Axle is not enjoyable to play as
Everyone’s talking about how overpowered Axel is or how shes not fun to play AGAINST but I don’t even like playing AS her.
I’m a pathfinder main and massive apex movement fan so I was sure I would love Axle, but I find myself bored when playing her.
My main issue with her is that all her power is baked into her tactical which is useable by everyone making her feel less like a unique character and more like a vessel to place down gates for your team.
I also thought her passive would be way more impactful, which it would’ve been if it comboed with her tactical. However, since everyone gets her passive upon hitting a gate there’s really no synergy between her passive and tactical making her passive a situational convenience at best.
I play a lot of wildcard because it’s low stakes and more causal and I see no reason to use her in that game mode. Nitro gates are already going to be everywhere whether you’re the one placing them or not, so why not just play another legend with their own unique abilities and take advantage of the gates already on the ground?
Those are my two cents but I seem to be in the minority based on her pick rate currently.