COD Mobile Season 8 (2023) Balance Changes Leaks: CBR4, Molotov Nerfed!

Season 8 of Call of Duty Mobile is going to be the 4^th Anniversary Season for the title. As the COD Mobile season 8 is not only less than few weeks away, there’s already been some leaks about the upcoming balance changes and weapon adjustments based on test server of Season 8.

The most satisfying leak among all of them is the mighty CBR4 is getting nerfed, in short it won’t be any longer an allrounder SMG, details will be discussed later in the article. In the beta test of season 8 various adjustments were added related to bullet impact.

Bullet Impact was initially introduced in season 7. As few weeks have passed it was quite stable overall. Bullet impact for some weapon was mentioned. Such as,

• Guns adjusted to bullet impact of 0.9: Fennec, Mac10
• Guns adjusted to bullet impact of 1.1: M16, ICR, DR-H, Holger 26, GKS, Striker 45
• Guns Adjusted to bullet impact of 1.3: AK47, ASM10, Man-O-War, EM2
• Guns Adjusted to bullet impact of 1.5: Oden, XPR-50, SVD, M21 EBR, PKM, Crossbow

NEW ADDITION: From COD MOBILE Season 8 onwards, Attachments Will affect “Bullet Impact”

1. Attachments that provide +10% bullet impact:
   • Type 25’s SP
   • BK57S 7.62mm Caliber Mag
   • HVK30’s Large Caliber Mag
   • QQ9’s 10mm Caliber Mag
   • PP19’s Large Caliber Mag
2. Attachments that provide +20% bullet impact:
   • Kilo 14Ts 100 Round Drum Mag
   • DR-H’s OTM Mag
   • AGR-556’s 5.56 Caliber Mag
   • Striker 45’s. 45 Piercing Rounds
3. Attachments that provide +50% bullet impact:
   • AS Val’s 15-Round FMJ Mag
   • Amax CR56’s M67 Mag
   • Oden’s Subsonic Mag
4. Attachments that provide -10% bullet impact:
   • AK47’s 5.45 Caliber Mag
   • Dobvro’s Sorokin 140mm Auto Barrel

Balance Change of Weapons

CBR4s flinch has been made noticeably worse and its BSA has been nerfed hard with the current meta build having a score of less than 5 (11p scale). While its close range performance and ease of use are untouched, it can no longer take fights at mid-long range

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CBR4 – NERFED

• Flinch increased: 0.8 => 1.1
• Ads bullet spread increased: 28 (18) => 30 (22)

RAZORBACK – NERFED

Rapid Fire Attachment:

• Greatly decreased first range
• Slightly decreased second range
• Bullet Spread increased by 10%

Fennec [MP ONLY] – NERFED

• Flinch increased 1.4 to 1.5
• Range Decreased 13m -18m-24m => 11.5m-17m-24m

XPR50 – NERFED

• Increased YKM Ghost Stock’s Flinch: -35% => 30%

Kilo Bolt Action – Buffed

• Increased base reload speed: +15%

Dobvra – Buffed

• Decreased aim shake when firing

Man O War – Buffed

• Decreased flinch: 0.5 => 0.45

HG40 – Buffed

• Sprint to fire delay decreased: 140ms => 120ms

M4LMG – Buffed

• Increased base reload speed: +8%

MK2 – Buffed

• Decreased Ads time: 420ms => 390ms

Peacekeeper MK2 Adjustments

• Increased sturdy grip tape’s flinch: -90% => 70%
• Decreased firm grip tape’s flinch: -20% => 30%

Scorestreaks

UAV is getting huge nerf in cod mobile season 8. 2s of its duration will be cut off. So, the new duration will be 18s.Operator Skills

OPERATOR SKILLS

Two of the operator skills are getting buffed. These are:

TACTICAL REDEPLOYMENT

Increased Duration 12s to 15s

Decreased recharge time: 300s to 270s

EQUALIZER

Damage Increased in 15m to 20m range: 20 to 25

Damage Increased in 20m to 25m range: 17 to 20

Throwables

C4 is getting nerfed, this equipment is pure pain in the S&D mode. It’s explosion radius reduced from 5m to 4.5m

MOLOTOV is another annoying throwable in respawn modes, which is also getting nerfed. It’s good news. Molotov’s burning radius is reduced from 4m to 3.5m.

Perks

SURVIVAL TRAINING

The “Survival Training” perk is getting a moderately good buff. Cooldown time has decreased from 30s to 20s.

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