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yaboishronk
Seasoned Newcomer
2 months ago

Caustic needs a serious rework

I'm not sure if anyone really looks at these forums, nor if devs ever see them, but Caustic needs some serious work. He's borderline awful and may even be the worst character in this game currently. His only real utility is his ult (which is an ult so have fun with that cooldown time) and the fact he can block doors. But outside of a building? He's just... bad. His traps are just so easy to counter, his hitbox is huge, the only real utility is his grenade and that's it. All I want his a simple rework to make him fit into Apex better. I had ideas of changing his grenade from an ult to a standard ability (nerfed of course to be balanced as an ability). Or maybe even giving him a unique little passive where he can lock doors similar to Catalyst (just without the reinforcement stuff and it spews gas when the door is broken). Just... if any dev sees this or it gains enough traction; I BEG that caustic gets a rework. Please.

 

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  • Caustic has been neglected for ages.  One of the longest ult recharge times, gas nerfed and people often don't care if they are in it or not and massive hit box.  I mained him for years and have 7,500+ kills but I dont' play him anymore as he does not seem viable.  Really disappointing.  Really tired of the "pros" and "shoot shoot shoot" players complaining and getting characters like him nerfed because they don't like it and can't adapt so people like us playing him get an inferior character. 

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    Blekerodo
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 months ago

    If it weren't for the ridiculous ALGS, Caustic would probably still be a fairly good character. And now he's just trash.

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    Blekerodo
    Seasoned Veteran
    2 months ago

    Caustic is no longer the controller, because it is gas and does not control anything. Everyone goes through it because it deals very little damage and doesn't slow you down. Move Caustic to another group, or better yet, remove him, because he's as useless as 3/4 of the character. Thanks. 

    Please strengthen Ash because she is very weak.

    EA can you hear me? Strengthen Ash and forget about the rest. You've ruined this game balance-wise. Congratulations.

  • Caustic was 1 one of my first legends to learn. Queuing Solo, his traps were my teammates! When want to play dirty or fed up! I get Caustic but over the years, I felt like a cheat code. I veered off from using him, simply b/c the community was uphauled at a time about using him "Ughh Stinky Boy", he was honestly OP! Same as Mirage when you would disappear hitting that Ult. I've seen community tourneys BAN from using Mirage from pick. 

    Caustic imo is still OP. Top 3 legends any situation imo. There's no other legend like him. but yeah, he's still not as powerful as before.  What I'm saying is I don't feel as dominate as before but is that, so I don't know if it's balanced or need rework.    But I do think it's time for something different or cool is needed to make a refresh (rework). 

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