Warzone Season 4’ s best gun isn’ t one you’ d expect The Loadout The Loadout Warzone Season 4’ s best gun isn’ t one you’ d expect Despite being nerfed in the last major Warzone update, the KG M40 has become the most popular weapon in Call of Duty’s battle royale by quite a large margin Kyle Wilson Published: Aug 9, 2022 11:54 ET Call of Duty: Warzone Call of Duty Warzone is an unpredictable beast, but sometimes it really does defy expectations. We know that it's foolish to assume that anything in Call of Duty Warzone – or within the community of players built up around the battle royale – makes sense, but this is one of the strangest things we've ever seen. Despite being hit with a significant nerf in the Season 4 Reloaded weapon balancing sweep, a tweak in the latest Warzone update has seen the KG M40 become the most popular gun in the battle royale by quite a large margin. At the time of writing, on August 9 and almost a full week since its last update (on August 3), the KG M40 assault rifle has somewhat inexplicably become the most popular weapon in Warzone. This might not look like a big deal right now, but the KG M40 currently boasts a pick rate of over 10.3 – which has shot up from around 3.8 since the start of Season 4 Reloaded – according to WZRanked. Yes, as much as that doesn't make sense, it's right. The KG M40 has shot up to become the most popular weapon in the Call of Duty battle royale shooter – despite not being anywhere close to the Warzone meta – after being hit with a nerf. Explain that one. On almost all accounts, it doesn't make much sense at all. In the Warzone Season 4 Reloaded patch notes, the KG M40 nerf reduced the weapon's maximum damage range and minimum damage threshold. This assault rifle has also seen its headshot locational damage multiplier reduced twice, now 1.32 from 1.5. We know these seem like insignificant numbers, but they really do have a huge impact on how a gun performs in-game. Interestingly, it looks like there's one thing that can be attributed to this weapon's unexpected climb to the top of this battle royale's meta (and one reason why it's finding a place in so many of the best Warzone loadouts out there right now): the Reisdorf 720mm Shrouded barrel attachment. Despite the fact that this barrel attachment's horizontal recoil control was decreased to just 20%, from a lofty 35%, during the Season 4 Reloaded weapon balancing update, it's being used in almost every top tier KG M40 Warzone loadout right now. It defies logic, frankly. Popular Call of Duty content creator 'JGOD' labelled the KG M40 a "meta-chaser" just a handful of days ago, claiming it would be the next 'meta' weapon and producing foresight that the most talented seers would be jealous of. 'Ryda', 'KunjTV', and 'Klubo' – all popular Warzone content creators – are leaning on this attachment as key to their builds. But, it's hard to explain why given the fact that it was made objectively worse in the last update. We know the argument here is that the KG M40 is just a good weapon right now, and we're not denying that, but this gun's unexplained jump from being a mid-table second-hand pick to one of the best Warzone guns is baffling. Still, the Warzone Season 5 release date is on the way and there's no telling what changes Raven Software will bring to shake up the meta once again. More from The Loadout Best Warzone Loadout of the Week - battle with Modern Warfare's best Best Warzone Loadout of the Week - prepare for a Rebirth rampage Best Warzone Loadout of the Week - a dominant duo in Season 5 Reloaded Best Warzone Loadout of the Week - JGOD perfects the Season 5 meta Warzone Stories calling cards celebrate metas, memes, and Roze skins Warzone's new Roze skin is aptly named Night Terror Kyle Wilson If Kyle isn't writing about upcoming PS5 games, he's playing them. Kyle is currently excited about Overwatch 2, Apex Legends, Call of Duty Warzone, and Fortnite. Popular now Orianna has been disabled for League of Legends Worlds 2022 The FIFA 23 meta has quickly become all about Lengthy players Blizzard assures Overwatch 2 players their OW1 skins aren’t lost Network N Media earns commission from qualifying purchases via Amazon Associates and other programs. We include affiliate links in articles. View terms. Prices correct at time of publication. More stories Odoamne says Rogue is taking LoL Worlds 2022 “one game at a time” Best Warzone Loadout of the Week – battle with Modern Warfare’s best The LoL Worlds 2022 final is headed to a cinema near you More from The Loadout Follow us for daily videogame news on Facebook, Twitter, Steam, and Google News. Warzone meta - the top weapons in Season 5 Best Warzone guns - the meta weapons for Season 5 Best Warzone loadouts for Season 5 Free shooting games Best PS5 games Best Xbox games