With Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3 vehicles have become unstoppable, but leaks suggest that an upcoming Sniper Rifle could potentially counter their dominance. Vehicles in Chapter 5 Season 3 have turned into an absolute menace after Epic Games introduced powerful vehicle mods like bulletproof tires and machine gun turrets with the . While the experience of firing a mounted weapon from a and making quick work of your enemies shakes up the gameplay, players have argued it doesn’t feel good at all to be shot at with one of these mounted turrets, because it’s almost impossible to survive on foot.
Apart from the , no other weapon on the island is an effective counter to these vehicles in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 3. However, dataminers suggest that an upcoming Sniper Rifle could be a perfect counter to the souped-up cars on the island. As revealed by ‘AllyJax_,’ this weapon will be capable of dealing 3x damage to vehicles and holds only one round in the magazine.
However, the rest of the stats like the total damage it deals, or the headshot damage are currently unknown. The release date for this new Sniper Rifle in Fortnite is still unconfirmed, and dataminers also believe that some attachments like the , which increases the number of rounds in a single magazine, won’t be available for the weapon. Considering that Snipers were vaulted in this season, there were speculations that the Heavy Sniper would be making a return.
However, that doesn’t seem to be the case because .
