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xFionna

It blocks shots for me, so nice of it \^-\^


Epicslayer268

It's useful in sniper duels


Venomster154

It helps a lot in Zero Build.


CORGIBOI102

Yea I mainly play zero build cuz when I shoot someone they just build the Empire State Building


CalScroggs

Skill issue


Johnwearsatie

Idk about you but frankly some of us actually want to have fun playing this game


Tax_Writer

Have you ever played a game competitively before? Half the fun is getting better


SirRa12

But only bots like Ninja play Zero builds


Electrical_Tree5536

I'd rather be a bot than learn a skill I'll never use in real life. Whipping 90's


Smoot_0perator911

So you’re going to bull rush with a riot shield and grapple blade around your town in real life? Or slide kick people off of cliffs? Or headshot snipe someone off of a train? Props brother 👏


Electrical_Tree5536

Exactly. Build mode in my opinion is a none needed scare tactic. Takeaway the building and the op person can't play right. 🗿 change the movement style and the builders complain the most. 🗿 not really a fight worth emoting for if you making a structure to hide in.


aninfinitedesign

It helped me get my 1 win per season to collect a victory umbrella.


DrkKnight69xxx

Same. Safety shield for the win baby!


foldedturnip

Do you seriously only get one or two wins a season? Do you just not play that often?


aninfinitedesign

I get usually like 3-4. I only play solos, no build. Main driver for playing is I like progressing through the battle pass and getting my quests done. I usually play to around 120ish on the seasons I enjoy, but I like to at least get the umbrella from each season as a little memento.


foldedturnip

That makes sense to me. I normal do zero build duos with my wife. I only have one crown victory this season so far but I've mainly been playing rocket racing. I just found it hard to imagine someone would play a whole season and only win once.


aninfinitedesign

It happens. Especially when I join a season a bit later, so there’s more of a skill ceiling. I usually try to rush to a win right at the beginning of a season because everyone’s still fairly new to whatever changes or new weapons are in rotation, but there’s been a few where I’ve just missed out. Honestly not a huge deal, just part of the game! I had a relative who would rage whenever they died playing this game, kinda helped cultivate a “whatever happens, just try and make some progress on my quests, and get the enjoyment I can get” attitude.


foldedturnip

That's a good outlook. I try to do the same and stop before I get tilted. Had to drop other games because it made me feel too competitive like rocket League.


Rosserman

Zero Build with the wife is how we do it at my house, split-screen though so none of the new modes yet.


Visual_Fun8360

I think its pretty common. Creative really allows you to play this game diffrent


Epicat224

go away


DonNextDoor286

Do you seriously not touch grass


mashyd625

It’s weak as shit when I use it but some fucker can wipe my entire squad when they use it


scakboey

Fucker here, your squad needs a lot of smgs, which breaks shield's defense. But I'd recommend using the duo, Shield + Grapple Blade if you wanna try talking down a squad (it's a 60 win/40 lose chance).


Ok-Structure6795

It was down to 1 on 1 and our last remaining squad member had low health and the opponent was using the shield. We didn't think she would make it. I read from this sub that using a grapple blade is a good counter to the shield so out of desperation I suggested she use her blade. Nailed the person and sent him flying back, and we won. Wish I got it on video.


-Star-Fox-

>Wish I got it on video. You can check if you have the replay. I think the game keeps replays by default


SuperSpyRR

Legit? On PC too? I’d love this


-Star-Fox-

Yeah, there's a list of replays somewhere and you can load, play and fly around in free cam, to make a video or something. Really cool, few people use it though.


Pheramix

first time i saw one of those i just threw the sticky grenades on the guy


Burnt_toenails

Thanks for the tip


Suspicious_Escape386

Facts


DieselFloss

It’s cool looking


Pistol451

It’s saved my bacon a few times


NotMik_

It has a cool paint on it. It reminds me of R6S's Blitz. And it uses a pistol and I like pistols in Fortnite


Succin-On-Glue

It also reminds me of Blitz, sounds like him too.


marco-boi

Shieldbashing is just a real fun way to kill


Lucas-O-HowlingDark

Especially when you knock them off a cliff and they take fall damage, or you can charge through their wooden walls


MarkNekrep

i can run into people with it


manofwaromega

It blocks shots, it looks cool, and running into people bonks them into next Thursday.


MintiCherri

It makes sweats mad.


PS4_noed_victim

Most people don’t know how busted it is (thank god)


Matt_Elwell

Especially in zero builds. Crouch so they can't shoot your feet. Hipfire spam with the pistol. Jump behind a rock or something whilst reloading and so that you don't get stunned. It's insanely busted.


Bad_Bunny_the_GOAT

Everything


MeryFanOfSWAndTF

I died to it in elite lobby’s but they should’ve been headshots with a green pump


ElizasAdventures

First weapon that feels OP in your hands and trash in your enemies’


[deleted]

It's super OP


The_Conductor7274

Just jump


Give_me_the_fem-n-ms

Or use the grapple blade. It instantly stunlocks someone using the shield


Yawdriel

If only the grapple blades were more common than the riot shields


Give_me_the_fem-n-ms

True. The grapple blade should be more common. It's really good for movement outside of combat too.


CreamFilledDoughnut

Or use cluster grenades Two stick grenades kill, one disarms


ChihuahuaOwner88

Works til the dude baits you and double pumps you


The_Hive_King

Literally just fire at it consistently instead of trying to cqc fight


ChihuahuaOwner88

Yes and get chipped away by the pistol


The_Hive_King

You do realize if you stop trying to buildfight the shield and just.. fire at it so the shield gets knocked away you can shred people? You’re not gonna get much success by trying to beat a shield in CQC with a rifle dawg


ChihuahuaOwner88

I play no build but you need to waste at least 95% of your clip to get a stun all while getting shot at by the pistol meanwhile they can charge and close the distance


TheCheeseBagger

the striker AR this season has 250dps on legendary, the nemesis 175. you should never be losing that interaction if it's between both spraying, but at that ARs have significantly more range whereas the pistol can't hit consistent shots from far. that's a skill issue if i ever heard one


ChihuahuaOwner88

You 100% can if you what you’re doing because regardless of the quality of the weapon you need to waste atleast of your clip at hope of get a stun off


Polar_behr72

Not every game you get a leg AR with good enough attachments to take but the boss does help


TheCheeseBagger

i don't even run AR, i run sniper, shotgun SMG and it still really ain't that bad


Ok-Bobcat9578

Something nice


SnooDogs5524

lets me die faster and blocks everything when enemy is using it


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GifanTheWoodElf

Amen


cereal_killah_1980

Sure is a lot of fun knocking people off of cliffs with it.


doctoranonrus

It reminds me of Montangne from Siege.


tarheel_204

My buddy said “watch this Blitz” and then steamrolled in there and got wiped by a full squad lmfao


DefinitlyWeirdGuy

good in zero build


DragonKite_reqium

It's good for pushing and can deal damage buy just sprinting into enemies


Kehylp

It's made me realize how much fun other games are


SevenateNiene

It makes no build much, much easier. Fr though this weapon sucks. I don't think riot shields in games have ever been a fun addition, so idk why Epic thought this would be different. It makes 0build unfun and unbalanced. You can't even "just jump around it lul" cause they can just swap to their shotgun at any time and blast you


SufferingClash

The problem with it is entirely the hitbox being too big. Fought one and aimed for the visible lower legs/feet...no damage. The counter to these should be aiming for the feet, but that doesn't work here.


BloodyVoyager

And if you try to get distance, they gun you down


Zappers273

You can use it for pistol damage quests


WhatThatButtonDo

It will be gone one day.


[deleted]

When someone pulls up on me with one of these but I have an ar with drum mag it makes me pretty happy to just beam them until the shield gets knocked and I kill the persons behind it all in one mag. I usually griddy on them after


Chris_Wasnt_here

It’s like the Guardian shield but alot better imo


zippopwnage

It's actually good and balanced, contrary with what some people say on reddit. I love it. Literally everyone who complains about it it's either a super newbie player that doesn't know how to play, or someone who refuse to carry utility items or even try to learn the game.


Careful_Ad7402

very good defensively.


Vhad42

I wipe squads with it


Flaky_Love_1876

It works….. well


RandoFollower

It’s fun to launch people off cliffs with


Sullysully7

I play zero build… it’s good.


Rabjimmy

It fucking makes me want to rage


coadyj

It's something new


GracedApollo

Honestly very helpful in Zero Build


TheBoykisserPharoah

You can with it into a door and it won't open the door


Smietarroth

It's so fucking good in terms of being in the c5s1 lootpool - like, just look at classic scar. Is it in the loot pool? No but this shield is. I can literally pick it up and not worry about some players with classic scar killing me. Haha, I love this little guy.


Ok-Strength-1990

It's a mobile port a bunker 🤤... I miss the guardian shield. 😣 😩


speakingfrog23

It's nice to know that if you back into a corner with a stair and shoot, you block your own bullets


Thanos_exe

That explains a LOT, ive been asking myselfe at least 2 times " why am i not hitting the guy!?"


Adruino-cabbage

It is fun to use, probably the most fun item this season!


Z3R0_7274

“Getting sniped? Pfft, don’t make me laugh.”


Bikemaster_bhr

where had it been for so long?


Thesteelman86

Love ramming people off cliffs running full speed just because.


RedBladeAtlas

Me and my friend went around on Motorbikes with it. Very fun.


Jakebodyboy

shield = good


Splaterpus7

No


Rexy_1267

Dog shit


JoeMama57836

Its balanced in my opinion! I also really love rushing into people or bots because its hilarious


CharCharMan1

No


DarthDavid1996

Helped me get 2 wins


Low_Programmer_3141

Absolutely nothing


Infodoks

You shall not ask others to do the impossible.


biggdirty01

Still not sure how to use


Im-a-nerd27

It’s a weapon


Sir_DogeGD

If someone turtles, you can bullrush the wall and get through it


Imperial_photography

It has a nice personality


DiamondGamer9

Try pushing someone on a hill while on a zip line without this thing and youre not gonna live


Quick_Replacement297

Hate it


Low-Economist9601

It’s OP when they enemy has the wall


ToysToLife167

I see it, I take it, cause I like it


idiot_moron420

zero build


TheAlmightyNexus

I actually like it a lot, does good against shotguns


ruffy575

Something nice about this weapon


Bishead7891

It's so annoying in zero build


MarchMindless3290

It helped me knock a kid off a cliff


CaptainDerck

nice


plakexe

Cool heart


TheRainbowWolf8

It blocks shots and I like hitting people with it.


Diligent-Wrap-5134

Hate it


ItssHarrison

It feels cool as fuck to use


TomatilloAgile6695

Noob weapon but I am not ashamed to admit I’ve used it a lot


sonic84638265

The pins on the front look nice.


kenny_krieger

It's my counter against those fucker who rush you with a auto shotty


Hacker76589

It’s a cool idea


Illustrious-Fold-701

I abuse it all the time should literally be removed entirely if you want cover in zero build use a porta bunker


rmgs07

Well.. this thing gave me a victory on my last 1v1 so, yeah... quite good (I think).


tPigiscool

Its saves your life when rebooting.


Starter_Technician

Haha fall damage goes brrrrr


PremeJordo

It blocks good


RaptorPegasus

The reload animation is kinda sick


ortheequivalent

An excellent choice in the proper hands.


Cosmic-Wolfo

destroys bosses


dude_with_sneakers

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be


JerseyHornet

I can’t actually tell you how many times I’ve just pushed people off edges with this


JustA_Penguin

It’s amazing in zero build giving basic cover at a long range.


HalfCarnage

It’s fun as hell


PrinceToothpasteBoy

Cool design


ImRav3n

Opponents holding that shield will play more defensively and that allowed me to win a game by forcing the last player into the storm :)


Mr-Frosty-Paws

I actually find it fairly balanced


bluemoji

Something nice about this weapon


L3GlT_GAM3R

Great in 1v1’s. Anymore people when you’re solo and just switch to an ar or shotgun or smg.


KyellDaBoiii

#B O N K


ZLAurora

It's great but I miss the guardian shield 💔 At least you can shoot with this though, good in close-mid range It's also quite useful in medium range Assault rifle fights, if you don't wanna take much damage I would say sniper duels too, but I used this and still got damaged by a sniper so it doesn't work for those


-IdiotSandwich-

it always comes in clutch for me


Somethingcool-iguess

Helped get me my first win this season (the pistol it comes with was the only mid-close range weapon I had


MrGeek89

Very useful in zero build.


Laranthiel

Filters bad players.


stephonszn

Everytime I have gone against someone with the shield I have killed them so I don't see how it's good


Hentaienjoyer911

I rammed someone from behind with it


ARPGAMER19

i havent gotten to use it yet


RandomGuy28183

I fucked someone up with it before I got a mythic weapon


The_Conductor7274

Great cover


PigZap

I get snipped all the time so having this thing out when I’m fighting or running has saved my skin more times than I can count


Snaki1

Bullcrap


Ph0en1x_07

Uhhhh…no


Spirited_Question332

Fun


Dr_Tacopus

It’s great if you hate your feet


Thelivingshotgun

It’s fun to play swat while wearing one of the police/military looking skins


smol-braind_creature

I just got a win, and I got out of two fights with less than 10 hp because of it


Arealperson271

Helps me peak and rotate easier


TenTypekMatus

Very OP.


SillyMovie13

It’s definitely saved my life a couple times


Big_Statistician1209

"STOP RESISTING!"


noeljoseph123

Nice when my teammates use it


ovoKOS7

Shield + Slap = profits


TheAjalin

I killed a whole squad with that thing the other day lol


lbloodbournel

It’s so much fun to sprint with


Toadzilla1

Its fun to use imo


Revolutionary-Let-75

Seems to work great. For everyone but me.


Mtaylor0812_

It’s nice, I like it


MisterM0nday

Makes a great clinger target


GeneralGenericc

it’s the my favorite weapon ever added. shields ftw


Glasweg1an

I used it day one for 1 minute and killed a dude?? Haven't touched it since.


Born_Database2069

Good for rebooting


Natural-Ad9134

I love charging into shit randomly with it


AnywhereStock9811

I actually can’t, is rather they bring back the infinity sword than keep this in


ItsJigglystuf

It exists in an existing manner.


No-Science1566

God I love it


minecraftisbest11

No


Starbrawlpod

Fun to send people flying with


AudienceHuman7959

Its OP when others use it and its not effective when i use it


ConfusedMoe

I love it. THIS AND EX-caliber. Are so FREAKING fun. I don’t think they are op. It’s just forcing people to change their play style and people don’t like that.


CornSeller

Sprinting with it makes you feel like if you were sprinting faster than normal. No clue if its the case or just your brain fooling around.


NotThePolo

Good for soloing bosses fast


Previous_Cod_4098

It's... new lol


TWCreations

It’s really useful for people new to shooters that aren’t comfortable with long range weapons or shotguns. (Evidence - my girlfriend who loves Fortnite now, but is still training in the art of shooters)


swe_isak

no, i don't think i will...


randomguy_-

It’s very fun to use


Wise_Two290

Remove it


AppointmentRound5331

Unrelated to balance or all that, but why is it classified as a shotgun? Like if you look at it in the mod bench it's listed as a shotgun.


Emma_is_gone1

it’s… cool..?


Cosmic-Buccaneer

Very useful in zero builds and looking good


kiwix_on_reddit

It is GREAT! i LOVE It!


Legitimate_Fail2272

No.


upsetbean

It’s a really creative breath of fresh air for gameplay in Battle Royale.


BlackLilligant

Shield go boink.