Please dont use straw-man arguments if we are gonna have a serious discussion. I never said she needed a nerf because she is a top pick in competitive play. I said that she isnt weak. And also, I think you are kinda wrong. I mean, you do understand that they need to balance they game based on something? And if we now have to choose that something to be either balancing it for lower ELO or higher ELO, the balance must be according to high ELO, rather than low ELO. And in higher ELO, Watson is not bad.
And we dont even have to talk PRO scene. My two accounts are Diamond and Platinum and IF my squad really is gonna try to push and tryhard, a Watson is extremely useful. I agree that Watson is quite useless IF you just want to run around towards every fight and just frag, which is something that I really enjoy too, but so is Caustic.
So I didn’t read all the comments in this thread (cuz y’all have a lot to say) but I think I understand the problem that you’re having with Watson. Now if I understand correctly it’s the initial delay on setting up fences where for about a second between placing a fence and it becoming active is where people are running thru correct. I too have had this issue once I got used to it I just started placing them slightly further on my run because chances are if they’re just going to chase you they’ll get caught in it during the chase instead of at the door. As for the tournament/ranked, there’s a reason Wattson is still considered a ‘must pick’ by teams and it’s mainly due to meta, being able to have defense and, the main one, the management of enemy ordinance. As to the reason why you don’t see as many Caustics it has to do with the fact he’s not good at dealing with incoming nades / ults, and when barricading yourself somewhere with teammates the visual impairment and slow to not only your enemy but possibly a teammate can be a BIG factor in winning and losing a fight especially in a tournament. I wasn’t surprised to see as many Watson’s and pathfinders being played, I expected it. However, that doesn’t change the fact that for the most part her kit is lacking behind her squad mates and it’s even worse if you find yourselves in front of any enemy in game by yourself because there’s virtually nothing you can do but hope you have better aim and better shields 8/10 times you loose the battle and she’s an easy pickoff target for coordinated teams.
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