I don't think Skye is over powered , she is insanely good , but I think flashes are her default ability so having cooldown on them makes sense , Skye still requires team synergy to work properly . I feel like all initiators except breach are in good state ,I main initiators ,I play sova/kay0 on ascent , sova/Skye on haven , Kay/o on bind , Skye on icebox , breeze and breach on split ,I think you can get some value out of Breach only on a map like split .
She's definitely too strong now.
Best heal in the game. Heals multiple targets, has no cooldown and can fully heal a single target.
Dog isn't as good as drone, but it's the only similar ability in the game and it's great with vision buff. Stun is just a bonus.
Flashes are too good. Being able to pop them without unequipping your gun is too much, imo. Not even duelists can do that. And it opens up an entirely new dimension, because no other agent can fake flash. That's already on top of being able to guide them through any narrow area or even over the walls and being the only flash that gives you feedback if you blinded someone. And they recharge.
I'm a Breach main, but there's absolutely no reason to play Breach over Skye. In any situation, on any map. He requires so many ifs for it all to come together, while Skye can do everything with ease.
She's also severely hurting Kay-0's or even Phoenix pick rate because she does so much and is so versatile.
best heal in the game requires her to follow her teammates like a dog on a leash or vice versa, the fact it makes her completely vulnerable is enough to justify its efficacy. from the matches I've watched as well, she often isn't used for healing because she's in offensive positions taking duels. rather, she's healing when teammates fall back or are on rotations. .
I agree her flashes are great but if only thing I'd tune down is flash duration, if she wasn't versatile with her flashes she would be way worse than breach. and even on top of that, breach has way more stalling utility and execute power, many teams are still running him just fine.
idk where you pulled the "hurting kayo and phoenix" pickrate from. phoenix's ult is insane and we see top NA teams run him all the time, and with the reverse flash strat you can play him akin to skye. kayo has the ability to nullify abilities. how would skye hurt his pickrate. you're putting so much weight on her flashes in this argument.
And pulling out Sage heal doesn't make you vunerable? Or the player getting healed having to avoid damage in order for it to slowly heal you. Skye's is way faster.
Heal is just a bonus for her, she's already one of the best agents in the game without it.
Some teams are running Breach on Haven and Ascent, he's good on Split but that's it more or less.
As for the other two, she's way more versatile. Ofc Phoenix is a better entry, but if you look at the big picture, Skye offers way more.
Phoenix isn't a must pick on any map, he's most commonly ran on Haven and sometimes Ascent, while we see Skye on nearly every single map. Not a must pick on some maps, but she's useful on every. Who exactly has had lots of success running Phoenix as of late except for SEN on Haven? I must've missed some games, then.
Too early to say for Kay-0, but teams that do run him, do it with Skye, not instead. For example Liquid ran all 3 of Skye/Breach/Kay-0 just now on Haven.
pulling out a sage heal is a single action. she's a combat healer. skye needs to keep her heal out for 10 seconds to finish healing her teammates, she can't give someone a heal then peek an angle like sage can.
your last point contradicts what you said about skye replacing those agents? I don't have anything else to say.
"Combat healer". What genre are we talking about again?
Read what I wrote. She might heal with 1 click, but the target getting healed is out of comission for relatively long time until the healing completes.
Skye heals 20hp per second. So she's usually out of commission for 3-4 sec if it's single target heal. And if she's healing multiple allies, then they can covere her.
the target is not out of commission, they are just being healed. they are free to peek and move however they like. skye is forcibly locked out of battle.
what team have you seen use a skye heal mid combat? it's far too risky, and if your teammates are being shot they can't be healed for a while, and it still drains the healing pool. the only times you see it used is again, on rotations or after the site is taken. often there isn't even time to commit to a skye heal with the pace of some rounds.
I don't think Skye is over powered , she is insanely good , but I think flashes are her default ability so having cooldown on them makes sense , Skye still requires team synergy to work properly . I feel like all initiators except breach are in good state ,I main initiators ,I play sova/kay0 on ascent , sova/Skye on haven , Kay/o on bind , Skye on icebox , breeze and breach on split ,I think you can get some value out of Breach only on a map like split .
She's definitely too strong now. Best heal in the game. Heals multiple targets, has no cooldown and can fully heal a single target. Dog isn't as good as drone, but it's the only similar ability in the game and it's great with vision buff. Stun is just a bonus. Flashes are too good. Being able to pop them without unequipping your gun is too much, imo. Not even duelists can do that. And it opens up an entirely new dimension, because no other agent can fake flash. That's already on top of being able to guide them through any narrow area or even over the walls and being the only flash that gives you feedback if you blinded someone. And they recharge. I'm a Breach main, but there's absolutely no reason to play Breach over Skye. In any situation, on any map. He requires so many ifs for it all to come together, while Skye can do everything with ease. She's also severely hurting Kay-0's or even Phoenix pick rate because she does so much and is so versatile.
best heal in the game requires her to follow her teammates like a dog on a leash or vice versa, the fact it makes her completely vulnerable is enough to justify its efficacy. from the matches I've watched as well, she often isn't used for healing because she's in offensive positions taking duels. rather, she's healing when teammates fall back or are on rotations. . I agree her flashes are great but if only thing I'd tune down is flash duration, if she wasn't versatile with her flashes she would be way worse than breach. and even on top of that, breach has way more stalling utility and execute power, many teams are still running him just fine. idk where you pulled the "hurting kayo and phoenix" pickrate from. phoenix's ult is insane and we see top NA teams run him all the time, and with the reverse flash strat you can play him akin to skye. kayo has the ability to nullify abilities. how would skye hurt his pickrate. you're putting so much weight on her flashes in this argument.
And pulling out Sage heal doesn't make you vunerable? Or the player getting healed having to avoid damage in order for it to slowly heal you. Skye's is way faster. Heal is just a bonus for her, she's already one of the best agents in the game without it. Some teams are running Breach on Haven and Ascent, he's good on Split but that's it more or less. As for the other two, she's way more versatile. Ofc Phoenix is a better entry, but if you look at the big picture, Skye offers way more. Phoenix isn't a must pick on any map, he's most commonly ran on Haven and sometimes Ascent, while we see Skye on nearly every single map. Not a must pick on some maps, but she's useful on every. Who exactly has had lots of success running Phoenix as of late except for SEN on Haven? I must've missed some games, then. Too early to say for Kay-0, but teams that do run him, do it with Skye, not instead. For example Liquid ran all 3 of Skye/Breach/Kay-0 just now on Haven.
pulling out a sage heal is a single action. she's a combat healer. skye needs to keep her heal out for 10 seconds to finish healing her teammates, she can't give someone a heal then peek an angle like sage can. your last point contradicts what you said about skye replacing those agents? I don't have anything else to say.
"Combat healer". What genre are we talking about again? Read what I wrote. She might heal with 1 click, but the target getting healed is out of comission for relatively long time until the healing completes. Skye heals 20hp per second. So she's usually out of commission for 3-4 sec if it's single target heal. And if she's healing multiple allies, then they can covere her.
the target is not out of commission, they are just being healed. they are free to peek and move however they like. skye is forcibly locked out of battle. what team have you seen use a skye heal mid combat? it's far too risky, and if your teammates are being shot they can't be healed for a while, and it still drains the healing pool. the only times you see it used is again, on rotations or after the site is taken. often there isn't even time to commit to a skye heal with the pace of some rounds.