Fortnite's newest season introduces a bunch of Marvel mythics like War Machine's jetpack and Doctor Doom's magical gloves, but the one that's driving a wedge down the community right now is Captain America's shield.
This overpowered disc of sheer pain is a game changer. It can ricochet between enemies, automatically hits its target so long as you throw it in their general vicinity, and blocks all incoming damage. Fly above your opponent and spam this thing and you're almost guaranteed a win, until you face the final opponent and find... they're doing the exact same thing.
I've won a couple games with the shield already, and I can attest to how powerful it is, but Fortnite fans are a bit fed up of competitive players sucking out all of the fun of each new chapter. So, even if the shield is a completely broken weapon, there are swaths of the community who want it to stay.
A tweet went viral over the weekend from YouTuber Muselk after they shared a clip in which they fight an opponent using Captain America's defensive homing missile, screaming in the caption that they "love shields in Fortnite". But most of the replies are making...
