Ngl I think the Aug deserves a spot in the ar's slot.

They should have a mode where every single item ever is unvaulted. On top of this they should make it so each item has the same stats as when it was most overpowered

Great list except the snipers. Maybe I’m just missing something but always thought the general opinion was the hunting rifle was easier to use than the real snipers. Plus the purp/gold hunting rifles have insane reloads and hip fire. And honestly the only sniper not having a scope just doesn’t feel right.

I hope the infantry comes back 🤞🏻

I don't know how the flint knock hasn't come back yet every KZfaqr loves it bc it enables trick shots and it requires good aim to do enough damage to be good

I feel like the tac is really good for high ping players because you can take walls more easily and because it is more forgiving if you miss

I really want the pulse rifles to stay in. I love the risk/reward aspect. They can barely apply any pressure at all if ADS'd, but the bloom is awful when hipfiring, however, it is still rewarding if you can hit your shots close range as the damage when hipfired is similar to that of an M16 or Scar while the reward for good tracking and crosshair placement is insane as it can delete a healthbar in seconds if your aim is good enough. The one thing I think should be toned down is the headshot multiplier. I think the gold should only do 65 to the head so it doesn't go from a 4 shot with full shield to a 3 shot with full shield.

They should make a throwable grenade that acts like the recon scanner but it doesnt have any recarge. It drops in 2 stacks in 4 or 6

Actualy the tac ar came back in season 5 with the io gaurds dropping them.

I'd really like to see an update to this video since there has been so many new guns and items since the video has come out and so much has changed. The shotgun meta has continued to be experimented with, but instead of drastic changes, there were a lot of small tweaks with similar archetypes. The AR meta has added both red dot guns as well as now projectile bullets (even last Chapter with the DMRs) it's become a more prominent part of the game. Even just the role of mobility items that take up an inventory slot has become a permanent staple of many players' loadouts. Not to mention Zero Build becoming thing and having weapons and items that suit that mode as well.

Launch pads can be used by other players too, so it is a win win situation for everyone. No one wants to get stuck in the zone.

Okay for the shotgun you need to have a multi shooting shotgun so I say combat shotgun since it can work well with the tactical AR and it can be used in similar ways to the charge and pump

I think the pistols that should be in the game are: revolvers, flint lock and purple and gold pistols. Shield bubbles should 100% added in. The charge should be buffed so that people see it as a viable pick against the pump and it's a 5050 between which you pick.

They didn't know what meta was about to come... The Spam meta.

Shield bubble was the goat in reducing 3rd party.

very good and reasonable list, but id make a few changes. 1: add in a burst ar, this is the perfect middle ground between a standard ar and an infantry rifle, just like the tac is a good middle ground between the ar and smgs. 2: add a tac shotgun, and MAYBE replace charge shotgun with something like the combat, heavy, or ranger. 3: i think the smg should only be purple/gold and be a lot more rare, and have something like the suppressed smg or drum gun from gray to blue. 4: hunting rifle as the only sniper is weird, instead have the bolt sniper and a buffed semi sniper that takes the role of the hunting rifle but not as busted. 5: there has to be a basic pistol, its the basis of any shooter game to have a standard handgun like that and finally 6: rpg, but very very limited rocket count, like 3-5.

I love the meta you made, but personally I’d change a few things: 1 remove Chug Splash and add in Slurp Juice 2 add the tac shotgun 3 have both the bolt sniper and hunting rifle instead of just one of them 4 add spike traps (but nerf them to 40-50 damage each instead of 150) 5 add the grappler 6 add duel pistols

Only thing i would add to this is maybe driftboard, or quadcrash. Just to make the rotation more fun, while not being OP, because someone with good aim could easily beam someone on a quad or a drift board because they are not protected by anything.

My best shotgun meta would be Pump Tac Charge and Lever for pubs and Tac Charge Lever or just Tac and Charge for Arena. I just don't think Pump and Charge would make a bad meta, especially with the fact that Pumps have now been altered, but you should have shotguns that favor different playstyles. Pump and Charge would have a relatively same playstyle, just the charge would be a bit defensive, but if the tac got buffed, and came with charge and lever it would make the meta diverse which could be more fun since you can CHOOSE. Another thing is that I don't think bandage bazooka should come back, if you get it from chests it increases rng, if you only get it from drops it's useless, if it doesn't recharge in zone, again, useless. Except that I think your thinking for the next meta is goated.

Just three things, the AR slot is totally messed up imo and instead of the tactical AR, we should have the burst, and instead of the infantry rifle, we should have the AK. Shotguns: keep the pump for sure, instead of the charge, it should be the tac, and add the lever-action in. For SMG’s, the rapid fire would work well if only grey to blue, but the Normal smg’s would be grey to gold

my ideal loot pool:shotguns: pump,tac, heavy ars:scar,ak,infantry,supressed scar smgs:normal,p90,suressed snipers:hunting,bolt,heavy heals:med mist,minis,big pot,medkit,bandages,chug jug,slurp

We just know this is perfect

this was great, and you explained everything (extra points).

For SMG's, I feel like the epic rapid fire smg would feel great as well, faster fire rate but less damage and mag clip

Your videos are always So interesting! I love your content, keep it up Personally, I only disagreed with the snipers portion, because I simply don't like them, and the hunting rifle is also pretty easy to hit with Another thing, in chapter 2 season 4, the tac wasn't brought back, the shotguns were Pump, Charge and Combat, and the charge got vaulted. I really like the charge shotgun and I would love for the shotgun meta to be Charge, Pump\Lever and Combat, however, the chapter 2 season 4 combat was unusable, so I'd like a buffed version of that, without it being abnoxious, like the chapter 1 combat shotgun. As for the tac, I hate it, keep it out. :)

i would add one more smg maybe the tactical smg or the original smg from chapter 1 season 1

Such a good Meta, if only Epic would listen. Maybe add the Tac shoutgun

For throwables/explosives/mobility I mostly agree. There’s definitely some places to add onto mobility and throw able items. There should be glider grapples bc it’s balanced, hard to use in battles, But a good mobility item. We also need just some form of thrown explosive, such as like dynamite if it wasn’t so devastating on builds, or if we just nerfed grenades so they cant be used with the mark trick to air strike, and they do 40 damage, then they’re fair. Probably just like make them a bit weaker to builds and heavily decrease the range they can be thrown. Then, if flare guns didn’t ruin wood builds from fire, they wouldn’t be that bad, they can still have that explosive landing for damage, or be used to mark people, and it’s probably fair I we remove fire

The spaz needs to go into the vault. It's so ridiculous op it's not even funny. The silenced smg was perfect in late ch1, viable but not op. I would just buff that and take out the normal smg. The chug cannon shouldn't be in the game 100% agreed Surpressed pistol yes pls. The late ch1 version was the best one. Same for flint knock Purple and especially gold hunting rifles r op. 100 bodyshot damage and 200+ for a hunting rifle is op. I would add the green/blue ones For utility, I would love to see the cow, shield bubbles, Impulses ( I agree with u shield bubbles are the best item ever. Season x also had some good aspects...) and NO MYTHICS PLEASE

I love how some AR’s can be used as SMG’s or SMG’s as AR’s. For example the pistols, or the MK-7. Also some snipers can bee used like an at, like the DMR, or scoped AR depending on how good you are. I’m just trynaappreciate that epic really encourages each person to have a unique play style. I could use the mk and pump with a slurp cannon and slurp fish. It would be omega overpowered.

they should add the flint knock back but make the hitbox smaller or it does less damage. i was legit using it as a secondary shotgun cause of how much damage it does

The only thing I'd change is having the current version of the heavy shotgun in and having slurp juice for healing.

would really love too see a new version of this videos leading into S5

Any meta with the flintknock is a good one

What do you think about vehicle mobility? I think we should have hoverboards back. What other options are there?

great vid man!

"you can never have a meta without the regular AR"... :')

Epic has to hire this man

My favorite that I've never been able to pull off in game is a flintlknock lever shotgun and combat ar then 2 heal slots or a mobility item

I think for snipers the hunter bolt action is good too and i also think for explosives bring back clingers but make them rare instead of uncommon and make it so u can only hold 2 or 3 instead of 6

I pretty much looove everything about this, but the only two things I’d put in is the Crash pad and Rapid fire SMG.

if they make tac damage like in chapter 2 season 2 it would be perfect and aug to

what do you think about mobility such as hoverboards and quadcrashers?

Personally, I really like the ch2s5 shotty mega with the dragon, charge, lever, and tac

I will always think chapter 1 season 8 was a fairly balanced (besides ballers being just the best) its when i played the most competitive fortnite and when i was activally trying in tourneys. Plus season 8 just had a good map imo made the competitive play really enjoyable and felt fairly balanced.

My perfect fn: ARs: Combat AR, MK, M16, Infantry Rifle, (purple and gold only) famas Snipers: Bolt, Hunter Bolt, Hunting Rifle SMGs: Silenced, Burst SGs: Pump, Lever, Tac Pistols: Deagle, Pistol, (purple and gold) Revolver, silenced pistol, flint knock Explosives: Grenades, GL, RPG Utility: fishing rod, harpoon, tires, rift to go, pro fishing rod, inflate a bull, treasure map, smoke grenade, storm flip, crash pad, presents, boogie bomb, cardboard box, gas can Heals: shield keg, splash, minies, bigs, slurp juice, bandage, med kit, guzzle juice, med mist, pizzas, meat Foraged items: peppers, corn, apples, shrooms, cabbages, bananas, fish, hoprocks, coconuts, zero pt crystals, candy, meat Map mobility: fish, hoprocks, zero pt crystals, sand tunnels, ziplines, water, rifts, tornadoes, sharks, klombos, geysers, lighting storms Vehicles: cannons, ATVs, helis, planes, cars, trucks, boats, shopping karts, ATKs, driftboards Traps: bouncers, launch pads, campfires NPCs and their services: exotics(weapons and heals), bounties, weapon upgrades, heals, hiring(to fight for you) Currencies: crown, gold(for upgrading and trading w NPCs), mechanical pts(for sidegrading) Animals: sharks, boars, chicken, frogs, wolves, crows, klombos Interactive elements of the map: vending machines, upgrade benches, campfires, bounty boards, ziplines, animals, chests, ammo boxes, vaults, doors, vehicles, structures (breaking them and editing if they are ur own), buried treasures Overall changes: have major LTM rotations every two to three days, multiply player surveys, add jetskis, remove all aggressive NPCs, vault mythics, vault armored walls, nerf AR and SMG structure damage, add skis, vault environmental damage, bring sandstorms the the game that can randomly spawn in the desert biome (they reduce visibility), make it so that sharks cannot jump out of the water, make it so that wolves and boars dont try and break though structures, bring back geysers, make it so that when you throw meat on a campfire it cooks and gives twice the health, add eagles to the game (are the same as crows, so purely for the aesthetic), add a reset on release option in the settings, and unvault syphon in pubs and LTMs

I'm so happy you included the tac AR, that gun is a hidden gem and no one ever talks about it

dude i remember back season 3 ch1 where you had the supressed pistol you had to wait a year before you could shoot

what u think about having pumps with a 2x hs muliplier?

Btw the tac was never in c2 s4, it was in season 5 along with the charge and lever.

Actually I don't wanna be annoying but let me correct you there. At the start of Chapter 2 Season 4, we had Pumps combats and charges but in the Fortnitemares they vaulted The Charge Shotgun

I know it wasn’t out when this video released (I think) but I think the combat AR and the the aug should both be in the best ARs

Honestly the lever/charge meta was the best

Personally I think the current lootpool is probably the closest to competitive perfection, literally only thing that I'd tweak is adding hunting rifle/bolt and shockwave grenades which would make it a lot LOT more fun, shockwave huntings are just vibess. Also there should always be a default sniper like the bolt

Ok, i'm nothing more than a casual player but there are two weapons from this video that i really don't want to be back: 1. The Flint-Knock is just extremely annoying, I'll be fighting normally and then someone using this just deals ton of damage AND knocks me back and its also way too accurate, it has a long reload time to punish missing shots but that never happens 2. The assault rifle : In my opinion the only AR that is worse than it is the makeshift ar, and that one IS supposed to be bad but the normal ar is just so inaccurate in comparison to every other assault rifle and neither the damage nor the firerate make up for it.

Excellent video once again

The one we got right now is perfect, but we need chug splashes, floppers, and slurps to make endgame viable. Im referring to base weapons, dual pistols, bolty (no heavy snipe), the spas, tacs, flint knock is pretty toxic you could get rid of it

agree with you but they sould also add drifts or more permanet rotation

not a lot of people seem to miss it but man, if the hoverboard comes back I would be so happy. I remember going in creative and testing out all its abilities and angles and zooming over mountains and I just want to do that again.

Watching this while waiting for the event, we'll see the meta soon!

For the shotguns I would add the heavy and the lever action shotguns

I would have aug and ak, charge, lever and pump, suppressed smg, suppressed pistol, suppressed sniper, and harpoon as the main items

I cant desagree with the meta but i would still add a few personal favorite items like the tac shotgun and rift to go,...

I like the silenced smg because it's damage output is significantly higher than the standard smg

Now do it again but with all the new weapons even though i think it is fairly balanced

for shotguns the pump should only be available from grey to blue, and add tacs, so charges, pumps(only grey to blue), and tacs would be my perfect shotgun meta

amazing meta/loot pool idea

I agree with Assault Rifles, but i do not like the charge and I really like the chug cannon

i love the tac ar probs my fav gun in the game ever

So good except wouldn't have hunting rifle it just makes headshot snipes so easy.. also charge could be swapped to tacs only purple and gold with slightly buffed damage and instead if you are adding charge then some adjustments should be made

Fortnite would be the best game ever if epic listened to reisshub

I don't 100% agree, but very entertaining video, and a great, balanced opinion. Great job!

part 2 for chapter 5 but you also discus weapon mods?

i reccon an updated version of this vid would blow up no cap

i don't agree with the shotguns. maybe you only need a pump in higher elos, but in lower you usually pair it with an smg, and having the choice to either go pump + smg or tactical is nice

The tac shotgun should be vaulted forever. The season 8 shotgun meta is really good rn.

this is gonna be good 😍

He predicted the EXACT sniper nerfs in chapter 5

Even though I love them, great for clips and super fun to use. Pumps just aren’t it when we want a season to be super balanced, charge tac lever dragon breath is the best for shotguns personally

Pretty good! Any comments on bows?

fully agree exept for maybe flint knock

Pump and combat only if they buff it(could be possible as the buffed the ak so you never know

these types of vids are very interesting

i hope that if this meta comes to pubs too it would be primal season pt2

what about ak purple to gold only and burst purple to gold only , and i really loved harpoon , pls bring it back epic

As a comp player I don't agree 100 percent but still pretty cool

Add in the tactical shotgun, the primal smg, grenades and or rockets launchers and replace shockwaves with the shockwave bow

seems good but launchpads are pretty nice for solos if somone wkeys last game or you pull max 50 50. stark rifle instead of tac ar

i dont think the chug splashes should be in the game because you get cracked with a pump and someone builds in full metal gets back to full health way faster then the normal heals

I think this is cool, but we ditch the competitive viability and add every single rocket launcher that was ever in the game in all rarities

I would add the AUG if I were you, the aug fills the infantries role better, and it can be used as a proper long range weapons, it’s capable of most things that most of the rifles you chose. It’s it’s better bloom, just my opinion thought

And now we have the smg meta... epic needs to see this video

no deagle is a bad choice imo. it's a high-skill based weapon which can be deadly if you're good

For pistols, I would chose hand cannons and flint-knock

I would like to see only the tac AR and the Pharmas/AUG because I‘m bored of normal AR and I also would like to See the shotgun meta from Season five

If only you knew what was coming when this came out

what's the hate with explosives they shouldn't be in competitive but i think they would be fun in regular

Chapter 3 doesn't have the normal ARs so it's funny to watch this back haha

'p90s rip too much' welcome to chapter 3

For the rotate the crashpads are just the best