Cactus dominates Deadbeard
First of all: No, I don't want Deadbeard to be buffed. But the whole Deadbeard>Cactus thing irritates me as a former cactus main. I really don't know why anybody would say that Deadbeard is a better pick than the Cactus, apart from the drone. Even in that case, it's mainly the amount of HP of the Parrot that makes a huge difference, since the Garlic Drone clearly has a better airstrike and damage. I mean, apart from his shotgun, which is basically a weaker version of the Chemist weapon, there is no advantage Deadbeard has in a direct gunfight with a Cactus. Almost every Cacti can pout out far more damage over any range, with the Ice and Power variants being the exception to the rule. I mean, every skilled Future or Camo Cactus should be able literally commit a genocide of biblical proportions among Deadbeard players. Even the infamous Sharkbite doesn't pose too much of a threat. And don't tell me that it's impossible, I've been able to get 42 kills with the Camo Cactus and a 29 streak almost exclusively by counter-sniping Deadbeard. Now, understand that there are players that haven't played as much with the Camo Cactus as I've done (100+ hours in GW1), and I know that he's hard to master and needs the damage upgrade to truly shine, but there's a reason Solo Play exists. That being said, I am open to arguments that counter my point of view and I'd honestly love to know why everybody thinks Deadbeard is so supreme. The only argument that I won't accept is that Zen Cactus doesn't pose a threat to Deadbeards. He clearly was better than the Future and Camo ones, which are supposed to be heavy hitters, so the nerf was deserved. And if you were a Zen Cactus main, I can only tell you: Gid guud bo0n, and learn to use some different Cacti, even if that requires you to have skill and/or to specialize in playing a certain way.
Sincerely, somebody who's unable to figure out why Deadbeard is so much better than the Cactus
- I think the Captain has way more utility than the cactus. The cactus is fine, really. But is a much more tradional sniper. His wall and potatoes abilities are very specific abilities that are to guard a specific spot... The captains barrel is a great defensive mechanism as well as offensive mechanism. You see a chomper burrow? Pop in your barrel and he has no choice but to leave. Definitely a good counter measure. And his cannon ability is great for hit multiple targets for good damage or one target for 50. Plus his parrot drone is in every way better than the garlic drone. Parrot shoots better than garlic and eggsplosion is a much more practical version or the Corn bomb thing. It's quicker and does enough damage to kill someone without warning the targets that something here like the garlic drone does.
I definitely don't think either class is weak, in fact they are potentially both the most capable of going on vanquish streaks for their respective sides. The captain is much more versatile though. Much much more. His shotgun is 100% good enough to wipe an approaching enemy. Whereas the cactus will struggle much more trying to shoot some of the up close zombies like an imp. Plants aren't special in how they jump or anything like zombies, so it's not like they're ability to evade really hinder a captains ability to hit it's target. Not nearly as much as some zombies can move, jump, and all that good jazz.
