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Hero (Retired)

Re: Caustic Trap become super bad now during gun battle outside the building

@BaldWraithSimpFortification gives the general idea that you can build “safe” or fortified zones that enemies won’t or will hesitate enter. You should be able to use fortification to keep an area clear so you can pick up a downed teammate who you other wise wouldn’t be able to or pop off a cell/batt.

Caustic can’t do that outside of a building. Even in a building its a risky move. You have to set off traps near the doors. Then pick up the teammate. For them to heal you have to throw down your ult other wise the building will get rushed.

i agree LL is the combat medic and she is tailored for that. But caustic can’t fortify anything outside of a building and even buildings are wildly difficult to hold down as caustic. There are a handful of buildings he can effectively hold.

he’s simply not a good legend. His abilities are minimally impactful. He has the second largest hit box (second easiest target) so he’s at a disadvantage. Now toss in his movement is horrendous. Yeah he can run as fast as other legends. But his CQC movement is horrible. He’s clunky, he gets stuck on map terrain, doors and so on, he does not slide as easily as other legends. That CQC movement is critical in this game both while fighting and running for cover.

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hayhor
Hero
6 years ago
@DarthValtrex I've only played caustic a little bit since the update as I run lifeline in the LTM but I have still been able to cover when reviving with traps. It is the throwing thru windows that is much harder that frustrates me. It was the key to pushing a caustic or wattson squating house.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@hayhorYou can’t do it in the lobbies I’m in. One of two things happen, they laser you through the gas or shoot down the traps before you can trigger them. Occasionally you might pull it off but 80-90% of the time you’ll get killed if you try and mess with traps during a fight.

Caustic is one of the few, if not only legends who’s tactical will get you killed if you try and use it during a fight because it has 0 impact on the fight and makes you a sitting duck for long. You’re better off just shooting at the enemy. There are rare situations in comes in handy, tunnels on WE. But even there it’s risky and only effective at keeping a team back.
hayhor
Hero
6 years ago
@DarthValtrexI'm not dropping them in the middle of a fight. They didnt work that way before the update. I'm dropping them if I have slight cover behind a rock or something and I'll shoot them to set them off myself. I'll even ulti myself or close. In my lobbies it works. And I've watched backoffmyjankz and itempz both do it that way in much better lobbies than mine.
DarthValtrex
Hero (Retired)
6 years ago
@hayhor Yeah but in the lobbies I'm in doing that is just instant death in most situations. 1-2 thermals or 1-2 well placed nades and you're either going to be so damaged that I don't mind jumping into the gas or you'll be running out of it to avoid the nade.. Most areas that have rocks also offer a high points that allow you to see legends inside of the gas as well. If not just strafe until you have a hit marker.