I Ranked Every Item In Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 (Zero Build Tips & Tricks)

In this video I made a tier list ranking every weapon and utility item in Fortnite Chapter 5 Season 2 Zero Build. As I rank the items I quickly go over what I like and dislike about them and what I think the best weapons in season 2 are. Let me know how you would rank the season 2 loot pool down in the comments below!
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[@hjskywalker1414]

the reason why people aren't complaining about the gatekeeper is because it's a harder to use shotgun due to the low magazine capacity so it's not completely overpowered unless you have good aim

[@Sqydx_]

He has good aim. lol

[@extraterrestrialhorse9722]

Also most of the complaints are completely invalid because Pump stans only want Pump meta and have biases that have ruined a lot of Seasons

[@cash5512]

It’s range is pretty op though. It could use a nerf in that regard.

[@Key-Knight87]

@@Sqydx_ Duh, OP is talking about the average player lol.

[@lavmiscevic7269]

​@@extraterrestrialhorse9722in build mode which is better than zero build noone carried or carries frenzy,everyone is using hammer or gatekeeper

[@UniqBlue]

What's funny is that, in Chapter 4 Season 3, we had the Havoc and Drum Shotgun, and while yes the Drum Was OP AF at least the Havoc could Counter Shot so damn hard that it was a Balanced Shotgun meta despite how Powerful the shotguns were. Meanwhile this Chapter, is kinda Backwards with the Shotguns. The range felt reversed, and you literally could fire the same amount of shots from both Hammer and Frenzy to get one elimination.

[@mayasmayhem6449]

I miss when we could capture the floating island and get our entire squad mythic havocs.

[@lavmiscevic7269]

Only in Zero Build Zero build sucks

[@emoharalampiev1590]

Again quite situational, but for those situations pretty solid, EMPs destroy bubbles, so when someone bubbles up they are either trying to force a close combat or heal up (or both I guess) and with an EMP you can just tell them "how about no".

[@alexbarron1303]

Ranger pistol with 1.3x, drum and muzzle break is a force to be reckoned with. It’s great for mega high dps then dip into cover and it’s super easy to chain headshots

[@bobbobobbo566]

Its hipfire is also amazing as a spray weapon especially if you attach lazer

[@mrGEE____1]

Hand cannon prob the most fun gun in the game atm. Put a sniper scope on it and its as accurate as the reaper sniper. The hip fire is INSANE even without adding attachments as well. Great vid Jake! Love the distain for the zeus mythic too 😂.

[@eikementira1604]

Try to use with laser sight and suppressor, (if you have good aim), it's better than sniper sometimes XD

[@drunkhusband6257]

It's literally a pointless gun you are better off with a sniper or dmr

[@SuperSirianRigel]

The emp grenades are also awesome at fishing! Throw one at a fishing spot and instantly get all this fish from it! Op for sure. 😂😂😂

[@Derek8487]

Yo I never knew that

[@darrean15]

Nemesis is my fav AR this season. But with the Waterbending I use that instead of a AR

[@2fabiuccio]

noob

[@Felix-co]

​@@2fabiucciojust cause you can't use waterbending doesn't mean, others are noons. What a loser

[@nicknavarro6999]

I use both depending on situations

[@nicknavarro6999]

I main use waterbending for far distances

[@SbassLaser]

water bending is op tbh

[@mayasmayhem6449]

Thanks Jake! I appreciate these types of videos. I don't get a whole lot of playtime these days and I can count on you to bring me up to speed quickly. Your thoughts on each item help me fit them into my play style. You're so much more helpful than KZbinrs where every item is now the new meta.

[@MysticalHaloZ]

Nemesis AR is underrated

[@tonyxultra2279]

And it can finally shine after the sniper nerf. 😂

[@zackfletcher2933]

I don’t know about that

[@Thecrimsonchin0]

It's good, it just gets outclassed, shotguns are better at close range, the burst is better at mid range, and the DMR and Sniper are better at long range. Waterbending is better than all of them.

[@eikementira1604]

a good player with upgraded warforged vs a good player with upgraded nemesis on close/mid range will always results into warforged winning.

[@zackfletcher2933]

@@eikementira1604 thank you

[@jjj_jacko]

2 banger videos in a row let’s go

[@bobbyraybandz10]

Another dime of a video Jake … appreciate it

[@darrean15]

I’ve taken a whole squad out with the Hades chain. Was hilarious because I hate this weapon

[@LiLxJ0J0]

Thanks Jake! 🪅👑🪅

[@justinavne9564]

RIP Clingers! 😂

[@SuperSirianRigel]

Oh no! They are still in the game right? Poor item. Dude can't even remember they exist. lol.

[@JackSchade]

Hey Jake love your vids keep it up

[@SlickDangler10]

The forebending is the biggest let down. I wouldve thought it would've been OP with the ability to catch things on fire

[@NightSprinter]

Something you missed about the Chains: the alt-fire can pull someone out of flight if they use the Wings, and can outright CANCEL the lightning attack. I can't recall how many times that saved my ass against someone using the lightning bolts.

[@bobbywilliams8736]

Hey Jake love the content !

[@AlexnaderSupertramp]

I think the Thunder burst is highly underrated. Blue Tear it Up is op. My two gun loadout I run gatekeeper and the thunder burst. The rager pistol I think should be A tear. The range and the damage with the headshot multiplier is pretty damn good

[@MJW1509]

Bro really hates that fire bending mythic 😂

[@deansmit1068]

Yeah it's strong but when you have to make aiming something consistently difficult for the sake or "balance," it quickly becomes exhausting.....the simple act of looting gold from the vault is a so quick and easy with the water bending... but tedious with the fire bending and Jesus christ with hades skulls uncontrollable

[@guccibirkin188]

At least for me Nemesis is the one. With the hollow, vertical FG and muzzle break it literally has 0 bloom or recoil.

[@tjaprilgage]

Why I am so early. Appreciate tt content my dude 😊

[@Derek8487]

Hades chain is great for killing minions early game when you don't have a lot of ammo.

[@Carlos2Dangerous]

Drum gun is so far below D it’s not funny

[@dank696969]

It's great inside barrel stuff range like when you run out of shells, but outside 5-8m the bloom is awful.

[@Tobermory247]

Hi Jake. Have you seen the trick to pull the statue down without being stuck in the animation ? I can do it 50% of the time but saves you getting sniped while doing it. Cheers. D

[@Sqydx_]

Honestly, I carry gatekeeper, firebending, water bending and sheild potions, the fire is so that if I miss 1 or 2 shots with gatekeeper I can just kick them twice and then they are dead.

[@notbob4542]

Do you win?

[@Rbrcpa]

Can you do a video on how you use aim assist - specifically with the warforged ar and burst? I’ve heard you reference how good the aim assist is on both (especially the warforged). Not sure if I just suck but I’ve never gotten aim assist that I can tell, would love to know what I’m doing wrong!

[@aznbourgeois]

good stuff

[@IOSALive]

Evolve Jake, Subscribed because your videos are so much fun!

[@erex4463]

They need to eather remove the hammer pump or buff the pump cause back then i always used the pumps even in zero build and since chapter 5 you are forced to use the auto shotgun. They just need to vault the auto and buff the pump cause it always does 30 hits

[@MarianzYT]

I hope it's gone next season and they bring back a Chapter 4 or 3 pump, like the Prime, Thunder or even Havoc Pump would be nice to see, they don't even need to make a new one at this point

[@zackfletcher2933]

Exactly they just need to get rid of spammy shotguns anyway I hate them both seasons I’ve hated auto frenzy and gatekeeper

[@zackfletcher2933]

@@MarianzYT exactly you guys get it

[@thecrusher5066]

I would love the sharptooth over it

[@yoshin6465]

i alltogether replace smg, ar and sniper to Waterbender so i only hold Gatekeeper sg and waterbend, now i carry more utility item

[@erex4463]

Please can you start making season reviews at the end of the season agian?

[@EvolveJake]

Probably last season I didnt really have much positive to say so I just decided not to make one 😂

[@skyguyp44]

If you know how to use Airbending or waterbending mythics, they're absolutely broken 0p

[@JakeTaco83]

yeah. I agree. Waterbending is like having hit scan AR. the animation is the only real downside for me. so you cant really use it to switch from shotgun if you miss a shot, but I take it over DMR for sure and sometimes sniper. Ive seen some amazing escapes with Airbending too. Or someone using it to grab 3 reboot cards and bolt.

[@skyguyp44]

@@JakeTaco83 agreed, that's why I place it in my sniper slot

[@anymaru]

Do you tap fire or hold down full auto fire? I tap

[@bku9]

Forgot clingers. And what about the heal items?

[@MAV.mp4]

Surprised he didn’t wait for the tactical ar to come out before doing this

[@EvolveJake]

I was hoping it would come today but it didnt

[@blury5730]

The what???

[@MAV.mp4]

@@EvolveJake yeah I saw on twitter that it’s coming in the 29.30 update next week

[@steveweing]

I’ve never got into shockwaves because I can never trust I’ll find more shockwaves. I only get 4 kills per death. So I’m not picking up many shocks from my kills. So if I see two, I don’t swap one of my items. I think great players that get a lot of kills can rely on finding shocks all over the place and this makes them even better. I’m not in that category

[@bbbnuy3945]

u didnt rank heals?

[@alexbarron1303]

Nemesis AR S tier easily. Have beamed many squads from across the map with it

[@Malcxy]

Nah

[@alexbarron1303]

@@Malcxy sorry I was lying

[@jamchrista4784]

I destroyed squads solo with the.chain and give it S+ but these OP weapons ruin the game IMO. I wish Fortnite ditched OP weapons together with useless weapons and just gave us decent AR/shotty.

[@Nick-it2ne]

Is that an accessibility setting to get that orange warning circle when someone is shooting you?

[@Nick-it2ne]

Or is that always there and i just dont notice lol

[@EvolveJake]

visualize sound effects in the audio section of the settings.

[@Nick-it2ne]

@@EvolveJakethanks

[@AndrewHohn]

I like the handguns baby

[@orionainesworth5808]

I don't know, but for me the AK-200 is much more reliable than the sako m23. It hits harder, it's easy to use over a long distance, and it's just pleasant to the touch. (As a beginner, I can't remember ingame long af weapons names and call them by their real-life name. I'm sorry about that)

[@RomePlaysYT]

what is the tierlist you used?

[@EvolveJake]

I dont think I published it

[@RomePlaysYT]

@@EvolveJake if you do publish it let me know, id love to rank my opinions too! also nice video

[@eikementira1604]

@@RomePlaysYT you can press all together: WINDOWS + SHIFT + S and snipe the tier list at 18:33.

[@matthewrivera5484]

I'm very surprised shockwaves were S tier. I didn't see that coming at all!!

[@thad4242]

Nemesis in B tier is criminal!!!!

[@thekidzero100]

What's that blue hair skin?

[@bbbnuy3945]

blud forgot to rank the most OP item in the lootpool: corn 🌽

[@SbassLaser]

dont sleep on the cabbage

[@G-O_Prism]

Thanks!!! I was just thinking that I needed a video like this to help me optimize my mid-tier loot while I try to get a meta load out in early game.

[@boofalien]

WHAT IS UP GUYS jake spitting nothing but the truth

[@spankypeake3220]

Is there a link to this tier list?

[@eikementira1604]

Pause at 18:33 and use WIN + SHIFT + S to screenshot the tier list

[@ynnickk1380]

If you play on mouse and keyboard, the new shotgun is great. With the drum shotgun nerf I don’t have anything to say against pc players from the same k/d ratio. This chapter sucks balls for console players with all the weapons and anime guns.

[@rosalinda112]

Anime guns ? You mean the avatars mythics ?

[@YouTubeWatch-np4yq]

The fact that the tier list doesn't have an F tier is a disgrace 😭

[@Mmmmchocolate]

I know you didn’t dig ‘em, but I miss the lightning bolts. They were just so much fun! I felt like a God! 😂

[@bevoblake]

I only used them early game off spawn, but when you line up a 3rd party with that, it's so fun!

[@qyouwilber5734]

I like to use the bolt on players hiding in structure. Blows a big hole in the walls, floor, ect.. The Hades chain was also good for rapid looting, tears down the walls, furniture and whatever else that gets in the way.

[@I_Show_Milo]

I only used them if I had dash so I could dash in the air while usin them

[@xzte]

i love when jake fills us up with his contents

[@tiredtyler7]

People can't complain about the gatekeeper. TTK is slow enough that if you lose the fight, it's your fault haha

[@rachelwebber6722]

How did you gain 15 shield from the slurp tank? Did they up it from 10?

[@Pool-1232]

It was a flow burry tank. There is a few of them around the map and yes, they look like normal tanks.

[@trevscott8]

I don’t get how you put the Nemesis in B when you use that in ranked but Huntress in A when you never carry it

[@ashley-bd5ik]

DMR is more like a sniper than an AR so they’re not really comparable

[@orionainesworth5808]

Dunno, for me ak-200 is WAY MORE reliable than sako m23. Its hit harder, easily can be used in high range and just feels better. (As a new player i cant remember ingame long af weapon names and call them by their real-life name. Sorry for that)

[@elaineamandareyneke7688]

Ranger pistol?😅

[@extraterrestrialhorse9722]

2:35 this line of thinking is what's wrong with the entire game. The Pump last Season was equal to the Frenzy in Builds, not inferior.

[@ivelrr8933]

auto shotgun is quite literally the best gun in zero build 💀

[@jeffreyhooper4307]

Yeah I haven't been liking the weapons they've been bringing to fortnite myself

[@bruns2213]

I think the Warforged AR is trash. Guess I’m not that good of a player. I will take a blue Nemesis over a gold Warforged

[@eikementira1604]

If you go against good players they will 100% beam you from close/mid range, you can use long range upgraded Nemesis BUT enemy will avoid or snipe you. AR is to fill the gap when you miss your shotgun shots and to be good at close/mid range, warforged can fill all gaps + be the most powerful AR.

[@bevoblake]

The warforged has a lot of kick (at least on KBM). I end up aiming low on the first shot and then flicking up to my target if I'm at any distance. With the Nemesis, you can just aim and pull the trigger. If it has a scope, I always prioritize the warforged, but I can see why players would like the Nemesis.

[@eikementira1604]

@@bevoblake nemesis is more noob friendly because of recoil control. One thing that I don’t like about is the spread without scope, fire rate is already slow and you need to stop shooting to decrease spread, making your dps even lower.

[@drunkhusband6257]

@@bevoblake Warforged is only good with foregrip and muzzle break

[@aightm8]

Need vertical foregrio and muzzle break on it and it's an entirely new gun

[@nuhuh9455]

2:30 This is exactly why I'm disliking this chapter of BR, & it might just be (one of) the reason(s) I play more Festival than BR.

[@AuziGFX]

The guns this season are so weird.. I’d rather have the og guns.

[@Superlazer_49]

Day 1 of asking for a stop dying to water bending.

[@misaelaguirre1701]

Where is the list

[@zackfletcher2933]

I’m so tired of spray shotgun I need pump meta

[@FlAAsh_4]

first

[@bradogden4978]

The thumbnail…🙄

[@proclubsgang8766]

for every like this comment gets i wont do shit cuz im not a weak kid

[@eggstremegoat]

Good luck 👍

[@darrean15]

Sure is a weak comment

[@user-nz1lp1gq8i]

Finally someone telling the truth

[@keeganpoteet]

​@@darrean15nah it's hilarious 😂

[@coltongibbs1518]

Beta male energy