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why is skye falling out of the meta?

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#1
dactyl

she has potentially 5 flashes in a round that she can pop anywhere, and there isn’t even a windup cue when you pop the flash (like a breach or kay/o flash, where there’s a visual or audio cue for a split second before it pops). she can also potentially heal ~400 hp a round (obviously a special case, but her heal is very arguably more powerful than sage). she also basically has a faster sova drone with astigmatism that can concuss and damage.

she used to be an instalock on most maps just a few months ago. what changed?

#2
verse
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Frags
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bad character

#3
delusional_sentinels_fan1
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power creep, just like old skye people are realizing how useful kay/o or other agents can be, imo it's a good thing that there are a lot of agents that can be viable, it would be boring if it was just skye over and over.

#7
dactyl
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honestly, i think the state of the initiators is at a great place right now; each one has a home on at least one map and are being mixed and matched everywhere. i just think that on paper skye seems to be the most versatile and powerful, yet she’s not as prevalent anymore.

#4
shyftnot
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i don't think she is falling out of the meta. her flashes (which made her op in the first place) got nerfed that's why she isn't a must pick on every map anymore. but she was still the 5th most picked agent in champions behind op agents like jett, sova, astra and viper.

#8
dactyl
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yeah i’ve just found it sorta strange that after champions, in both the tier 2 scene in NA late last year as well as the VCT qualifiers worldwide this year, skye isn’t played as much, yet there haven’t really been any agent balance tweaks at all for a while.

side note: i still think skye flashes are OP haha she just can’t use them for herself as well — but as a supportive flash for a teammate, i think it’s crazy how she can control when it pops AND the time between choosing to pop it and the flash actually popping is essentially instantaneous.

#5
Pugaller
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she cant heal 400hp if you heal multiple ppl at once the heal bar runs out faster

#9
dactyl
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oops i was under the impression that her heal bar goes down at the same rate even if she’s healing multiple people

i do know for sure that she can heal much more than 100hp added up across different teammates though, which is still insane

#6
Netero
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I really don't like Skye gameplay

#10
dactyl
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why not?

#11
WONDERWEISS
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No space for her. It's Sova or her and Sova is much better since you can tag with the Drone and also Drone works well on long distances while Dog is only usefull for close distance info gathering.

#12
turkey
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kayo flashes >> skye flashes
kayo knife info >> skye flash info
both kayo ult and skye ult can be useless or busted based on the situation
skye’s dog and heal are insane abilities but so is kayo’s nade. i feel like they’re so even right now that it’s the teams style of play that determines which agent is better

no point even comparing sova

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