Major Update Nerfs Captain America & War Machine in Fortnite

During Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 4, Captain America’s Shield and War Machine’s Arsenal were deemed the most dominant items, prompting Epic Games to intervene and weaken their impact.

The unique ability of Captain America’s Shield to deal significant damage while easily blocking incoming attacks caused Fortnite players to label it as “broken as hell”.

As the deadly combination of Captain America’s Shield, War Machine’s Auto Turret, and War Machine’s Hover Jets appeared, frustrations only grew. Utilizing all three equipment items together allowed for the elimination of enemies from above while remaining shielded.

As a response, players came up with a straightforward solution. They simply created a distance between themselves and their opponent while continuously using an Automatic AR to spam the shield. Once the shield was broken, they could easily move in for the final hit.

Epic Games wasted no time in taking matters into its own hands, implementing a nerf that will undoubtedly alter the meta in the future.

Recent Fortnite Update

According to the latest update from FN Assist, the following contains all the details of the most recent hotfix.

The Shield of Captain America:

• Spawn chance reduced– Chests, Avengers Chest, Floor Loot: -33 percent – Rare chests: -54 percent – Supply drops: -16 percent
• First hit damage: Decrease from 60 to 50
• Stagger threshold (damage before breaking block) reduced by 50 percent (decrease from 500 to 250)
• Decay Start Time: From three to four seconds
• Decay per tick: Decrease from 40 to 15
• Throw Homing lock radius has been reduced by 40% accuracy

Arsenal of War Machine

• Spawn chance reduced – Rare chests: -68 percent – Avengers chest: -50 percent
• Rockets reload time after firing increased from three seconds to six seconds
• Rockets reload time increased by one seconds to two seconds
• Rocket environmental damage decreased from 100 to 80

War Machine’s Auto Turret and Hover Jet are both advanced weapons used in combat.

• spawn chance have both been reduced by 50% in Rare Chests

The shotgun is still considered to be sovereign.

• ADS time reduced by 25 percent
• Firing Down Sights Speed Multiplier increased by 4.6 percent