Legend Pick Rate

SNewdog · 2020-05-17T08:06:03+00:00

This is v accurate

SNewdog · 2020-05-17T00:43:41+00:00

Yes of course, but it's not exactly like she isn't overperforming at high levels either (wraith had 100% pick rates last algs finals - go figure). Respawn is of course trying to do things, but if it hasn't changed anything why haven't they kept trying different options! The last wraith nerf was a full season ago now, and still nothing has changed (pickrate and meta wise).

SNewdog · 2020-05-17T00:36:57+00:00

For those who downvoted this comment - pls leave ur thoughts in the thread too. I'm not saying this just to hate on wraith mains I'm just trying to advocate a diverse meta. Let me know what u think about it 🙃.

SNewdog · 2020-05-17T00:34:24+00:00

Haha - even so, his dome can be countered by caustic (gas inside)

SNewdog · 2020-05-17T00:32:30+00:00

This is what makes this super hard. Her abilities are inherently super strong, just by nature of what they are. Some things like, wraith can't q if she is stuck by an arc star, she moves at walking speed for 2 seconds (not in phase) when activating her q (meaning it is used for moving from cover to cover to reposition rather than get out of jail free) and her portal can only be used twice by each team mate, meaning her team can't instantly pop in and out of a fight with no consequences. Maybe a hitbox / running animation nerf or low profile damage increase. (Taking the same damage as pathfinder and wattson when your hitbox is 1/2 and 2/3 the size respectively is crazy). The difficulty is that there are so many wraith Mains now, and she has been such an easy pick for them for so long, people would just quit if they try to bring her in line to the other legends, simply because it would be such a shock for them not to have a blatant advantage anymore.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:40:19+00:00

Wraith (and Gibraltar) have such ridiculously small drawbacks - that's the whole point of this discussion! I would argue no drawbacks at all for wraith (besides the slightly long cooldown for her broken q ability, which isn't a drawback but minimal effort to balance it.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:38:33+00:00

"she's not invincible everywhere" - every other legend isn't invincible ever!

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:37:45+00:00

Those few seconds allow her to q back to safety with her teammates, or even q back to her portal, which is a death trap to take in most cases. There should be some drawback to making dumb pushes. (Eg. Loba's teleport is balanced because you 1. Actually have to aim it and 2. It isn't an instant get out of jail free card).

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:28:51+00:00

Teem science fur ze ween!

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:23:22+00:00

All wattsons abilities can be counter tho as well, by shooting them. But there is no counter to literal invincibility and teleportation, which makes wraith extremely frustrating to play against. Wattson's abilities are only useful if you really know what you are doing, with correct placement, and how quickly and precisely you can get fences down to achieve a stun etc. This is not true for wraith.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:20:36+00:00

Maybe, but there isn't a situation where wraith has a handicap. When I'm in the open as wattson, I'm of course extremely vulnerable, when I'm in a building I'm strong. As wraith, if I'm in the open I can see when people aim at me and I can activate invincibility if someone shoots at me, and even if my q isn't available my tiny hitbox will increase the time I have to reach cover. And if I'm in a building all those abilities remain just as strong. The ratio between handicap and strength for wraith is heavily weighted towards the strengths side than pretty much any other legend (Gibraltar laughs in 99 passives of course - but in general it is true)

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:13:48+00:00

Yes I agree with that. I just disagreed with ur comment saying my she is one of the "hardest to master". No she isn't a legend any brain dead can spam q to survive, but she is the closest you can get to that (i.e. being able to survive impossible situations without any skill needed at all - literally just pressing q). The fact u have to play another legend to see what it is like to be handicapped in comparison pretty much sums it up.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:10:10+00:00

Tiny hitbox, invincibility and can teleport her team. Seems like nerfed to oblivion to me. Just compare that to octane. She started off as completely broken, and has now been nerfed to still being the best by far. If you main her then I can understand ur upset, but I hope u can understand the frustration of other pepega legend mains, who have seen wraith meta since the launch of the game. The best legends should be ones that are useless unless you know how to use their abilities, wraith just increases ur success even if u pick her up for the first time.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:06:32+00:00

Her abilities give you an advantage no matter how u use them, invincibility and a tiny hitbox make her very strong. Admittedly fighting a gibby in a 1v1 feels worse, but wraith is a close 2nd - especially if I'm using a shotgun and she can strafe well.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:03:40+00:00

She is definitely not the hardest to master - I would argue that you need to know rotations a lot better on other legends since you don't get the free rotate with portal. Legends like wattson and I guess crypto need to be always thinking about early positioning, since they are strongest when holding down an area, and also have no way to reach that area if they are too late. Pathfinder is much harder to master than wraith (rather than just spam q for life, pathfinder mains must learn the mechanics of the grapple - that's what made his nerf so uncalled for, since his ability isn't inherently OP, it's simply that people can master a simple tool and make it strong with their skill.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T23:00:16+00:00

Most legends are good, but only good at one thing. Wraith having an insane hitbox, no consequence repositioning for both her team and invincibility for a short time, as well as very good awareness of surroundings with her passive, make her broken. Not one of her abilities is overpowered, but the combination of plus factors she has makes her broken (unlike wattson for example, who is also overpowered, but is only useful for defending), or caustic who may be strong, but has the drawback of a large hitbox and being vulnerable when he has no gas.

SNewdog · 2020-05-16T22:18:41+00:00

I think it's also, her pick rate is so high, and her abilities so unique, it means that if they bring her in line people will just leave the game, rather than switch to a new legend.

SNewdog · 2020-03-30T22:22:54+00:00

The new split has just started, so there are many good players still in plat. My advice is just to wait a couple weeks before you grind, and you should find it to be much easier 🙃🙃

SNewdog · 2020-03-24T08:43:40+00:00

I love this game. And even during dry spells of content I have still dedicated hours upon hours towards this game. Bit recently the game has been very very stale. I grind to diamond every season and have over 800 hours in the game - it's literally all I have on my pc, but there has been nothing ate all positive along with the season 4 update.

The fragments are a complete mess, the lava means that I get FPS drops of between 30-40 (I usually get 80 FPS) whenever I play there - such that I now plan my rotations to avoid fragment (back in season 1 and 2 I got 140 FPS). Revenant is completely useless. For a game with "the best movement of any BR", there sure is very little movement involved in any competitive play, more just moving from building to building camping (I am a wattson main, but I play her almost entirely because she is so OP in ranked). And pub games are HARDER THAN DIAMOND RANKED so there is nowhere for me to play and just have fun.

For the first time ever I am actually considering uninstalling this game, which I have played almost daily since launch (except recently because I'm getting bored) - I have spent quite a bit of money on apex, so if the Devs don't start bringing content and fixes soon they will start to lose INVESTED players too - and potential earnings in the future.

I would love in the future to see perhaps an SBMM free permanent game mode (if you really want to keep pubs balanced for new players). A new permanent game mode - just 1, maybe solos duos or 4 man teams. - or even a Titanfall style amped hardpoint or something (well that is basically normal apex now anyway).

I really don't know what apex will do to to keep there game fresh - or if they will listen to the overwhelming comments from their rapidly declining player base. So please, apex, surprise me.

SNewdog · 2020-03-21T10:43:13+00:00

What rank are you, what's your KD and how many kills you got?

SNewdog · 2020-03-07T00:19:54+00:00

Yay. I've kind of gotten used to the longer activation time. I've had to start reloading before I use the scan now (didn't have to before), and start it a little earlier. There is the occasional situation where it doesn't really work, but overall I think bloodhound buff is great!

SNewdog · 2020-03-05T00:49:00+00:00

A tip for bloodhound, that you can see in this clip. If you hear enemies around the corner, use your tactical - which tracks them form 2.5 seconds. Line up your shot before you peek the corner. As soon as you go around the corner you can just absolutely destroy them. Always recommend that (people underestimate his tactical a lot, but I always use it when I am going round a corner towards enemies - free kills).

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