They don’t suck, you just have to fly near the ground so you don’t get melted. The boy named Icarus from Greek mythology died because he flew too high with his wings, so the wax binding the wings melted, hence why it is destroyed faster if you fly to high above the ground. But also it’s a warning not to fly too high because as well as it destroys your wings faster, you will get beamed by the lobby and die.
@@RxzerKBM literally how, if ur near the ground I’ll be guarded by natural object such as trees, bushes, hills, etc. also if u start getting shot at then u can be on the ground in less that a second and be able to box up any heal.
The wings are good for normal rotation… when there’s no one around. I think you wanna be high enough in the sky to where the visual sound effect of the wings isn’t there. Trying to use it to escape, though is a death scentence
In the Greek mythology, the wings of icarus were stuck togheter with a material that cloud melt, and the closer you got to sun, the faster it will melt. That is why more charge is getting used
This video is very well made, props to you Reisshub. Everything you talk about is also shown in the video. So much effort is put into it and I love it. Thanks for the informative video!
As soon as I hit Diamond 3 in No Builds Ranked I noticed an immediate difference in lobbies. Soon as you have good players a rotation with wings is borderline suuicide
That super bounce thingy is INSANE!! I can see that or the launchpad strat being heavily used in no build late games. There really isn't any counters!!!
I think that the either the extra hitbox needs to be removed, or the slam down that you do after you get shot needs to be removed. Combined with the glitches and exploits its a good item, but again those are very dependent on the situation, plus you would need to carry flowberry + wings, which would leave you with 3 inventory slots only. And you also need to be in builds to benefit from the super bounce and short jumps I think they need to buff its intended uses and nerf its exploits. They could make it so that the slam does damage based on distance travelled
They are only good for repositioning on tall buildings in no builds. You can outplay people with shockwaves if you are careful. The opponent will be out of shockwaves eventually and will be stuck on low ground. Very cheesy way to outplay shockwaves but it’s possible.
I would t say they suck but aren’t op either, they strike a fine balance. Using them as an escape mechanism CAN be done but it takes a lot of practice, and the physics of the flight can be used to you advantage which really make them powerful, diving down to gain speed and then shooting back up and fluctuating your elevation and direction are great for fights you’re trying to reposition or escape in
I know people are saying that you have to fly close to the ground because it's dualituous to icarus... But i swear to god no one hits Q or R with them... LIKE THEY HAVE A DODGE FOR A REASON.
The reason why they take more damage when your 75 meters above water is because in the story of Icarus and his father Daedalus when they escape the tower with their wings when Icarus flies too close to the sun they burn off and he falls, plunging into the sea and drowning, it wasn't just a weird quirky decision 😁
the superbounce is SO GOOD!! Its literally carried games with the height it brings, whether its climbing a buildfight or pushing up mountains, this single video has changed my loadout
Man.. even aside from all of the very technical ways to use the wings mentioned in this video, the tweet saying they're useless really is something. In playing squads with my usual group, the wings even used normally have been so very decisive. While yeah, they're big targets, in big multi person fire fights.. who's going to shoot the guy flying into the sky to reposition or divebomb, when that flyers buddies are opening fire to keep your attention off them? They're far riskier in solo play or small groups without as much cover fire to support someone using them, but in my experience in squads, they can genuinely make or break a fight depending on who has them in said fight.
Great video that was really helpful. I totally agree that the wings are sometimes useful especially with the flow berry fizz effect. They are great for early game rotates to 1st to 3rd zone, however they suck in two situations (in my opinion) one when you are making a rotate away from or toward players( so pretty much anywhere in late game) its way to easy to be shot and two for high caliber lobbies that have 10 or more people in 1st moving zone because its to easy to get shot or keyed while your still in the animation. I'm excited to see what FNCS will look like with a movement that takes awhile to activate and also destroys builds on quick landings.
I only play Zero build soooo a lot of its uses are removed in that mode. I just use them as a pocket car if I need to travel fast, or avoid fall damage, but in battle they're horrible, and the previous gunblade and mutan ninja turtles mobility items in this chapter were better, also there's two medallions now that help with avoiding fall damage. I think the shockwave grenade it's best for mobility combat as of now and Zeus & Cerberus medallions.
Something good i found out with them is if you crack the enemy's shields or get them below 60 hp if you build 2 layers above their box and dive bomb it will kill them thru builds.
I made great use of them in the cash cup last night. I used the ramp over head technique dozens of times and didn’t have an issue. Like he stated it’s a skill item
Another thing: is you stack Zeus’s medallion or flowberries with the wings and do a sprint jump, you can get insane distance without any damage to the wings.
They're good for rotating out of storm or in low activity locations. That's about it. Once someone pops into the sky with wings, it's a guaranteed kill.
last time i remember using them i was trying to go after someone and kept clicking my boost and i was able to keep up with the car but im pretty sure if i had enough momentum and they didint run out i would've been able to go faster than the car and full boxed and clipped the person running
I love using them in the early game. I can quickly move from location to location and it makes running from storm a breeze. I pretty much always drop them when I near the endgame though.
If you press your shoot button you’ll dash and while looking down it’s the fastest way to cancel it + it gives you a little boost when you touch the ground
Generally speaking they're good. But when you take into consideration how easy it is to shoot people down using them, as well as the fact that these are the direct replacement for the grapple blade, they are objectively awful.
REISSHUB! you can still do the dive bomb cancel glitch, it’s just much more difficult and has a might tighter timing window. I made a video of it on my channel.
In order to use it very well you have to practice and I don’t think ppl are willing to do that, once it’s muscle memory all the cheeky ways to use the wings will be easy and can be used on the fly, me personally rn I can do all the methods on the fly whether to run away or w key and end game. It’s a good item that ppl don’t recognize so the ppl who learn it will always have advantage for the most part
Great info man, liked the vid, idk if you will see this but i was curious what you meant by you can use a pre edit in duos? Would you not be able to place a wall down yourself?
Also you cant stack a lot of this with zues medallion to get more hight, but you do have to sprint so like with the launchpad, youd have to sprint jump like 40 mtrs away and land perfectly, but it should work
they should make it so that you need to be gliding with the wings to activate the dive, and you can't activate the dive until the entire launch animation is completed
classic season 2's and their endless mythics and other weird items that make battles go from "pew dead" to *chasing some kid for the entire match just to die to some random dmr*
You can use the wings in combination with flow effect, zues medallion and a dash and it is so good for late game rotation in zb and it doesn't use any durability of the wings
I'm pretty sure I was the first one to figure out and post about using the wings with a ramp! I posted my first video about it like 3 days ago!!!!!!!!!
They’re legit so fun. Other games dont add wings where you can truly fly, just gliders (cough, Fenyx Rising cough, Breath of the Wild) to slowly descend. But this is REAL FLYING!!!! ITS SO FUN!! Sooo confession i did just get into fortnite BECAUSE of the lightning & wings….. I’ve learned mythics are limited time, but these are just so fun….Epic Games could make BANK from new fans by creating a separate game mode Featuring Greek Myths & Mythic items for when this season’s over. Like i’d never stop playing if they did that.
I wish that they dont fix the super leap thing, since it is just so cool. Imagine launcing up, pumping a player there, and capture height. P.S. I still think that you should not be able to use them again until you hit the ground.
the reason the wings ammo decreases faster the higher you are is because the story of icarus where the wings were made of wax and the wax melts closer to the sun
Really good video but the wings don’t lower weight they lower gravity because the speed you fall is not relative to weight. Seeing as how switching from the wings mid-air caused you to go less far, it is not weight, but instead the force of gravity.
Wings are amazing for moving around and adjusting position. But theyre not good to run away when in close range, as ive often caught people and deleted them from the sky trying to use it to run away. And this has happened to me before. I play no builds btw
Actually the first item I have seen added being perfectly balanced it have its risks and rewards while the zeus thunder bolt damage or cooldown between each strike should be nerfed a little
I’m here to say I love Zues lightening bolts! But all the items have to be played at the right time else you’ll get owned. This being said I feel like there pretty fair, I don’t use wings for reasons unless I’m trying to go fast to go reboot a team mate.
I think epic has removed the lower weight when equipping, so you no longer fly higher when holding them out on a launch pad
They also made the dive bomb time increased by 250%. So… Just a thought, but I think Epic hates balanced weapons
They remove the Wings of Icarus in solo cc
They don’t suck, you just have to fly near the ground so you don’t get melted. The boy named Icarus from Greek mythology died because he flew too high with his wings, so the wax binding the wings melted, hence why it is destroyed faster if you fly to high above the ground. But also it’s a warning not to fly too high because as well as it destroys your wings faster, you will get beamed by the lobby and die.
That’s pretty cool thanks for the info
Finally someone who knows why epic added the mechanic. I always try to say this!
your getting beamed regardless if you fly high or low lmao
not trying to promote my channel, but I made a good video on basically every glitch on these broken ass wings.
@@RxzerKBM literally how, if ur near the ground I’ll be guarded by natural object such as trees, bushes, hills, etc. also if u start getting shot at then u can be on the ground in less that a second and be able to box up any heal.
The wings are good for normal rotation… when there’s no one around. I think you wanna be high enough in the sky to where the visual sound effect of the wings isn’t there. Trying to use it to escape, though is a death scentence
Not a death sentence if the opposing team isn't cracked and you're good with the movement
Nah cause I’m playing ranked I got medallions hunting them down they use the wings to get away I beamed the hell out of them I got 6 kills with that
Use the air dodge to avoid the bullets
@@golgirothyou can easily beam someone using the wings about 50m away with hipfiring
This hitbox is just that big
@@syrup5940 you just have to have a brain, idk what you're trying to argue, but they're good mobility if you know how to use them
In the Greek mythology, the wings of icarus were stuck togheter with a material that cloud melt, and the closer you got to sun, the faster it will melt. That is why more charge is getting used
Cool🤓nah just kidding cool fun fact🙂
Lore accurate 👌
It’s weird how applicable the actual myth of Icarus applies to this item
This video is very well made, props to you Reisshub. Everything you talk about is also shown in the video. So much effort is put into it and I love it. Thanks for the informative video!
wow, had no clue how good the wings really were. def gonna use them more now and try out that movement tech. amazing video as always
2:24 I love that the most replayed spot is the cat meowing in the background
This is such a good video, i already recognized stuff like higher jump but the amount of details in this item is so rare for a fortnite item
As soon as I hit Diamond 3 in No Builds Ranked I noticed an immediate difference in lobbies. Soon as you have good players a rotation with wings is borderline suuicide
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I’m a relatively bad player but it’s still easy
That super bounce thingy is INSANE!! I can see that or the launchpad strat being heavily used in no build late games. There really isn't any counters!!!
This is golden. Learned some new movement strats so thank you
"just leave my reboot card and go kill the other opponents"
Bro: 7:13
Love the constant uploads
Nice
I think that the either the extra hitbox needs to be removed, or the slam down that you do after you get shot needs to be removed.
Combined with the glitches and exploits its a good item, but again those are very dependent on the situation, plus you would need to carry flowberry + wings, which would leave you with 3 inventory slots only. And you also need to be in builds to benefit from the super bounce and short jumps
I think they need to buff its intended uses and nerf its exploits. They could make it so that the slam does damage based on distance travelled
They are only good for repositioning on tall buildings in no builds. You can outplay people with shockwaves if you are careful. The opponent will be out of shockwaves eventually and will be stuck on low ground. Very cheesy way to outplay shockwaves but it’s possible.
Amazing video, perfection! (I havent watched the video yet but I know it will be an amazing vid)
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Best video for this season. Just taught me a lot of great info. Good job ❤.
Meanwhile Zero Build players:
I would t say they suck but aren’t op either, they strike a fine balance. Using them as an escape mechanism CAN be done but it takes a lot of practice, and the physics of the flight can be used to you advantage which really make them powerful, diving down to gain speed and then shooting back up and fluctuating your elevation and direction are great for fights you’re trying to reposition or escape in
The wings feel like the most fair "movement" item we had of recent which I am all for
I know people are saying that you have to fly close to the ground because it's dualituous to icarus... But i swear to god no one hits Q or R with them... LIKE THEY HAVE A DODGE FOR A REASON.
love that you called the horizontal boost from the ramp an EJ dash lol
That's what everyone calls it because that's what it called.
The reason why they take more damage when your 75 meters above water is because in the story of Icarus and his father Daedalus when they escape the tower with their wings when Icarus flies too close to the sun they burn off and he falls, plunging into the sea and drowning, it wasn't just a weird quirky decision
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Someone gets it. Good job
the superbounce is SO GOOD!! Its literally carried games with the height it brings, whether its climbing a buildfight or pushing up mountains, this single video has changed my loadout
Man.. even aside from all of the very technical ways to use the wings mentioned in this video, the tweet saying they're useless really is something. In playing squads with my usual group, the wings even used normally have been so very decisive. While yeah, they're big targets, in big multi person fire fights.. who's going to shoot the guy flying into the sky to reposition or divebomb, when that flyers buddies are opening fire to keep your attention off them?
They're far riskier in solo play or small groups without as much cover fire to support someone using them, but in my experience in squads, they can genuinely make or break a fight depending on who has them in said fight.
It’s so funny to me that the wings are actually pretty good, just so long as you don’t use its primary function
I can’t tell you the enjoyment I get whenever this man uploads
Great video that was really helpful. I totally agree that the wings are sometimes useful especially with the flow berry fizz effect. They are great for early game rotates to 1st to 3rd zone, however they suck in two situations (in my opinion) one when you are making a rotate away from or toward players( so pretty much anywhere in late game) its way to easy to be shot and two for high caliber lobbies that have 10 or more people in 1st moving zone because its to easy to get shot or keyed while your still in the animation. I'm excited to see what FNCS will look like with a movement that takes awhile to activate and also destroys builds on quick landings.
I only play Zero build soooo a lot of its uses are removed in that mode. I just use them as a pocket car if I need to travel fast, or avoid fall damage, but in battle they're horrible, and the previous gunblade and mutan ninja turtles mobility items in this chapter were better, also there's two medallions now that help with avoiding fall damage. I think the shockwave grenade it's best for mobility combat as of now and Zeus & Cerberus medallions.
Something good i found out with them is if you crack the enemy's shields or get them below 60 hp if you build 2 layers above their box and dive bomb it will kill them thru builds.
Voice crack at 6:28
good vid, sertantly intresting tehniques and stuff. i usually use the wings in early game and drop them for shacwaves in endgame
You can stack the speed mythic with flowberry and wings. I haven't tried this with a launch pad but I imagine it's insane
I made great use of them in the cash cup last night. I used the ramp over head technique dozens of times and didn’t have an issue. Like he stated it’s a skill item
Been waiting for someone to make this video
Thank you for the introduction
Another thing: is you stack Zeus’s medallion or flowberries with the wings and do a sprint jump, you can get insane distance without any damage to the wings.
Ah, fortnite's wings, the true skill check.
I’m glad you left the meow in and talked about it
2:22 MEOW 😂
Back to back reisshub vids, my favorite
Yes they suck. Only mobility is good, but with terrible defense, and weak offense
@@voteforfire yeah, I wish we could atleast use our weapons or something but that would be a little broken.
@@D1KenCarson_Glazer why the fuck did I reply to your comment, I was gonna post it in the main but somehow pressed reply 😭💀💀
@@voteforfire oh haha
They're good for rotating out of storm or in low activity locations. That's about it. Once someone pops into the sky with wings, it's a guaranteed kill.
last time i remember using them i was trying to go after someone and kept clicking my boost and i was able to keep up with the car but im pretty sure if i had enough momentum and they didint run out i would've been able to go faster than the car and full boxed and clipped the person running
Super helpful info! On all of you videos!
thought these were bad but they actually have such cool mechanics people just had to find their niche lol
I love using them in the early game. I can quickly move from location to location and it makes running from storm a breeze. I pretty much always drop them when I near the endgame though.
He said “damaged” more like snipped 😂
I really love your videos!
If you press your shoot button you’ll dash and while looking down it’s the fastest way to cancel it + it gives you a little boost when you touch the ground
This is imo the only icarus wing video you need to watch. Come to prefer the wings over bounce pads.
Hahaha the way you throw queasy under the bus 😂
Generally speaking they're good. But when you take into consideration how easy it is to shoot people down using them, as well as the fact that these are the direct replacement for the grapple blade, they are objectively awful.
How was I not subbed i watch damn near every video 🫠
REISSHUB! you can still do the dive bomb cancel glitch, it’s just much more difficult and has a might tighter timing window. I made a video of it on my channel.
Curious if they will be used at all in competitive play, especially end game.
theyre amazing for rotation but jesus
ive gotten TONS of 200 snipes on people mid-air this season than anything
I personally don't like them, but still use them sometimes. Thinking about making a video in the future that gives my opinion.
The barrel roll you can use pretty much makes them safe but of course at the cost of use time.
In order to use it very well you have to practice and I don’t think ppl are willing to do that, once it’s muscle memory all the cheeky ways to use the wings will be easy and can be used on the fly, me personally rn I can do all the methods on the fly whether to run away or w key and end game. It’s a good item that ppl don’t recognize so the ppl who learn it will always have advantage for the most part
Don't fly to close to the sun Icarus, with your waxed wings!
Great info man, liked the vid, idk if you will see this but i was curious what you meant by you can use a pre edit in duos? Would you not be able to place a wall down yourself?
2:20 that is because Icarus died because he flw too close to the sun and fell into the ocean. I love that easter egg
Situational for sure, if end game is near somewhere like Mt Olympus & snow mountains def can come in clutch
Your videos are so interesting!
I find they are easy to hit but this is a new item to use in sky basing and that flowberry fizz combo is insane
Also you cant stack a lot of this with zues medallion to get more hight, but you do have to sprint so like with the launchpad, youd have to sprint jump like 40 mtrs away and land perfectly, but it should work
Your like my math teacher like everything you can combine with the flowberry
I Wish the grapple blade comes back this season
Hell naw
Grapple blade was janky asf lmao
@@zfarge fr 😭
2 notes:
1) getting the wings shot should waste some charges instead of damaging you
2) become fighter jet, use the terrain
2:22 as the cat, i can confirm i meowed
The wings ave a flight glitch that I’m sure many might know I have no idea if it was patched but I have rare footage of it.
they should make it so that you need to be gliding with the wings to activate the dive, and you can't activate the dive until the entire launch animation is completed
classic season 2's and their endless mythics and other weird items that make battles go from "pew dead" to *chasing some kid for the entire match just to die to some random dmr*
You can use the wings in combination with flow effect, zues medallion and a dash and it is so good for late game rotation in zb and it doesn't use any durability of the wings
Very interesting vid thank very useful❤❤❤❤
Bro they are so fun when someone uses them I have so many clips of me of just headshot sniping them btw the wing item makes your hitbox bigger
Could you make a video on the first tournaments of season 2 and talk about the competitive meta?
I'm pretty sure I was the first one to figure out and post about using the wings with a ramp! I posted my first video about it like 3 days ago!!!!!!!!!
I wonder what Zeus Medallion+Flowberry+Wings is like for any of these setups.
are you able to do a video on oatley or some OCE pro or pros? OCE is the controversial region for being 'easy' :)
They need to spawn more often like how the kinetic blade use to be or like shockwave grenades.
i thought the wings were trash cuz of the hitbox but this vid rly made me see the capabilities. its really not that bad after all.
They’re legit so fun. Other games dont add wings where you can truly fly, just gliders (cough, Fenyx Rising cough, Breath of the Wild) to slowly descend. But this is REAL FLYING!!!! ITS SO FUN!! Sooo confession i did just get into fortnite BECAUSE of the lightning & wings….. I’ve learned mythics are limited time, but these are just so fun….Epic Games could make BANK from new fans by creating a separate game mode Featuring Greek Myths & Mythic items for when this season’s over. Like i’d never stop playing if they did that.
ur a legend reisshub
can you make a video on lighting bolt of zeus?
I wish that they dont fix the super leap thing, since it is just so cool. Imagine launcing up, pumping a player there, and capture height.
P.S. I still think that you should not be able to use them again until you hit the ground.
Actually they're the most OP thing that ever existed in the game, just not for flying
Apparently they removed all of this. Guess they kinda suck now
Firstly, you can dive with the wings if you have no charges left on the wings and secondly, remove zeus from competitive
the reason the wings ammo decreases faster the higher you are is because the story of icarus where the wings were made of wax and the wax melts closer to the sun
this video is extrenemly informative and well produced! now we just have to deal with this insane zeus mythic 😭😭😭😭😭😭
If you have the wings you can counter it.
Really good video but the wings don’t lower weight they lower gravity because the speed you fall is not relative to weight. Seeing as how switching from the wings mid-air caused you to go less far, it is not weight, but instead the force of gravity.
Wings are amazing for moving around and adjusting position. But theyre not good to run away when in close range, as ive often caught people and deleted them from the sky trying to use it to run away. And this has happened to me before.
I play no builds btw
Actually the first item I have seen added being perfectly balanced it have its risks and rewards while the zeus thunder bolt damage or cooldown between each strike should be nerfed a little
When you do use them normally the wings do have a hitbox that is super easy to hit if you don't scope in and use an smg
bro i made a vid about the flowberry fiz plus wings plus lounchpad
before this video was posted
flowberry is just the goat of movement.
I’m here to say I love Zues lightening bolts! But all the items have to be played at the right time else you’ll get owned. This being said I feel like there pretty fair, I don’t use wings for reasons unless I’m trying to go fast to go reboot a team mate.
this is all well and good, but we still have a problem with the thunderbolt
They are great. I really enjoy most people in endgame using this so I can just laser them for tons of damage every time