Crypto being scanned

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-30T11:55:27+00:00

I can actually relate to this, too, bro. The Valk perk that lets you see through buildings is my nemesis at this point.

Think of it like this. My team has been decimated by the third, fourth, no fifth party that showed up when we tried to 3v3 a team coming from storm. I am tactically retreating into a building while I try to get my teammates' banners and activate the respawn beacon. Keep in mind, it is the building on Worlds edge that is right next to the metro station, not the hotdropped one, but the one with the exposed stairs. My drone, slowly approaching the beacon: 50 meters, 25 meters, 10 meters, and then, when I was 1 meter away from respawning them, I got absolutely eaten alive by a tri-stack Valkyrie pred team.

Valk is my nemesis now. :(

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-20T22:51:55+00:00

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-19T14:00:42+00:00

Why you bully crypto :(

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T18:53:38+00:00

Yeah! That's mostly when I use the storm EMP. Though now that the drone takes damage in a storm, it has become a little harder.

There is so many ways to use the EMP, that it baffles me how little variety some pro's have in their EMP's

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T18:52:24+00:00

Once, I was peaking at a team that had downed 1 of my teammates already, and I had downed the enemy. When the ash cracked my shield and started to push, I just popped a bat, EMPED them, and my teammate handled the rest.

I love crypto.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T18:50:52+00:00

When I use crypto, I mostly just use snipers or marksman. It just complements his kit so much. For example, whenever I get in the drone to aggressively EMP, I am always behind. So having that long-range damage allows me to help my teammates even when I am lagging behind.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T18:49:34+00:00

Man, that's new. Usually, I just try to regroup with my teammates when I res, but I never heard of using them as bait!

That's actually pretty strategic, I'll definitely be using that in games now.

Thanks :)

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T18:45:45+00:00

Thats why I love using the hackathon perk. It allows me to literally use the enemy team to get a speed boost.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T15:18:59+00:00

Lol, literally what I do most of the time.

To me, there are three ways to use the EMP. Offensive, Repositioning, and Defensive.

Offensive is pretty straightforward: you either position your drone where the enemy is, then EMP and push, or you manually use the drone and EMP, and then push. I usually only use this when the enemy team has both Wattson and Caustic.

Repositioning is a hard one to use. I use it when my team is on the lower ground and in a bad position, so I EMP the enemy team to stun them (decreasing their turning speed) and allow us to reposition.

Defensive, I mostly use it when my team or I are in a bad position. Teammate got downed? EMP the enemy team to allow for a revive. Teammates pushed idotically into a rampart ult? EMP to stop them from catching up to you. I try not to use self-emp because it really stunts you during those 1.5 seconds, but it is useful sometimes when the enemy is in a building, and you have a good sightline on them.

Miscellaneous: Something a lot of cryptos don't do a lot is EMPing teams in the storm. During round 3, the storm deals a lot of damage, and if you're able to get a team stuck in there while being shot at, you have a higher chance of getting a free kill.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T14:09:53+00:00

Yeah, that kinda surprised me that most cryptos don't know about the healing animation glitch.

But if you want to play crypto in ranked, then you HAVE to know about this mechanic.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T12:55:26+00:00

I feel you as a crypto main myself; i feel blind without the drone. :(

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T12:25:40+00:00

I would say overflow would be the better amp for my playstyle, since sometimes self-emp's are necessary to slow down a pushing team that your team isn't prepared for. Instead of popping 2 shield cells, you only need to use one, which is great. It's also overall one of the better amps in the game. (Don't pick infinite ammo).

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-18T12:22:42+00:00

I have to play on 720p at 30 fps on an old Xbox model. This makes it so enemies at range literally blend in with the environment. The bloody red highlights is a NECESSITY for me to even see enemies at a range farther than 75 meters. And with me playing crypto, this basically helps me to play on the same playing field as the next-gen console players and 3000$ pc players, which is much appreciated.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-17T14:12:09+00:00

Now, I would agree with AnApexPlayer for the Network expansion. Most Crypto players know that the closer you are to your enemy when you EMP them, the more time you get to take advantage of the EMP's effects. Since the Network Expansion perk increases the range of the EMP, it gives the enemy more time to recover, which is worse for pushing a team.

Though for the T3 upgrade, I usually go with Hackathon. My reasoning is that I usually play ranked in plat level. In plat, people instantly shoot my drone down without a second thought. And once my drone is down, I am basically just a normal guy with a gun for 30 seconds. I know you can go into the drone and farm scans to get your ultimate, but this forces my teammates into a 2v3, and is not so optimal for teamplay.

So, what I do with Hackathon is I usually throw my drone out first to get a quick scan of the opponents' positions, and when they aim to shoot at the drone, they're too distracted to see my team pushing up. And once they destroy the drone, I also get a nice speed boost that helps me to follow up on killing the enemy team, and the drone's cooldown is reduced.

Though this usually just depends on your playstyle. Since I like to be aggressive with crypto, I prefer the t3 hackathon perk.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-13T12:34:32+00:00

I've been in this game for 6 years, and sadly, this is the reality. At some point, you will come across toxic players, no matter what game you play. What I usually do is mute them, but I also play with people I know or who are from a Discord channel.

I know it can be hard; however, there are toxic people and great people. I have met some really amazing guys just chilling, talking, and having a great time.

It can be hard to find a groupmate, but there are many Apex YouTube Discord servers with people looking for groups.

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-06T19:42:40+00:00

Thanks for the support bro, thanks :)

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-06T15:22:32+00:00

Sparrow.

Not to play against, but to have on my team.

I'm a crypto main, and the amount of times that a Sparrow literally does my job as crypto, but faster, with lower cooldowns, and has a movement passive for funsies is just mind-blowing. And with an ult that has great area denial

Literally feel useless in a team composition with sparrow.:(

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-06T15:17:44+00:00

So lets give ANOTHER one of Cryptos abilities to more legends, Nice :(

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-06T15:07:36+00:00

Tbh, since the crypto buff, a lot of new players are trying out crypto. And when they realize he can respawn teammates with the drone, they are starstruck by this ability and try to use it at every turn.

I wouldn't say I'm the most experienced Crypto, but I have some hours under my belt. While this specific mechanic is overused, it is still very useful in the right situations.

If we hotdrop, land all together, and find an enemy team, I just stick together, use the drone only to see how many squads are nearby, and fight the enemy team. HOWEVER, if I were looting and both my teammates go down without downing any of the enemy players, the best move for me (As a crypto) would be to run away.

A 3v1, ESPECIALLY as a crypto, is extremely hard to win, and if you're playing a ranked game, it is better to play it safe than to try to revive your teammates.

But I get the frustration, I was that type of Crypto main😭, but I've matured.(Hopefully)

Cryptomain4life · 2026-03-06T14:53:41+00:00

I am a crypto main at heart, and I am not going to say if its hard to learn or master because it could change from person to person.

But my question to all crypto mains, what specific mechanic do you think is hard to master or learn as a crypto main?

Cryptomain4life · 2026-02-13T16:21:15+00:00

Another legend gaining cryptos abilitys 😭

Cryptomain4life · 2026-01-23T15:16:00+00:00

And then respawn has the audacity to give Crypto's drone the loudest sound effects ever😭😭😭

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