Apex Legends dev shuts down calls for Wattson buffs: \u201cShe\u2019s very powerful\u201d Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends developer has responded to players calling for a buff to Wattson, claiming the Legend is already \u201cvery powerful\u201d and doesn\u2019t need any changes at the moment. Season 9 of Apex Legends introduced a series of buffs and nerfs to a number of characters on the game\u2019s roster. Whether it was the fix to Loba\u2019s tactical or the hard hitting nerfs to Horizon\u2019s Gravity Lift, Legacy certainly had a huge impact on the meta. Despite this, one Legend that didn\u2019t receive any changes in the major update was Wattson, the Static Defender. Although she remains one of the least popular Legends in the game, Respawn didn\u2019t feel she needed any more buffs heading into Season 9. Of course, this has sparked questions from the community over why Wattson isn\u2019t getting any attention from the developers. Well, an Apex Legends dev has responded to calls for a Wattson buff, claiming she\u2019s already \u201cvery powerful\u201d. Wattson is \u201cvery powerful\u201d During an official AMA on the Apex Legends subreddit, a player claimed that Wattson\u2019s shield regen was too slow and implied the Static Defender needs to be buffed. In response, lead game designer Daniel Klien voiced his opinion on the current power level of Wattson, claiming she\u2019s incredibly strong and that they were reluctant to buff her. It\u2019s clear that despite Wattson\u2019s extremely low play rate. Respawn believe that she\u2019s a strong Legend in the right player\u2019s hands. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of power, and she\u2019s very powerful\u2026 I\u2019d rather not keep pushing more power into her until she becomes overbearing.\u201d Although the devs are confident that Wattson is a powerful pick in the current meta, not every player in the thread seems to agree with them. The main point of contention appears to be her shield regen, which players claim is simply too slow. One player wrote, \u201cbruh it takes 4 minutes and 10 seconds to fully charge a red shield with it,\u201d with another claiming that the community is in agreement on the issue: \u201cThe vast majority of us think otherwise so please buff it.\u201d It\u2019s difficult to know Respawn\u2019s plans for Wattson in future updates, but considering she\u2019s one of the least popular Legends in the game, there certainly need to be some changes to her kit. A rework is always an option for the developers but that will doubt upset players who have dedicated themselves to maining Wattson since her release back in Season 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends dev shuts down calls for Wattson buffs: \u201cShe\u2019s very powerful\u201d Respawn EntertainmentAn Apex Legends developer has responded to players calling for a buff to Wattson, claiming the Legend is already \u201cvery powerful\u201d and doesn\u2019t need any changes at the moment. Season 9 of Apex Legends introduced a series of buffs and nerfs to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}