Wraith Buff
I've been playing Wraith since I've started playing Apex, and overall, i quite like her character and her skills. and by no means am i a expert player. On paper, her skills seem really useful. Her p...
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It's not like i played one round of Wraith, died, and came here to complain that she needs a buff. I do indeed know that i am not a master Wraith player, far from it. I never claimed i was. but my observations are from playing Wraith and watching other enemy wraiths play to get at least a general feel at how she should be played.
My two other friends have also played Wraith, and i have asked around other forums as well to get other opinions besides my own. Avoiding echo chambers. the general consensus I've gathered from other apex players is that she's weak. Not necessarily so weak that she's unusable. But weak enough that when choosing a legend more often than not, it's generally better to choose anyone other than Wraith. Her passive, tactical and ULT just isn't enough for some players to justify playing her over other more valuable legends. And that's a shame, i really like Wraith, and i would really like to see her become more competitive.
I tend to disagree that wraith is weak. It's the character I have the most success with. Just because of the "Oh *!!" button
Other's character abilities are fun, sure, but the "oh *" button is what actually save lifes.
Bangalore has somewhat the same with smoke
But Bangalore can use her smoke twice and has a devastating ultimate ability on top.
To compare directly; Wraith's passive is clunky and half of the time doesn't warn you until you have already been shot. Bangalore's passive works reliably.
Wraith's Q renders enemies invisible to you, but you stay visible to them, while also being unable to do anything except moving for the duration. Bangalore's Q can be used twice and can render your entire team basically invisible, while allowing you to continue shooting, healing, reviving or what have you.
Wraith's ultimate allows her to run quickly for a while and place portals where her run starts and where it ends. She is vulnerable while she runs as she cannot do anything else for the duration, and anyone can use the portals - enemies and allies both. Bangalore's ultimate is an artillery strike without friendly fire, it's very useful in just about any situation.
I think when comparing those two directly, there is just no way to come to the conclusion that these things are balanced.
Wraiths portal would make so much more sense if you could create it by aiming at the target location rather than moving there.
almost like pathfinder's zipline. i think that would be pretty cool.
"Wraith's Q renders enemies invisible to you, but you stay visible to them, while also being unable to do anything except moving for the duration. Bangalore's Q can be used twice and can render your entire team basically invisible, while allowing you to continue shooting, healing, reviving or what have you."
You conveniently left out that Wraith's Q makes her avoid all damage and move faster for the duration. Her ultimate isn't just a point and click damage attack like Bangalore's, Its tactical squad movement and therefore takes a little more strategical aptitude. she is actually one of the strongest characters imo. Just because you aren't making effective use of the tools you are given does not make the tools weak.
I do like the suggestion of the option to close the portal prematurely.
Wraith is pretty overrated imho, people just like her for the paranormal emo whatsoever girl vibe.
swapped from bangalore to wraith this season and my KD went up by 1.0. wraith is absurdly stronger than bangalore there is just less margin for error. if youre new to the game play bangalore or gibralter. if youre more advanced pathfinder or wraith may suit you better.
Actually bangalore is quicker and has more utility than wraith, its nearly impossible to chase a bang through her smoke but wraiths tactical gives no speed buff at all she just walks normal speed she is actually a very slow character. The only benefit is the smaller hit box.
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