Epic Games is making big changes to which of Fortnite's tools of destruction are the most effective. In recent weeks the company has released a handful of SMGs, introduced a brand new shotgun and brought back the guided missile. The effectiveness of these weapons has varied (the Compact SMG had a much bigger impact on the game than the Double Barrel Shotgun), but all of them have demonstrated Epic's willingness to Cheap Fortnite Items shake up the meta in the world's most popular battle royale. And now the company is teasing a new sniper rifle on the game's launch screen.

Official details about the new Heavy Sniper are sparse. The message on Fortnite's launch screen merely said that a "new Epic and Legendary sniper rifle capable of dealing high damage to structures" is "coming soon!" Some potential information arrived via the Fortnite: Battle Royale Leaks account on Twitter, however, which claimed the Epic and Legendary versions of the weapon did a respective 150 and 157 damage via body shots. (Headshots are pegged at 342 and "about" 355 damage.) Those numbers are significantly higher than those seen via Fortnite's existing sniper rifles.