Rebirth Island is officially back in Warzone season three of Modern Warfare 3, and it’s important to know what the Warzone meta guns are before crafting a loadout.
Players may feel overwhelmed trying to choose a loadout for their first Warzone match, as there are well over 115 weapons after three seasonal updates, But there is a science to finding out which guns outperform others. With that in mind, here are the best meta guns in Warzone in season three.
Warzone meta guns for season 3
Best long-range Warzone meta guns
SOA Subverter
In the season three update, the SOA Subverter’s max damage range decreased to around 22 meters, down from 25, and its near-to-mid damage range decreased from 46 to 41. Additionally, the battle rifle’s sprint-to-fire time increased from 256 milliseconds to 270 milliseconds, and its aim-down sight time increased from 270. None of those changes impacted the SOA Subverter’s time-to-kill speeds, so it now has the best TTK stats in the game from any range for long-range meta weapons
RAM-7
After months of dominating Warzone, Raven Software came down hard on the RAM-7 in the season three update. The devs nerfed the ARs max damage down from 26 to 32, near to mid-damage by two points, max damage range by two meters, and decreased the head and neck damage modifiers. As a result, we expect the RAM-7 to fall out of the top spot, but we still think it will be one of the best long-range meta options.
MORS
Warzone got a new one-shot kill sniper rifle in season three, as the devs released a new version of the MORS from CoD: Advanced Warfare. The sniper rifle is unique because players don’t need to reload thanks to an automatic rechambering animation after each shot. Additionally, players can down an enemy with Anti Material ammo with one shot from any range. Even though players won’t be able to conceal their location, as the MORS doesn’t have a suppressor option, we still believe it outclasses the KATT-AMR and XRK Stalker.
Best close-range Warzone meta guns
JAK Ferocity Carbine Renetti
Unusually, a sidearm beats out every SMG and other close-range meta weapons, yet the JAK Ferocity Carbine Renetti has a battle royale-best 490-millisecond time-to-kill speed. On average, it should only take around 8.5 bullets to down an enemy. Additionally, players will be able to wreak havoc in water combat because the weapon is classified as a pistol.
HRM-9
The HRM-9 is arguably the best short-range meta weapon in season three, especially after other contenders like the RAM-9 and AMR9 received hefty nerfs in the most recent weapon balancing update. The JAK Renetti slightly edges ahead, but the HRM-9 has an impressive second-best time-to-kill speed of 612 milliseconds in close-range engagements and can down opponents in around 10.5 bullets. It’s a shame no other SMG or pistol comes close to matching the firepower of these top two weapons.
