34.5
• Crit Multiplier decreased from 4.6x to 3.75x
• Crit Damage increased from 105 to 129

Launchers

HE-1

• Increased Stock Ammo from 5 to 11
• Increased Inner Explosion Radius from .4 meters to 3.25 meters
• Increased Mid Explosion Radius 1.6 meters to 4.1 meters
• Increased Outer Explosion Radius 3.26 meters to 5 meters
• Lowered Inner Explosion Damage from 1045 to 800
• Increased Mid Explosion Damage from 475 to 600
• Increased Outer Explosion Damage from 220 to 400