Epic Games Removes "Infinity Blade" From Fortnite

Epic Games has removed the Infinity Blade weapon from Fortnite for being too overpowered.
The Infinity Blade was here as Patch 7.01 was released. It was a one-off item that could be picked up in Fortnite's main mode. It gave owners such huge advantages : 200 health, 200 shield, and the ability to leap great distances, it can also deal 75 damage with each swing. It looked exactly like this:

The sword managed to unbalance the game completely. Not to mention its inclusion in Fortnite's seasonal tournament, where the sword caused chaos in a competition with a prize pool of 1m$.

The Infinity Blade's ability to smash structures made it a powerful late-game item. In the clip below, Psalm demolishes the competition in one of the North American matches of the 1m$ tournament.

$1 Million competitive Fortnite presented by Epic Games. Esports ready. #WinterRoyale pic.twitter.com/sDNsshuFNR

— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) December 11, 2018

Shortly after, Epic created a discussion over at Reddit asking players about their thoughts on the new "Overpowered" Infinity Blade, Epic came to a decision. In a tweet, Epic told their players that it had "vaulted" the Infinity Blade, admitting: "we messed up".

Heya folks,

We messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered / without good counters, especially in the end game.

The Infinity Blade has been Vaulted and we are re-evaluating our approach to Mythic items.

Thanks for calling us out on this!

— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) December 14, 2018