Caustics nox gas ability needs a little buff
So Caustics gas is supposed to be used as area denial from what i can see, but the dmg it does isn't enough in this high ttk game (hope it stays with this ttk PLEASE). People will still run through ...
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@Braergor wrote:
@DarthVaapar wrote:
Allies should see through gas. Allies should not be slowed in gas. These two small boons would make all the difference.Gibraltar and Bangalore's ult deal dmg to their team, Caustic doesn't.
Seems like a plus for Caustic to me.
His dmg should be slightly improved, i guess they should also add a dot to it.
But he can literally turn a house into a bunker by blocking the doors, and still trap the outside because it is not really limited in the number of traps. He has real advantages that must also be taken into account to balance it out.
No. While their ults do disorient allies, there is no friendly fire in this game.
After more play time, I have re-evaluated my opinion. I would make this suggestion:
Once an enemy has been identified in green within the gas AoE, and Caustic has also entered the AoE, when the enemy leaves the AoE Caustic still maintains the green target identifier so long as he remains in the gas AoE himself.
Causric can be relatively strong indoors, but his kit is weak in open areas. The map is mostly open area. The Nox gas often as not acts as a wall of smoke against Caustic. These few extra seconds of target acquisition would benefit his functionality without significant power creep. Particular outdoors.
Caustic requires only very minor improvements.
A bit extra throw range and speed on his traps, a bit faster deploy time on them.
Same for his ult, perhaps giving it larger range so it is useful more frequently (I often cannot have enough range).
With longer range traps, he can throw and trigger them on his own if he needs to. Faster speed makes them less a liability to use in combat.
Caustic has no defensive abilities, so his current set of abilities should 'cost' him less to use to increase his survivability .Its easy to think that he needs truely major changes, but a quarter second here, another 10 meters there, a bit more radius, it all adds up quite quickly to give him a usable kit. The most core thing though is that traps and/or ult are improved when he is on the go, to increase his utility in larger environments. Open areas form most of the game, and literally every other character deals with these areas better.
City fighting is important, but its not enough to only help in city's.
You would think with all the posts about Caustic needing a buff we could at least get a response. Ive quit playing until I find out how issues with nerfs and buffs will be handled when it's obvious. No use in spending weeks trying to perfect a hero and hoping for a buff just to have it fall through.
Yeah agreed!
gas should do more damage, and the gastraps could be smaller to be less obvious!
If not less damage, maybe the gas should slow down the enemy forcing him to breath hard...
