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Caustic used to be one of the worst legends upon game release. He's only gotten better b/c of the personal buffs and the fortified buff, but even then I wouldn't think he's one of the best characters in the game, probably mid ranked or lower.

Here's a list of his general pros and *:

Pros:

• His gas does direct health damage
• His gas slows down enemies
• His gas blinds enemies
• He has fortified (takes less damage)
• His ult has a big aoe
• He can put down three canisters at once

*:

• Gas only dangerous if you stand in it for too long (i.e. 6 seconds)
• Gas blinds allies
• Gas slows allies
• His gas canisters have a long recharge time (25 seconds a canister)
• His gas canisters can be disabled by shooting the base of the canister
• Canisters don't activate if they are placed near an enemy (you'll need to shoot it to activate it)
• Gas damage does not stack
• He has a big body (more pixels to be at shot at)
• Canisters take animation time to be armed
• Can't tell if gas is friendly or enemy

On the issue about caustic's gas being too op in the final ring, the same can be said with bangalore's and gib's ult. Plus there are many workarounds for this, gib's dome, wattson ult, wraith's tactical, and having another caustic on your team.

On the issue that caustic is better than gib, that's a flat no. In a 1v1, gib would decimate caustic. Caustic's abilities most flourish within buildings. In an open field Caustic is low tier because he can't hide his traps behind anything except for a sole rock; his canisters can be easily avoided or disabled. The only way I'd ever see a caustic beat a gib in a 1v1 is if they were in a building, or a place like skulltown, and that's due to chip damage from accidentally running into the gas for 2 seconds at a time without healing.

If they nerfed Caustic's gas damage back to what it used to be, he'd be low tier again (the reason? because people used to run head first into the gas because the damage was laughable). Removing his blind and slow is a heavily debated topic so I can't delve into that.