Fortnite’s Myths & Mortals season lets you wield godlike powers and bullet-bend as avatar Korra later today
After cracking open its virtual Pandora’s Box using the magical key of “shooting it with a lot of bullets”, Fortnite’s mythical next season is due to roll out later today. Chapter 5 Season 2 - or Myths & Mortals, if you prefer - will bring a pantheon of god powers, locations from Greek mythology and, uh, Korra from the Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel, who has a gun now I guess.
As usual, the new Fortnite season will reshape parts of the battle royale game’s map, this time adding locations pulled from Greek mythology. There’s a Mount Olympus with temples and a giant winged statue, the glowing green rivers of the Underworld and its Cerberus-guarded Grim Gate, and Brawler’s Battlefound, a battlefield favoured by Ares where you’ll be able to battle the god of war.
To help you attack and destroy god(s), Chapter 5 Season 2 will hand some godlike powers (and new guns) to the players themselves. On the new mythic powers side, there’s the Thunderbolt of Zeus, which will pop you into the air and chuck down bolts - it sounds a bit like an electrified version of the ridiculously powerful Deku’s Smash from a few chapters back. Another option for getting up in the air are the Wings of Icarus, which will let you fly for a limited time - until your wings burn, geddit? - and zoom back to the ground in a divebomb attack. While they won’t be in at launch, the season’s trailer showed off another incoming power in the Chains of Hades, a grappling weapon with vibes of Mortal Kombat’s Scorpion.
The gods who don’t get flashy new powers instead get some guns. Cerberus’ Gatekeeper Shotgun fires three rounds in quick succession, Hades’ Harbinger SMG deals high damage for a takeoff for increased recoil and spread, Artemis’ Huntress DMR puts a variant on the scoped rifle and Ares’ Warforged Assault Rifle fires quickly and deals a lot of damage but with a lot of recoil. All of the new powers and guns will appear in their normal versions during matches, with the option to fight the gods to nab
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