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6 years ago

Give Bloodhound his Bow n Arrow!

Stop with the silly bloodhound buffs that dont matta!!! Just give him his Bown n Arrow! Tactical- Bloodhound fires an arrow that deals 50 Damage. Give Bloodhound 2 Arrows to fire like Bang...

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Jinnobi

6 years ago

Full disclaimer: I main Caustic.

When I first heard of Apex Legends, I immediately wanted to play as Bloodhound. But after hearing how relatively weak BH is/was compared to Wraith or Pathfinder, I decided to look elsewhere.

Bloodhounds passive and ultimate are not weak at all. The whole issue of BH being weak revolves around her Q tactical ability.

Like "Lion" in Rainbow 6 Siege, a scan that reviles enemies through walls has vast potential. However, that potential ranges from overpowered to pathetic, depending on many factors. Lions scan started as gamebreakingly strong and he was picked every game. But he got nerfed to the point where no one picks him and his win rate is negative, despite having a global scan.

Bloodhounds scan gives away her position lol

It also lasts like 2 seconds, and has poor / redundant synergy with passive + ultimate.

BH ultimate is amazing, and her passive defines the character. But Q tactical is perhaps the most important ability in terms of character strength and thus pick rate.

A character can have a mediocre ult and still be a good ccharacter, like wraith or pathfinder or lifeline. But god forbid you have a bad tactical.

That being said, changing BHs Q tactical to something good would instantly make her viable.

(Same goes for Revenant btw)

BH having arrows that scan and track would be a huge step in the right direction. Its not only cool, but its a targeted buff that improves her weak point while leaving her core concept intact.

10/10 would recommend again

hhnbbfggty66

6 years ago

@Jinnobi

Thankyou!
The problem with Bloodhound is Tactical is... its close range!

Let me tell you why.
1. It can scan only scan enemies at a range you can easily hear or see them.

2. Scanning Enemies give away your position, and let squads know you are super close. Its bettet to use sound to find them anyways.

3. Bloodhound does not have umph to walk up to enemies, at close range to scan them and survive.

4. It doest last long enough.

5. Cant see people above you, because it doesnt last long enough to turn your head and see everyone that was scanned.

Imagine running up to building to scan it. Then for a second you see a Pathfinder, Gibby, and Wraith.
What will they do?
A. Run away.
Or
B. Come out and maul you.

Answer: B. They come out and Maul you!

They would say, "Oh look here theres a stupid Bloodhound outside, he is super close because he scanned us.
Yeah, let kill em."
Then they instantly go outside and ripe Bloodhound in half!

Bloodhound has no escape abilities so Bloodhound is owned.

Bloodhound and all Scout legends should have long range tacticals, because they can not escape.

Bloodhound Ult can help him escape, but whats the fun in that!

Bloodhound Ult should be for running towards fights, nit away from them.

He need a long range Tactical, he needs his Bow-nArrow.

Bloodhound, He,She,They, whatever the bird-person.