Fan-favorite weapons are severely “underpowered” in Black Ops 6

A fan-favorite set of Call of Duty weapons are “phenomenally underpowered” in Black Ops 6 after undergoing a few nerfs in recent updates.

Whenever a new seasonal update for Call of Duty comes around, some popular weapons typically go under the knife and come out the other side being nerfed.

Black Ops 6 has continued this, with some updates making significant changes to the meta – both in multiplayer and Warzone. Rest in peace to the BP50 and STG, your viability was much loved until Season 1 rolled around. 

As a whole, shotguns have also lived a charmed life thanks to these buffs and nerfs. The close-quarter weapons were powerful in the early knockings of Black Ops 6, but subsequent nerfs to slugs has made them almost useless.

Shotguns need a buff in Black Ops 6

It was something that players have flagged too, suggesting that the power needs to return to shotguns, even if that comes at the cost of something else.

“Slugs are so phenomenally underpowered,” Redditor MW2Straetgy complained. “How are they EVER a hitmarker in hardcore, anywhere? I’ve never seen a game shaft slug rounds this unbelievably hard. They’re supposed to hit extremely hard, they’re a single projectile. It’s the tradeoff.”

Others quickly agreed. “Frankly most of the shotguns in the game are really weak,” one said. “SMGs need a MASSIVE nerf, then everything else should fall in line. LMGs and shotties are not nearly strong enough,” another suggested.

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Shotguns are on the struggle bus in Black Ops 6.

Some fans pointed out that the devs might be trying to avoid a shotgun-filled meta like we’ve seen in previous games.

“Slugs were ridiculously broken for a good while and in typical fashion they just nerfed them into the ground instead of properly balancing it. They’ll never be viable again,” one added.

We’ve still got a few weeks until Season 3 rolls around when Verdansk will be making a return in Warzone. Shotguns played a big part in the battle royale back then, so it’d be sad if they didn’t get any love to bring those days back.