The new season is finally here, bringing some exciting changes to the game. Like any other season, players will need some time to get used to and adapt to all the new changes.
Some overpowered weapons from last season have taken a big hit. Most notable are the 30-30 and Hemlock nerfs, as well as changes to the Digi Threat.
Everyone is excited and ready to start climbing with all the ranked changes, legend upgrades, and rank reset. However, before that let's take a look at all the weapon changes so you can be better prepared going into competitive.
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All Weapon Changes in Apex Season 20
Care Package Weapon Rotation
- EVA-8 enters the Care Package
- Prowler returns to the floor
Gold Weapons Rotation
- R-301, RE-45, Mastiff, Devotion, 30-30
30-30
- Base damage reduced to 39 (was 42)
- Dual Loader removed as an integrated Hop-Up, now only loads 1 shell per reload
- Reloading 3 shells in a row now increases reload speed by 20% for the remainder of the reload
- Ammo capacity
- White Magazine reduced to 7 (was 8)
- Blue Magazine reduced to 8 (was 10)
- Purple & Gold Magazine reduced to 10 (was 12)
- Skullpiercer headshot multiplier reduced to 2.0 (was 2.1)
- Marksman Stock reload speed bonus normalized to match other sniper weapons
EVA-8 [Care Package]
- Damage reduced to 6 (was 7)
- Fire rate increased to 3 (was 2.4)
- Recoil reduced to better match the much faster fire rate
- Hammer Points: 20% damage increase against flesh (+1 damage)
- Gold Shotgun Bolt: shells reloaded on slide increased to 2 (was 1)
- Note: this change only affects the Care Package EVA-8
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Hemlock
- Damage reduced to 20 (was 21)
- Hipfire spread increased
- Spread delay increased to 0.28 (was 0.21)
L-Star
- Can no longer equip Barrel Attachments
Prowler [Floor]
- Reverted to non-Care Package version
- Damage decreased to 15 (was 16)
- Select Fire Hop-Up removed
- Burst delay increased to 0.28 (was 0.24)
- Spread delay increased to 0.28 (was 0.15)
R-99
- ADS vertical and horizontal recoil increased
R-301
- Hipfire spread reduced
SMG Ballistics
- Projectile gravity increased across all SMGs
- Projectile launch speed reduced across most SMGs (Prowler unchanged)
1x Digital Threat
- Can no longer be equipped to SMGs
- Spawn rates reduced by 20%
Laser Sights
- Spread multipliers reduced
- White Laser Sight adjusted to x0.9 (was x0.8)
- Blue Laser Sight adjusted to x0.8 (was x0.6)
- Purple Laser Sight adjusted to x0.7 (was x0.4)
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That concludes all of the Apex Season 20 weapon changes. The season has brought many quality-of-life changes and the players are satisfied and excited. Only time will tell if the game is going in the right direction but for now, everyone seems to be having fun. Feel free to check out our other Apex articles as well. Happy gaming!
