As we know, a couple of days ago, Epic brought a new powerful sword, Infinity Blade in its latest update. However, less than a week since its release, Epic decided to remove the weapon from the game now, after following widespread criticism over the item’s overpowered nature and game-breaking position as a pinnacle, late-game weapon. As with the removal, the game developer explained as the following:
 
“We messed up and rolled out the Infinity Blade overpowered / without good counters, especially in the end game,” reads the company’s tweet publicizing the change. “The Infinity Blade has been Vaulted and we are re-evaluating our approach to Mythic items. Thanks for calling us out on this!” Rarely has the company said in such plain terms that it made a really bad mistake. But the Infinity Blade was clearly not well thought out.

 
Infinity Blade is a mythic weapon that was introduced this season. The Infinity Blade spawned once per game, always in the same place, and replaced the entire inventory of the player who picked it up. It also gave them more health and shields, allowed them to move faster, and let them smash through any and all structures instantly. Since it’s immensely imbalanced, blessing its wielder with regenerating health, the ability to leap great distances and the strength to destroy buildings in one hit, it cause chaos and receive negative reviews since its release. As with its bad influence, Epic plans to address up some of the issues in the next update, though likely not the ones players wanted. If you lack any Fortnite item, go and buy Cheap Fortnite Items at 5mmo.com, where you can enjoy a 3% discount by using the code “5MMO”.
 
On Thursday, Epic released a post on the game’s subreddit detailing its thoughts on the Infinity Blade.
 
“When designing the Infinity Blade the goal was to provide a weapon with inherent risk to balance out the great capability it provides—the ability to harvest/build removes a great deal of that risk,” Epic said. “By taking away the ability to harvest/build we hope to tune the Infinity Blade to where it feels risky to have, but still satisfying to wield.”

 
 

Additionally, the post also noted a few nerfs to the weapon were on the way, including not letting players harvest or build while they were using it. This did nothing to sate irate fans who argued that harvesting and building weren’t the problems with the weapon but that there was no way to build against the Infinity Blade. To make things worse, Epic also mentioned that the Infinity Blade was just the first of the “Mythic” weapons that would be added to Fortnite with more coming in the future.
 
However, after strong demanding of removal, it seems the company has reconsidered and vaulted the weapon. In Fortnite, the term “vaulting” is used when a weapon or item is taken out of the game, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s gone forever. So it is possible that Infinity Blade may return to the game after a rework. Well, until that happens, it is an exciting news for fans to see the removal of the sword now.