CoD Warzone 2: Meta – The best weapons with setups in Season 2 / February 2023

MeinMMO keeps an eye on the Call of Duty: Warzone 2 meta for you and provides you with the best weapons for your loadouts with setups in German and English. We update the list regularly as soon as there are balance changes with updates.

To bring you the best weapons from Call of Duty: Warzone 2, we regularly check analysis from Warzone experts, look at community trends and spice it all up with a pinch of our own experience.

Our focus is on easy playability – if we have to choose between high damage and easy control, we always prefer better control. However, we list you the meta weapon with the higher damage as an alternative.

The article is divided into 3 parts:

Here you can find the trailer for the current Season 2:

Updated February 17th: Season 2 is at the start and has brought with it a dwindling of weapon adjustments. The changes were rather moderate, but the weapons in Warzone 2 are pretty close together anyway.

Accordingly, you can continue to use the strong weapons of the week before the season update – keyword Fennec and RPK. But other weapons that have not received a nerf are a little overtaken.

The TAQ-56 is now on the throne for the assault rifle, and the Sakin MG38 for the LMGs. Here you can browse the changes a little, we have included them in English:

“Assault Rifles”

• M13B
  • Increased damage at mid range
  • Increased upper torso damage
• Kastov 762
  • Small damage reduction
  • Added additional long range damage falloff
• Lachmann-556
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
• M4
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
• STB 556
  • Fixed an issue with the Single Tap Mod Magazine attachment which caused the weapon to deal considerably less damage to the upper left leg

“Battle Rifles”

• Lachmann-762
  • Decreased full auto head and torso damage
  • Increased semi-auto upper torso damage
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
  • Reduced full auto recoil
  • Increased damage over long range
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• FTac Recon
  • Decreased full auto upper torso damage
  • Speed ​​up ads time
  • Reduced full auto recoil
  • Increased close range damage distance
  • Increased lower torso damage multiplier
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• SO-14
  • Increased semi auto rate of fire
  • Increased long range damage
  • Reduced semi-auto headshot damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• TAQ-V
  • Decreased mid-range damage
  • Increased semi-auto torso damage
  • Reduced semi auto leg damage
  • Decreased full auto head damage
  • Decreased full auto head damage
  • Reduced semi auto rate of fire

» hand guns «

• X13 car
  • Reduced damage while using Akimbo
  • Increase lower body damage
  • Increased close range damage
  • Increase damage distances

» launchers «

• STRELA P
  • Removed activation distance for projectile
  • Projectile will now explode at any range
• RPG-7
  • Small increase to splash damage amount
  • Small reduction to splash damage range

“Light Machine Guns”

• RPK
  • Small reduction to ADS movement speed
  • Reduced mid and long range damage
  • Reduced damage ranges
  • Small increase to ADS time
• RAAL MG

“Marksman Rifles”

• EBR-14
  • Reduced long range damage
  • Increased upper torso damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• LM-S
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• TAQ-M
  • Slight increase to rate of fire
  • Increased upper torso damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

»melee«

• Increased non-lunging melee damage range, allows Players to hit equipment on the ground with melee while crouched
• Melee attacks with non-Melee Weapons will now require three hits to kill a fully armored enemy instead of two

“Submachine Guns”

• Vasznev-9K
  • Reduced mid to long range damage
• Minibak
  • Reduced damage ranges
  • Reduced lower torso damage at close range
  • Reduced lower body damage at mid to close range
  • Added minimum damage against armor
• Fennec 45
  • Decreased damage overall
  • Decreased headshot damage
  • Added minimum damage against armor

“Sniper Rifles”

• signal 50
  • Reduced sprint out speed
  • Reduced movement speed
  • Reduced long range damage
  • Small decrease to bullet velocity

» attachments «

• Reduced ADS penalty for bipods
• Fixed an issue with choke attachments scaling hip spread incorrectly

About the author Maik Schneider: Maik has been rampaging through the Battle Royale since the release day of Warzone 1 and has completed almost 1,500 matches. He mainly looks after Call of Duty on MeinMMO, never misses an update, translates the patch notes and keeps an eye on the weapons.

What is meta in Warzone 2? Best Weapons for Battle Royale

Is there currently an over-weapon in Warzone 2? No.

List of the best weapons in Warzone

We’re going without the other weapon classes for the time being, but we’ll keep an eye on the meta trends. Should shotguns find their place, for example, we’ll add the class to the list.

By the way, the complete list also applies to the DMZ mode of Warzone 2:

What are the best Warzone weapons? There are always outliers in some weapon classes. But in general, assault rifles are considered the best weapons in Warzone, along with a mobile submachine gun.

Good range paired with decent damage, mobility is usually okay and you are not completely lost in close combat.

Assault rifles, however, are designed to target targets at medium and long ranges and to “help out” in close combat as much as possible. A submachine gun is therefore a suitable secondary weapon. With the small SMG in hand, you’ll run faster, aim faster, and deal more damage in melee combat.

If mobility is not that important to you, an LMG can also replace the assault rifle. The sluggish monsters come with tons of ammo in the magazine and some also offer very good control.

The deadly mixture of sniper/DMR together with an SMG is also popular. However, you will no longer land one-shot headshots in Warzone 2 with full armor – the role of sniper weapons in the meta remains to be seen.

CoD Warzone 2: The Best Assault Rifle – TAQ-56

CoD Warzone 2: TAQ-56 setup

• Mouth: Harbinger D20
• Barrel: 17.5″ Tundra Pro barrel
• Sight: Schlager 3.4x
• Underflow: FTAC Ripper 56
• Magazine: 60-round magazine

CoD Warzone 2: TAQ-56 setup

• Muzzle: Harbinger D20
• Barrel: 17.5″ Tundra Pro Barrel
• Optics: Schlager 3.4x
• Under barrel: FTAC Ripper 56
• Magazines: 60 round mag

What is this weapon class? Assault rifles are the all-rounders of the Warzone. Best suited for medium and long distances, but also won’t let you down in close combat – if you have to. It is important that you can place your hits well and have a safe shooting feeling.

• alternatives
  • M4
  • Lachman 556
  • M13B
  • ISO hemlock

CoD Warzone 2: The Best Submachine Gun – Lachman MP

CoD Warzone 2: Lachman MP Setup

• Muzzle: XTEN RR-40
• Laser: 1MW rapid-fire laser
• Lower course: FSS Sharkfin 90
• Magazine: 50-round drum
• Handle: Lachmann TCG-10

CoD Warzone 2: Lachman MP Set up

• Muzzle: XTEN RR-40
• Laser: 1MW Quick Fire Laser
• Underbarrel: FSS Sharkfin 90
• Magazines: 50 round drums
• Rear Grip: Lachman TCG-10

What is this weapon class? Submachine guns are the melee specialists, losing damage quickly at range but deadly at close range. They also offer strong mobility values ​​- so switch to the small arms if you want to get from A to B quickly.

CoD Warzone 2: The best LMG – Sakin MG38

CoD Warzone 2: Sakin MG38 Set up

• Muzzle: ZLR Talon 5
• Barrel: 20″ Bruen Silver Series barrel
• Laser: FSS OLE-V Laser
• Sight: Aim Assist V4
• Lower course: Cronen WL55

CoD Warzone 2: Sakin MG38 Set up

• Muzzle: ZLR Talon 5
• Barrel: 20″ Bruen Silver Series
• Laser: FSS OLE-V Laser
• Optics: Aim-OP V4
• Underbarrel: Cronen WL55

What is this weapon class? LMGs are sluggish, slow, take forever to reload. But these disadvantages are compensated accordingly. Light machine guns have huge magazines, often provide a sure shot, and some models are at the forefront of damage.

CoD Warzone 2: The Best DMR – EBR-14

CoD Warzone 2: EBR-14 Set up

• Muzzle: ZLR Talon 5
• Barrel: 22″ Boremaster barrel
• Visor: FTAC Charlie7
• Stock: FTAC Valor stock
• Magazine: 20-round magazine

CoD Warzone 2: EBR-14 Set up

• Muzzle: ZLR Talon 5
• Barrels: 22″ Boremaster barrels
• Optic: FTAC Charlie7
• Stock: FTAC Valor Stock
• Magazines: 20 round mag

What is this weapon class? Warzone 2 offers two different types of DMRs. Weapons like the SP-R 208 or the Lockwood have a low rate of fire and behave more like snipers. The EBR-14 or TAQ-M behave more like battle rifles with higher rate of fire.

Ultimately, both types bring you high damage and good range control.

• alternatives
  • No recommendations at the moment – check out the snipers if you’re looking for something with range

CoD Warzone 2: The Best Sniper – LA-B 330

CoD Warzone 2: LA-B 330 Set up

• Muzzle: FTAC Dreadnought
• Barrel: Fluted 23.5″ R-67
• Laser: Corio LAZ-44 V3
• Shaft: ZLR T70 pad extension
• Ammo: .300 High Velocity

CoD Warzone 2: LA-B 330 Set up

• Muzzle: FTAC Dreadnought
• Barrel: 23.5″ Fluted R-67
• Laser: Corio LAZ-44 V3
• Stock: ZLR T70 Pad Extension
• Ammo: .300 High Velocity

What is this weapon class? Sniper or sniper rifles deliver you the highest damage in the game. A large sight, a couple of aiming stability attachments and you’re ready to go headshot hunting. But be careful: If enemies have created more than 2 armor plates, headshots are no longer deadly.

• alternatives
  • MCPR-300 – Also already has a strong default sight

We keep track of balance changes and update our list regularly. In addition, we always provide a brief overview of the current changes to the meta. Check back regularly to stay up to date.

If you have your own weapon recommendations or want to discuss the list with us, you are welcome in the comments. Also, show us your weapon setups that you are currently having the most fun and/or success with.