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CrazyPlays54
7 years ago

Octane motto - 'Why pick me, when everyone else does my job better?'

Hypothesis: Octane is a worse version of other characters

Octane is probably the second or third worst legend in the game after thicc boi caustic and dupes o'clock mirage, and even gibby is better than them, which is saying something, because at least Gibby can do something for the team

Lets see octane's abilities, shall we, and compare them to others

Why use SWIFT MEND when you can just use the D.O.C HEAL DRONE?

- Swift mend only works for Octane, and the regen is only after you've taken damage, which means that you can't heal mid combat or in the storm, unlike the drone, where you can heal mid combat and it does work for your teammates, although it does have a long cooldown

Why use STIM when you can just use DOUBLE TIME?

- Stim gives you 30% speed boost at the cost of your health, whereas double time gives you extra movement speed when fired at. For something Octane uses health for, Bangalore gets a free pass on it. Granted, it can only be used in combat, but let's be real: in what situation is extra speed useful? In combat and running from teams/zone. Te only reason you would pick Octane there is if you wanted to run from zone, or be a mad loot dog, which is not helpful for your team in either situation, but getting away for your team to survive is

Why use LAUNCH PAD when you can use ZIPLINE GUN?

- Launch pad is literally just a less predictable, shorter range and less mobility version of zipline gun. There is no reason to pick Launch pad over zipline gun. High ground? Zipline! Moving long distance? ZIPLINE! Want to quickly get away? ZIPLINE BABY!

Conclusion: Octane has no individual abilities, and you would be better off picking something else, because even Caustic brings minor individuality to his team, in a sense that no-one else can do what he does. Octane isn't even the best at what he does best, and that's the main reason I think that he needs a buff to all aspects of his kit, or just more individual mobility. Or at least just buff his ultimate please. You can get more usage out of decoy escape than launchpad at this point.

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5 Replies

  • WTFismynameTM's avatar
    WTFismynameTM
    7 years ago

    would it be a good idea to make Stim stack up to 2-3 times? so he can stick himself twice (maybe three times), lose twice the amount of health but go faster than you can with just one

    don't roast me, i'm not good at giving balance suggestions

  • Anlbrd's avatar
    Anlbrd
    7 years ago

    The thing that Octane's pad has that nothing else has is that it's a 1 way trip for a team.  They can destroy it behind them.  It might be nice if he could remotely detonate it though to do similar damage to a loot-drone exploding next to you.

    Could be neat if he was left as he currently is but that his stim while active made his melee do 50dmg with a larger knockback.

  • NNeil6991's avatar
    NNeil6991
    7 years ago
    @CrazyPlays54 Nobody is choosing lifeline because of her drone except noobs. It had a niche with trap characters in season 2, but that meta is gone. Stim is better then double time in my opinion due to the fact that you can abuse it heavily by bhopping, removing the slowing effect that water and having your gun out usually have, and making him insanely hard to track when firing on him. The downside is you have to be able to bhop to use your character's tactical effectively, which is unfair to Octane players as it requires a higher skill ceiling than most other tacticals to use effectively. Without bhopping it is trash. I agree that his ult is total garbage, with its only silver lining being that you can destroy it. I constantly destroy octanes using the pad, as they are easily trackable, relatively slow moving targets while in the air. His stim should stack with his pad, and he should get more horizontal speed and vertical lift (if he presses the jump button while on the pad, which is how it is already), as well as no landing lag or heavily reduced landing lag when stimmed. This way octane can utilize pads and my theoretical reduced landing lag buff to be the hyper aggressive point character he was always intended to be.
  • killdrone365's avatar
    killdrone365
    7 years ago

    octane is one of the strongest legends this season and doc drone is stationary   octane's stim is faster than double time and can be actived whenever inexchange for heal  his jump pad is only useful if you doing a full squad wipe  or you can use it to block door ways