Fortnite’s P90 Compact SMG Has Been Nerfed

Well, that didn’t take long.

Fortnite has already nerfed the new Compact SMG, that was released in patch v5.10, in an effort to balance it out against other weapons.

Epic did a big balance pass on SMGs during a hotfix that was released earlier today which saw a damage reduction of 23/24 to 21/22.

Additionally, SMG and Compact SMG have both had their accuracy bonus drop to 15% from 35%, and also saw their ranges dip from 2400/3500 to 2000/3000.

Epic posted the changes on Reddit:

• SMG and Compact SMG accuracy bonus reduced from 35% to 15%.
• SMG damage reduced from 19/20/21 to 17/18/19.
• Compact SMG damage reduced from 23/24 to 21/22.
• SMG fire rate reduced from 13 to 12.
• Compact SMG fire rate reduced from 11 to 10.
• SMG, Compact SMG, and Silenced SMG damage falloff.
• Range reduced from 2400/3500/5000 to 2000/3000/4000.
• Percentage reduced from 100/80/65% to 100/70/40%.
• Rare SMG and Compact SMGs drop rates slightly reduced.