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3 years ago

Want to make Caustic relevant? Make his gas prevent gunfire

Proposal: if your Legend is caught in the gas, they're wheezing/malfunctioning too much to fire either weapon they're carrying. I would rather that Legends that end up in his gas are unable to fire ...

discussion

Nasher355

Seasoned Veteran

3 years ago

@NullEffective9 If this happend caustic may see a 95% pick rate. Just remember if this is the way it worked you would also have to fight him. Those combos you mentioned are lose lose for their oppents with almost no counterplay which wouldn't be fun to play against.

NullEffective9
3 years ago
@Nasher355 A Caustic can navigate an enemy's Caustic gas without penalty, if that's what you mean. Aside that, I would be fully willing to fight another Caustic that has those abilities. The easy counters are:
Shoot the base of the gasbag when it is idle.
Shoot the gasbag at greater than three meters away.
Regarding his ultimate, effective use is very situational. The only time that it will see maximum use is within a confined space, and most fights are going to happen in open spaces. Other people's AoE ultimates, such as Bangalore's, Horizon's, Gibby's and even Fuse's to an extent are better at area of denial. If Caustic's ultimate is used to flush someone out of cover, they're going to leave that cover irrespective of being able to fire weapons or not.