Psylocke, the world's loudest and immobile assassin

[Xbye]

I could care less about you whining about her 1-shot combo. At least you have to aim the entire thing, be close, and hope not a single regen or heal gets thrown at the target as you start the combo. No, I don't care about your favorite youtuber/twitchtv personality.

Why does Psylocke's kit seem so incredibly lackluster compared to a huge majority of the duelist (DPS) cast?

Punisher has a hook, a smokebomb, a (broken) turret and can switch between long-range and close-range pressure (shotgun better than psylocke btw) and ultimate you can freely control.

Winter Soldier has 275hp, gets shield every ability they use. They have a hook (stuns), a uppercut (stuns), and an ultimate you can freely control, while also being repeatable.

A large majority of the cast (especially anything that dives) have access to huge traversing abilities that allow you to both enter a fight from afar or escape. As well they often have wall climbing, or double jumping available to them. Even a damn rat (Rocket) healer has the ability to wallclimb (combined with other mobility).

So it's clear the devs aren't strangers to mobility. And yet, Psylocke only has two dashes and a measly 3 sec stealth. Trying to navigate to get to ambush/flank positions is annoying and often limiting unless you want to make noise and waste a (long cd) dash.

That's another thing. My goodness, Psylocke makes so much damn noise. Entering stealth, exiting stealth. This almost borderlines on OW1's initial Sombra release, the world's loudest hacker assassin. Announcing her stealth and unstealth with a giant megaphone.

It's almost impossible to sneak up on anyone with a pair of ears as Psylocke. And a single regen/heal just cancels her combo unless she wants to all-in with another dash in which case she is going to die after that exchange if the team is literally paying attention.

Then to top it off we have Psylocke's ultimate. Okay, super flashy and makes her psuedo invulnerable. For starters, you can't even control who you are attacking, and sometimes you can literally be chasing someone down with it but it refuses to attack them despite them clearly being in the circle. I don't know why this got nerfed, when it was already so easy to counter. Just, literally don't panic, heal, and stand near your team. I think this is literally the only ultimate currently in the game that gets weaker if there are multiple targets in it, which is insane.

TL;DR - Buff psylocke, idc about your favorite youtube/twitchtv personality or your high-rank resume. She's slow, lacks mobility, and literally has an ultimate that gets weaker with more targets in it, and has no control over who it targets.

Honorable mention as well:

The crosshair misalignment with shots the closer targets are is really annoying. It's absolutely bonkers that they made a close-ranged ranged character and didn't seem to think about fixing the crosshair misalignment with shots.

[L]

Originally posted by Xbye:

~I'm bad with Psylocke~

She's one of the absolute best characters in the entire game, and arguably the best backdoor character available right now.

She has two dashes that can do damage, and they can ascend levels, plus she also has an invisibility which allows her to run faster while in it. All of this gives her tremendously powerful engagements.

Then add on top of that she's a ranged character? For a "supposed" flanker?

Her Ultimate is one of the best in the game and is a game changing ultimate at that. It would be stupid if their was no way to counter it, because of it's range and radius.

If Iron Man's 1000 Damage Ult can be reflected back to him from just Strange's shield, then Pyslocke having her ult being negated is perfectly fine.

You want to know an Ultimate that struggles? Scarlet Witch, since her ult forces her to be airborne, while she screams to everyone "Shoot me" all the while having a 35% speed reduction on her at the same time with no armor boost. Even a simple web grab from Pen can pluck her from the sky.

It is obvious that you don't play enough, or are trolling. Psylocke is insanely good, and everyone with halfway competence in this game, especially with flanker characters know that Psylocke is amazing.

[milk]

immobile???????? dude have you played psylock before????

[Lokaror]

She can feel slow when you are wanting to not use your dashes. Key is knowing when you can and cannot to have both up to get into a fight.

[Xbye]

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

She's one of the most mobile characters in the game and can easily assassinate any squishy in moments, she IS the assassin character. The audio doesn't matter much when it's near impossible to tell which direction it's coming from with all the noise around you.

If you play her right she's like a mosquito the enemy team cannot kill.

You can just say that you don't understand her kit and how you're supposed to use it, you don't have to create an exaggerated bible to tell everyone that.

She is one of the least mobile heroes. She has no wall-climb, nor double jump, nor flight, etc. She's literally just has a dash, which most of the cast has access to (many of which have more mobility).

Originally posted by Dio:

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

She's most definitely not built for console players.

she has a shotgun like primary thats not easy to miss with her ult kills for you nuff said

Sure buddy.

[Dio]

Originally posted by Xbye:

Originally posted by BingusDingus:

She's one of the most mobile characters in the game and can easily assassinate any squishy in moments, she IS the assassin character. The audio doesn't matter much when it's near impossible to tell which direction it's coming from with all the noise around you.

If you play her right she's like a mosquito the enemy team cannot kill.

You can just say that you don't understand her kit and how you're supposed to use it, you don't have to create an exaggerated bible to tell everyone that.

She is one of the least mobile heroes. She has no wall-climb, nor double jump, nor flight, etc. She's literally just has a dash, which most of the cast has access to (many of which have more mobility).

Originally posted by Dio:

she has a shotgun like primary thats not easy to miss with her ult kills for you nuff said

Sure buddy.

sure? have you played her once?

[PandaSav]

My buddy of mine lit gets 30 - 0 K/D ratio with Psy

[Dio]

Originally posted by PandaSav:

My buddy of mine lit gets 30 - 0 K/D ratio with Psy

clearly this means the movement for her is bad

[Xbye]

Originally posted by L:

It is obvious that you don't play enough, or are trolling. Psylocke is insanely good, and everyone with halfway competence in this game, especially with flanker characters know that Psylocke is amazing.

No, it's obvious that you don't play enough or you would have realized that her ultimate can not pick and choose who to target unlike any other ultimate, and unlike other ultimates it's literally weaker if you target more people with it.

Psylocke lacks basic mobility of a flanking character, namely climbing walls or double jumping (to access some areas more easily). For most of the maps, this is okay since there are easy to access flanks. For some others, you have to go completely around some large obstacle to get to where you need to flank, all because you can't double jump (or wallclimb). It's incredibly annoying.

Instead you have to give up one of her dashes, which are long cooldowns unless you are shooting stuff (in which case you are no longer going to surprise anyone).

[Xbye]

Originally posted by Dio:

Originally posted by Xbye:

She is one of the least mobile heroes. She has no wall-climb, nor double jump, nor flight, etc. She's literally just has a dash, which most of the cast has access to (many of which have more mobility).



Sure buddy.

sure? have you played her once?

Done with you.

[Timbermaw]

didn't read but the bait is obvious

[Gatita Tiernita]

I just hate how ridiculously long her cooldowns are. If you want to move fast you have to waste them and they take so long to regen. They should make her more like Genji from Overwatch, where killing someone with a dash resets her dash, and her stealth needs to be longer than 3 seconds. She should also be able to climb walls without wasting her valuable dashes.

[Draknalor]

Originally posted by Xbye:

Originally posted by Oni-Lyrics:

yea tldr youre wrong and psylocke is actually really strong in the right hands

tldr you're absolutely wrong and I'm done with you steam troll

I’ve had games where psylocke dominate.

Be good and you’ll see results.

[JustKampi]

Originally posted by Xbye:

Originally posted by L:

It is obvious that you don't play enough, or are trolling. Psylocke is insanely good, and everyone with halfway competence in this game, especially with flanker characters know that Psylocke is amazing.

No, it's obvious that you don't play enough or you would have realized that her ultimate can not pick and choose who to target unlike any other ultimate, and unlike other ultimates it's literally weaker if you target more people with it.

Psylocke lacks basic mobility of a flanking character, namely climbing walls or double jumping (to access some areas more easily). For most of the maps, this is okay since there are easy to access flanks. For some others, you have to go completely around some large obstacle to get to where you need to flank, all because you can't double jump (or wallclimb). It's incredibly annoying.

Instead you have to give up one of her dashes, which are long cooldowns unless you are shooting stuff (in which case you are no longer going to surprise anyone).

She has two charges of a pretty long dash on a ridiculously low cooldown as long as you are dealing damage with her primary. Lack of a double jump or wall climb is hardly a problem most of the times.
Her ultimate is fine as is, she can easily kill 1-2 squishies at once with it. also, it gives untargetability, which is a great tool for any flanker.

[HighLanderPony]

Currently arguably the best DPS in the game but sure, go on. /s

[Rincewind]

no one will play the game in a year anyways so who cares...