Warzone streamers demand nerfs for overpowered melee damage Activision \/ TreyarchMelee damage in Warzone has been a sore spot for many players since the game\u2019s release, and several content creators have now called on Raven Software to nerf the battle royale\u2019s powerful hand-to-hand damage output. With the arrival of Season 3 in Call of Duty: Warzone, Raven Software introduced brand-new weapons, a heavily updated version of the game\u2019s Verdansk map, and a slew of balancing changes to help push out the burst-rifle meta that dominated Season 2. While the new season has addressed plenty of issues, many players are still frustrated with the way Warzone\u2019s melee attacks function \u2014 something the community has been demanding changes to since the BR released alongside Modern Warfare in 2019. Despite many balancing tweaks in prior seasons, Warzone\u2019s melee combat has remained a hot-button topic for the community, and some of the game\u2019s biggest streamers have now made their concerns with the game\u2019s OP melee damage known to developer Raven Software. The latest exchange over balancing Warzone\u2019s melee attacks popped up when NRG\u2019s newest addition to their Warzone squad \u2014 IceManIsaac \u2014 re-ignited the debate by sharing a clip of an enemy decimating him with nothing but the butt of their pistol. Read More: The 10 most popular weapons in Warzone – In the video, Isaac is chasing an opponent through the hectic Superstore POI. As he bursts into the room where his enemy is hiding, the streamer barely has time to react before the opponent smashes him with his pistol and downs him almost instantly. Please @RavenSoftware. Please nerf melee damage. pic.twitter.com\/kZH69luRVO \u2014 Isaac (@IceManIsaac) April 25, 2021 Isaac appeared to be in disbelief as the engagement played out again in the killcam, which clearly showed the enemy striking him twice and downing him in an instant. He also tagged Raven Software in his tweet with the video, and pleaded with them for a change to the game\u2019s melee. \u201cPlease Raven Software. Please nerf melee damage,\u201d he implored. Replies flooded in, agreeing that the Warzone developer should take action to reduce the effectiveness of melee in the BR, and several of Isaac\u2019s fellow streamers chimed in on the subject as well. FaZe Clan\u2019s Austin \u2018Pamaj\u2019 Pamajewon pointed out that melees in Warzone have always been a two-hit kill. However, Isaac argued that while a two-hit elim in Cold War\u2019s fast-paced multiplayer might be balanced, it doesn\u2019t translate well into Warzone\u2019s slower TTK environment. Momentum should stop if you get shot in between first and second melee. It\u2019s just too fast in warzone \u2014 MerK (@JoeDeLuca) April 25, 2021 \u201cThey need to nerf the melee rate, damage, lunge, or something. 250 health gone in an instant [is overpowered],\u201d he responded. While Pamaj didn\u2019t seem too concerned about the state of Warzone\u2019s melee, fellow streamer Joe \u2018MerK\u2019 DeLuca agreed with Isaac and offered up a potential solution. \u201cMomentum should stop if you get shot between [the] first and second melee. It\u2019s just too fast in Warzone,\u201d he agreed. DeLuca\u2019s suggestion that shooting an enemy should stop the melee animation is a popular idea amongst Warzone players for balancing the BR\u2019s melee attacks. While Raven has not officially responded to Isaac\u2019s tweet at the time of writing, the developer has already pushed out a flood of balancing changes during Season 3, so it\u2019s possible Warzone players could see the BR\u2019s melee toned down at some point during the current season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Warzone streamers demand nerfs for overpowered melee damage Activision \/ TreyarchMelee damage in Warzone has been a sore spot for many players since the game\u2019s release, and several content creators have now called on Raven Software to nerf the battle royale\u2019s powerful hand-to-hand damage output. With the arrival of Season 3 in Call of Duty: […]<\/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-34502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502","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=34502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}