All weapon changes in Apex Legends Season 27

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Apex Legends Season 27 introduced a list of changes for its arsenal of weapons, including a shuffle for the care package items. The devs included small notes beside most of the changes in the official patch notes, describing the need for the buffs or nerfs. The new changes also include a few tweaks for the available Hop-Ups that were baked into almost all weapons in the game.

This article will highlight all the weapon changes in Apex Legends Season 27.

Note: Parts of this article are subjective and reflect the author’s opinion.


Weapon buffs and nerfs in Apex Legends Season 27

Here are all the weapon changes in Apex Legends Season 27:

Light Machine Gun (LMG)

These changes are for all LMGs, except the L-Star

  • Removed Reverse Hipfire mechanic from LMGs
  • Hipfire spread decreased to compensate
  • Updated reticles to the original plus design

Marksman weapons

These changes will affect all Marksman weapons

  • Reduced projectile size and scaling
  • Decreased projectile launch speed
  • Reduced headshot damage multiplier

30-30 Repeater

  • Headshot multiplier reduced (change was made in a previous hotfix)

Bocek Compound Bow

  • Added 2x-4x Variable ACOG Scope as a compatible attachment (Previously limited to 3x HCOG)

Triple Take (Removed from care package)

  • Damage reduced to 22 per bullet from 23
  • Increased choke charge time
  • Increased fire rate while hipfiring

Pistols

P2020 (Added to care package)

  • Increased fire rate
  • Increased magazine size to 26 from 22

RE-45 Burst

  • Horizontal and vertical recoil improvements (change was made in a previous hotfix)
  • Purple mag size increased by 3 (change was made in a previous hotfix)

Also read: All ranked changes in Apex Legends Season 27


Shotgun

Peacekeeper

  • Full burst damage reduced to 99 from 108
  • Increased choke charge time
  • Rechamber time decreased to 1.1
  • Clip size reduced to 5 from 6 (change was made in a previous hotfix)

Sub Machine Guns (SMGs)

Alternator SMG

  • Damage increased to 19 from 18
  • Blue magazine decreased to 26 from 27
  • Purple and gold magazines increased to 30 from 29
  • With Double Tap Trigger Locked Hop-Up, the SMG shoots bullets out of each barrel, simultaneously
  • Reduced fire rate when the Double Tap Trigger is used
  • Damage per bullet is reduced to 15 when the Double Tap Trigger is used

CAR SMG (Added to care package)

  • Added a new Hop-Up called Galvanic Gavel
  • Allows the magazine to be swapped between Disruptor and Hammerpoint Rounds
  • Upon first pick-up, the SMG begins with Disruptor Rounds
  • Magazine size increased to 30 from 28
  • Improved reload speed of the magazine swap

Prowler PDW

  • While in burst fire mode, holding down the trigger now releases subsequent bursts
  • Slightly increased burst delay

Volt SMG

  • Increased projectile size in close quarters

Sniper

This change affects all Snipers

  • Reduced projectile size

Charge Rifle

  • Maximum damage reduced to 99 from 110
  • Damage reduced by 40% while using Select Fire mode from 25% (change was made in a previous hotfix)
  • Damage scaling minimum distance increased to 75 meters from 50 meters (change was made in a previous hotfix)

Here are all the Loot and Attachment changes:

Amps

  • Healing rate of the Overflow Healer is reduced
  • Added Infinite Ammo and Over Armor can be found more in the early game as floor loot
  • Over Armor can now potentially be found in Assault Bin amps

Attachments

Gold Laser Sight (New)

This new attachment can be equipped on all SMGs and Pistols

  • Greatly improves ground and aerial hipfire spread
  • Adds reverse hipfire to tighten hipfire spread upon continuous firing

Read more: When does Apex Legends Season 27 start?


Locked Hop-Ups

Double Tap Trigger

  • 375 Locked Hop-Up Points to unlock
  • Compatible with Alternator

Accelerator

  • Accelerator removed from all compatible weapons - G7 Scout, Flatline, and CAR SMG

Skull Piercer

  • Skull Piercer removed from all compatible weapons - 30-30 Repeater, Wingman, and Longbow

Graffiti Mod

  • Removed from Spitfire LMG and EVA-8 Shotgun
  • Added to Mozambique and Wingman

Gun Shield Generator

  • Removed from Rampage LMG
  • Added to Triple Take

Selectfire Receiver

  • Increased points to unlock to 450 on the Charge Rifle (change was made in a previous hotfix)

The nerf to long-range weapons due to the removal of the Skull Piercer Locked Hop-Up may mark the end of one of the most dominant weapon metas in Apex Legends. Moreover, the addition of a new Golden Laser attachment could bring about a healthy change and expand the selection of weapons for the community. The new season could bring back medium and close-range meta, boosting the classic SMG/AR and Shotgun loadouts.

That concludes all of the changes arriving in the Apex Legends Season 27 update. Fans can check out the official patch notes on the Apex Legends website for more details. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda for more updates, guides, and news.

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