Doesn't seem too long ago when Caustic was the most-picked Controller in pro play or at least somewhat tied with Wattson. Now Caustic seems to be hardly picked at all, at least in EMEA (which I follow the most).

As an on-and-off Caustic player through the years in ranked, I think the current version of his gas is pretty bad. It's only damage, enemies are not properly slowed down and it's easy for everyone to see in the gas. I'm on board with the visibility change, but the gas not slowing down enemies is a big negative. An enemy taking 10 or 20 gas damage does not really compensate for you playing a large hitbox character and most enemies understand to leave the gas before taking excessive damage. (He's still good for holding a building that you can gas up completely, though).

I was just wondering are my observations about the gas being a 100% damage-based threat the reason why Caustic's popularity in pro play has fallen through the floor or is there another explanation?

It's well warranted. Dudes comms are great and I didn't realize how good of an anchor he was til this past weekend. He shook Falcons back real crazy-like.

Does anyone know of any roster changes happening ?

I had this idea a few nights ago and thought it was a fun idea. I’m curious what you guys think since I only just recently started REALLY watching comp (though I’ve been on the game since 2019) and I’m sure a lot of you have some better insight/ideas

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