What is Storm Surge Fortnite: Everything You Need to Know
By Max Mallow
What is Storm Surge Fortnite? It is a popular question for new competitive players who might encounter the feature for the first time, especially those looking for ways around it.
Storm Surge was introduced to make competitive Fortnite, essentially, more competitive. A major complaint with competitive Fortnite is how campy it can get with its gameplay.
Epic Games introduced Storm Surge to counteract that. Here's everything you need to know about Fortnite's Storm Surge feature.
Does anyone have data on Storm Surge in Fortnite:
— Nick Eh 30 (@NickEh30) April 21, 2019
- How many players alive and which circles it’ll activate
- What the damage threshold will be that you need to meet
I remember they gave this info in one of the events (when you clicked “more details”, but can’t find it now)
What is Storm Surge Fortnite: Everything You Need to Know
Here's detailed information from Epic Games' Fortnite 6.31 patch notes on how Storm Surge works in game:
Storm Surge
- If a certain amount of players are remaining by the time the Storm finishes closing, a Storm Surge will activate. This periodically deals damage to players who have the least amount of damage dealt during the match.
- 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
Here's information on how each circle breaks down:
Storm Surge might not be perfect in its current form, but at least Epic Games is taking strides to making Fortnite more competitive.
Photo courtesy of Epic Games