We tell you how to get the DC Comics Flash skin for free in Fortnite Battle Royale, participating in the new Flash Cup and staying in a good position.
Epic Games has announced the Fortnite Flash Cup. It is a Fortnite Battle Royale tournament in which we can access the Flash skin for free before it reaches the store if we are among the first. Here we tell you everything you need to know about this event of Season 5 of the Battle Pass of Fortnite Chapter 2:
How to get the Flash skin for free in Fortnite
Official announcement of the Flash Cup of Fortnite
To get the free Fortnite Battle Royale DC Comics Flash skin, we have to participate in the Flash Cup, which will start on Wednesday, February 10, 2021. You can see the complete rules on the Epic Games website. The best teams from each region will win the Flash suit before it hits the store.
Flash, from DC Comics, and all its objects in Fortnite
The positions in which we have to stay to obtain both the Flash skin and its Speed Force backpacking accessory are the following:
- Europe: 1st to 3,500th
- East Coast of the US: 1st to 1,750th
- West Coast of the US: 1st to 500th
- Brazil: from 1st to 500th
- Asia: 1st to 250th
- Oceania: 1st to 250th
- Middle East: 1st to 250th
Anyway, if you cannot qualify for the skin for free, Epic Games clarifies that Flash and its objects will arrive in the store on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at 01:00 a.m. CET, at a price in V-Bucks (the currency virtual game, which is obtained with real money) yet to be determined.
Keep in mind that with the tournament it is only possible to get the Flash skin and his backpack; If we want the rest of the objects, we will have to buy them when they arrive at the store.
Fortnite Flash Cup date and time
Date and time of the Fortnite Flash Cup in Europe
To know the Flash Cup schedule, we will have to enter the “Competition” tab of the Fortnite Battle Royale menu, since it is different depending on our region. According to this information that we can consult within the video game itself, the schedule for the European region is from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. CET on February 10, 2021.
Fortnite: Flash Cup – scoring system
Official Flash art from DC Comics in Fortnite
The Flash Cup will be played in a Duos format. We will have three hours to play up to ten games, in which we will have to get all the points we can. Just below you have the scoring system that will be used during this small tournament:
- Magistral victory: 42 points
- 2nd: 36 points
- 3rd: 32 points
- 4th: 30 points
- 5th: 29 points
- 6th: 28 points
- 7th: 27 points
- 8th: 26 points
- 9th: 25 points
- 10th: 24 points
- 11th: 23 points
- 12th: 22 points
- 13th: 21 points
- 14th: 20 points
- 15th: 19 points
- 16th: 18 points
- 17th: 17 points
- 18th: 16 points
- 19th: 15 points
- 20th: 14 points
- 21st: 13 points
- 22nd: 12 points
- 23rd: 11 points
- 24th: 10 points
- From 25th to 29th: 9 points
- From 30th to 34th: 6 points
- From 35th to 39th: 3 points
- From 40th to 44th: 2 points
- From 45th to 50th: 1 point
- Each elimination: 1 point
Source: Epic Games [1] [2]
