As a Crypto main, I think he's not a legend for everyone, he's for a specific type of player, but if you do stick with him, he is one of the strongest in the game. I think what would help him out the most is an actual passive, something like being able to see the squads nearby counter without going into drone would be great. I also like the idea of marking the surviving members of a squad, if you kill their teammate. On paper, he should be overpowered, but he isn't, mostly because of the things that hinder him, like the drone jank, and, having to go 40 seconds being without having any abilities.
Crypto's value mostly comes from 3 key factors: 1. Capitalizing on or Creating Openings This can come from many things, 3rd partying, a misplay, or a shield crack, or even your own EMP. Whatever it is, Crypto is one of the best legends to identify and strike at the opportunity. His EMP prolongs the period and gives an even bigger opening for you/your team to push, causing a small mistake from an enemy, to a game losing mistake. 2. Nullifying Mistakes Crypto can help nullify your teams mistakes, whether that be bad positioning, bad decisions, etc. Crypto is the anti 3rd party legend, hands down. You can determine whether a fight is even going to be 3rd partied before you even take it easily. And you can use EMP to make sure it doesn't last too long. If your teammates go down you can get their banners and revive them without any risk to yourself. You can even up a unfavorable fight, as well. 3. Gaining Intel His drone can get a literal birds eye view of the whole battlefield, you can determine which rotations can be safe, which fights to take, where enemy squads are located, what legends they have, look for rats, scan the ring beacons, and so on and so forth.
I'd have to agree 100% with what you say. I'm new to playing Crypto but I do like him, but for me personally his "rework" was a little lack luster. It was a weak excuse for a rework compared to Watson's. I'd love to know your opinion tho and maybe get some good advice too.
I feel a good passive for him would be something like under the radar were he isn't scared by other legends saving him from blood hound or seer scans well he's in his drone
I've been maining crypto for a while now and he's not that bad. He's definitely made for a very special kind of playstyle, but he is really good. One change that could make him more versatile is the recharge rate when his drone is destroyed. Destroying is drone essentially makes him useless, which is why he has such a low pick rate compared to other characters like bloodhound which can keep scanning and not have to worry about a long recharge.
I feel it's a bit more playstyle which results in a lower pick rate. People just dont like to think or have patience in most games. Bloodhound lets you W key in faster AND shows where enemies are. Instead of Crypto who can show you where they are and then you get outta drone and walk in safely. People dont value their life enough in this game.
@@Thatwhey Yes he is, why i've mained and climbed as him since starting apex. It's only "fast paced" because people try to make it as such, as a whole that's not what BRs are about.
Best buff for Crypto: Unaffected by EMP. Makes the defensive EMP wayyy more viable, and you can be a lot more aggressive with it. I also think that the time it takes to jump in and out of drone needs to be halved at the very minimum. It takes too long, and in a movement heavy game, it’s just painful.
I mean, the ult used to NOT hurt your teammates (in terms of CC - Slow), which used to be reaaaally amazing, since the enemies had their shields broken and they were stunned, while your teammates were able to move around normally, not losing any momentum. Me and my buddies used to ABUSE this mechanic with Crypto - Octane. 1. Get drone in range 2. Jumpad 3. Ult while teammates are close to enemies 4. Get launch pad and join teammates. It was almost a 90% winrate. Since crypto could literally disable everything around the EMP. Caustic, Rampart, Gibby, just about everything. I think he just needs an actual passive OR a more detailed one. Instead of showing how many teams are in the area, they could also show an indicator as to WHERE (just about) those teams are.
I think that your argument could be applied to any number of characters. Crypto even when played well just doesn’t do enough to aid a team. The only time he really does is in competitive apex but even then it’s not enough to justify picking him over so many legends. But by this token I believe he’s in a fine spot. It’s gonna be the nature of the game that someone is gonna be lower tiered and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I completely disagree, he needs WAY more use than he has right now.There is 0 point of playing him with characters like bloodhound and seer and the more legends apex adds, the more useless he will be.He needs a MAJOR buff.
I definitely think he needs a passive that doesn’t require his drone. His Ult is fine as it is in my opinion. I think the drone should stay as it is but, when you hold the tac button, maybe you could do the old animation and doesn’t go in a straight line so when you’re going AFK to scout for enemies, they don’t see where the drone’s coming from
I disagree. Being able to cast out the drone allows for the time you throw hack down a hall with enough time to get behind cover. Then when you actually load into drone view you're already half way down the hall. This works for tossing the drone in the air while going into a building or under a tunnel, Opening and closing a door, sending down hack off of a cliff or edge while being able to walk back for cover. It saves seconds from needing to orient yourself and any amount of time that it would take to get hack where the launch gets it.
I wish he could automatically see the banner count if the drone was out hovering. Saves a few seconds and all u would need to do is send it out. It could add value to the buff they gave him earlier this season
@@tokiikane9118 what do you -mean by "see it when he sends it out"? I think the point of the whole banner thing is that you're only supposed to see it sparingly_, like only when you're near a banner. Where do you mean to be able to get notified of it if you sent out the drone while facing/aiming at the banner?
(My thoughts and a few tips to play Crypto) I main Crypto and I think he's great. But I think what the game really needs is to give tutorials for how to play each legend. Crypto is not at all new-player-friendly. So a new player wouldn't know that the drone scans and emps in a 30m radius, that it can stick to walls, recover banners, or insta-respawn. Crypto's kit is very complex and not knowing how to use it gives of the impression of being "janky". Completely understandable though. Popular picks like Wraith, Octane and Bloodhound are far simpler and require less thought than Crypto. . . . So here are a few Crypto tips: 1) Don't treat the drone like a Bloodhound scan. Instead, think of it as a third eye, one that can be placed anywhere in space. The drone can be used to guard locations, scan through windows, provide live feedback during combat, guard while you res a teammate and way more. If you can figure out how to get the most use out of a third eye, you'll already be excelling at playing Crypto. 2) Don't spend too much time in the drone, and don't expect your teammates to watch your person. After his buff, this is not as much of a problem. But I still see new Cryptos doing this and I punish them for it. You should always be moving with your team and fighting alongside them. Try to pilot the drone for less than 5 seconds at a time. And only spend more time when absolutely necessary, like if you need to recover a banner or are searching for enemy locations. 3) Be mindful with where you place the drone, and recall it often. Since the drone is your third eye, not keeping track of it means that Crypto is partially blind. The drone should always be serving a purpose, so call it back if it isn't. Thanks for reading this! Hope these help.
Hell yeah. So many people see Crypto as bad or boring and see the recent buff/revamp as underwhelming or clunky/janky, but personally I’m loving the character for the first time because of the ability to toss out the drone to check out an area (e.g. a room or a roof or around a corner or the other side of some cover I’m approaching) with so little hassle. I’m running around tossing the drone out and then recalling it and tossing it somewhere else. They increased the scan fov from 160 degrees to 220 degrees so you know it’ll spot enemies in corners as it comes through a doorway, so it’s amazing for quickly checking for enemies hiding. And the rest of his kit (banners telling you how many teams are near, big emp explosion, being able to fly your drone way up in the sky and look around to check enemy positions, super ez survey beacon scans, super ez banner grabs/respawns, and the whole third eye watching-your-back shtick) is all still really strong. I love having so much intel about a situation. all that being said, i’m not a hotdrop chaos deathmatch goblin. The 40s cooldown on a dead drone probably hurts a lot more if you’re trying to survive in some 8 squad warzone, whereas I play relatively a lot more pragmatic (tho not absurdly passive).
@@Lessen0 Yeah a lot of people unfortunately play BR's the same they do team deathmatches. Because of this lots of people fail to recognize how strong Crypto actually is. These are all very good tips from you both! I fully agree Crypto isn't new player friendly and requires more thought than average to use his kit but that doesn't make his kit bad or weak by any means. He has a much higher skill ceiling than most legends do and by the nature of how that works in BR's means he also has a much higher skill floor. Players dont particularly want to invest time/effort when yeah there's a Valk that can fly across the map or a Wraith that makes you immune to damage. Switching from Octane to Crypto isn't a thing. As a Caustic main I've spent a lot of time observing teammates mid fights (take this comment with a grain of salt, i'm not a rat but I do prefer a shotty + sniper setup with my traps) and good Cryptos are GOOOOD players. The way his kit works forces you to practice healthy BR mechanics otherwise you hinder yourself too much.
Another tip is If the enemy team is shooting at you then they’re not shooting at your drone. Basically fire fights are situations where crypto can excel at especially with his emp because them shooting at the drone will be the least of their worries
I've been maining Crypstoes for 2 years now honestly he's fine although I think maybe he should be able to change the speed of his drone and move whilst in drone mode or something along those lines just so that when you get to the max distance (200m) you can move the drone that extra bit further. People really shouldn't sleep on crusty toe he is a really good legend if you know how to use his abilities they all rely on the drone and if you can't use his drone then he's boring and bad. I just got his heirloom today which is my first heirloom because I lost all pack progress when I switched from console to pc unfortunately. In conclusion I would say Crypto needs some buffs but nothing too major.
also to add Kandy mentioned the drone not feeling streamlined and feeling clunky I would totally agree the stinger transition to his drone is way to long and makes it feel really clunky they should either half the duration or do a simple short fade transition instead I think that would be a lot better honestly because he currently feels a bit unfinished almost like it's back in s3 when he launched and they haven't bug fixed him yet
Haha sempi noticed you XD But I completely agree, as a crypto main myself. I would like a bit more out of my passive, I feel like being able to scan should just be part of the tatical... But other than that he's a very team player focused legend. If your teammates won't work with you and hack, then it's frustrating a lot of the times. The only thing I think should be added as a buff is being able to use heals while in drone view. People say "well how is he going to do that when his hands are used to pilot the drone." My boi crypto can already reload while piloting a drone! Why can't he heal too!? Or at least let us heal with 1 bat or med. Like the bug not to long ago.
A change I've wanted for Crypto since his introduction is to give his drone an idle animation when you're not using it. Just a simple little movement pattern that makes it just a little bit harder to hit. That way if an enemy decides to shoot your drone, they have to dedicate just that little bit more attention to it which may distract them from you or give you the jump on them.
Oh boy i have been waiting for this for a considerable amount of time. Theres a plethora of ways to make him very viable for soloqueue however this also affects how strong he is in team play Here's my list of buffs that he could get to make him more viable without overtuning him (I don't think he should receive all of these buffs, these are just the multiple options respawn can do to make him more viable) Major changes: - Make his drone indestructable though time limited, aka it will have a charge and will require a recharge after a certain period of time (so it can still be purchased as a tactical in arenas also), Will allow for a more passive playstyle and prevent him from losing his ultimate which is 3 minute cd btw - Make his drone pilotable by teammates if crypto is currently not using the drone , Will allow for his teammates to move the drone for him to scout or get a better position for emping enemies, this would be amazing if crypto is overextending or in a bad position > further on this if the drone was also pilotable by knocked teammates it would even further assist crypto in a one on one fight. - Similar to caustic , make his emp not affect teammates and/or himself, this will allow for a more aggressive playstyle rather than a passive one which will allow him to keepup with his team and get the most of the 150 damage (50 to each enemy) he causes in a fight, trust me the emp is rarely used to break down things like gibby dome or wattson fences. the damage and effect are what make it amazing for intiating a fight. - Make his drone able to see enemy loadouts , attachments , healthbars , armor bars , rank, how many teammates alive in that squad (to see if the enemy is a rat thats bluffing or not) etc, extra info for better decision making. this will make his passive playstyle better and help the team make more informed calls. Minor Changes: - Ultimate recharge faster, 180s-->120s - Drone sendout range 25m-->40-50m - Drone emp delay 3s-->1.5s - Drone emp radius control ; Less for aggressive emp playstyle More for passive - Drone pilot entry speed (non sendout) decreassed (time required to enter drone perspective) - Drone Health increase 50-->250 or Turn health into hits required similar to ramparts amped cover, - Add a 10 second cd hitscan projectile such as a bolt or dart on the drone that when hit by a legend will scan and slow them continuously or periodically until said legend removes the tracker in a 2-3 second animation - Drone can pickup an item (this is amazing for the passive playstyle as a crypto can go to a deathbox to grab a purple/red evo or supply drop weapon for his respawned teammate or himself if he is ratting and has no equipment, this also allows crypto to carry an additional item on his drone, the item can be dropped upon drone death similar to a cargo bot on worlds edge, if the major buff i listed above of which the drone becomes indestructible then make it require a certain amount of bullets to hit it for the item it is currently holding to drop, - Drone can be aimed at a enemy or teammate and can follow them (using ai of spiders and prowlers) , crypto can use his emp more tactically this way this would also be more powerful if crypto's drone was indestructable or if cryptos emp did not affect teammates and/or himself. to set a drone on a enemy/teammate crypto can double tap his tactical button rather than single tap or hold as he does now. (single tap for send off or entry of drone when already deployed and hold for sendoff with instant entry of drone) this way it wouldn't require an additional tactical button - Give cryptos emp a silence of 1s (like seer) to interupt healing during or right after the emp, most fucking annoying thing an enemy can do , its like your ult doesn't exist. - Make drone able to scan through smoke - Make drone quieter - Make drone not alert enemies they are being scanned until a certain time frame passes, this would prevent enemies from A. knowing the team has a crypto which defeats his passive and stealthy covert purpose and B. know that their position has been exposed which would make them more careful and less likely to overextend. its like you cant capitalize on a enemy teams awareness fuckup because your drone is a massive ass fucking alarm the moment they get scanned by it Obviously if crypto received all these buffs he would be the most overtuned legend however i believe 2-3 of these major buffs should be implemented and 4-5 of the minor ones should be implemented at least. my buffs are more focused on passive playstyle as well as setup as thats what cryptos theme is. the contrary being aggressive playstyle and initiation which is more meta, Crypto lacks a lot in both fields so i believe the buffs he should receive should be heavily focused on one of the playstyles rather than a mixture of both ( to prevent him from being overtuned and too versatile) but then he will either be fully meta or off meta , regardless he'd be greater specialised in one of these fields which overall makes him better. These suggestions aren't simply "i think he should get this" this is what i believe is crucial for crypto after playing him countless amount of times and reaching master using him 3 times. I'm not saying my opinions are facts in reality they are highly subjective and some are biased but just saying, i got a little more experience than the average plat 4 hardstuck controller player that doesn't even play crypto :) Thank you for reading.
Some changes could be a little busted but I agree that implementing some of these can actually give him the buff he needs to be on par with Bloodhound. I like the 40-50m drone throw personally.
I've been maining Crypto since he was released and his drone rework was a great addition, his ultimate is amazing the way it is but the only thing he needs is a real passive. The drone is used so much, let Crypto do something that doesn't require it.
I think just making his passive a bit more appropriate, increase the scan range on spot. I dont think we need to start changing passives that feel like they should be a part of the tactical as then we have a LOT of rebalancing to do. Wraith, Caustic, Rampart, ETC; and passives shouldn't really be a "main point" in Apex. Other games dont mind taking strength from other aspects to put into a better passive but with the nature of Apex and the seeming direction the game is going passives are meant to just be the seasoning on the kit, some salt and pepper if you would instead of a functional ability (most of the time.) I say this but yeah, i'm aware Valkyrie exists.
I read someone’s comment a while back ago about crypto. It was to have his passive be something like off the grid where he has the ability to mask himself a bit from seers or blood hound. I think it would help balance the meta since it would counter act seers and more importantly blood hounds
I recently found you after watching your video about Longbow Magic. I LOVE your positive vibes. As for Crypto, his drone is clunky. It's better than it was though. In a game all about movement, Crypto, Rampart, Wattson, and Caustic lack mobility with abilities. However Crypto only seems to be alone in that his ability literally takes him out of the battle. I would much rather his drone work like a UAV but the ultimate lets you throw it out to disrupt shields. Maybe his ultimate could prevent you from using shield for a few a few seconds like Seer's interrupt stop healing. In fact if you made the ult interrupt healing I think it would be pretty powerful. I LOVE the character but his kit sucks IMO. Although on Control is way awesome to be Rating Leader but sitting back and just tagging the entire enemy team and getting like 3 kills and 30 assist.
Crypto has quickly been becoming one of my favorite legends in ranked. He's a very niche character, but if you know how to use him, his drone is nuts. From recovering, respawning, getting intel, disrupting gameplay, to having a constant scan. I feel like he does need a passive like "Off the Grid" where no legend can detect him while moving his current passive into his drone, where it should be obvious. By adding that, Crypto would be vital.
imagine if apex did something where you could combine ultimate abilities of certain legends, so mirage and crypto together make duplicate drones so you get bamboozled by the drones
I wasn't ready for "THE FULL MIGHT OF THE EMPIRE" and "Protect my body while I'm in.. the astral plane" jokes so close together. I might've actually cried laughing.
I played Crypto solo with Randoms to Master. He is indeed not a legend for everyone but the thing is, my strength is my Game sense and Rotations. If that is your strength Crypto amplifies that. When your aim is very good you should probably go for a more aggressive Legend. I coulndt think of a change that would make him more appealing to casuals without breaking him or taking the complexity out of his kit, what the pros actually love. This may not help casuals but to get better at crypto you have to use voicechat and make the calls.
Long time crypto, if you want to play fast paced only throw drone before you get shot at or when you’re sure your safe, other than that it’s drone positioning/creativity that matters. Besides that crypto is first and for most a bare bones character that requires you to be able to make smart decisions and have clean movement But he does need a buff
I believe that crypto's stationary gameplay in Apex is very restrictive, especially when you are in fast paced gun fights. I feel like a nice little change would be to implement the use of crypto's wingsuit (hands in pockets). Now I know off the dome this sounds really dumb. I just feel like having an ability that would allow crypto to move with his team quicker is needed. This passive would simply work based on height and distance. Whenever crypto jumps off a specific height, the player can hold down the jump button to glide instead of just a normal jump. The idea here is speed, so it would be faster the further you go. There would also be a specific height cap so players couldn't just glide across the map from wherever they were standing. The flying animation is already in the game as well.
I think the changes made the drone feel even more clunky than before. Also imo the drone needs to accelerate a lot faster because it currently feels like flying a tank
maybe a buff to how fast he enters his drone, because right now you have the physical animation and then the hacking loading screen. I think he would be less campy / slow if that was faster.
I think Crypto just needs a passive to stop his kit from being solely drone based. My idea for this is that he can’t be scanned by recon, but instead if he would have been scanned it’ll say “Crypto Nearby” on the enemies UI so that you know he’s there, just not his exact position. This would fit with his whole “off the grid” thing and would allow for easier repositioning in fights to send that drone backout and pop a quick EMP. I don’t believe this would be stupidly broken as you’d still know the rough area of the Crypto and not many people play him anyway, + respawn has said in the past that they want to combat the bloodhound scan meta, and whilst Crypto is still a recon legend, it’s a potential step in the right direction.
As someone who enjoys playing Crypto I'd love to see his drone go just a little bit further when he throws it, just enough so you're out of the EMP range. Another thing they could do is increase the amount of shield damage the ult does, it just doesn't seem like enough, or at the very least increase the duration of the stun. Bangalore's ult covers half the map and stuns for 30 seconds it feels like but crypto feels like 2 seconds max on the stun. It'd definitely help him out.
Crypto's main feature is he can see how many squads are nearby by looking at the banner in drone view, to let our team knows whether we are safe or we are in danger but the main downside is you need to be in drone view, it would be nice if Crypto can have a little GUI on the bottom left corner to see how many squads are nearby without getting into the drone view. and also, crypto can use the beacon remotely, the strongest scout IMO. grabbing teammates' banners and respawning them only using the drone is a huge plus too.
The best buff he needs is one respawn already did for him on his stories of the outlands. He literally just threw his emp as a grenade he should be able to throw his emp or be able to mark the map and have the drone auto emp when it gets to it's destination
pre-S12 crypto felt less clunky, that's how bad they did (and are continuing to do) crypto The S12 buff has no right to be called a buff either way though, they could've released the same stuff as a mid season silent patch and just called it QoL... I've been worried of it for a while but as a crypto enjoyer this whole update to him has fully convinced me that respawn does infact NOT playtest their game, how typical for an EA dev team...
I think Crypto's passive should be something like he reveals the positions of enemies for a few seconds that he shield-cracked for a few seconds. That way, he can still provide useful information in the middle of a teamfight while not relying on his drone too much. It can also synergize with his ultimate if things go well.
@@EyobDChek Bloodhound literally can track their enemies because of their passive and Seer has 3 different scanning utility. Crypto is basically garbage whenever his drone is down
I forget if you had this idea or if it was someone else, but having the drone hover near you sorta like eyes behind your back would definitely help crypto alot. This could be his true passive(while putting his current passive just as part of his drone). Additionally, maybe making it so there is no load time going into and coming out of his drone would help.
As broken as it would be at first, I believe Crypto needs a secondary tactical that isn’t the drone, almost like a motion sensor // trip wire, or would be horribly ratty but I think makes sense for his character… The safer option I think, would be to let his drone follow him and be directly on top of him, giving him a scan every 20~30 seconds, this ability would be toggled just as you would a mirage clone, I don’t see it making him “OP” or replacing bloodhound but rather it would revive the character into someone that can sit back and gather intel or push up in a fight filled with smoke and plenty of chaos but yet still hold his own, it would make him a good fighter which would play into the solo aspect of being a crypto main
Crypto tip for those trying him for the first time or getting used to him. Throw your drone when you fight, BUT RECALL IT when you leave it’s sight or plan to leave it’s sight BEFORE you move. So if you’re chasing someone you beamed or railed then call the drone back so when they try to hide you’re ready to throw it again and can instantly find them. Use him like a security camera in close spaces, and if you play aggressive use him to find 3rd party fights by you. He’s a great legend and has the potential to be a monster. (Highest kills in a single match-game I’ve gotten as him so far is 13 kills doing a double havok load out.)
To preface, I love your gameplay and videos - I do think that Crypto is actually in a good place. I've been maining him since season 8, and while the learning curve is steep, I think it's steep in two specific places in his kit: drone placement, and EMP timing. I feel like I'm still figuring those things out. Whenever I watch streamers who barely touch Crypto play for a week or so to gather content, there's a consistent outcome - they somewhat flounder with the drone, spend most of their matches waiting for it to cooldown after being destroyed, throw EMP too late or too early, and then end up writing him off as "needs buff" or "boring to play". I'll admit, his playstyle is incredibly limiting - I almost never run him in pubs. Only in Ranked and Comp does he really shine. And then, only with a full pre-made squad who have good communication and are used to playing with a Crypto. But consider his kit on paper: 150 immediate damage to a team, constant beacon and surroundings information, ability to grab banners safely/remotely, respawn teammates instantly, AND the occasional wallhack? I think that's worth the learning curve and the price of being stationary for a few seconds every once in a while. All that being said, I would make two changes to his kit - I think the EMP should cancel shield healing, and a buff to the drone speed OR health (that nerf was completely unnecessary). MAYBE give him the ability to use the EMP on his back without Hack being deployed. Anyways, love your content Kandy!
Literally all he needs is instant drone view. Like pressing your tactical will bring you immediately in the drone and vice versa. Give him a faster play style
thank you kandy for bringing this topic up! your videos never disappoint in bringing smile to my face xd love yalls energy тт i've been maining tae joon since half of the third season and i've been waiting for this buff till season 12... i was really happy when that happened (jokes aside i was in seventh heaven even when he finally got the opportunity to scan beacons in drone (?) in whatever season it was), but you're getting too used to something good and you're starting to want more lmao. i feel like his throwing drone animation is too long sometimes - for example you clicked drone in the wrong moment and you're just stuck in this animation while enemy just destroys you xdd and it would've been amazing if drone flew a bit further... maybe? and yea, like everybody already said he needs to not be 'that' useless while hack is recovering from death
What i would enjoy as a crypto main is being able to turn on that the drone faces the direction of your crosshair so you can change the direction the drone is facing without entering drone mode
Drone movement could definitely be smoother and the initial drone animation could be smoother because you just get stuck deploying your drone, the time is much longer than it was before his rework
Maybe give him another passive of like the teammates being able to see the drones screen if not then maybe the drone riding on his back to see behind him.
They only need to do two things: 1.) Give him a real passive. For example a community favorite passive for Crypto was to make him invisible to any enemy scans. Passive called “Off the grid” 2.) and likely the easier one to implement. Buff his drone scan range and give it more health again, and almost importantly buff his EMP so it doesn’t impact teammates or crypto.
One of Crypto's main weaknesses is how slow he is. Basically, pushing with EMP is only actually good with a movement ult (Jump Pad, Phase Tear) because the EMP is so slow. You have to throw drone, (which they recently made slower) enter drone, fly some amount, channel EMP, (and dodge, depending on your placement) exit drone, and if your teammates have no ult, slowly run the 30+ meters to your enemy. In this time, the enemy can heal, throw out new deployables, or kill your teammates if they decide to fight 2v3. I get that he's supposed to be a planning legend, but when the payout for actually landing a good emp is so low, I just wonder why I'm not shooting a gun instead. Make drone interaction faster, or more EMP damage, or get rid of the throw, I'll take anything at this point.
I've mained Crypto for around 3 and a half days so far, he's been fun, 400 kills so far, a lot of ranked is where I had a lot of fun with him, I completely agree with you, in ranked he has more of a spot, in pubs, absolutely not, I've tried a lot in pubs and it's frustrating but I gotta try my best, I feel like playing Crypto allows me to focus more on mastering weapons and positioning rather than rely on these things but mainly on abilities as well, but yeah, he's been really fun, I've started mid season 8, got heirloom shards during start of season 10, wasted them on Wraith Kunai, wraith is fun but idk, I just started losing interest, wishing I saved them for the Crypto heirloom, or wish that I'd get more shards soon, highly unlikely but we pray for the best :D
I mained crypto for a while, and even have a 20 bomb and a 4k on him. I honestly believed he was really good before the buff and it only helped make him way stronger
Btw the buff did absolutely nothing friend. Just coz it's a rework dowsnt mean it's a buff... they nerfed drone speed and health by 10. When I throw out my drone into combat its shot done b4 I can even enter drone view. I used to be able to open care packages before they dropped for home advantage but now cant. If you ask me I'd rather go back to old Crypto.
@@deciduousoutdoors436 I can totally see that. They shoot it down sooo quickly but you have to be more tactical with the drone now (I like throwing it at an enemy so it scans them and attacking ) so they're focused on me instead of the drone and that usually gives time to down them
Seeing some good buffs proposed. When the drone is deployed and capable of seeing a banner, Crypto's view should be able to look at the banner and see if enemies are near without having to go into drone mode. I think the drone needs a smidge more speed and smidge more distance when thrown. This helps scouting further ahead but also in deploying his Ult and running In after it deploys (which is the biggest difficulty). If you don't buff this throw distance possibly allow for an EMP grenade toss like a Gibby Ult that can be destroyed before deploying much like a Seer Ult or drone currently. I got a feeling an EMP grenade may be coming in the future, either as a grenade or character Ult. (Or allow the EMP to destroy Wattson's Ult too). You can always nerf the radius of the EMP if too effective.
I think cryptos drone needs 1 inventory slot (aka can pick up one item and carry it around and drop it in front of you if you want or just hold onto something), needs to completely eradicate shields, or needs a faster ult charge. He also needs more health on drone, or a gibby shield if its standing still. Like basically a bubble shield around it that regenerates after when destroyed and protects the drone from damage whenever the drone is standing still. Either that or the drone needs to follow crypto around without needing to be moved but can still be manually moved.
For me he needs a new passive.. Cause him and his teammates seeing the enemies with the drone, should be just part of his Tactical! For example, a new passive could be: "Crypyo is un-detectable by enemies (scan from bloodhound-seer-other crypto) while his drone is out". His drone would "hack" the enemies tech and make them see just his teammates. They would know there's a crypto because they would hear or see the drone, but they would not know where he is, giving him time to be in drone mode withouth being pushed while he his crouched behind a rock, or giving him the freedom to move around, changing angles or sneak behind enemies whithout being scaned while the drone is out but he is not in drone mode.
I partly main Crpyto on the side, I don't have as much knowledge on the character as others, but the way I see it. I feel like the drone should have two modes, one where it passively follows Crypto and the other mode being as it is regularly. I also feel like he should be able to use his ult when not having the drone out, it'd make things easier instead of feeling like you can't capitalize on your own EMP because your too far away when it goes off.
they should probably add an option to use the ult without even having to deploy the drone, like just the EMP straight from Crypto. It's a small change, but I think it'd be huge
how would that work because he takes damage from his own emps he also gets stunned by his emps and so does his teammates, And removing that would be way too OP ngl his ult is strong enough because of his 3 min cooldown
Personally, I don't think he needs a buff. I think people just don't know how to play him lol I also think that, unless Respawn changes him fundamentally, the way his abilities are built makes him incompatible with the average Apex player's Octane-like mindset in pubs. Because all his abilities are tied to his drone, he lives and dies by it. When it gets destroyed, he's dead weight. This is by design, considering the plethora of things he can do with the drone. Crypto is the only Legend that can retrieve teammate banners from range; can call the dropship from range, which comes instantly; can scan the ring instantly, without detection from range; can tell you how many teams are in the POI you occupy; has wallhacks without a cooldown unlike the other scanners; and has an EMP that breaks shields and slows enemies. Crypto's only cooldowns is for his EMP, which is relatively short, and when his drone gets destroyed, which is only an appropriate punishment for bad plays like flying it straight into a team and trying to EMP them while they are staring straight at the EMP going off lol. It's the same level of punishment as trying to use Wraith's phase shift too late, using Gibraltar's dome prematurely or running out of Caustic's traps when you really need them. I will say I wish they'd let you EMP from inside the drone without booting you out like it used to, but other than that, I think Crypto is balanced.
as a crypto main id say it would be nice if you could tell the drone to follow you or to move it without going into drone perspective, at 02:20 you can see that he used the drone but they moved to the floor below shortly after and the drone became useless because its stationary on the roof and recall would take too long. with my concept the drone would have more agility either it follows you or you the press tactical button and it will move to the position you look at (ofc not to infinity and beyond) and as a little downside if needed put the cooldown when destroyed from 40 to 60 sec. imo the drone perspective isnt useful in combat its good for banner recovery, respawn and maybe to prepare the emp but a stationary drone like we have right now is not that good in a game like apex.
I feel that you should be able to hold the button to move it without breaking the flow of combat and double tap to fully immerse into drone mode. Being able to make micro adjustments on the fly base on what you see or don't see.
EZ fix. Passive option - Extrasensory: Enemies are briefly revealed for 2s when damaging Crypto's shields. Cooldown 5s per Ammo Type. Tactical Drone Changes - Press to enter drone view. Hold the Tactical button to make drone follow your crosshair. Double tap to put drone in sentry mode following 10m above Crypto. Faster animations. EMP - Hold down the ultimate key to supercharge the EMP with a secondary pulse that deals an additional 25 shield dmg and twice the slowing effect. Costs 50 Shield to supercharge. Secondary pulse has zero effect on teammates.
I like the way crypto is, I have friends who play pathfinder, octane and faster paced legends and I’m able to keep up. Maining crypto for so long has taught me to keep up, play smart and learn how to get out of situations without movement abilities. I don’t want the devs to buff crypto because his pick rate is low so I can always play him, even with randoms if I have to. Its a very passive aggressive play style which is hard to learn. You also need to have decent general mechanics like aim, movement and game sense. After the buff I’ve noticed that in higher level play that it’s a suicide for the drone, it flys in a straight line and it’s easy to beam, it has come in clutch at times but it’s not crazy good. I do like the buff where the drone will turn around when hitting a wall, it works well when using it with the other buff but is only useful with the other buff as well. The circle in the middle like pathfinder is very nice when it comes to hip fire. The only buff I would give is faster animations, or a actually passive, I’m sure everyone has heard of “of the grid.” Maybe they can make the drone fly faster because everyone diamond and above can easily beam it, even when doing random drone movement. If they make crypto op with a insane buff then tons of people might play him, and then playing crypto will never be the same. If you read this all the way through then TY because I typed this on a phone and auto correct is so annoying.
Someone probably already came up with this, but this is an idea for an upgraded crypto passive: what if he highlights targets near and around him while the drone isn't deployed? It keeps his vulnerability to being discovered while his drone is out, but he'd be able to provide information in close quarters fights without using his drone. This would give crypto players a bit more to think about if they wanted to value the shared vision around them or set up the drone somewhere else/use the EMP. Plus it would also make crypto a harder counter against caustic gas which is pretty appropriate
I've been maining crypto for a good while now and I think he's fine as is. A cool suggestion my friend made for a buff idea would be changing his passive (which, let's be honest, is kinda pointless) to allow him not to be highlighted by enemy scans. Say, for example, he was scanned by a bloodhound, it would still say "scanned 3 enemies" at the top of your screen, but you would only see two of the squadmates through walls. I thought it was a pretty neat buff idea, although I don't know how well it'll turn out in terms of balancing.
As someone who is playing crypto rn. Something that could help is making his drone faster. It's hard to scout with his drone since it moves as fast as someone's sprint.
I feel like crypto needs some utility outside of his drone maybe through a new, reworked passive or something like that. It doesn’t have to be huge, but something that allows him to be useful for his team and himself outside of his drone.
Yes I’m a main crypto he need another rework on his drown like 1. His drone can scan people close to him while sky diving 2. Give him an auto moving options like circle , go straight until his 200 mentee are Used up 3. Make the drone not so loud 4. Not let the drone have that green protection so the players can see it 5. Let his ultimate not slow his teammates to make his ultimate more useful for rushing or let his ultimate do more damage 6. Let his drone follow or at least see behind his back because the drone his facing his back side sorry it might be a big buff but without his drone crypto is just a normal legend in the game. But these are my suggestions
Tbh one thing I wish they sorta toned down was the cooldown for when his drone gets destroyed. It feels too much of a punishment having to wait 40 seconds seems too much when his whole kit revolves around his drone. They could also simply make his drone invincible while using EMP and keep the cooldown the same
For me, as a crypto main the hardest thing to deal with is that every other character in the game has some kind of advantage against crypto I mean he has to be afk to use his drone and that alone is hard to learn (I mean the right timing for using it). Not many know how to use him correctly and the part is you need to actually get better at game sence, placements, now how to and when use the drone, learn to use nice the weapons and have movement as your pilar while playing with so for beginners is not friendly at all like blood or wraith might be
I’m a diamond crypto main and I’m gonna keep it real. Crypto fucking sucks unless your team knows how to play with one. If ur teammates don’t know how to play around crypto you become a liability. Drone takes to long to recall and to enter. It doesn’t scan 360 (which it should since it literally doesn’t scan through walls). His drone needs to go out far enough so that emp doesn’t hit him. Also why tf does emp slow down my teammates and fuck up their aim? The character is unnecessarily difficult simply due to bad design. Sadly the devs don’t care about him tho so he’s gonna be like this forever lol
I love crypto tho. I just wish he gave more information to the team cuz why does he have so many steps to scan when bloodhound and seer can do his job better and waaaay simpler. I’m supposed to be a hacker why can’t I access more information that rewards character difficulty? And his ability to grab banners and Rez with drone is cool… but why is it that I’m a legend who can’t get rewarded for fighting up close, but I’m also able to be a contingency plan? It makes me feel so half assed in every engagement. Which is why he’s literally only amazing in pro play. Love him tho. Just wish he wasn’t a clear worse pick than BH or Seer
As someone who wants to main crypto I would like to there be 2 buttons for his drone, one that throws it and one that directly gives you drone view. There are a lot of situations for me to just go directly into drone mode rather than just throwing it at first since I tend to play slow-paced. otherwise I already like his kit
I would say that this Changes could make Crypto actually enjoyable: - An second Option for his Ult as an throwable EMP Grenade to Toggle for when his Drone got destroyed or maybe also with an active drone as an more mobile Option - Less deploying Time when switching into Drone Mode - or remove the Animation with the little Flashbang that you get when going into your drone and a little Nerf to make the Hitbox of the Drone slightly bigger and the Drone more visible because that shit is annoying to shoot at and sometimes hard to see.
Crypto's drone needs different modes like century , follow me and attack. So century would have the drone stay in a small area and be on the look out for enemies . The follow me is exactly what it sounds like where the drone would follow Crypto . Attack would have the drone attack the closest enemy team and use the emp alt .
One very small buff I think they should make him better is that if they made it to where when you throw your drone at banners it automatically scans. So when you're rotating you dont have to go into the drone and be behind by like 4 seconds
Just give Crypto the Mirage treatment where he can toggle control of the drone with his own movement so he doesn't always have to force his teammates into a 2v3 to get any active value out of the drone. That and/or just let the quick-throw drone just continue until it hits something or reaches its range limit, the range to throw it is way too short to be useful in most cases.
I know one thing I would be able to utilize, if they added it, would be a remote movement ping system for the drone. Instead of needing to pilot every time, being able to quick release the drone, and Ping where you want the drone to connect to, in "autopilot".
When they first added the drone throw I could swear that I could set off the ult or call it back as soon as I threw it out. The last week or so I have to wait until it stops before ulting or recalling. I feel like it was shadow nerfed or I'm misremembering. I don't know why they shadow nerf a character whose entire kit can be nullified with 50dmg..
I ghink a good buff is being able to send the drone somewhere via pinging, that way u dont need to pilot it all the time you can send it off to a certain area and go into later to gather intel or maybe even being able to reposition the drone mid fight without piloting it
As a Crypto main for quite a while, I personally don't think that he needs a new ability, just some more streamlining to make him a little bit less clunky. The newest update for him was definitely a godsend. If we were to hypothetically merge his passive with his drone, I think that a suitable passive for him would play into his hacker/info man role. Perhaps he could steal crafting mats from people's death boxes?
After recent changes to Crypto there are few things that bother me: Going into drone view is often annoying, when it's easy to accidentally throw it somewhere where it gets destroyed, or when I have to do 180 degree turn because drone hit a wall. Other thing is controling whether or not you actually want to go into drone view, sometimes you hold the button too short, sometimes you stop holding the button before it puts you into drone view, but it puts you into it regardless. I think I would rather have drone throw on single tap, and drone view on double tap, and also if transition into drone view was faster.
Do you think it would too busted the just be able to use his ult without deploying his drone? Like you can use the EMP just from his back. Horizin and Caustic can both use their ults almost instantaneously. Either make the ult time longer to compensate or we make it lighter buff and make it so his EMP dosent hurt him or stun allies kinda like Caustics new gas
While I admit Crypto needs a little work to smooth out the edges, I feel like the main reason his pickrate is low is his unique, demanding playstyle. To play Crypto at his best you have to give information quickly and consisely, often enough that you won't be caught off guard but not too often so you're in your drone all the time, and managing your position with teammates which varies in difficulty if you're playing with friends or randoms.
Crypto buff should have the drone hover slightly above his head and follow where ever he goes. It will scan whats in his line of sight, and when he holds it, it'll detach and he can pilot it.
I've played crypot extremely on and off (mainly on) from season 10-11 and came back in 12 to try the buff out, and I stand by that the thing crypto needs is just to have his drone follow above him which has its weaknesses but has its up sizes and I feel as it would be exactly what he needs
I picked him up a few weeks ago. Never thought I would like him but I do. He takes a lot of extra work to use his abilities to their full potential. Sometimes I don't feel like dealing with it.
One thing that I think would make crypto better is like mirage while sending out the drone it should follow a linear path. It can be used to close the gap between fights without leaving your squad at a 2v3.
Every legend is great in their own way but some that could use a bit of a boost are lifeline(drone shield with hp), Bangalore(some sort of way to make the smokes not see through by a lot of legends),crypto, seer, and mirage.
I liked the look of crypto when I started so I unlocked him as my first non started legend. Now I main him and lifeline pretty much exclusively and let me tell you...it was hell learning to play him properly. But now I can't seem to play any other legend without getting myself in situations where I wish I was crypto. Biggest issues I have is that he essentially has no passive since his passive just makes the drone work (bit of a cop out on my opinion) and that the drone is so easy to kill and the recharge time when it does get popped. Without his drone he is a dead legend since all of his abilities require the drone. I originally thought it would be cool to have him be able to emp if the drone was dead and have it be centered on him just with smaller range and mark targets similar to a bloodhound scan. I also originally thought with his look he would have something special for energy weapons so if you gave him increased handling on energy based weapons or something like that as a passive that could be cool.
I think it would be really cool to have some sort of ability OUTSIDE of the drone, maybe like a death box scan like Ash, or maybe being able to ult on top of crypto himself rather than only the drone, because at least you can self destruct I guess XD. I personally think Crypto is strong but in pretty specific situations. Like when you think about the STRONGEST Legends, usually they are very versatile. So I think just making his kit more smooth or versatile to play would make it easier as a whole to use him in more situations. In my opinion, out of all the scanner characters, he is the weakest just because, Bloodhound is just super good, especially mid-fight, PLUS his ult reduces scan cooldown. Seer is really powerful if you can land his ability and his ult is just wall hacks for a long time. With crypto, once you get to a certain level, most people will find the drone and kill it quick so you only have a bit of time to use the scan part of his kit, plus if they do destroy the drone, now you have no ult for a REALLY long time. Maybe I'm still bad at crypto as a whole but it's frustrating to have a fast-ish playstyle but needing to slow down for crypto's kit just because it is, "choppy" is the best way I can describe it. Sometimes I don't fight near cover, whether it be because the zone is somewhere else, or another party is out in the open. Having to wait for the opportunity for good cover just for crypto is sort of annoying. Especially if you have someone like Bangalore, where seeing a team in the open is SUPER good. As I said, I may not be amazing at crypto yet but I have been playing him for some time and those are probably my biggest problems with him (sorry for the big essay, especially if I'm wrong about anything in specific like the other scanners, don't play them much).
honestly ive mained crypto for year or so now all he needs is for his drone to auto lock onto targets when you throw it out and scan them i think that will make it more smooth
I feel like a good crypto buff (might seem op, but I feel it’s fair) is if when someone destroys the drone, it pings them similar to what mirage decoys do
As a Crypto main, I think he's not a legend for everyone, he's for a specific type of player, but if you do stick with him, he is one of the strongest in the game. I think what would help him out the most is an actual passive, something like being able to see the squads nearby counter without going into drone would be great. I also like the idea of marking the surviving members of a squad, if you kill their teammate. On paper, he should be overpowered, but he isn't, mostly because of the things that hinder him, like the drone jank, and, having to go 40 seconds being without having any abilities.
Crypto's value mostly comes from 3 key factors:
1. Capitalizing on or Creating Openings
This can come from many things, 3rd partying, a misplay, or a shield crack, or even your own EMP. Whatever it is, Crypto is one of the best legends to identify and strike at the opportunity. His EMP prolongs the period and gives an even bigger opening for you/your team to push, causing a small mistake from an enemy, to a game losing mistake.
2. Nullifying Mistakes
Crypto can help nullify your teams mistakes, whether that be bad positioning, bad decisions, etc. Crypto is the anti 3rd party legend, hands down. You can determine whether a fight is even going to be 3rd partied before you even take it easily. And you can use EMP to make sure it doesn't last too long. If your teammates go down you can get their banners and revive them without any risk to yourself. You can even up a unfavorable fight, as well.
3. Gaining Intel
His drone can get a literal birds eye view of the whole battlefield, you can determine which rotations can be safe, which fights to take, where enemy squads are located, what legends they have, look for rats, scan the ring beacons, and so on and so forth.
I'd have to agree 100% with what you say. I'm new to playing Crypto but I do like him, but for me personally his "rework" was a little lack luster. It was a weak excuse for a rework compared to Watson's. I'd love to know your opinion tho and maybe get some good advice too.
@@reaperthe6759 its just quality of life instead of a rework, idk if they called it a rework but its QoL
I feel a good passive for him would be something like under the radar were he isn't scared by other legends saving him from blood hound or seer scans well he's in his drone
Couldn't have said it any better 👏👏👏
I've been maining crypto for a while now and he's not that bad. He's definitely made for a very special kind of playstyle, but he is really good. One change that could make him more versatile is the recharge rate when his drone is destroyed. Destroying is drone essentially makes him useless, which is why he has such a low pick rate compared to other characters like bloodhound which can keep scanning and not have to worry about a long recharge.
YES, with them lowering the HP and making it easier to kill, i think the drone needs to be able to regenerate much faster.
Or maybe make the recall faster!
I feel it's a bit more playstyle which results in a lower pick rate. People just dont like to think or have patience in most games. Bloodhound lets you W key in faster AND shows where enemies are. Instead of Crypto who can show you where they are and then you get outta drone and walk in safely.
People dont value their life enough in this game.
@@Meowthix because it’s a fast paced battle royale? Caustic is the character for you
@@Thatwhey Yes he is, why i've mained and climbed as him since starting apex.
It's only "fast paced" because people try to make it as such, as a whole that's not what BRs are about.
Best buff for Crypto: Unaffected by EMP.
Makes the defensive EMP wayyy more viable, and you can be a lot more aggressive with it. I also think that the time it takes to jump in and out of drone needs to be halved at the very minimum. It takes too long, and in a movement heavy game, it’s just painful.
and give him a passive ffs
I mean, the ult used to NOT hurt your teammates (in terms of CC - Slow), which used to be reaaaally amazing, since the enemies had their shields broken and they were stunned, while your teammates were able to move around normally, not losing any momentum.
Me and my buddies used to ABUSE this mechanic with Crypto - Octane.
1. Get drone in range
2. Jumpad
3. Ult while teammates are close to enemies
4. Get launch pad and join teammates.
It was almost a 90% winrate. Since crypto could literally disable everything around the EMP. Caustic, Rampart, Gibby, just about everything.
I think he just needs an actual passive OR a more detailed one. Instead of showing how many teams are in the area, they could also show an indicator as to WHERE (just about) those teams are.
I feel like crypto is fine as he is. He’s simply not a character made for the main demographic of apex.but when played well,he can be a godsend.
Same with Gibraltar, he's one of the strongest characters in the game but has a really low pick rate, atleast from the eye test
especially in my hands... I'm kidding i'm dog lmao
I think that your argument could be applied to any number of characters. Crypto even when played well just doesn’t do enough to aid a team. The only time he really does is in competitive apex but even then it’s not enough to justify picking him over so many legends. But by this token I believe he’s in a fine spot. It’s gonna be the nature of the game that someone is gonna be lower tiered and that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
I completely disagree, he needs WAY more use than he has right now.There is 0 point of playing him with characters like bloodhound and seer and the more legends apex adds, the more useless he will be.He needs a MAJOR buff.
@@MemesYknow Not 0 reasons, his ult IS ridiculously strong and is carrying him
I definitely think he needs a passive that doesn’t require his drone. His Ult is fine as it is in my opinion. I think the drone should stay as it is but, when you hold the tac button, maybe you could do the old animation and doesn’t go in a straight line so when you’re going AFK to scout for enemies, they don’t see where the drone’s coming from
I disagree. Being able to cast out the drone allows for the time you throw hack down a hall with enough time to get behind cover. Then when you actually load into drone view you're already half way down the hall. This works for tossing the drone in the air while going into a building or under a tunnel, Opening and closing a door, sending down hack off of a cliff or edge while being able to walk back for cover. It saves seconds from needing to orient yourself and any amount of time that it would take to get hack where the launch gets it.
TroW it at your feet bruh
I wish he could automatically see the banner count if the drone was out hovering. Saves a few seconds and all u would need to do is send it out. It could add value to the buff they gave him earlier this season
@@tokiikane9118 what do you -mean by "see it when he sends it out"? I think the point of the whole banner thing is that you're only supposed to see it sparingly_, like only when you're near a banner. Where do you mean to be able to get notified of it if you sent out the drone while facing/aiming at the banner?
I would give him a small speed boost when he gets out of the drone
(My thoughts and a few tips to play Crypto)
I main Crypto and I think he's great. But I think what the game really needs is to give tutorials for how to play each legend. Crypto is not at all new-player-friendly. So a new player wouldn't know that the drone scans and emps in a 30m radius, that it can stick to walls, recover banners, or insta-respawn.
Crypto's kit is very complex and not knowing how to use it gives of the impression of being "janky". Completely understandable though. Popular picks like Wraith, Octane and Bloodhound are far simpler and require less thought than Crypto.
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So here are a few Crypto tips:
1) Don't treat the drone like a Bloodhound scan. Instead, think of it as a third eye, one that can be placed anywhere in space. The drone can be used to guard locations, scan through windows, provide live feedback during combat, guard while you res a teammate and way more. If you can figure out how to get the most use out of a third eye, you'll already be excelling at playing Crypto.
2) Don't spend too much time in the drone, and don't expect your teammates to watch your person. After his buff, this is not as much of a problem. But I still see new Cryptos doing this and I punish them for it.
You should always be moving with your team and fighting alongside them. Try to pilot the drone for less than 5 seconds at a time. And only spend more time when absolutely necessary, like if you need to recover a banner or are searching for enemy locations.
3) Be mindful with where you place the drone, and recall it often. Since the drone is your third eye, not keeping track of it means that Crypto is partially blind. The drone should always be serving a purpose, so call it back if it isn't.
Thanks for reading this! Hope these help.
Hell yeah. So many people see Crypto as bad or boring and see the recent buff/revamp as underwhelming or clunky/janky, but personally I’m loving the character for the first time because of the ability to toss out the drone to check out an area (e.g. a room or a roof or around a corner or the other side of some cover I’m approaching) with so little hassle. I’m running around tossing the drone out and then recalling it and tossing it somewhere else. They increased the scan fov from 160 degrees to 220 degrees so you know it’ll spot enemies in corners as it comes through a doorway, so it’s amazing for quickly checking for enemies hiding. And the rest of his kit (banners telling you how many teams are near, big emp explosion, being able to fly your drone way up in the sky and look around to check enemy positions, super ez survey beacon scans, super ez banner grabs/respawns, and the whole third eye watching-your-back shtick) is all still really strong. I love having so much intel about a situation.
all that being said, i’m not a hotdrop chaos deathmatch goblin. The 40s cooldown on a dead drone probably hurts a lot more if you’re trying to survive in some 8 squad warzone, whereas I play relatively a lot more pragmatic (tho not absurdly passive).
@@Lessen0 Yeah a lot of people unfortunately play BR's the same they do team deathmatches. Because of this lots of people fail to recognize how strong Crypto actually is. These are all very good tips from you both! I fully agree Crypto isn't new player friendly and requires more thought than average to use his kit but that doesn't make his kit bad or weak by any means. He has a much higher skill ceiling than most legends do and by the nature of how that works in BR's means he also has a much higher skill floor. Players dont particularly want to invest time/effort when yeah there's a Valk that can fly across the map or a Wraith that makes you immune to damage. Switching from Octane to Crypto isn't a thing.
As a Caustic main I've spent a lot of time observing teammates mid fights (take this comment with a grain of salt, i'm not a rat but I do prefer a shotty + sniper setup with my traps) and good Cryptos are GOOOOD players. The way his kit works forces you to practice healthy BR mechanics otherwise you hinder yourself too much.
Another tip is
If the enemy team is shooting at you then they’re not shooting at your drone. Basically fire fights are situations where crypto can excel at especially with his emp because them shooting at the drone will be the least of their worries
@@eggbread9951 exactly right! The only time real weakness in this situation is an opponent with excellent aim and can quickly flick shot the drone.
I've been maining Crypstoes for 2 years now honestly he's fine although I think maybe he should be able to change the speed of his drone and move whilst in drone mode or something along those lines just so that when you get to the max distance (200m) you can move the drone that extra bit further. People really shouldn't sleep on crusty toe he is a really good legend if you know how to use his abilities they all rely on the drone and if you can't use his drone then he's boring and bad. I just got his heirloom today which is my first heirloom because I lost all pack progress when I switched from console to pc unfortunately. In conclusion I would say Crypto needs some buffs but nothing too major.
yooo tysm kandy :D
also to add
Kandy mentioned the drone not feeling streamlined and feeling clunky I would totally agree the stinger transition to his drone is way to long and makes it feel really clunky they should either half the duration or do a simple short fade transition instead I think that would be a lot better honestly because he currently feels a bit unfinished almost like it's back in s3 when he launched and they haven't bug fixed him yet
yes i agree with you alot
Haha sempi noticed you XD
But I completely agree, as a crypto main myself. I would like a bit more out of my passive, I feel like being able to scan should just be part of the tatical... But other than that he's a very team player focused legend. If your teammates won't work with you and hack, then it's frustrating a lot of the times.
The only thing I think should be added as a buff is being able to use heals while in drone view. People say "well how is he going to do that when his hands are used to pilot the drone." My boi crypto can already reload while piloting a drone! Why can't he heal too!? Or at least let us heal with 1 bat or med. Like the bug not to long ago.
Crusty toe all day
A change I've wanted for Crypto since his introduction is to give his drone an idle animation when you're not using it. Just a simple little movement pattern that makes it just a little bit harder to hit. That way if an enemy decides to shoot your drone, they have to dedicate just that little bit more attention to it which may distract them from you or give you the jump on them.
This might be my favorite idea tbh, just a little bit of a figure 8 in the air or something.
Oh boy i have been waiting for this for a considerable amount of time.
Theres a plethora of ways to make him very viable for soloqueue however this also affects how strong he is in team play
Here's my list of buffs that he could get to make him more viable without overtuning him
(I don't think he should receive all of these buffs, these are just the multiple options respawn can do to make him more viable)
Major changes:
- Make his drone indestructable though time limited, aka it will have a charge and will require a recharge after a certain period of time (so it can still be purchased as a tactical in arenas also), Will allow for a more passive playstyle and prevent him from losing his ultimate which is 3 minute cd btw
- Make his drone pilotable by teammates if crypto is currently not using the drone , Will allow for his teammates to move the drone for him to scout or get a better position for emping enemies, this would be amazing if crypto is overextending or in a bad position > further on this if the drone was also pilotable by knocked teammates it would even further assist crypto in a one on one fight.
- Similar to caustic , make his emp not affect teammates and/or himself, this will allow for a more aggressive playstyle rather than a passive one which will allow him to keepup with his team and get the most of the 150 damage (50 to each enemy) he causes in a fight, trust me the emp is rarely used to break down things like gibby dome or wattson fences. the damage and effect are what make it amazing for intiating a fight.
- Make his drone able to see enemy loadouts , attachments , healthbars , armor bars , rank, how many teammates alive in that squad (to see if the enemy is a rat thats bluffing or not) etc, extra info for better decision making. this will make his passive playstyle better and help the team make more informed calls.
Minor Changes:
- Ultimate recharge faster, 180s-->120s
- Drone sendout range 25m-->40-50m
- Drone emp delay 3s-->1.5s
- Drone emp radius control ; Less for aggressive emp playstyle More for passive
- Drone pilot entry speed (non sendout) decreassed (time required to enter drone perspective)
- Drone Health increase 50-->250 or Turn health into hits required similar to ramparts amped cover,
- Add a 10 second cd hitscan projectile such as a bolt or dart on the drone that when hit by a legend will scan and slow them continuously or periodically until said legend removes the tracker in a 2-3 second animation
- Drone can pickup an item (this is amazing for the passive playstyle as a crypto can go to a deathbox to grab a purple/red evo or supply drop weapon for his respawned teammate or himself if he is ratting and has no equipment, this also allows crypto to carry an additional item on his drone, the item can be dropped upon drone death similar to a cargo bot on worlds edge, if the major buff i listed above of which the drone becomes indestructible then make it require a certain amount of bullets to hit it for the item it is currently holding to drop,
- Drone can be aimed at a enemy or teammate and can follow them (using ai of spiders and prowlers) , crypto can use his emp more tactically this way this would also be more powerful if crypto's drone was indestructable or if cryptos emp did not affect teammates and/or himself. to set a drone on a enemy/teammate crypto can double tap his tactical button rather than single tap or hold as he does now. (single tap for send off or entry of drone when already deployed and hold for sendoff with instant entry of drone) this way it wouldn't require an additional tactical button
- Give cryptos emp a silence of 1s (like seer) to interupt healing during or right after the emp, most fucking annoying thing an enemy can do , its like your ult doesn't exist.
- Make drone able to scan through smoke
- Make drone quieter
- Make drone not alert enemies they are being scanned until a certain time frame passes, this would prevent enemies from A. knowing the team has a crypto which defeats his passive and stealthy covert purpose and B. know that their position has been exposed which would make them more careful and less likely to overextend. its like you cant capitalize on a enemy teams awareness fuckup because your drone is a massive ass fucking alarm the moment they get scanned by it
Obviously if crypto received all these buffs he would be the most overtuned legend however i believe 2-3 of these major buffs should be implemented and 4-5 of the minor ones should be implemented at least. my buffs are more focused on passive playstyle as well as setup as thats what cryptos theme is. the contrary being aggressive playstyle and initiation which is more meta, Crypto lacks a lot in both fields so i believe the buffs he should receive should be heavily focused on one of the playstyles rather than a mixture of both ( to prevent him from being overtuned and too versatile) but then he will either be fully meta or off meta , regardless he'd be greater specialised in one of these fields which overall makes him better.
These suggestions aren't simply "i think he should get this" this is what i believe is crucial for crypto after playing him countless amount of times and reaching master using him 3 times. I'm not saying my opinions are facts in reality they are highly subjective and some are biased but just saying, i got a little more experience than the average plat 4 hardstuck controller player that doesn't even play crypto :)
Thank you for reading.
Holy shit that was so long it could be thesis about cryptoe and his balancing but you have a good point
Some changes could be a little busted but I agree that implementing some of these can actually give him the buff he needs to be on par with Bloodhound. I like the 40-50m drone throw personally.
Oh man that’s way too overpowered 😂
Yo the 10s hitscan projectile got me cypher/sova vibe hahaha and nah, I wouldn't go that far tho. I love the other points, really indepth
amazing... I like it
I've been maining Crypto since he was released and his drone rework was a great addition, his ultimate is amazing the way it is but the only thing he needs is a real passive. The drone is used so much, let Crypto do something that doesn't require it.
I think just making his passive a bit more appropriate, increase the scan range on spot. I dont think we need to start changing passives that feel like they should be a part of the tactical as then we have a LOT of rebalancing to do. Wraith, Caustic, Rampart, ETC; and passives shouldn't really be a "main point" in Apex. Other games dont mind taking strength from other aspects to put into a better passive but with the nature of Apex and the seeming direction the game is going passives are meant to just be the seasoning on the kit, some salt and pepper if you would instead of a functional ability (most of the time.)
I say this but yeah, i'm aware Valkyrie exists.
I read someone’s comment a while back ago about crypto. It was to have his passive be something like off the grid where he has the ability to mask himself a bit from seers or blood hound. I think it would help balance the meta since it would counter act seers and more importantly blood hounds
I honestly think this is a great ifea
Love the suspense music while yall were getting chased 😂 felt like a movie
I recently found you after watching your video about Longbow Magic. I LOVE your positive vibes. As for Crypto, his drone is clunky. It's better than it was though. In a game all about movement, Crypto, Rampart, Wattson, and Caustic lack mobility with abilities. However Crypto only seems to be alone in that his ability literally takes him out of the battle. I would much rather his drone work like a UAV but the ultimate lets you throw it out to disrupt shields. Maybe his ultimate could prevent you from using shield for a few a few seconds like Seer's interrupt stop healing. In fact if you made the ult interrupt healing I think it would be pretty powerful.
I LOVE the character but his kit sucks IMO. Although on Control is way awesome to be Rating Leader but sitting back and just tagging the entire enemy team and getting like 3 kills and 30 assist.
Crypto has quickly been becoming one of my favorite legends in ranked. He's a very niche character, but if you know how to use him, his drone is nuts. From recovering, respawning, getting intel, disrupting gameplay, to having a constant scan. I feel like he does need a passive like "Off the Grid" where no legend can detect him while moving his current passive into his drone, where it should be obvious. By adding that, Crypto would be vital.
imagine if apex did something where you could combine ultimate abilities of certain legends, so mirage and crypto together make duplicate drones so you get bamboozled by the drones
I wasn't ready for "THE FULL MIGHT OF THE EMPIRE" and "Protect my body while I'm in.. the astral plane" jokes so close together. I might've actually cried laughing.
The cracking of multiple shields multiple times was hilarious
I played Crypto solo with Randoms to Master. He is indeed not a legend for everyone but the thing is, my strength is my Game sense and Rotations. If that is your strength Crypto amplifies that. When your aim is very good you should probably go for a more aggressive Legend. I coulndt think of a change that would make him more appealing to casuals without breaking him or taking the complexity out of his kit, what the pros actually love.
This may not help casuals but to get better at crypto you have to use voicechat and make the calls.
Long time crypto, if you want to play fast paced only throw drone before you get shot at or when you’re sure your safe, other than that it’s drone positioning/creativity that matters. Besides that crypto is first and for most a bare bones character that requires you to be able to make smart decisions and have clean movement
But he does need a buff
I believe that crypto's stationary gameplay in Apex is very restrictive, especially when you are in fast paced gun fights. I feel like a nice little change would be to implement the use of crypto's wingsuit (hands in pockets).
Now I know off the dome this sounds really dumb. I just feel like having an ability that would allow crypto to move with his team quicker is needed. This passive would simply work based on height and distance. Whenever crypto jumps off a specific height, the player can hold down the jump button to glide instead of just a normal jump. The idea here is speed, so it would be faster the further you go. There would also be a specific height cap so players couldn't just glide across the map from wherever they were standing. The flying animation is already in the game as well.
I think the changes made the drone feel even more clunky than before. Also imo the drone needs to accelerate a lot faster because it currently feels like flying a tank
your POV when you kept ulting the two teams fighting LMAO so good
I think a good buff for crypto would be to allow his drone to slightly cloak itself when it’s sentry mode
Haha this was a great one. I got to watch during Boom's stream, loved him referring to Crypto as a "digi threat and an arc star" 😂
I’m glad that someone that apex have recognized is asking for better for crypto thanks kandy
maybe a buff to how fast he enters his drone, because right now you have the physical animation and then the hacking loading screen. I think he would be less campy / slow if that was faster.
I think Crypto just needs a passive to stop his kit from being solely drone based. My idea for this is that he can’t be scanned by recon, but instead if he would have been scanned it’ll say “Crypto Nearby” on the enemies UI so that you know he’s there, just not his exact position. This would fit with his whole “off the grid” thing and would allow for easier repositioning in fights to send that drone backout and pop a quick EMP. I don’t believe this would be stupidly broken as you’d still know the rough area of the Crypto and not many people play him anyway, + respawn has said in the past that they want to combat the bloodhound scan meta, and whilst Crypto is still a recon legend, it’s a potential step in the right direction.
Ah yes nothing better to watch than kandy videos while in iso
As someone who enjoys playing Crypto I'd love to see his drone go just a little bit further when he throws it, just enough so you're out of the EMP range. Another thing they could do is increase the amount of shield damage the ult does, it just doesn't seem like enough, or at the very least increase the duration of the stun. Bangalore's ult covers half the map and stuns for 30 seconds it feels like but crypto feels like 2 seconds max on the stun. It'd definitely help him out.
I don't agree on the shield damage part but they should increase stun time and make it were atleast your teammates don't get stun
Crypto's main feature is he can see how many squads are nearby by looking at the banner in drone view, to let our team knows whether we are safe or we are in danger
but the main downside is you need to be in drone view, it would be nice if Crypto can have a little GUI on the bottom left corner to see how many squads are nearby without getting into the drone view.
and also, crypto can use the beacon remotely, the strongest scout IMO.
grabbing teammates' banners and respawning them only using the drone is a huge plus too.
The best buff he needs is one respawn already did for him on his stories of the outlands. He literally just threw his emp as a grenade he should be able to throw his emp or be able to mark the map and have the drone auto emp when it gets to it's destination
Dudeee that’s a badass idea
pre-S12 crypto felt less clunky, that's how bad they did (and are continuing to do) crypto
The S12 buff has no right to be called a buff either way though, they could've released the same stuff as a mid season silent patch and just called it QoL...
I've been worried of it for a while but as a crypto enjoyer this whole update to him has fully convinced me that respawn does infact NOT playtest their game, how typical for an EA dev team...
I think Crypto's passive should be something like he reveals the positions of enemies for a few seconds that he shield-cracked for a few seconds. That way, he can still provide useful information in the middle of a teamfight while not relying on his drone too much. It can also synergize with his ultimate if things go well.
More scans?
@@EyobDChek Bloodhound literally can track their enemies because of their passive and Seer has 3 different scanning utility. Crypto is basically garbage whenever his drone is down
the content is great, the bg music makes it even better! keep it up kandy!!
I forget if you had this idea or if it was someone else, but having the drone hover near you sorta like eyes behind your back would definitely help crypto alot. This could be his true passive(while putting his current passive just as part of his drone). Additionally, maybe making it so there is no load time going into and coming out of his drone would help.
Yea but wouldn't that be too op? I mean maybe its basically a constant scan with no cooldown
I can't help but get reminded of a box cutter every time I see Crypto's heirloom
As broken as it would be at first, I believe Crypto needs a secondary tactical that isn’t the drone, almost like a motion sensor // trip wire, or would be horribly ratty but I think makes sense for his character… The safer option I think, would be to let his drone follow him and be directly on top of him, giving him a scan every 20~30 seconds, this ability would be toggled just as you would a mirage clone, I don’t see it making him “OP” or replacing bloodhound but rather it would revive the character into someone that can sit back and gather intel or push up in a fight filled with smoke and plenty of chaos but yet still hold his own, it would make him a good fighter which would play into the solo aspect of being a crypto main
Crypto tip for those trying him for the first time or getting used to him.
Throw your drone when you fight, BUT RECALL IT when you leave it’s sight or plan to leave it’s sight BEFORE you move.
So if you’re chasing someone you beamed or railed then call the drone back so when they try to hide you’re ready to throw it again and can instantly find them.
Use him like a security camera in close spaces, and if you play aggressive use him to find 3rd party fights by you.
He’s a great legend and has the potential to be a monster. (Highest kills in a single match-game I’ve gotten as him so far is 13 kills doing a double havok load out.)
omg i cant even get started with crypto and the fact your making this video makes me sooo happy
To preface, I love your gameplay and videos - I do think that Crypto is actually in a good place. I've been maining him since season 8, and while the learning curve is steep, I think it's steep in two specific places in his kit: drone placement, and EMP timing. I feel like I'm still figuring those things out. Whenever I watch streamers who barely touch Crypto play for a week or so to gather content, there's a consistent outcome - they somewhat flounder with the drone, spend most of their matches waiting for it to cooldown after being destroyed, throw EMP too late or too early, and then end up writing him off as "needs buff" or "boring to play".
I'll admit, his playstyle is incredibly limiting - I almost never run him in pubs. Only in Ranked and Comp does he really shine. And then, only with a full pre-made squad who have good communication and are used to playing with a Crypto. But consider his kit on paper: 150 immediate damage to a team, constant beacon and surroundings information, ability to grab banners safely/remotely, respawn teammates instantly, AND the occasional wallhack? I think that's worth the learning curve and the price of being stationary for a few seconds every once in a while.
All that being said, I would make two changes to his kit - I think the EMP should cancel shield healing, and a buff to the drone speed OR health (that nerf was completely unnecessary). MAYBE give him the ability to use the EMP on his back without Hack being deployed.
Anyways, love your content Kandy!
thanks man!! appreciate your input on crypto hehe, i would love to see EMP cancel heals like Seer haha
Jacob when he watches this video " Sorry I still don't do trade backs" 😂😭
Literally all he needs is instant drone view. Like pressing your tactical will bring you immediately in the drone and vice versa. Give him a faster play style
thank you kandy for bringing this topic up! your videos never disappoint in bringing smile to my face xd love yalls energy тт
i've been maining tae joon since half of the third season and i've been waiting for this buff till season 12... i was really happy when that happened (jokes aside i was in seventh heaven even when he finally got the opportunity to scan beacons in drone (?) in whatever season it was), but you're getting too used to something good and you're starting to want more lmao. i feel like his throwing drone animation is too long sometimes - for example you clicked drone in the wrong moment and you're just stuck in this animation while enemy just destroys you xdd and it would've been amazing if drone flew a bit further... maybe? and yea, like everybody already said he needs to not be 'that' useless while hack is recovering from death
What i would enjoy as a crypto main is being able to turn on that the drone faces the direction of your crosshair so you can change the direction the drone is facing without entering drone mode
Drone movement could definitely be smoother and the initial drone animation could be smoother because you just get stuck deploying your drone, the time is much longer than it was before his rework
If you keep pressing the button, the deployment time looks very similar if not the exact same to me.
I'm glad I got to see the Rampart troll from your POV this time XD
Maybe give him another passive of like the teammates being able to see the drones screen if not then maybe the drone riding on his back to see behind him.
They only need to do two things:
1.) Give him a real passive. For example a community favorite passive for Crypto was to make him invisible to any enemy scans. Passive called “Off the grid”
2.) and likely the easier one to implement. Buff his drone scan range and give it more health again, and almost importantly buff his EMP so it doesn’t impact teammates or crypto.
One of Crypto's main weaknesses is how slow he is. Basically, pushing with EMP is only actually good with a movement ult (Jump Pad, Phase Tear) because the EMP is so slow. You have to throw drone, (which they recently made slower) enter drone, fly some amount, channel EMP, (and dodge, depending on your placement) exit drone, and if your teammates have no ult, slowly run the 30+ meters to your enemy. In this time, the enemy can heal, throw out new deployables, or kill your teammates if they decide to fight 2v3. I get that he's supposed to be a planning legend, but when the payout for actually landing a good emp is so low, I just wonder why I'm not shooting a gun instead. Make drone interaction faster, or more EMP damage, or get rid of the throw, I'll take anything at this point.
Drone needs a Follow Me ult. On a Gibby cool down. If Seer and Blood have Wallhacks that can be directed so can Crypto.
I've mained Crypto for around 3 and a half days so far, he's been fun, 400 kills so far, a lot of ranked is where I had a lot of fun with him, I completely agree with you, in ranked he has more of a spot, in pubs, absolutely not, I've tried a lot in pubs and it's frustrating but I gotta try my best, I feel like playing Crypto allows me to focus more on mastering weapons and positioning rather than rely on these things but mainly on abilities as well, but yeah, he's been really fun, I've started mid season 8, got heirloom shards during start of season 10, wasted them on Wraith Kunai, wraith is fun but idk, I just started losing interest, wishing I saved them for the Crypto heirloom, or wish that I'd get more shards soon, highly unlikely but we pray for the best :D
I mained crypto for a while, and even have a 20 bomb and a 4k on him. I honestly believed he was really good before the buff and it only helped make him way stronger
Samee 4k kills
Btw the buff did absolutely nothing friend. Just coz it's a rework dowsnt mean it's a buff... they nerfed drone speed and health by 10. When I throw out my drone into combat its shot done b4 I can even enter drone view. I used to be able to open care packages before they dropped for home advantage but now cant. If you ask me I'd rather go back to old Crypto.
@@deciduousoutdoors436 I can totally see that. They shoot it down sooo quickly but you have to be more tactical with the drone now (I like throwing it at an enemy so it scans them and attacking ) so they're focused on me instead of the drone and that usually gives time to down them
okay but the music at 3:10 is so good lmao
Seeing some good buffs proposed. When the drone is deployed and capable of seeing a banner, Crypto's view should be able to look at the banner and see if enemies are near without having to go into drone mode. I think the drone needs a smidge more speed and smidge more distance when thrown. This helps scouting further ahead but also in deploying his Ult and running In after it deploys (which is the biggest difficulty). If you don't buff this throw distance possibly allow for an EMP grenade toss like a Gibby Ult that can be destroyed before deploying much like a Seer Ult or drone currently. I got a feeling an EMP grenade may be coming in the future, either as a grenade or character Ult. (Or allow the EMP to destroy Wattson's Ult too). You can always nerf the radius of the EMP if too effective.
I think cryptos drone needs 1 inventory slot (aka can pick up one item and carry it around and drop it in front of you if you want or just hold onto something), needs to completely eradicate shields, or needs a faster ult charge. He also needs more health on drone, or a gibby shield if its standing still. Like basically a bubble shield around it that regenerates after when destroyed and protects the drone from damage whenever the drone is standing still. Either that or the drone needs to follow crypto around without needing to be moved but can still be manually moved.
For me he needs a new passive.. Cause him and his teammates seeing the enemies with the drone, should be just part of his Tactical! For example, a new passive could be: "Crypyo is un-detectable by enemies (scan from bloodhound-seer-other crypto) while his drone is out". His drone would "hack" the enemies tech and make them see just his teammates. They would know there's a crypto because they would hear or see the drone, but they would not know where he is, giving him time to be in drone mode withouth being pushed while he his crouched behind a rock, or giving him the freedom to move around, changing angles or sneak behind enemies whithout being scaned while the drone is out but he is not in drone mode.
His drone should be able to travel the whole 200m range with the quick deploy. It just doesn't go far enough.
I partly main Crpyto on the side, I don't have as much knowledge on the character as others, but the way I see it. I feel like the drone should have two modes, one where it passively follows Crypto and the other mode being as it is regularly.
I also feel like he should be able to use his ult when not having the drone out, it'd make things easier instead of feeling like you can't capitalize on your own EMP because your too far away when it goes off.
they should probably add an option to use the ult without even having to deploy the drone, like just the EMP straight from Crypto. It's a small change, but I think it'd be huge
how would that work because he takes damage from his own emps he also gets stunned by his emps and so does his teammates, And removing that would be way too OP ngl his ult is strong enough because of his 3 min cooldown
ok maybe that emp staight from crypto would be weaker by making it smaller range
Since hack is ON crypto it makes sense, just make it like 10 meters and bam eZ. The self damage is just the price to pay 🤷♂️
@@joshuwottdelta it would be like a kamikaze that your team could easily cleanup, with Rev, that may be a bit broken though.
@@excusememai wym good cryptos don’t gaf about hitting themself lol. I mean you avoid it when you can but it’s not much.
Personally, I don't think he needs a buff. I think people just don't know how to play him lol I also think that, unless Respawn changes him fundamentally, the way his abilities are built makes him incompatible with the average Apex player's Octane-like mindset in pubs.
Because all his abilities are tied to his drone, he lives and dies by it. When it gets destroyed, he's dead weight. This is by design, considering the plethora of things he can do with the drone. Crypto is the only Legend that can retrieve teammate banners from range; can call the dropship from range, which comes instantly; can scan the ring instantly, without detection from range; can tell you how many teams are in the POI you occupy; has wallhacks without a cooldown unlike the other scanners; and has an EMP that breaks shields and slows enemies.
Crypto's only cooldowns is for his EMP, which is relatively short, and when his drone gets destroyed, which is only an appropriate punishment for bad plays like flying it straight into a team and trying to EMP them while they are staring straight at the EMP going off lol. It's the same level of punishment as trying to use Wraith's phase shift too late, using Gibraltar's dome prematurely or running out of Caustic's traps when you really need them.
I will say I wish they'd let you EMP from inside the drone without booting you out like it used to, but other than that, I think Crypto is balanced.
as a crypto main id say it would be nice if you could tell the drone to follow you or to move it without going into drone perspective, at 02:20 you can see that he used the drone but they moved to the floor below shortly after and the drone became useless because its stationary on the roof and recall would take too long. with my concept the drone would have more agility either it follows you or you the press tactical button and it will move to the position you look at (ofc not to infinity and beyond) and as a little downside if needed put the cooldown when destroyed from 40 to 60 sec. imo the drone perspective isnt useful in combat its good for banner recovery, respawn and maybe to prepare the emp but a stationary drone like we have right now is not that good in a game like apex.
I feel that you should be able to hold the button to move it without breaking the flow of combat and double tap to fully immerse into drone mode. Being able to make micro adjustments on the fly base on what you see or don't see.
EZ fix. Passive option - Extrasensory: Enemies are briefly revealed for 2s when damaging Crypto's shields. Cooldown 5s per Ammo Type. Tactical Drone Changes - Press to enter drone view. Hold the Tactical button to make drone follow your crosshair. Double tap to put drone in sentry mode following 10m above Crypto. Faster animations. EMP - Hold down the ultimate key to supercharge the EMP with a secondary pulse that deals an additional 25 shield dmg and twice the slowing effect. Costs 50 Shield to supercharge. Secondary pulse has zero effect on teammates.
I like the way crypto is, I have friends who play pathfinder, octane and faster paced legends and I’m able to keep up. Maining crypto for so long has taught me to keep up, play smart and learn how to get out of situations without movement abilities. I don’t want the devs to buff crypto because his pick rate is low so I can always play him, even with randoms if I have to. Its a very passive aggressive play style which is hard to learn. You also need to have decent general mechanics like aim, movement and game sense. After the buff I’ve noticed that in higher level play that it’s a suicide for the drone, it flys in a straight line and it’s easy to beam, it has come in clutch at times but it’s not crazy good. I do like the buff where the drone will turn around when hitting a wall, it works well when using it with the other buff but is only useful with the other buff as well. The circle in the middle like pathfinder is very nice when it comes to hip fire.
The only buff I would give is faster animations, or a actually passive, I’m sure everyone has heard of “of the grid.” Maybe they can make the drone fly faster because everyone diamond and above can easily beam it, even when doing random drone movement. If they make crypto op with a insane buff then tons of people might play him, and then playing crypto will never be the same. If you read this all the way through then TY because I typed this on a phone and auto correct is so annoying.
Someone probably already came up with this, but this is an idea for an upgraded crypto passive: what if he highlights targets near and around him while the drone isn't deployed? It keeps his vulnerability to being discovered while his drone is out, but he'd be able to provide information in close quarters fights without using his drone. This would give crypto players a bit more to think about if they wanted to value the shared vision around them or set up the drone somewhere else/use the EMP. Plus it would also make crypto a harder counter against caustic gas which is pretty appropriate
I've been maining crypto for a good while now and I think he's fine as is. A cool suggestion my friend made for a buff idea would be changing his passive (which, let's be honest, is kinda pointless) to allow him not to be highlighted by enemy scans. Say, for example, he was scanned by a bloodhound, it would still say "scanned 3 enemies" at the top of your screen, but you would only see two of the squadmates through walls. I thought it was a pretty neat buff idea, although I don't know how well it'll turn out in terms of balancing.
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As someone who is playing crypto rn. Something that could help is making his drone faster. It's hard to scout with his drone since it moves as fast as someone's sprint.
I feel like crypto needs some utility outside of his drone maybe through a new, reworked passive or something like that. It doesn’t have to be huge, but something that allows him to be useful for his team and himself outside of his drone.
Another good buff could be pinging an enemy while in drone will highlight them, with alot longer range than a normal scan
Yes I’m a main crypto he need another rework on his drown like 1. His drone can scan people close to him while sky diving 2. Give him an auto moving options like circle , go straight until his 200 mentee are Used up 3. Make the drone not so loud 4. Not let the drone have that green protection so the players can see it 5. Let his ultimate not slow his teammates to make his ultimate more useful for rushing or let his ultimate do more damage 6. Let his drone follow or at least see behind his back because the drone his facing his back side sorry it might be a big buff but without his drone crypto is just a normal legend in the game. But these are my suggestions
Tbh one thing I wish they sorta toned down was the cooldown for when his drone gets destroyed. It feels too much of a punishment having to wait 40 seconds seems too much when his whole kit revolves around his drone. They could also simply make his drone invincible while using EMP and keep the cooldown the same
Would kill the counter play of killing drone. You could argue dropping armor is sufficient.
@@IL_Bgentyl you can't drop armor to avoid emp damage anymore that was a thing only in season 3
@@dooddoingstuff I did it yesterday? Maybe I got lucky.
@@IL_Bgentyl maybe some weird spaghetti code made it so it works again but it was hotfixed like 2 weeks after crypto's release
For me, as a crypto main the hardest thing to deal with is that every other character in the game has some kind of advantage against crypto I mean he has to be afk to use his drone and that alone is hard to learn (I mean the right timing for using it).
Not many know how to use him correctly and the part is you need to actually get better at game sence, placements, now how to and when use the drone, learn to use nice the weapons and have movement as your pilar while playing with so for beginners is not friendly at all like blood or wraith might be
I’m a diamond crypto main and I’m gonna keep it real. Crypto fucking sucks unless your team knows how to play with one. If ur teammates don’t know how to play around crypto you become a liability. Drone takes to long to recall and to enter. It doesn’t scan 360 (which it should since it literally doesn’t scan through walls). His drone needs to go out far enough so that emp doesn’t hit him. Also why tf does emp slow down my teammates and fuck up their aim? The character is unnecessarily difficult simply due to bad design. Sadly the devs don’t care about him tho so he’s gonna be like this forever lol
I love crypto tho. I just wish he gave more information to the team cuz why does he have so many steps to scan when bloodhound and seer can do his job better and waaaay simpler. I’m supposed to be a hacker why can’t I access more information that rewards character difficulty? And his ability to grab banners and Rez with drone is cool… but why is it that I’m a legend who can’t get rewarded for fighting up close, but I’m also able to be a contingency plan? It makes me feel so half assed in every engagement. Which is why he’s literally only amazing in pro play. Love him tho. Just wish he wasn’t a clear worse pick than BH or Seer
As someone who wants to main crypto I would like to there be 2 buttons for his drone, one that throws it and one that directly gives you drone view. There are a lot of situations for me to just go directly into drone mode rather than just throwing it at first since I tend to play slow-paced. otherwise I already like his kit
I would say that this Changes could make Crypto actually enjoyable:
- An second Option for his Ult as an throwable EMP Grenade to Toggle for when his Drone got destroyed or maybe also with an active drone as an more mobile Option
- Less deploying Time when switching into Drone Mode - or remove the Animation with the little Flashbang that you get when going into your drone
and a little Nerf to make the Hitbox of the Drone slightly bigger and the Drone more visible because that shit is annoying to shoot at and sometimes hard to see.
Crypto's drone needs different modes like century , follow me and attack. So century would have the drone stay in a small area and be on the look out for enemies . The follow me is exactly what it sounds like where the drone would follow Crypto . Attack would have the drone attack the closest enemy team and use the emp alt .
One very small buff I think they should make him better is that if they made it to where when you throw your drone at banners it automatically scans. So when you're rotating you dont have to go into the drone and be behind by like 4 seconds
Just give Crypto the Mirage treatment where he can toggle control of the drone with his own movement so he doesn't always have to force his teammates into a 2v3 to get any active value out of the drone. That and/or just let the quick-throw drone just continue until it hits something or reaches its range limit, the range to throw it is way too short to be useful in most cases.
I have also thought his camera should be able to stay hovering with him. I could even see it being on a 2 minute timer with a 15 second cool down
They could change his Q so that tapping it sends the drone to where ever the cursor is with a larger radius around the player.
Im a crypto main. I think they should simply make the drone unbreakable when EMPing and also make the cooldown faster.
Yes! 100% this please
I think giving him a small speed boost when he gets out or throws his drone would be good
I know one thing I would be able to utilize, if they added it, would be a remote movement ping system for the drone. Instead of needing to pilot every time, being able to quick release the drone, and Ping where you want the drone to connect to, in "autopilot".
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When they first added the drone throw I could swear that I could set off the ult or call it back as soon as I threw it out. The last week or so I have to wait until it stops before ulting or recalling. I feel like it was shadow nerfed or I'm misremembering. I don't know why they shadow nerf a character whose entire kit can be nullified with 50dmg..
no I also feel this, I can't recall as soon as it comes out anymore
Same
I ghink a good buff is being able to send the drone somewhere via pinging, that way u dont need to pilot it all the time you can send it off to a certain area and go into later to gather intel or maybe even being able to reposition the drone mid fight without piloting it
As a Crypto main for quite a while, I personally don't think that he needs a new ability, just some more streamlining to make him a little bit less clunky. The newest update for him was definitely a godsend. If we were to hypothetically merge his passive with his drone, I think that a suitable passive for him would play into his hacker/info man role. Perhaps he could steal crafting mats from people's death boxes?
After recent changes to Crypto there are few things that bother me:
Going into drone view is often annoying, when it's easy to accidentally throw it somewhere where it gets destroyed, or when I have to do 180 degree turn because drone hit a wall.
Other thing is controling whether or not you actually want to go into drone view, sometimes you hold the button too short, sometimes you stop holding the button before it puts you into drone view, but it puts you into it regardless.
I think I would rather have drone throw on single tap, and drone view on double tap, and also if transition into drone view was faster.
Do you think it would too busted the just be able to use his ult without deploying his drone? Like you can use the EMP just from his back. Horizin and Caustic can both use their ults almost instantaneously. Either make the ult time longer to compensate or we make it lighter buff and make it so his EMP dosent hurt him or stun allies kinda like Caustics new gas
While I admit Crypto needs a little work to smooth out the edges, I feel like the main reason his pickrate is low is his unique, demanding playstyle. To play Crypto at his best you have to give information quickly and consisely, often enough that you won't be caught off guard but not too often so you're in your drone all the time, and managing your position with teammates which varies in difficulty if you're playing with friends or randoms.
Crypto buff should have the drone hover slightly above his head and follow where ever he goes. It will scan whats in his line of sight, and when he holds it, it'll detach and he can pilot it.
I've played crypot extremely on and off (mainly on) from season 10-11 and came back in 12 to try the buff out, and I stand by that the thing crypto needs is just to have his drone follow above him which has its weaknesses but has its up sizes and I feel as it would be exactly what he needs
I picked him up a few weeks ago. Never thought I would like him but I do. He takes a lot of extra work to use his abilities to their full potential. Sometimes I don't feel like dealing with it.
One thing that I think would make crypto better is like mirage while sending out the drone it should follow a linear path. It can be used to close the gap between fights without leaving your squad at a 2v3.
Every legend is great in their own way but some that could use a bit of a boost are lifeline(drone shield with hp), Bangalore(some sort of way to make the smokes not see through by a lot of legends),crypto, seer, and mirage.
I liked the look of crypto when I started so I unlocked him as my first non started legend. Now I main him and lifeline pretty much exclusively and let me tell you...it was hell learning to play him properly. But now I can't seem to play any other legend without getting myself in situations where I wish I was crypto. Biggest issues I have is that he essentially has no passive since his passive just makes the drone work (bit of a cop out on my opinion) and that the drone is so easy to kill and the recharge time when it does get popped. Without his drone he is a dead legend since all of his abilities require the drone. I originally thought it would be cool to have him be able to emp if the drone was dead and have it be centered on him just with smaller range and mark targets similar to a bloodhound scan. I also originally thought with his look he would have something special for energy weapons so if you gave him increased handling on energy based weapons or something like that as a passive that could be cool.
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I think it would be really cool to have some sort of ability OUTSIDE of the drone, maybe like a death box scan like Ash, or maybe being able to ult on top of crypto himself rather than only the drone, because at least you can self destruct I guess XD. I personally think Crypto is strong but in pretty specific situations. Like when you think about the STRONGEST Legends, usually they are very versatile. So I think just making his kit more smooth or versatile to play would make it easier as a whole to use him in more situations. In my opinion, out of all the scanner characters, he is the weakest just because, Bloodhound is just super good, especially mid-fight, PLUS his ult reduces scan cooldown. Seer is really powerful if you can land his ability and his ult is just wall hacks for a long time. With crypto, once you get to a certain level, most people will find the drone and kill it quick so you only have a bit of time to use the scan part of his kit, plus if they do destroy the drone, now you have no ult for a REALLY long time. Maybe I'm still bad at crypto as a whole but it's frustrating to have a fast-ish playstyle but needing to slow down for crypto's kit just because it is, "choppy" is the best way I can describe it. Sometimes I don't fight near cover, whether it be because the zone is somewhere else, or another party is out in the open. Having to wait for the opportunity for good cover just for crypto is sort of annoying. Especially if you have someone like Bangalore, where seeing a team in the open is SUPER good. As I said, I may not be amazing at crypto yet but I have been playing him for some time and those are probably my biggest problems with him (sorry for the big essay, especially if I'm wrong about anything in specific like the other scanners, don't play them much).
honestly ive mained crypto for year or so now all he needs is for his drone to auto lock onto targets when you throw it out and scan them i think that will make it more smooth
I feel like a good crypto buff (might seem op, but I feel it’s fair) is if when someone destroys the drone, it pings them similar to what mirage decoys do