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Astra
Chamber?
Opinions?
there is so much counterplay to killjoy utility though, i'm not saying she isn't strong but i think her high pick rate if anything is because the other sentinel options are just not very good. she hasn't really changed very much at all recently but the reason her pick rates have skyrocketed is because there was previously almost no reason to play her over chamber since chamber was insanely good.
even now when teams DON'T use killjoy it's usually not because they choose to use a different sentinel, they just don't use one at all
yes i know the ult changes were huge but a lot of the time enemy teams have a way to counter killjoy ults anyways (your own kj ult, brim ult, sova ult, raze grenade, kayo grenade can still break it if it's directly on it, combinations of damaging util, etc.)
well I mean look at VCT americas, her pickrate is 78% compared to 3% of cypher which is the whole point of this discussion. the only counterplay to kj is kayo/o.. breaking her ult now is nearly impossible unless you invest a sova ult. KJ is infinitely times more viable on cypher on any map.. she not only gives info BUT does damage to the enemy & has clutch potential, neither of which cypher can do .
I feel the reason she's picked a lot more now is because of her ult hp buff. And coming to your point, where teams dont choose a sentinel, if they choose one it is 9.9/10 times a KJ rather than cypher
i addressed this exact point if you read my comment... cypher is just not good, killjoy wasn't meta beforehand because chamber was ridiculously strong and there was almost no reason to pick her over chamber. now that chamber is bad killjoy is the clear best sentinel, yes partially because she's strong but also largely because the other options are not worth picking 9.9/10 times
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Cypher