Crypto has maybe the most overpowered ability in Apex. He is the only legend who can tell, with absolute certainty, whether your team is safe. Ping before a fight to see how many teams you're pushing and ping after a fight to see if you're about to get third partied or if you have time to loot.
This is just my opinion and everything, but in my view, this isn't right. I think Crypto's passive is pretty trash.
- Knowing how many squads are in the area does not prevent you getting thirded right after a fight. If you are going to get hit right after a fight is completed, then that's going to happen either way.
- Having a crypto in-drone when you get thirded, leaves you at an even worse scenario than you would have been otherwise
- The drone information, doesn't tell you much of the key information that you need to know to take action, such as the direction of the enemy teams or distance. Simply having a team in the drone radius does not mean its unsafe to loot.
- At any decent level of play, in either ranked or comp, there is almost always going to be many squads in your drone radius. Simply saying '4 squads in the area' is not meaningful or actionable information.
- Crpyto's passive is reliant on his tactical, so if his tactical isn't available, then he can't use his passive. It's not much of a passive if it isn't ever present like basically every other character in the game.
Seer does what Crypto's passive does, far better. He doesn't have to go into drone, he can see the direction and approximate distance of the opposing team, and he can tac them to slow down any push if he sees them advancing. Meanwhile, Crypto's passive lacks key information to be actionable, and at most decent levels of play you will find teams playing much tighter in smaller rings, where the passive becomes utterly useless.
If you want to prevent a third party, the best bet is to place the drone ahead or above you, forcing any team that pushes you to either enter scan radius or shoot the drone before being able to push you. That in turn gives you vastly more information than his passive does (because you get directional and proximity).
People play Crypto to EMP people and really that's basically it. If you're spending any excess time in drone other than directly making a play that benefits your team, then I think you're disadvantaging them. I think the vast majority of Crypto players, especially in pubs, hinder rather than help their team.
Honestly, as a rework I think Crypto should get Seer's passive or similar. Crypto needs something in his character that isn't reliant on his drone. His drone is his ultimate, his drone is his tactical, his drone also holds his passive information. Crypto sucks without the drone but paradoxically while using the drone, Crypto's team is vulnerable to a 2 vs 3.
Seer could do without his own passive, honestly. Making the tactical a skill-shot wherein he has to estimate where people are, rather than simply being guided by his passive. It's like he has 3 overlapping abilities which makes him fool proof. If Crypto misses his ultimate, then he can tac the team, if he misses his tac, he can just use the passive ability to detect where folks are. Too much of everything in one character, and I think they'd benefit from stripping a lot of it out.
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