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Wingmannedbro's avatar
Wingmannedbro
6 years ago

S5 Meta: place your bets now ladies and gentlemen

So, the finalized skillset for Loba is out, Hitbox size can also be inferred from the reveal trailer gameplay footage to be medium sized, the rework changes for Mirage and Lifeline are also revealed....
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1ronKeys's avatar
1ronKeys
6 years ago
@BaldWraithSimp I said talking and worrying about meta is corny.

That's exactly what's being done. Nothing's been made up.
DrenMadre's avatar
DrenMadre
6 years ago

really.....there is an actual question about what the meta is going to be?

In a game where mobility is king (and queen).....Wraith, Path, Loba.

If the gameplay video is any indicator that Loba has a very short tactical cooldown.....you've got Pathfinders maneuverability but invulnerable, wraiths "in the void" invulnerability, and Lifeline's care package X2 (each teammate can get 2 items each)...

I'm curious if Wattson's shield will stop her bracelet......if it doesn't, this character is already broken even before release.

As for Mirage....."dance party" doesn't matter, longer cloak doesn't matter, more decoys really don't matter. 

What really matters is if his cloak can still been seen thru:

 - Caustic's gas

 - Bloodhounds tactical or ult

 - Crypto's drone

 - hell, anyone with a digital sight

unless his cloak can hide him from this.....he's going to be bottom tier, no matter what they tweak him with...

  • 1ronKeys's avatar
    1ronKeys
    6 years ago
    @DrenMadre I'm a Wattson main and i think her Bracelet *should* go through my fence. Unless you wanna get really fussy then maybe if it touches an electric.

    Mirage cloak *should* be visible through NOX, Allfather+Hunt, and threat sights, as they are *logical* counters.

    It's like saying Wraith shouldn't void through fences - it's a logical counter.

    Imho
  • BaldWraithSimp's avatar
    BaldWraithSimp
    6 years ago
    @DrenMadre It's not like you will teleport instantly. The animation will take time and by the time you materialize inside a house, you will be dead mostly since you will be going alone and going by the trailers, her tactical leaves a trail so anyone can see it. Even a 1-sec animation is enough to get you killed. Not much invulnerable now, eh?
  • Wingmannedbro's avatar
    Wingmannedbro
    6 years ago

    @BaldWraithSimp 

    There will obviously be a wrong way to use it tho, but also a right way.

    You could jump off a KC watchtower and throw the bracelet on the roof and jump down. If you enemy pursues you, you teleport up, if your enemy stays up, you fall down and heal.

    At least, this is assuming that you can control when to teleport or not. If you automatically teleport when the bracelet lands it'll be similar to a path grappling back up.

    It's safe to assume Loba is gonna be pretty damn good in the hands of decent players.

    @1ronKeys 

    If you think meta talk is corny and cringe, that's fine, but why not stay out of the thread if you cringe so hard.

    And why make a "nerf wraith" thread since that discusses meta, is it that meta talk is only cringe when others do it? Or are you basing your opinion on how annoyed you are by some yourtubers and streamers or whatever?

  • Koochi-Q's avatar
    Koochi-Q
    6 years ago
    I have the perfect flanker group. This’ll be the meta, mark my words. First Loba! Second Pathfinder! Third Revenant. Think about it. You think they’ll fix the audio? Probs not so pathfinder footsteps are gonna be nonexistent as usual. Revenant is made not to be heard so no surprises there. Lastly Loba with her teleport like it’s Portal will only be heard by those paying attention or when there’s no gunfight or Wraith used in the same way (remember, gunfights drown out noise).

    So you can use the Loba Transport as a bait to get 1 or 2 enemies to check it out. Have the Simalcrums stationing outside to blitz attack the investigator, then either rush inside stealthily with Rev and Path, wait for the teammates to start running towards their mate and Loba Teleport behind them to sandwich the duckers and kill the team. If you have Wraith, she obviously can’t teleport inside so it’s another strategy.

    If not that meta, then it’ll be gibby (he’s gonna get buffed likely xD), path & loba aka the ‘tanky flanky’.
  • shadowninja5044's avatar
    shadowninja5044
    6 years ago
    @Koochi-Q Yeah, I remember at the start of season 4 when I started maining Rev, a WHOLE lot of people left as soon as I picked him. Probably going to be the same with Loba.

    Then of course there are going to be those people that pick Loba and then leave after all the legends picks are finalized just to troll people.

    Also, this will affect the firing range meta. No longer will you and your friend have to race down to the bottom to see who get get the Devotion the fastest. Now I can just teleport.

    ANOTHER thing: I wonder if her braclet can bounce off of jump pads, like thermites, arc stars, and frags. I would assume so because every throwable does this.

  • Koochi-Q's avatar
    Koochi-Q
    6 years ago
    @shadowninja5044 That happens every time so dont worry bout it. For 2/3 days that’ll be the case. But seeing how powerful she looks, ppl actually might main her right of the bat.

    For Rev on first day I think I had like 7 games where nobody picked him (I played like 13 hours that day XD) because I wasn’t paying attention and in previous game I didn’t have him for instance (cause I already knew he was gonna be my second main). 7 games out of the 80+ xD

    Good question, go test it I’d say but likely by the end of the day YT will be filled with all answers. Like ‘will throwing bracelet set of Caustic’s gas’, ‘can you throw through watson’s gates’ and so on.