MW3\u2019s strongest AR suffers \u201csignificant\u201d nerf in recent update ActivisionThe MW3 devs nerfed the Holger 556, and TrueGameData explained how this has the potential to shake up the game\u2019s meta. After a few weeks of acclimating to Modern Warfare 3, one weapon stood head and shoulder above the rest of the competition. The Holger 556 emerged as the best long-range option and the AR also shredded enemies up close and personal. MW3 Players had to adjust for the weapon\u2019s slower fire rate and mobility, but just a few shots were enough to take down an enemy. Pro players quickly caught wind of the AR\u2019s firepower and banned the Holger 556 from competitive play. Casual players don\u2019t have that luxury, so you would be hard-pressed not to see at least one or two players using the hard-hitting rifle during a match. That may all change after the most recent MW3 update. Modern Warfare 3 update takes down Holger 556 As part of the November 21 MW3 update, the Holger 556 saw its headshot, neck, upper torso, arm, and hand damage multipliers all decrease. The AR also had its sprint-to-fire time decreased, which slowed down the weapon\u2019s mobility. TrueGameData tested the Holger 556 in-game and concluded that the update \u201cbasically just removed the chest hitbox and lowered the headshot damage.\u201d So using data provided by the TrueGameData website, the MW3 AR does four less damage to every extremity. Before the update, the Holger never suffered a steep damage drop-off at any range. The patch makes it so the rifle does dramatically less damage starting at around 35 meters. TrueGameData elaborated: \u201cThis basically didn\u2019t have a drop off. It did have damage drop offs, but it now it\u2019s been fixed where the time-to-kill gets worse at range.\u201d The YouTuber argued that this is a \u201csignificant nerf\u201d because the damage\u2019s DPS fell off and the TTk difference will be noticeable. If you need a replacement, check out our best MW3 multiplayer MCW loadout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MW3\u2019s strongest AR suffers \u201csignificant\u201d nerf in recent update ActivisionThe MW3 devs nerfed the Holger 556, and TrueGameData explained how this has the potential to shake up the game\u2019s meta. After a few weeks of acclimating to Modern Warfare 3, one weapon stood head and shoulder above the rest of the competition. The Holger 556 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}