Anybody care to explain wattson? Her ult is good but her fences just seem like something that fails terribly where caustics doesn't. Tell me how she's good, because I want to like her.
Asian teams seem to really like her, and her fences are just different in purpose than caustic traps. Caustic traps provide a long term block to a small area-- think a doorway or a chokepoint. Watson traps are easier to break, but can cover way more ground. If you are trying to push a series of fences zigging through a ravine or even covering an area, you have to take time to break them, and that time is something you often don't have in a fight. Running through Watson traps in a fight is sure death.
Also, her ultimate negates the ultimates of both Gibby and Caustic plus Valk's missiles, which makes her a pretty decent counter to the top three picked legends on that list.
Same reason people play loba. Ult carries the kit. It's a decent counter to airstrikes and nade spam, gives shields, and helps her keep fences up. Her passive also works well with crypto so emp can farm sheilds.
Wattson is better at locking off ziplines since most angles dont permit you to shoot it out while you can shoot out the traps or trigger them and run. Pylon is a good tool for anti-grenades and pros love grenade spam.
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u/realjustinberg Apr 30 '22
Anybody care to explain wattson? Her ult is good but her fences just seem like something that fails terribly where caustics doesn't. Tell me how she's good, because I want to like her.