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CompleatBeet's avatar
4 years ago

Buff Ideas for Fuse, Rampart, Mirage, Caustic and Pathfinder

Fuse

  • Is immune to his own grenades, including his Knuckle Clusters and the fire of his ultimate
  • The Motherlode damage increased from 35 upon contact with the flames to 40, 8 DPS burn effect increased to 10

Fuse is very underwhelming, and that can be attributed to the fact that he has no mobility, no real team utility and is forced to play slightly passively to avoid hurting himself with his own grenades. While even after these buffs, I doubt Fuse will be more than just a "decent" Legend that will mostly be overlooked in the competitive scene, they should encourage a more aggressive playstyle to make him really fun in Trios and Duos kind of like Octane before he got buffed. In addition, the buff to his ultimate should make the ability slightly stronger, because while messing up the enemy's positioning is pretty valuable, it's not as impactful as say Revenant's ultimate which provides a lot of utility to his squad.

Rampart

  • Holding the Tactical button will instantly deploy an amped cover in a short distance in front of Rampart
  • Holding the Ultimate button will instantly deploy a mini gun in a short distance in front of Rampart

A lot of the reason why Rampart isn't a popular Legend is because she is a pretty passive Legend who plays very defensively, but is outclassed in this regard by Wattson. I think there is some potential for Rampart to be more useful in the midst of intense combat although it does stray away from her intended play-style slightly. Being able to instantly deploy her utility should make her more useful in aggressive team compositions and in the heat of combat, while still allowing the normal placement method for more precise barrier/turret placement which would be more useful for a defensive setup.

Mirage

  • Holding the Tactical button will guide Mirage's decoy in the direction of Mirage's crosshair. While guiding a decoy Mirage cannot use his weapons
  • Bamboozled enemies are scanned for a short duration

Mirage has no real team utility and his ability to bamboozle becomes less reliable against competent players. The first suggested buff should allow Mirage to control his decoy in a much smoother, believable fashion to further increase the chances of a bamboozle, and the second one should actually give the bamboozle an impact while also giving Mirage better team utility.

Caustic

  • Nox Gas will blur enemy vision again

The reason that Nox Gas was nerfed to no longer blur vision was because the gas was very deadly and difficult to fight in. Now, that's no longer the case with Nox Gas dealing only a flat 5 damage per tick meaning enemies aren't afraid to fight in it anymore. Nox Gas shouldn't be overly oppressive or almost impossible to fight in, but it should give Caustic a significant advantage when fighting gassed enemies.

Pathfinder

  • New Passive: When Pathfinder scans a survey beacon, enemies in a certain radius have their location revealed for a short duration and can be seen on the minimap during this duration

Ever since the Season 6 patch when all Recon legends got the ability to scan survey beacons for the next ring location, Pathfinder has longed for a real Passive. Pathfinder is also the only recon Legend who doesn't reveal enemy locations: that's like an Overwatch support hero who doesn't heal. Hopefully this suggested buff should fix both these issues.

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