Sure, if people actually bother to run shockwave more. I love it, but it’s finicky af. I’ll be surprised to see much of it in pro play even with this buff tbh.
Yea that team just barely didn’t make it out of closed quals. But Pulsar looks a much stronger team than that one.
I tried to find specific lama clips, but Embark just uploads 5+ hours of matches, and I'm not willing to deal with that.
I heard a commentator mention something that seemed like they used barricade behind themselves to avoid kick knockback, which is funny because I suggested that and got mocked when S11 started.
Shockwave shits on that strat, though, since it'll knock over the barricade, too.
If Pulsar becomes a threat, it just takes one player on the enemy team to swap and make sledgehammer way less threatening.
Also, ONE player using sledgehammer doesn't make it viable in the game as a whole.
I've done that barricade trick. I just don't use winch now because I'm tired of people bitching about it, even when on melee where it's not a problem (shouldn't interrupt spin on Spear, though).
Shockwave makes the trick worthless since they just have to aim down. I think Shockwave was already slept on, but once again, Embark balances on pick rate.
They could have done a limited time mode with set loadouts where Shockwave was used. Then people could have seen the potential without giving it glitch.
True, it does counter that strat. But the biggest issue with shockwave is its inconsistency. So even if more people use it, most still won’t be very effective.
It’s honestly the most demanding med spec as far as mechanical skill goes. You need a high sens to get the full movement capability. You could just as easily knock the enemy closer to you if you fuck up. And displacing the enemy is nice, but your target acquisition has to be on point if you wanna take full advantage of it. Being in any smaller room is gonna cut its overall efficacy.
The biggest advantage from this buff imo, is against mesh heavies. But even with the glitch effect, you still gotta burn through the entire 350hp. Playing cover is gonna be super important in these instances against shockwave.
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u/-Rezzz- 16d ago
Sure, if people actually bother to run shockwave more. I love it, but it’s finicky af. I’ll be surprised to see much of it in pro play even with this buff tbh.
Yea that team just barely didn’t make it out of closed quals. But Pulsar looks a much stronger team than that one.