All weapon nerfs, buffs, and changes for Apex Legends Season 12: Defiance

Apex Legends Season 12: Defiance has no new weapon, and it’s all about the nerfs on the existing ones too. There are, in total, three new nerfs, and a reiterated nerf that went live a little early for us to talk about. There is only one non-Hop-Up related buff this season, and it’s to the weapon that entered the Supply Drop. It’s easy to say that the weapon meta is going to shift a lot with these changes, but the nerfs aren’t that brutal.

Triple Take (Marksman)

• [Nerf ↓] Projectile growth has been removed from bullets
  • This is normally reserved for Snipers, but was not removed when the Triple Take became a Marksman weapon. Now it is in line with others in its class
• [Nerf ↓] Damage per bullet is now 21 (formerly 23)
  • This means a full three-bullet hit deals 63 damage (formerly 69)
• [Buff ↑] Can take a new Hop-Up: Kinetic Feeder

Peacekeeper (Shotgun)

• [Buff ↑] Can take a new Hop-Up: Kinetic Feeder

VK-47 Flatline (AR)

• [Nerf ↓] Damage per bullet is now 18 (formerly 19)
• [Change ↔] The Flatline is now a Replicator Exclusive

Related: All changes to Ranked Points (RP) for Apex Legends Season 12: Defiance

Longbow DMR (Sniper)

• [Change ↔] The Longbow is now a Replicator Exclusive

RE-45 (Pistol)

• [Buff ↑] Now compatible with the Hammerpoint Rounds Hop-Up

Rampage (LMG)

The Rampage nerf went live early. Read up on the full nerf here.

Alternator (SMG)

• [Nerf ↓] The Disruptor Rounds Hop-Up has been removed
• [Change ↔] The Alternator SMG is no longer in the Supply Drop

Volt (SMG)

• [Buff ↑] Damage per bullet is now 17 (formerly 15)
• [Buff ↑] Base magazine size is now 30 (formerly 28)
  • All magazine sizes have increased by 2
• [Change ↔] The Volt SMG is now in the Supply Drop

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