In season 7 patch notes the devs have admitted that they are HAPPY with having a legend that only works in a very few select matches. This is ridiculous as pubs is the game mode selected most and having a legend they’ve admitted to being severely underpowered in this aspect is disgusting, they should not accept having a legend that only works in ranked not only that they have noted that the fences don’t work in high level ranked, which they admitted where she is only played! They say that this 5 extra damage will increase her pick rate but this is ridiculous to think, low level players will not be bothered about this and wattson will stay in high level ranked legend where the devs admitted the fences don’t work meaning this buff is USELESS! Yet again wattson have been d**led over by respawn and everything goes into wraith. Disgusting

Uhmmm is this thread still alive? I think this thread is now more relevant after olympus. I can't use her in this map. The only time Wattson was effective for me was my squad was holding out the middle of the rift/portals from anyone going through it. Any suggestions on how to use her more effectively in Olympus?

I would like to note wattson is my main and I love her but she’s underpowered compared to everyone else and it makes me so sad knowing the legend I always use will not be made better in pub play, which is where she needs a buff

Sorry, as a Wattson main, camping is not an issue to break in Apex, nor will it save you. Not in a ring game. It’s not.Having said that, what game developers can’t get through their skulls is people don’t play as teams, even in team games. So when you make a character that thrives only on good teams, it’s under picked and underpowered. Crypto, sane thing. Rampart, even worse.Perfect example: There was a thread on favorite abilities, passives and ultra recently. NONE people picked abilities that would be powerful with a team only. It was all zip line, wraith abilities and bloodhound abilities...so, yeah, people might want to work with a team, and help a team with their own abilities...but they also prefer to have abilities that also can be use to only help themselves the most. When most people say they want to play with good team mates, what they mean is you should follow them, do what they want you to do, and pick characters that will buff them while you go down.

Well that’s great, post got swallowed. I hate forums

@KelRiever Thank you, someone who understands the pain of being a wattson main, I just want her to be useful is more scenarios and be more fun to play. I love her to bits but sometime it just feels like you’re using only your skill versus their skill and their abilities, it’s not a fair match up

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27 Replies

AlexCross2408
5 years ago
I would like to note wattson is my main and I love her but she’s underpowered compared to everyone else and it makes me so sad knowing the legend I always use will not be made better in pub play, which is where she needs a buff
E9ine_AC
Hero+
5 years ago
@AlexCross2408Not sure if your playing her correctly but i got few friends with 10-20k kill wattsons who utilize her to the fullest. She is also a major priority to any rank game play. If she was not good she would not be a meta pick in ranked.
xMaxrayx
5 years ago
@AlexCross2408 wattson is op but unfun and trash mix with boring tactical&ult.
I play as her just because she is cute girl
xMaxrayx
5 years ago
@E9ine_AC yeah ppl use her in rank just because they want camping not because she good in fight
AlexCross2408
5 years ago
That’s the issue she’s good in ranked but doesn’t have much quality outside of it, I play wattson quite well and have become used to putting her fences down in areas that effect gameplay but in pubs she’s just underpowered and that’s most games played, I’d just want her to have a pub buff meaning she isn’t only picked in very high ranked games, I don’t just want to have to play ranked 24/7 when my friends all want to play pubs
E9ine_AC
Hero+
5 years ago
@xMaxrayx She is very vital to ranked. Even used in used in the big termanents. She is vital to win and to protect yourself.
xMaxrayx
5 years ago
@AlexCross2408 she isn't underpower.
wattson made to play seriously, and u dont want play seriously in public match.
at least u can use her to improve ur aim/movement/game sense (because u don't lay in her ability in puplic)
xMaxrayx
5 years ago
@E9ine_AC yeah correct
KelRiever
5 years ago
Sorry, as a Wattson main, camping is not an issue to break in Apex, nor will it save you. Not in a ring game. It’s not.
Having said that, what game developers can’t get through their skulls is people don’t play as teams, even in team games. So when you make a character that thrives only on good teams, it’s under picked and underpowered. Crypto, sane thing. Rampart, even worse.
Perfect example: There was a thread on favorite abilities, passives and ultra recently. NONE people picked abilities that would be powerful with a team only. It was all zip line, wraith abilities and bloodhound abilities...
so, yeah, people might want to work with a team, and help a team with their own abilities...but they also prefer to have abilities that also can be use to only help themselves the most. When most people say they want to play with good team mates, what they mean is you should follow them, do what they want you to do, and pick characters that will buff them while you go down.
AlexCross2408
5 years ago
@E9ine_AC I just don’t play ranked enough, my friends all use legends that work better in pubs and for the entirety of this season we had KC ranked, now we’ve got Olympus maybe I can finally play ranked but that’s the only real buff she’s got, she still meds to be more powerful in pubs instead of the devs being happy with her only being useful in ranked, I don’t want to be that limited to gameplay