Published 13:13 IST, April 6th 2020

What is Storm Surge in Fortnite? How does it work and secret to avoid it?

A storm surge warning may appear during Fortnite matches and deal damages to some players. Read on to know what is Storm Surge in Fortnite and how to avoid it.

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Fortnite has had Storm Surge mechanic for a while w. change was mainly introduced as a way to keep players away from camping. feature was implemented in competitive modes and it encourd users to target ir enemies or be targeted by omius Storm Surge. It also helps thin out battlefield as surge closes in. So if you have experienced a Storm Surge in past, and want to kw how it actually works, or how it could be avoided, here’s all you need to kw.

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What is Fortnite Storm Surge?

Storm Surge is a mechanic that starts to deal 25 dam to a player’s health per tick. It tends to disregard and bypass a player’s shields and aims straight for ir health. 25 dam per tick is quite a big one and you should avoid it being one of less aggressive players. You can avoid being a victim by dealing more dam than those who deal least dam, or wait for player threshold to be met during game. If Storm Surge hits you, go all out to deal some dam and get out of being one of targeted few.

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How does Storm Surge work in Fortnite?

Storm Surge is a mechanic that inspires an aggressive style of play while narrowing down players on field. It rmally occurs when Fortnite detects re are too many players remaining in a circle and decides to punish cy players. This is essentially based on sliding scale of players to circle size. It will take place once a certain number of players are left in a circle. Take a look here:

  • Circle 1 – 60 Players Remaining
  • Circle 2 – 44 Players Remaining
  • Circle 3 – 30 Players Remaining
  • Circle 4 – 20 Players Remaining
  • Circle 5 – 16 Players Remaining
  • Circle 6 – 14 Players Remaining
  • Circle 7 – 12 Players Remaining
  • Circle 8 – 6 Players Remaining
  • Circle 9 – 2 Players Remaining

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13:13 IST, April 6th 2020