VETO Lotus

I've been thinking about this and why are teams not running Veto on Lotus? You know how this map almost always starts out with a brawl for either A rubble control or C mound/main. Well if you count all the util that's being thrown out there, flashes, fade seize, raze nade, other nades or slows. you can simply put one veto interceptor there and it all goes away (not smokes or breach util). That's just one part of it.

You also have the tp's they have so much range you can get from C to A or in seconds if you want to or use it like a (kinda shit) chamber tp. The ult speaks for itself, it's just a fun ult and especially in a util heavy map like Lotus it seems useful enough. Finally the trap could be used as a chamber trap but it's throwable which means you can have line ups for it, meaning you can take space with it or clear corners with it.

I saw trace esports is the only team that played him but they kept viper in the comp, which doesn't really make all that much sense to me, the fact you have something that deletes util off the map means you can drop viper and play double duelist or double initiator even and play Astra (or Omen).

Thoughts?

EDIT: I played him a bunch in ranked and the interceptor actually has very limited range from where it can kill util basically making it useless. Playing aggressive with tps is so hard since you have to flick to the tp (you have to see the Teleporter to actually be able to tp to it. fast rotate does work but idk if it's that much of an advantage over other sentinels. However the intercept is really good at B and C on defense cause you can place it right above the entrance which makes it impossible to destroy.

tldr: Fun idea, limited character, needs a buff to be viable.

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mainly the ult doesnt provide that much impact as say a veto or even kj ult could have
the tps too arent thatt good as chamber
viper is so good for lurks on thus map so no point taking it out

we will see surely some team will whip it out and show some value out of it

A couple teams have whipped it out and I thought the same tbh, although a kj and vyse give more actual stall for teammates to rotate and passive info

Well if you count all the util that's being thrown out there, flashes, fade seize, raze nade, other nades or slows. you can simply put one veto interceptor there and it all goes away (not smokes or breach util)

The problem- You dont throw interceptor you deploy it, limited range, which means it's only useful for a potential reclear when you set the veto up on A

The crosscut positions are fine especially for holding the A lane which means the Neon(if you run them) who is your best rotator and aggressor can rotate to B or C and fight again.

As for chokehold, its self explanatory so no other explanation required

Honestly, veto lotus is very nice, but the reason teams dont play him is how the double duelist meta works with 1 big explosive hit + viper still counters veto pretty well as the wall cant be disabled and the veto cannot take an aggressive angle past the normal viper lurk wall. Which serverely limits your options, with a senti like vyse(the current 'anti meta' pick), you have both aggro, passive, bunker, many Varietes, while veto is more limited in options and cannot do well against a double duelist fight

In theory he should be pretty good... I didn't see Trace play him, but I saw Sentinels against KRÜ play him and it genuinely seemed to me that, despite them misusing his utility, he has potential to be a great choice on Lotus

That being said, though, Vyse is simply the better choice against Neon. Veto can delete util, but he doesn't have any stall... Chokehold doesn't stop execs like Shear does (the rest of the team can still go forward, and in some cases the Neon can even run past the Veto trip), and the razorvines are just so good in the current meta

He needs a buff so that the interceptor can activate faster because in its current state it really won't do anything to stop the A lobby or C mound util dumps

Outside of that he probably could be viable in the same way Chamber is, but I think most teams have been leaning toward Vyse/KJ lately because of their stall power

edit

Veto is just awful on defense, that’s why. When you play veto, people can just slam C every single round of attack and there’s nothing you can do about it. They don’t even need to bother with A control. If you adjust to C control, they can just hit A every round. Veto is a turnstile on defense