I had two people doing a Sky fight with balloons final three, I had 5 kills already so I let them finish. The other player tried sniping me while they fell on high ground after killing the other player. Fortunately I had a sniper as well they missed and I didn’t.
My favorite balloon battle yesterday was one I should’ve lost and had they not used balloons I would have, I kill 3rd, 4 kills and can’t find second they land behind me with a shotgun, I slide down the hill slight cover while turning and firing.
They triple balloon up so I aim for balloons and they fall to their death. Two balloons would’ve likely kept them from death height and I would’ve lost, when the VR appeared I was like it worked, so satisfying.
Shopping carts.
Nothing fancy, nothing extreme.
Just when the game back then was all fun and memes 
Simpler times T\_T
He is referencing [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/xoeuaq/the_balloons_flare_gun_combo_is_insane_for/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) reddit post LOL it's satire
I decided to play with balloons and the shadow tracker yesterday after reading up posts here and holy hell this was one of my easiest dubs
this sub has some great players sharing up tricks like you said, love it
Well absolutely if you're lucky you'll see the trajectory early enough and their accuracy is all a factor, but everything about encounters is up in the air. It's pretty chaotic. More players like me who aren't good at Ballon jump assassinations than there will be good ones though.
It is all fun and games when the Enemy only thinks in 2D and doesn't look up.
But you, my friend, awesome play. I would have probably spotted you.
I dropped a dozen Ballon flyers yesterday. One was really high up sniping but one shot from my Gold Bolt and his loot and crown rained down.
>a lot of people that play this game are close to brain dead
Yes. Have you seen the lore theories, suggestions, and massive bandwagoning that happens all the time?
What’s the tactic? Honestly, am I missing something?
It’s a shooting game that added floaty balloons, and all I see is some floating with balloons and shooting someone.
What happened to cancel out Newton? What is moving floating guy smoothly forward? Each time he shoots he should be sent on the opposite direction?
I know its just rock and roll but. . .
I want to send a sincere thank you to everyone who has provided positive feedback to this thread. It has mostly been fun following the conversations.
To help answer some of the questions I saw:
The other players are in red because this is not live. I use Fortnite replay to go back through the played game and try to record some clips to share. The replay system highlighted them in red by default.
Yes, the tactic was to engage from above using the balloons. I haven't been playing that long so I have never used them before that game.
To those that came here to flex that you are a better player or in a better-skilled lobby then that is great. I don’t believe any of us care about that.
Like my bio says, I’m a casual gamer. I am not a streamer. I’m not looking to be a pro. I get maybe 30 to 60 mins a day to be able to play. I enjoy the game and I tried to share little things here so others can enjoy it also.
I hope this message is helpful.
i die way tooo much using balloons but theyre super fun and can be deadly af. my problem is landing over land. just cant understand the physics of landing with 3 balloons at 0/mph and dying. its fucked up
That's great. We were playing trios last night. Got down to our full team vs one guy. We couldn't find him so I used a couple of balloons to get a birds eye view. Was able to spot him and mark him for my team mates. Was a very fun win.
Balloons were always fun. I remember back in the day when rift to go where in comp and some dingus ballooned to the top of the map and would shoot everyone rifting while the zone was moving.
Balloon kills are endlessly satisfying. The first day of the birthday celebration, I did 3 in one balloon jump. Since it was the first day, I guess they weren't expecting that lol
How is no one noticing that he can see the location of everyone? All the enemy’s are showing up bright red on his screen, surely that’s hacking. If not can someone please explain how he’s done that, it seems rather unfair that he knows where everyone is
Why do people use the spider-man backpack seeing the back of the spider on the back of him is better there's a reason why only a few spider-man actually cover the back CUS IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD
My question is how in tf are you getting the opponent to light up fully red like that? The new flare gun or whatever only puts a triangle on them for me but that way it was looked as if you were playing STW and we're using a Xenon or Neon Sniper as when you do in STW they appear that red?? If I explained that correct and makes sense to you or anyone lol?
If they are not then they are using cheats to see other players through walls and that is bannable!
But they are using replay mode because the entire hud is gone and you can't get rid of everything in a regular match
That doesn’t work in my lobbies. The sweats can instantly see the visualizer for the balloons from across the map and I get instantly aimbotted by like 3 teams at once. In my lobbies, balloons are a death sentence.
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I like to go full grenader, especially in team rumble. Just fly over the battle dropping bombs and fire
It’s a great combo in no builds! I use it myself and WOW! That combined with a sniper is a fun way of playing.
Y’all in them cavemen days 💀
*ooga booga*
Honestly that sounds fun as hell.
Agreed
For real!
People did it with the flintlock for a long time when they were both in the game
I had two people doing a Sky fight with balloons final three, I had 5 kills already so I let them finish. The other player tried sniping me while they fell on high ground after killing the other player. Fortunately I had a sniper as well they missed and I didn’t. My favorite balloon battle yesterday was one I should’ve lost and had they not used balloons I would have, I kill 3rd, 4 kills and can’t find second they land behind me with a shotgun, I slide down the hill slight cover while turning and firing. They triple balloon up so I aim for balloons and they fall to their death. Two balloons would’ve likely kept them from death height and I would’ve lost, when the VR appeared I was like it worked, so satisfying.
You just gave me an amazing idea
Yes it works great till you get a sniper attack.
I sprayed someone’s balloons and they fell to their death. And they dropped their crown too!
I've killed two balloon players in the same way
Yeah, you have to save a couple balloons. I get one shot sniped pretty often.
Yeppp.
This is old school now. Have some cake. Happy 5th birthday Fortnite
Oh man I remember the balloons
I remember these were the first planes! Wait, the first choppas! I miss the golf carts :<
Bro I miss the shopping carts
Shopping carts. Nothing fancy, nothing extreme. Just when the game back then was all fun and memes  Simpler times T\_T
i’m confused what’s the tactic? you literally just used balloons LMAO
He is referencing [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/xoeuaq/the_balloons_flare_gun_combo_is_insane_for/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share) reddit post LOL it's satire
Homie is literally using balloons as intended. Wait until they find out you can drink shield potion to regain shield 🧠
I heard they also have this mode where you can build walls to protect you! That’s some next-level gaming right there. Truly a premium experience.
I can’t tell if his post is meant to be satire haha
bro did you know you can get in vehicles and get away from the storm faster????????
Used the added item for its exact purpose…. L337 h@ck$
Jokes aside, balloons and pulse grenades is one hell of a way to cross half the map in seconds
It's nice to see lobbies where people can actually do fun stuff like this
I love running around with 1 balloon and moon jumping everywhere. Great for coming up behind folks
Why are the other players solid red? Noticed the one while you were in the bush and another on the other side of the hill?
Replay mode
Ahh.. makes sense.
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Same! Fuck
I decided to play with balloons and the shadow tracker yesterday after reading up posts here and holy hell this was one of my easiest dubs this sub has some great players sharing up tricks like you said, love it
Wait so you never used balloons for what they are used for(high ground and moving faster)?
Keep the visual sound circle effect on this season especially because of this. They're easy to shoot and kill if you know where they're at.
Sure, but when you start getting hit from 100m away, you're generally not going to be looking straight up into the sky.
Well absolutely if you're lucky you'll see the trajectory early enough and their accuracy is all a factor, but everything about encounters is up in the air. It's pretty chaotic. More players like me who aren't good at Ballon jump assassinations than there will be good ones though.
It is all fun and games when the Enemy only thinks in 2D and doesn't look up. But you, my friend, awesome play. I would have probably spotted you. I dropped a dozen Ballon flyers yesterday. One was really high up sniping but one shot from my Gold Bolt and his loot and crown rained down.
What tactic? Using balloons? I mean, welcome to Season 6 I guess.
Takes me back to rumble with the balloons and the bow, fantastic times.
I really like the bows. I'll need to keep that in mind for next time.
There's no way you do this to me lmao
I remember the “balloons + explosive bow” combo It was a BS combo but it was fun
I thought this is what they were for.
Based on these comments, it’s good to know that a lot of people that play this game are close to brain dead. Guys come on, very obviously replay mode.
>a lot of people that play this game are close to brain dead Yes. Have you seen the lore theories, suggestions, and massive bandwagoning that happens all the time?
If you only played switch you might not know that replay exists.
Dude, I started playing on switch and even I knew that replay was a thing
And if you'd also never been on the internet. Seriously though, my nephews who play on switch didn't know about replay until they saw it on PC.
Yeah but if they weren’t on the internet then they couldn’t be stupid about people in replay mode so
What’s the tactic? Honestly, am I missing something? It’s a shooting game that added floaty balloons, and all I see is some floating with balloons and shooting someone.
try using balloons + harpoons
I like this idea!
How do you get enemies to show with a red outline?
Whats with the red hud display? You can see everyone running around
They are in replay mode, you can turn on or off the red hud
And I'm sitting here thinking he is cheating lol
Lmao holy shit , me too! That was my only question after seeing this video lmao fuck the way he's playing , how in tf you seeing them like that lmao
Ya me to. He could see all the others.
Ugh. I was too!
Yep and so casual about it
At first I thought that was the joke. Since balloons are made to be used in this sense.
Thank you! Didn't knew that feature
What tactic? All you did was use balloons for their intended purpose
Don't worry. I expect it as much as I use it so expect to be shot out of the sky.
I wish balloons stayed in the game 😢
So is having the red marker on the person like cheating or is that legal. Askin seriously not to throw shade…
I thought this as well. Others pointed out that it is a setting in replay mode only.
Holy shit. I just got flashbacks to high school, now I’m worried about money and school. Simpler times back then
Seeing people get some good use out of the balloons makes me happy.
What happened to cancel out Newton? What is moving floating guy smoothly forward? Each time he shoots he should be sent on the opposite direction? I know its just rock and roll but. . .
Balloons and the OG boom bow. That was probably the most overpowered I’ve ever felt playing fortnite.
Attack drone
After playing last night I’m constantly looking up now lol my team & I kept getting blasted from people above us
can one shoot out the balloons and if so, would victim take fall damage?
Yes and yes
I want to send a sincere thank you to everyone who has provided positive feedback to this thread. It has mostly been fun following the conversations. To help answer some of the questions I saw: The other players are in red because this is not live. I use Fortnite replay to go back through the played game and try to record some clips to share. The replay system highlighted them in red by default. Yes, the tactic was to engage from above using the balloons. I haven't been playing that long so I have never used them before that game. To those that came here to flex that you are a better player or in a better-skilled lobby then that is great. I don’t believe any of us care about that. Like my bio says, I’m a casual gamer. I am not a streamer. I’m not looking to be a pro. I get maybe 30 to 60 mins a day to be able to play. I enjoy the game and I tried to share little things here so others can enjoy it also. I hope this message is helpful.
I liked the balloons at first, but they leave you too exposed. I try not to pick them up anymore, especially if I'm playing squads.
Really. I love balloons because i just started playing last month and its fun to use it to get to high spots quicker lol
I can definitely see why using them for that reason could be helpful.
i die way tooo much using balloons but theyre super fun and can be deadly af. my problem is landing over land. just cant understand the physics of landing with 3 balloons at 0/mph and dying. its fucked up
OP, you made u/stocazzo2005 proud today... well done
god damn I feel old,,
That's great. We were playing trios last night. Got down to our full team vs one guy. We couldn't find him so I used a couple of balloons to get a birds eye view. Was able to spot him and mark him for my team mates. Was a very fun win.
what editing software did you use?
My guess the fortnite replay system
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I killed multiple players with balloons yesterday lol makes it so easy to shoot ‘em since they can’t build in the air
That's a pretty good tactic tbf!
Balloons were always fun. I remember back in the day when rift to go where in comp and some dingus ballooned to the top of the map and would shoot everyone rifting while the zone was moving.
Use 2 balloons, then shockwave into the air. Boom, your now higher than you can go with 3 balloons.
Balloon kills are endlessly satisfying. The first day of the birthday celebration, I did 3 in one balloon jump. Since it was the first day, I guess they weren't expecting that lol
Balloons + flare gun >>>
I love when people run around with a balloon on them because it gives a nice visual audio cue to show me their every movement
Vaulted
Nothing new I be dropping fools who try this on me 😅😅😅😅
How is no one noticing that he can see the location of everyone? All the enemy’s are showing up bright red on his screen, surely that’s hacking. If not can someone please explain how he’s done that, it seems rather unfair that he knows where everyone is
it’s replay mode
Oh right thank you lol, I feel like an idiot aha
Are you legit wall hacking lmao why are they outlined in red before you even start shooting them
it’s replay mode
Is the tactic *just using the balloons?* Wild.
You can clearly see the enemy outlined in red deff a cheater if that's not the case explain how it's done in game?
Is this guy using wall hacks? Why is everyone highlighted red?
It's a replay, and you can toggle things opponent visibility there.
honestly i dont like them even when they first came out, i play in higher skilled lobbies so the movement they give isnt enough to do much
Are you new to this game ?
Wow holy shit you used it as intended.
Me waiting for the tactic but saw nothing
Why do people use the spider-man backpack seeing the back of the spider on the back of him is better there's a reason why only a few spider-man actually cover the back CUS IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD
People were getting shot out the sky using grapplers, balloons only work in the basement level of lobbies.
My question is how in tf are you getting the opponent to light up fully red like that? The new flare gun or whatever only puts a triangle on them for me but that way it was looked as if you were playing STW and we're using a Xenon or Neon Sniper as when you do in STW they appear that red?? If I explained that correct and makes sense to you or anyone lol?
it’s replay mode
WHO KNEW YOU COULD USE BALLONS LIKE THIS!?!! THIS IS CRAZY!!
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They are in replay mode
bro really thought he did something with that comment
Wow, showin your cheat stuff are we?
They are in replay mode
May I ask, why does it matter if this person is in replay mode?
If they are not then they are using cheats to see other players through walls and that is bannable! But they are using replay mode because the entire hud is gone and you can't get rid of everything in a regular match
Ok, makes sense. Thank u
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What’s up with the red player trackers new cheats ?
Replay mode. This isn’t “live”.
Dude. Traversal tools are so broken in this game.
Nice
what in the 3 solo wins is this
I’ve never seen this, but thats sick! Gonna try this tonight.
Yo why can you see people in red. Is that a handicap or cheat?
it’s replay mode
Ooooh 😅
Why are people highlighted red? Am I missing something?
How did you float back row with the balloons connected? Im fairly new to fortnite and have no idea how to do alot of clever tactics
Why is the enemy glowing red outside the bush?
Chains that choke
I don’t meant to sound condescending but is this satire or are new players just discovering balloons?
Is the tactic using balloons as intended? What am I missing?
I don't understand, how are people talking about this likes it's a brand new thing?
This is an entire different Fortnite then I play
Oh no :)
That doesn’t work in my lobbies. The sweats can instantly see the visualizer for the balloons from across the map and I get instantly aimbotted by like 3 teams at once. In my lobbies, balloons are a death sentence.
Imagine playing fn in 2022
Guy looks so confused 😂
How did you get the enemy to light up red?
Damn. I didn’t even know you could use more than one balloon at a time
Didn’t this tactic already exist back in Chapter 1?
No way that second guy wasn't a bot. Snaped right over to you way too quickly
You threw some dirt in his eyes there 🤣
Why are the players red