Fortnite just got its latest update, which comes with a weapon so overpowered, it literally destroys everything in its path—the Plasma Cannon.
Epic’s battle royale title had just been updated to version 17.21. Like any of its previous patch, this meant significant changes to the game, such as stability improvements and additional contents. While making it more stable than ever before (and hopefully no bugs) is a highlight of the update, players are often more concerned about the visible changes that takes place in it. The latest patch is no exception.
Second-half
Essentially a second part of the “Invasion” theme, this new update retains the salient elements introduced with the new season. Meaning, abducting spaceships, all new skins, brand new weapons, etc. But all of that now comes with yet another weapon that is technically the game’s most overpowered yet.
Adding as part of Season 7’s roster of arsenals, the Plasma Cannon is a pistol weapon with a heavy sci-fi twist. Alluded as akin to “science gone wrong” in the official blog, the weapon is a reused technology. It was described as being once used for “educating the youth” or “covering spills on the floor”. However, it saw transformation as an “instrument of war”.
Going into more details, the blog states how the advanced weapon was made by the Imagined Order. But it comes with a twist of being intended primarily against the more advanced species from outer space. Hence, its overall overwhelming nature as a weapon of destruction. Particularly, in its ability to emit an electrical dome across a direction, which destroys anything in its path, literally. However, it’s surprisingly less as devastating against humans as it mostly only does large damage and a knockback effect.
Loots
Players who will update to the latest version of the game can quite easily come across the said weapon in either IO chests or normal ones. But the former proves to be a rarer encounter than the latter. Alternatively, players can also actively craft their own Plasma Cannon by simply fusing a Legendary Pistol with an Alien nanite.
Due to its crushing capability, each Plasma Cannon is capable of only doing a single fire. Although, secretly, it is capable of two shots, albeit for a shorter period. Despite this limitation, the players’ ability to carry multiple of the same weapon gives them the advantage of multiple shots. Thus, Fortnite players who take the time to gather Plasma Cannons will have distinct leverage with them at any point during a match. Simultaneously, players who do so risks giving another player the edge by dying while in combat.
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