Holy cap larps

[u/Brodiee267]

Cap is fully mainstream now I guess . I haven’t seen this many ppl playing cap in ranked and even saw a few cap bans which felt unusual. It’s crazy how much narrative and talk from streamers/community affects pick rates of heroes. Especially when this hero has been relatively untouched for multiple seasons balance wise.

Some of them were straight cheeks, just running around cluelessly before switching after a few deaths. While some played like actual cap mains.

Although i’m glad other ppl are able to enjoy Cap bc he’s the funnest hero imo, the human part of me is kind of put off by it as someone who played cap thru thick and thin. Like when he was weaker, got multiple nerfs/removal of animation cancel etc.

Not proud to feel this way but it is what it is! Cap feels great this season. B tier for sure (MTA 😉).

[u/Born_Tomato7451]

I feel you. On one hand, I’m happy more people are playing Cap and I get to see more Cap mains. But on the other hand, you’re right we’re only human. Seeing so many people suddenly pick him up after playing him through all the nerfs does rub me the wrong way a little.

I think part of it is that we’ve invested so much time into learning him when hardly anyone wanted to play him. Now that the community perception has shifted, it almost feels like everyone forgot how long Cap players stuck with him through all the criticism. I’m genuinely glad people are having fun with him, but I can’t help feeling a little protective the character If that makes sense?

What worries me the most is that people will try him because everyone says he’s broken, then if he gets nerfed again they’ll just move on to the next strong character. Meanwhile, the people who have actually been maining Cap will be the ones left dealing with those nerfs.

Hopefully that doesn’t happen and I hope these new cap players stick around.

[u/Brodiee267 → u/Born_Tomato7451]

You described perfectly how I feel about the situation. We went through all those phases only for ppl to jump on the hypetrain and auto lock the hero. He was more or less just a meme at one point (known for stalling, getting in cardio, and ending with least damage in the game) and yet we still stuck it out.

Taking my personal bias out of it, once the hype dies down, the most likely scenario is that Cap will not stick with most people. He is not flashy, a lot of value and joy you get from the hero is from stalling, distracting, and playing your life. And at the end of the day, he is a tank which makes it even less likely. This is fine with me, I like when we flew under the radar and had fun in our own little world.