How to detonate C4 faster?

[NeoType]

I'm a Valkyrie main and I use her as a trapper because I find that her Black Eye + C4 combo is more efficient than Kapkan and Frost. However you cannot detonate the C4 while you are on your cellphone.

Sometimes, say I put a C4 near the doorframe and I saw an attacker passing through that door, so I immediately quit my cellphone and detonate it. However there is an animation that you cannot skip when you put down your cellphone and that often makes me miss the timing. I'm more likely to miss, especially when the attacker is 3-speed who sprint through the doorframe without even considering the C4 there, I've tried many times. Even I do my best there is an about 1 second delay.

Is there any way, say key combination customization on a mouse, that allows me to detonate my C4 at the same time as I put down my cellphone? Even detonating the C4 immediately quits the camera would be significantly better.

I mean, if there is that kind of way to do that, it is not cheating at all, right? Because holding your cellphone with your right hand and detonate your C4 with your left hand is totally plausible, isn't it?

[markinvan]

no, it would be way too broken that way.

[Demmino]

Don't think so. Would be amazing if you could detonate it while gadget is up but extremely op for pulse if you ask me or others, like valk.

[NeoType]

Originally posted by markinvan:

no, it would be way too broken that way.

Why?

1.C4 has already been nerfed as it is not a valid throwing weapon anymore.
2.C4 makes very loud noise, which is very easy for attacker to notice.
3.C4 makes noticeable red light on itself, which is significantly easy to spot.
4.Playing with the cellphone makes the defender vulnerable to the attacker.
5.Not every defender has a C4, not every defender has Black Eyes, and not every C4 has a camera nearby.

May you tell the reason why it could be broken that way with an example?

[NeoType]

Originally posted by Demmino:

Don't think so. Would be amazing if you could detonate it while gadget is up but extremely op for pulse if you ask me or others, like valk.

I understand what you mean and I partly agree with you. That's why I only ask for camera, not for gadgets. I mean, even detonating the C4 immediately quits the camera would be significantly better. In that case, the detonating speed is the same as when you are not on cameras.

[Setech]

Team work: you have bandit or someonene else place a nitro where you want it. You check the cam, call it.. and boof. You can place the nitro, and have someone else call it out for you.

Team work, thats how you do it.

[Leonhiro]

Originally posted by Setech:

Team work: you have bandit or someonene else place a nitro where you want it. You check the cam, call it.. and boof. You can place the nitro, and have someone else call it out for you.

Team work, thats how you do it.

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[Nomad]

either place the c4 in a spot that would be easier to detonate after using cam or place the cam outside the doorway and lead the target by getting on the cam prior to them entering and then detonate.

[NeoType]

Originally posted by Setech:

Team work: you have bandit or someonene else place a nitro where you want it. You check the cam, call it.. and boof. You can place the nitro, and have someone else call it out for you.

Team work, thats how you do it.

Yes I definitely did it that way before. And I'm sure it is an easier job for Lesion. Because Lesion doesn't even have to check the cam. However usually you don't have such a reliable teammate aside. Plus......if it's random lobby, ususally I (Valkyrie) am the guy who are under the command of other defenders, like "Hey Valk do you have any eye on blablabla..." "Can you put a black eye on blablabla..."
It's really painful ya know.

[NeoType]

Originally posted by Black:

either place the c4 in a spot that would be easier to detonate after using cam or place the cam outside the doorway and lead the target by getting on the cam prior to them entering and then detonate.

That's exactly the way how I'm using C4, my friend.
The key point is, like I mentioned, if the attacker is 3-speed who totally ignore your C4 and sprint in with full speed, the C4 is mostly gonna miss.
You may consider I'm lack of skill, but I swear that I've been using Valk, Mira as trapper for a long time and I spent huge amount of time finding the most efficient C4 spot by myself. I've blown up many attackers, except for the kind I mentioned above.