Fortnite players divided as Wings of Icarus get instantly nerfed

The Wings of Icarus lets players soar into the sky and crash into their enemies. However, now that it’s been nerfed, looks like using it will take more effort.

Have you ever wanted to step into Battle Royale feeling like a Greek god? Well, Fortnite‘s Chapter 5 Season 2 lets you do just that, thanks to the new Greek Mythology-inspired skins, items, and mythics added to the game, with Thunderbolt of Zeus letting you leap briefly into the sky and zap your enemies with lightning bolts.

Outside of all these exciting additions, Wings of Icarus is arguably one of the ones that take the spotlight, as it allows you to fly and dive bomb enemies, knocking them and dealing damage at the same time.

However, despite not even being 24 hours after the season’s launch, the Epic Utility item has already gotten nerfed. As shared by iFireMonkey in an X post, this nerf affected the item’s minimum required height to activate the dive bomb, which has now increased.

Epic Games has nerfed dive bombs using the Wings of Icarus.

The minimum height in order to active a divebomb has been increased by ~1250% (Before: 64, Now: 800)

Not sure if it means 800m above the island or what, but long story short, you won't be able to dive as often. pic.twitter.com/xqEWMSeD6d

— iFireMonkey (@iFireMonkey) March 9, 2024

This means that players will have to fly higher in the air before they can slam enemies on the ground. Regarding this change, the community seems to have split opinions so far. Some players are grateful for this nerf, while others aren’t too happy.

One user claimed this is a good change after playing several games. On the other hand, some players didn’t mind as they don’t use it often to dive enemies frequently, suggesting that it’s only used solely for its mobility.

Meanwhile, in a separate Reddit thread discussing this nerf, a player pointed out that this change is “well deserved” as the item is “insanely broken.” They explained, “The dive bomb does 60 damage through structures, which means you can just get them low and crash into them when they box to heal.”

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All that aside, some players who aren’t too keen on this change mentioned that it’s unnecessary, as the item already feels “pretty weak” to begin with. “It’s so ***. If someone starts shooting at you when you’re flying, you’re dead ’cause it locks you into the dive bomb animation,” mentioned one user.

“One of the worst seasonal movement items, and they’re already nerfing it into the ground,” another chimed in.

Some comments also mentioned that the thunderbolt mythic deserves a nerf instead of the wings. Though it’s unknown whether more items will be tweaked, changes are always bound to happen in the game, so it’s always a good start to get quests involving certain items done as soon as possible just to be safe.