Apex Legends Season 20 is here. The new update includes buffs and nerfs to a variety of popular weapons, including fan-favorite ARs and SMGs.
Apex Legends Season 20 Some of the most notable guns being geeked out include the 30-30, Hemlok, L-Star, Prowler, and R-99. Other weapons like the EVA-8 and R-301 are also loved.
While a few weapon attachments are tweaked in the form of reduced spawn rates, reduced multipliers, or reduced compatibility, overall SMGs are tweaked to be more balanced.
Here are all the weapon buffs and nerfs in Apex Legends Season 20, Breakout.
Apex Legends Season 20 Nerf R-99 SMG.
All weapon buffs and nerfs in Apex Legends Season 20
In Apex Season 20, the base damage of 30-30 has been reduced from 42 to 39, along with ammo for different levels. The R-99 has had its vertical and horizontal recoil increased during ADS and Hemlok’s damage has been reduced from 21 to 20 along with increased hip fire spread.
EVA-8 from the Care Package now deals lower damage (from 7 to 6), but increases its rate of fire from 2.4 to 3 and deals 20% more damage to flesh when used with Hammer Points. The R-301 now has reduced undirected fire spread, making it easier to control during close combat.
Digital Threats can no longer be equipped on SMGs and their spawn rate is reduced by 20%. The magnification of the laser sight over different spreads is also reduced.
Here are all the buffs and nerfs for weapons and accessories in Apex Legends Season 20.
Weapons and accessories
30-30
- Base damage reduced to 39. (Formerly 42)
- ammunition capacity
- The standard capacity does not change. (6)
- White Magazines decreased to 7 (was 8).
- Blue Magazine reduced to 8. (Existing 10)
- Purple and Gold magazines reduced to 10. (Formerly 12)
- Skullpiercer headshot multiplier reduced to 2.0. (Formerly 2.1)
- The integrated hop-up has eliminated the dual loader and now only loads 1 shell per reload.
- Marksman Stock reload speed bonus normalized to match other sniper weapons.
- Now, when you reload 3 shells in a row, your reload speed is increased by 20% for the remaining reload time.
EVA-8 (care package)
- Damage reduced to 6. (Formerly 7)
- Rate of fire increased to 3. (Previously 2.4)
- Recoil has been reduced to better match the much higher rate of fire.
- Hammer Point: Increases damage to the body by 20% (+1 damage)
- Gold Shotgun Bolt: Increased the number of shells reloaded from the slide to 2 (was 1).
- Note: This change only affects Care Package EVA-8.
hemlock
- Damage reduced to 20. (Formerly 21)
- The spread of shots off target increased.
- Propagation delay increased to 0.28 (was 0.21).
L star
- Barrel mounts can no longer be equipped.
Prowler (floor)
- Return to non-care package version
- Damage reduced to 15. (Formerly 16)
- Select Fire Hop-Up has been removed.
- Burst latency increased to 0.28 (was 0.24).
- Propagation delay increased to 0.28 (was 0.15).
R-99
- ADS vertical and horizontal recoil increased.
R-301
- Reduced spread of undirected fire
SMG ballistics
- Increased projectile gravity for all SMGs.
- Reduced projectile fire rate on most SMGs (unchanged for Prowler).
1x digital threat
- It can no longer be equipped on the SMG.
- Spawn rate has been reduced by 20%.
laser sight
