With Season 2 came a ton of new features to Fortnite. One of them is the new decoy – and it’s quite funny. And even useful: because it spawns 3 bots that look like the player.
This is the decoy: The decoy is a new type of grenade that you can find since the start of Season 2, just like 5 mythical weapons in Fortnite. However, the decoy does no damage – at least not in the conventional sense.
If you collect the decoy, you can create up to three copies of yourself, which will then run around the map – a bit like Zane from Borderlands 3 or Mirage from Apex Legends.
You can see what that looks like here:
After a few seconds, the clones disappear again. Until then, they can cause quite a bit of mischief.
Decoy basically creates 3 silly but useful bots
This is what the decoys can do: Once you have created your decoys, they will run off. So – somewhere. You can’t really control that.
They are able to shoot or hit walls with the pickaxe, but they don’t always do that accurately. Just like the classic, silly Fortnite bots. Also, they don’t take much damage and disappear after a short time.
Still, they can harass and confuse your opponents. They become very useful, especially if you’re being cornered and need to create some space.
You can see that, for example, in the first few minutes of the video from Fortnite SparkTV: Here, players make good use of the bots to lead enemies on a wild goose chase, even though they were backed against the wall.
While your bots distract the enemies, you can make your getaway. Or you can attack yourself. Just hope that your enemy isn’t a decoy as well.
This is what fans say: New items in Fortnite often spark controversies, but the decoy is off to a good start. Also, because the comedy potential of the grenades is quite high.
On reddit, first ideas are already popping up. For example, one user suggests that all players should collect decoys and toss them during the final circle. That would make for a pretty crowded circle – which could look quite funny with the current new skins.
And user SupremeLeaderSnoke feels almost invincible now thanks to the decoy:
“The best part is that they will be especially useful for players like me, who were mistaken for bots from the beginning! Running into walls, standing out in the open without cover? Shooting without aim? Dying quickly? Good luck telling us apart!”
Looks like the new grenade could bring a lot of crazy fun in Fortnite. Speaking of crazy: In the new season, you can unlock Deadpool as a skin!
