Cloak of FaZe Clan and Ali-A Show Off Power of Drum Gun in Fortnite
By Nicholas Barth ·
Epic Games has added a new weapon to the world of Fortnite in the drum gun, and the community is already showing how powerful the newly added Fortnite drum gun is.
The v4.5 content update that was implemented today by Epic Games added a brand new weapon to Fortnite Battle Royale in the form of the drum gun. Coming straight out of a 1920's gangster's arsenal, the Fortnite drum gun is a thompson submachine gun that features a 50 round drum magazine and a high rate of fire.
As with the addition of any new weapon or item in Fortnite, the members of the community for the popular battle royale game jumped into a match as soon as the v4.5 update was done being added and tried their best to get their hands on the newly added Fortnite drum gun.
Footage of players and discussion around the drum gun soon began to pop up on social media as the community was looking to see how the new weapon would fit into the meta and if it would be a viable weapon to save an inventory slot for.
From first impressions of the weapon, it looks as though the drum gun has quickly proved itself to be one of the stronger weapons in Fortnite already.
The Drum Gun in Action... it shreds.
— Fortnite Battle Royale - FortniteInsider.com (@Fortnite_BR) July 3, 2018
Credit : u/arends33 pic.twitter.com/SxD4ah2Nvh
FaZe Clan professional Fortnite player Dennis "Cloak" Lepore discussed his first impressions of the new weapon, as he posted on his Twitter account that he secured a 22 kill game utilizing two drum guns in his arsenal in the very first game he played with the weapon being on live servers.
First game drum gun is out. 22 kill game using DOUBLE drum guns. New video soon LMFAO
— FaZe Cloak (@cloakzy) July 3, 2018
YouTuber Ali-A also showed off the strength of latest gun to be added to the vast array of weapons that the popular battle royale game offers with a video showing off a 11 kill victory royale match he had secured with the help of the newly added weapon.
With a high rate of fire, strong damage output and a large magazine, the Fortnite drum gun will be very useful for close quarter encounters and for destroying enemy structures. However, the questionable accuracy of the new weapon at longer ranges will likely keep it from replacing the likes of assault rifles for the time being.