I did my "first" match with Octane today...

Octane makes a slither of health look like an unreachable ledge of a mountain. It can be so close, it can be seen, but you just don't reach it. And you just fall off if you try to reach it.

As someone who prefers to play Rampart, it's more or less a change of pace having the ability to get out of combat fairly easily. Especially if you solo-drop, you basically drag more attention than a wallet on the street with 500 bucks sticking out. They will hunt you down and try to ruin your game. That's the secondary goal. Just taking your fun away. I had that a lot of times with Rampart. Sometimes I ran across half the map with a single squad on my tail who just kept chasing me. It's not fun honestly, which is why I put away Rampart for now and wait for a mobility nerf, or a good chunk of buff on defensive legends.

As for Octane, it's kind of ironic. The amount of times I saw myself dying already, only to escape with a slither of health, coming back and then killing the guy is just... It honestly feels unfair. It feels like an exclusive Wraith portal that only you can use. I mean Crypto in a sense is my secondary Legend. He's just nice to play with. But even with him I can't just escape combat easily. Especially not if the opponent can fly over the obstacles you need to run around or is just faster in general. With Octane this becomes a breeze a lot of the times. Of course, occasionally you come across situations where speed doesn't help. Like being suppressed and camped with the ring closing in. I hate when that happens.