Fortnite tests your attacking skills in its new Critical damage task. Here is how you can complete this quest and deal some bonus damage
Fortnite has rolled out a new task for its players where they are expected to deal critical damage to opponents. Lately, Fortnite has been introducing many such tasks which test the player’s skills in extreme situations in the battle royale game.
Given the introduction of this task many are unclear about how to do it. All the weapons in the game have fixed stats and damage multipliers. The new task has not released any special weapons nor any additional equipments to complete this task. This means that you would have to complete this task making use of the existing set of weapons.
However, there is no need to worry as one thing sure about this task is that almost every weapon ranging from assault Rifles to shotguns as well as snipers can be used to give this kind of damage. Its important to note that weapons like pickaxe or other melee weapons will not have such features.
If you are wondering how to deal critical damage in Fortnite and want to know how to get past this challenge here is a complete guide for it.
How to Deal Critical Damage in Fortnite
Dealing critical damage in Fortnite could get you more kills easily. The Fortnite weapon catalog has some weapons that can give double damage on landing a headshot. So aiming is the key to completing the Deal Critical Damage task in Fortnite.
Now if you are going to deal critical damage to your opponents you would also require a set of weapons that would help you with this task. Though Fortnite’s all weapons have the headshot multiplier, there are other things as well that you have to keep in mind about the weapon if you want to complete this task.
Best Weapons to Deal Critical Damage
We have compiled a list of popular weapons in Fortnite to aid you in selecting a weapon that excels at dealing critical damage.
- Havoc Suppressed Assault Rifle – 1.5x
- Havoc Pump Shotgun – 2x
- Combat Shotgun – 1.75x
- Overclocked Pulse Rifle – 1.5x
- Heavy Sniper Rifle – 2.5x
- Combra DMR – 1.65x
The Rare Blue Havoc Pump Shotgun could serve for this in an effective way as it deals with 120 DMG per regular shot and it’s CRIT DMG is 240.
You can even multiply these weapon’s regular damage and add CRIT DMG multiplier to it according to your requirements. You can add it according to the amount of critical damage you want to deal with.
It is also important to note that Melee weapons do not have a critical damage rating. One of the most popular item in Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 2 is the Blade. But despite being so popular it is not capable of dealing critical damage due to lack of the critical damage rating in it. This is the same reason why other weapons without critical damage like Pickaxe, Lightsabers, and other similar weapons are also not ideal for completing the Critical Damage task in Fortnite.
There are also ranged weapons in Fortnite like the Rocket Launcher that have no critical damage either. But thankfully Fortnite has many of the other weapon options with high critical damage that you can use to complete this task.
How to complete Deal Critical Damage task in Fortnite?
The most convenient way to deal critical damage in Fortnite is by joining team Rumble or joining a Bot lobby. This game mode has many casual players with relatively low skill that could prove beneficial to other players. Choosing to complete the deal critical damage task in these lobbies could easily help you complete the task along with giving an edge to your aiming skills. Low skilled players use these lobbies to practice but you can as well use this space to complete your task.
Fortnite lobbies also have AI controlled players who are extremely easy to eliminate. These Enemies do not have the skills to defend the gun fire and would not aggressively attack back at you. You would have enough buffer time in your hand to easily take them down given there slow reaction to your attack. You can easily headshot these enemies. Thus we recommended completing the Deal Critical Damage in this game mode.
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