In Fortnite: Battle Royale, the new item “Shadow Bomb” appears to be bugged. A glitch causes players to remain permanently invisible. This could significantly disrupt the World Cup qualifiers this coming weekend.
What is the bug? The item “Shadow Bomb” introduced with patch 8.51 makes you invisible for 6 seconds. You can perform double jumps and run faster, but you cannot shoot or build.
However, two players discovered in duo mode in the playground that there is a glitch that bypasses exactly this restriction.
How does the glitch work? If you get knocked out while in an invisible state and then revived by a teammate, you remain invisible. For the rest of the game!
This is the second glitch related to the Shadow Bomb: However, the issue with permanent invisibility is not the only bug with the shadow bombs. The streamer TimTheTatman (who recently had a bet with DrDisrespect) discovered that you also remain permanently invisible if you use a geyser while under the effect of the bomb.
Then you would permanently ride as an invisible shadow on the geyser and only become visible again when you land.
World Cup Qualifiers Could Become Problematic
Therefore, the bugs are a serious issue: The two glitches that can easily turn into exploits are a serious problem in the game. Because they occurred recently before the next qualification round for the World Cup in Fortnite.
This coming weekend, thousands of players will again compete for coveted qualification points. There is a prize pool of a million dollars and a spot in the summer finals, where a total of even 30 million dollars can be won.
For fair competition, a game is needed that does not contain strange bugs, glitches, and exploits that give some players a significant advantage.
Invisible players are definitely such a “game-breaker” and Epic should fix the problem quickly before there is once again a shitstorm from the competitive scene of Fortnite.
This would not be the first time that Epic has ruined the game for professionals due to bugs.
