How to tone down Vantage & S14's sniper meta?
Personally I think Vantage & the current sniper meta is too much. Shotguns and CQB focused legends are just not viable, especially on Kings Canyon. I think Vantage takes too much skill out of bein...
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@NickBeam27
I know what you're saying, but I doubt very much she has a k/d even close to other legend averages. I often get hit by a Vantage, but she's always too far away to press the advantage. So I shield up and keep my head down until her attention wanders. And guess what? In this game, with the average kid at the controller, their attention wanders after about five or ten seconds. They get itchy and start looking for much closer targets they can hit AND finish. And then I can pop my head back up and make her life a living hell. That's the difference between a kid trying out a sniper meta and real sniper doing what they've been doing for the better part of three years. Maybe that scan makes a big difference in higher-skill lobbies, but I have to think if that was so then the streamers would flip out and force a nerf.
I know what you're saying, but I doubt very much she has a k/d even close to other legend averages. I often get hit by a Vantage, but she's always too far away to press the advantage. So I shield up and keep my head down until her attention wanders. And guess what? In this game, with the average kid at the controller, their attention wanders after about five or ten seconds. They get itchy and start looking for much closer targets they can hit AND finish. And then I can pop my head back up and make her life a living hell. That's the difference between a kid trying out a sniper meta and real sniper doing what they've been doing for the better part of three years. Maybe that scan makes a big difference in higher-skill lobbies, but I have to think if that was so then the streamers would flip out and force a nerf.
Actually yes, I have been a bit shocked that pro's having issue with that didn't pop up at some point. Maybe Vantage just isn't being used much at the high comp skill level.
I will say this.... I absolutely hate having a Vantage as a teammate (rando).
They seem to only care about high damage. Will sit in one place and fire in all directions racking up damage, but won't push, rotate, fight. I don't typically use long range weapons, so I either just have to sit beside them and watch our as* because she's giving away our position to the whole lobby and do nothing (I'm not wasting precious ammo) especially when I know I can't hit anyone from that distance - or - I push and fight alone while my Vantage partner stays in the same place shooting at 8 different teams in all directions. Frustrating.
Then the players you are playing with, that are playing Vantage are doing it wrong.
Give her two SMG's or an SMG and an AR and she rocks CQC as well as range with her Ult.
Been playing her with a Rev-Tane combo and it works well, hit one or two SM shots and push hard and get the sqd wipe.
- @Asmodeus566 Yeah, I have had Vantage on my team a limited amount of times where the user did actually know how to use her properly. However, the majority is what I explained above.
I fully agree with you, most vantage players tend to just sit and snipe.
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