July 2021
I've felt this way for a while, but it was brought to my mind again by that Rogue clip (where he flies a random Revenant off the map just because the player chose Revenant).
This legend really is the ultimate hypocrisy of pros and streamers who like nothing better than complaining about him.
Why? All of them complain about him... yet nobody plays him.
"They don't play him because they aren't * it's dishonorable."
*. Show me a game where the best players don't play a character because they don't approve of it. If there's a competitive advantage to be had, it will be seized upon by the best players in the game.
The real reason why pros and streamers don't play Revenant: He's not that good.
The totem - especially after the recent nerf - needs to be used near the enemy and in good cover. You place it too far, you don't have enough death protection time to engage the enemy meaningfully. You place it in a bad spot, someone is just going to destroy and/or third-party it. It's not that easy to get great value out of the totem.
And then there's the rest of the character. Big hitbox. No escape ability. Unless you manage a good totem push, you're nothing. Super one-dimensional character in a high-level play.
"Oh, Revenant players are idiots, you can only third-party with the totem, no skill, yada yada yada." Such hypocrisy when NOBODY of the complainers actually plays him.
No one likes to be pushed by an actually good Rev ult, but I'm sick of hearing people complain about him when none of them play him and those pushes aren't that successful anyway.
July 2021 - last edited July 2021
I like to put caustic traps around the Totem.
It makes me laugh.
I'm not sure who is complaining about Revenant or Octane...or whatever hero....if you know how to use your gun....there really isn't that big of an advantage for any hero outside the new one that needs some tweaking...due to doing everything....and flying....and possibly gibby in 1v1's.
July 2021