All weapon buffs and nerfs with The Finals 4.2.0 update

The Finals 4.2.0 update is here, and fans are excited to experience the wave of a new meta rushing in. With numerous changes incorporated into the weapon economy and their damage statistics, players can now experiment with newer meta builds in the game. Furthermore, alongside these changes, players can also check out the brand-new Community Event, which offers players unique and exclusive collectible rewards.

This article will provide players with a detailed brief on all the weapon buffs and nerfs that have been introduced with The Finals 4.2.0 update. To know more, read below.

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Every weapon buffed and nerfed with The Finals 4.2.0 update

Here's a detailed preview of all the weapons that have been fine-tuned with the latest The Finals 4.2.0 update:

CL-40

• Decreased damage from 117 to 100
• Increased ammo from 4 to 5
• Increased self-damage multiplier from 0.75 to 1.6
• Updated damage fall-off curve so that damage drops to 90% at the edge of the 30cm inner radius, with damage falling off linearly from that point to 0 at the outer edge of the blast radius

Dev Note: "We felt our buff of the CL-40 in 4.0 was too much and made the weapon very oppressive in certain combos or when stacked. We’ve now dialed the damage back to a level closer to what we had before 4.0, while retaining the increased size of the max damage inner radius. To prevent the weapon from returning to a time where it took 100% accuracy to take down a Heavy, we’ve given it one additional ammo. As always, we’ll continue to monitor the impacts of this change and adjust further if needed."

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Pike-556

• Decreased damage from 59 to 52 with The Finals 4.2.0 update

Dev Note: "On reviewing data it’s become apparent that the Pike was fairly overturned in our 4.0 release and this adjustment is intended to move it to a more reasonable place. We suspect it may still be too effective in too many different use cases, so we’ll continue to review the impact of this change and adjust in later patches if we feel more balancing is needed."

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V9S

• Decreased fire rate from 430 RPM to 360 RPM
• Increased damage from 37 to 40

Dev Note: "These changes have been made to prevent various methods where players could ensure they got the effective maximum fire rate from the weapon through use of specific binds, causing it to be highly effective compared to its intended baseline. The damage increase has been applied to offset some of the ‘effective DPS’ the weapon lost with the decreased fire rate. Overall, the effectiveness of the weapon for regular players should not be massively different."

As evident, the weapons that have been recently introduced with The Finals Season 4 update have been tweaked to provide a more balanced feel to the game. With these weapons being absolute meta since their release, these changes will allow players to try out new builds, and experiment with unique gadget combos.

Lastly, the V9S for the Light class has been left untouched as a meta-tier gun since the game's release. The latest adjustments have balanced its damage output in the game.

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That's all there is to know about the weapon buffs and nerfs with The Finals 4.2.0 update. For more related news and guides, stay tuned to Sportskeeda's Esports section.