Summary
Call of Duty: Warzonewill nerf the Renetti, Raven Software has announced. One particular variant of the pistol that turns it into a makeshift SMG has been dominating theCall of Duty: Warzonemeta for a while now.
Originally introduced in the 2019Modern Warfarereboot, the Renetti handgun was later featured inWarzoneand the 2023Call of Duty. And while it was never uncommon to encounter it in online play, its popularity spiked with thestart ofModern Warfare 3Season 3in early April. The latest seasonal update introduced heavy nerfs for the AMR9 and RAM-9, prompting players to start exploring other SMG options. The meta quickly shifted to a makeshift submachine gun in the form of a Renetti equipped with the JAK Ferocity Carbine Conversion Kit, which transforms it into a full-auto armament with a fairly ridiculous time-to-kill amounting to less than half a second.
Call of Duty Renetti Nerf Coming ‘In the Near Future’
Call of Duty: Warzonedeveloper Raven Softwarenow appears adamant to nerf the problematic handgun in response to its meta dominance. To that end, the studio is currently working on some “adjustments to the Renetti,” having said as much in an April 9 tweet. The developer has not committed to a more specific time frame for these changes beyond “the near future.”
April 9 Warzone Update Has Actually Buffed Renetti Even Further
In the meantime, the latestCall of Duty: Warzoneupdatethat rolled out on April 9 has actually buffed the Renetti even further. The game’s newest changelog reveals that Raven Software upped the handgun’s max damage range by over 10%, from 11.68 to 12.95 meters. Its range was already a problem prior to the adjustment, with many players arguing that they were dying way too quickly to the Renetti at medium ranges.
As for close-quarters combat, a combination of the Renetti and JAK Ferocity Carbine Conversion Kit currently offers unmatched firepower; with a TTK of only 490ms, this makeshift SMG is 20% faster at neutralizing an opponent than the currently second-deadliest weapon in its class, the HRM-9. The early April update has hence shifted the meta to a weird state wherein the Renetti is simultaneously by far the best SMG and one of thebest handguns inCall of Duty: MW3andWarzone, depending on the loadout.
How long this continues remains to be seen. But judging by the social media chatter on the matter, the most vocal section of theCall of Dutyfandom believes that the Renetti nerf cannot come soon enough.
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