Chains of Hades

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Chains of Hades
Rarity	Epic
Type	Melee
Stats
Body Damage	55 (Regular Attack) 80 (3rd Swing) 60 (Chain Pull)
Structure Damage	N/A

“

A dangerous melee weapon imbued with the power of the underworld. A long-range hookshot allows the wielder to rip enemies into range of its devastating attack combo.

”

— In-Game Description

The Chains of Hades are an Epic Melee Weapon in Fortnite: Battle Royale. It was introduced in Chapter 5: Season 2.

Functionality

The Chains of Hades are a multi-functional tool used to attack opponents and also pull items towards you similar to the Harpoon Gun. It has an attack cycle of 3 with the first two attacks dealing 55 damage and the 3rd hit dealing 80 damage with additional knockback in a combined total of 190 damage.

The Chains of Hades' secondary attack which deals 60 damage and pulls opponents and teammates towards your location (including players out of Cars and those flying with the Wings of Icarus). The secondary attack can also pull items towards the user and can even pull items from Fishing Spots.

Strategy

This section outlines a strategy.

Feel free to add tips, tricks and general advice about the topic.

• The Chains of Hades are extremely versatile for sporadic attacks and starting quick gunfights. The relatively high range for a melee weapon paired with its unique wide reticle makes the Chains of Hades very reliable to use and very easy to learn.
  • With April 5th Hotfix, the Chains of Hades can knock down a full health, fully shielded, fully Overshielded player if the entire combo + the initial throw hit them.
• Using the Chains of Hades to pull players out of using the Thunderbolt of Zeus or Wings of Icarus can help deal with them easier as doing so still triggers the items' respective cooldowns. Forcing the opponent using them to resort to other means.
• While the Chains of Hades are very powerful in combat, they cannot pierce through a Shield Bubble Jr..
• When combined with the Underworld Dash ability from the River Styx or the Aspect of Agility, you can close the distance on a player and eliminate them before they have a chance to escape or fire back.

Elimination Feed

Player Elimination

• Player 2 was sent to meet Charon by Player 1's Chains of Hades
• Player 2 was pulled back to the underworld by Player 1's Chains of Hades (Elimination via Chains of Hades' secondary attack)

DBNO

• Player 1 brought Player 2 to their knees with Chains of Hades
• Player 2 couldn't escape the pull of Player 1's Chains of Hades (Knockout via Chain of Hades' secondary attack)

History

Chapter 5: Season 2

• Update v29.00: Added the Chains of Hades. They were initially only used by the Hades Boss.
  • They were accidentally included in Team Rumble's loot pool.
  • March 11th Hotfix: Removed the Chains of Hades from Team Rumble.
• Update v29.01: Officially introduced the Chains of Hades to the game.
  • Increased the damage of its swings.
• Update v29.10: Increased the damage of the Chain Throw from 30 to 40
  • Added the Chains of Hades to Creative.
  • The Chains of Hades are now immune to all Outfits with a Golden Touch-like reactivity.
  • April 5th Hotfix: increased Chains of Hades Damage (first 2 hits 40 -> 55, third hit 70 -> 80, Chain Throw 40 -> 60, Total 190 -> 250).
• Update v29.20: Hotfix: Chains of Hades has been vaulted for the duration of the Elements Event.
• Update v29.40: Chains of Hades have been unvaulted due to the Elements Event ending.
  • May 16th 2024: Vaulted the Chains of Hades in Competitive.

Chapter 5: Season 3

• Update v30.00: Vaulted the Chains of Hades.
• Unknown: Accidentally removed from the Content Browser in Fortnite: Creative. Still accessible if placed into an item granting device before this change.

Gallery

Aiming and Throw