Warzone 2 zipline glitch turns riot shields to be completely useless

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Call of Duty Warzone 2 is nearing its Season 3 update, and the community has discovered another gameplay bug. The player and Reddit user “LordTexugo” uploaded a short clip that shows the animation of a Riot Shield while using a zipline is misleading.

Warzone 2 players have discovered many bugs and glitches since the battle royale’s inception. The Riot Shield animation problem is the latest gameplay bug that surfaced online and surprised the player base. While the glitch renders Riot Shields useless on ziplines, a portion of the community's opinion leans towards such a change to be actually made.

Let us take a closer look at the recent Riot Shield glitch in Warzone 2.

Various changes are expected to arrive with the launch of the third seasonal update. The season patches contain weapon adjustments, new modes, new guns, general bug fixes, and more. The emergence of this new Riot Shield glitch will likely be addressed by the developers soon with a fix in the upcoming updates.

Fortunately, it is not a game-breaking bug that can create an unfair advantage for other players. It seems to relate to simple gameplay and animation issues that can be fixed without changing the shield.

The clip uploaded to Reddit contains both the player's perspective and the kill cam to accurately capture the bug's nature. The player arrives below a building on a quad and jumps off to take the zipline for roof access. However, the player is surprised when an enemy operator on the roof shoots him down through the Riot Shield.

The player's perspective in the clip shows that the character model used a single hand to go up the zipline and hold the Riot Shield in front. This tricked the player into thinking that the shield would block incoming bullets, and he