Wattson in a good place ?!
I don't understand how people think wattson is in a good place, she has probably the lowest pick rate, even in ALGS, she is hardly picked. Caustic is just the more logical pick, he deals more damage...
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Caustics gas isn't easy to avoid all the time, if you've taken cover in the open and he throws it you take damage and are slowed then forced to move into the open, and can easily get beamed, paired with a horizon ult, your in for a bad time.
Wattsons fences are easy to destroy if you block a door in most cases if a enemy opens the door they can easily get a line of sight to shoot them, caustic can block the door from being opened and if placed right and the doors opened the trap will set off straight away.
Wattsons fences you can spot from across the map, and if someone walks through them the damage is nothing compared to gas, also if Gibby throws his dome in the line of the fences It blocks them leaving a team free to push past them, making her fences useless, caustics gas destroys her fences to.
Yes he's big but he also takes less damage, wattson is smaller but takes more damage so if your half decent at hitting your shots it makes no difference.
@JimmyLad993 Caustic can also hurt his team I've been locked out of our buildings and gas has cut off my sight to the enemy. Where wattson doesn't do that.
Also Caustic runs out of canisters, wattson can spam her ult which once again recharges shields and negates everything thrown at you. Doesn't her fences do 15 damage now and stun not slow thats more than 2 tics of Caustic damage
Also 20 percent damage difference is not enough to cover shots hitting because Caustic is almost twice as big as wattson
Also Caustic runs out of canisters, wattson can spam her ult which once again recharges shields and negates everything thrown at you. Doesn't her fences do 15 damage now and stun not slow thats more than 2 tics of Caustic damage
Also 20 percent damage difference is not enough to cover shots hitting because Caustic is almost twice as big as wattson
- @Ironflower196 No, her fences do not stun. They only slow, and they only have 25 health which is painful for her kit. She needs them to have 50 health for them to be effective again because Caustic gas destroys a fence in two ticks now instead of 4. She's not quite in a good spot yet, plus the devs are specifically bullying her since she made the meta camping for a few seasons.
- @Red_Fox_Skulk You're right sorry it feels more like a stun but it is just a slow. They have picked on her for being an extreme camper as well, but they tried to make up for it by increased damage of her fence. I'm fine with a small buff like that, I just don't think they should reverse her back to the must pick or rework her into a more aggressive character. Some thing I would like to point out tho is how her pick rate shoots up for LTMs. Specifically for the ones with limited resources as well as like the winter express. I love playing her in these modes she is invaluable in them. I am sorry she is not a fun pick in pubs tho, but they really should work on rampart. Atleast wattson is a winner.
- @Ironflower196 wouldnt say that's hurting the team, I'd say that's lack of communication which come down to the player. And didn't you say gas can eailys be avoided ? Maybe you should of walked round the gas to get a line of sight? Just a thought.
Yes her ultimate is good in how you can put up fences faster but If you don't have it or have no ultimate accelerants then you have to wait a minute, to put up one fence. If caustics traps get set of or he shoots them, the gas lasts a quite a while so by the times it's gone his cool down is next to nothing.
Fences are slow to put up and easily destroyed, and it's not a given that your going to come across ultimate accelerants.
Her ultimate also depending on where you place it, won't destroy incoming grenades I've had this happen a lot.
Fences only slow like someone else has pointed out, and your always going to take more damage of gas than her fences, you'll be lucky if anyone passes through your fences sometimes, if you play caustic your almost guaranteed someone's going to set your traps off at some point.
Her fences are easily spotted and easily destroyed- @JimmyLad993 How does that not hurt the team when you leave them exposed outside the building while you sit in a hole? I have also been locked inside buildings with the enemy team by my own Caustic how does locking me inside when I come to support you a good thing? Please tell me Jimmy how getting your teammates killed helps the team. And communication? Most guys don't use mics and believe me I was screaming at them for these things. Oh ya but you're right let me leave my good position to walk around them into the final storm or directly in front of them with no cover to get shots in. The first part of that post is all I can stand to read from you, it was so awful I'm probably going to have nightmares.
- @Ironflower196 that's a player issue, your playing with people that do that, not a legend issue.
Wattson is a considerably weaker legends than caustic, but your opposed to having her changed, yet your sticking up for caustic yet hating on him?
When I said caustic could be used aggressively and offensively you said 'wow a patch of gas you can easily avoid'
Was just suggesting you use your own advice.
You don't have to read it, I just don't understand how you can argue Watson is in a good place right now
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