I've been maining Fuse since season 12 and he is extremely good for forcing enemies out of cover, securing knocks and just being an all around menace. With the motherload you can stop third party pushes in closed spaces, force enemy teams to run into a specific direction and counter revives. I've always thought that he's at least a B- tier legend and now with the knuckle hustler perk, he's at the very least a B+ legend. Edit: changed the first B+ to B-
@@omarbenjelloun2271 Yeah I just don’t understand why. His knuckle clusters are one of the most fun abilities in the game. And when you hit a good ultimate it’s also so satisfying.
Getting the octane treatment. I mained him since he was released and even had people leaving my game for picking a bad legend. And then all the toxic people switched over and ruined the character even more
because it is good now because other changes around it, has allowed it to work, havoc is good now not because it got changed but everything else that could compete got nerfed (mainly smg's)
Fuse has always been good after his initial buffs. His ability to not only pin a team down, keep pressure on, divide a team, or hold off a team from pushing is second to none. Fuse is a great assault Legend, but secretly a pretty above average defensive Legend too.
I've always liked Fuse, as nothing feels quite as satisfying to me as the rare instance where you can absolutely wreck a team with grenade spam and I like old man characters. I (used to) watch a lot of Japanese tournaments (or as they say, "custom matches"), and Fuse is almost never picked there, but when someone does pick him, he does pretty well against the camping culture there. Knuckle dusters are a huge annoyance and a source of constant, free damage (nothing game-deciding though), and the passive for more grenades and the ultimate combination can take out a pinned, whole team out of the game single-handedly. Always wondered why don't people pick him more often as an anti-camping-meta legend.
I play fuse because I think he's fun. Same with Maggie. Literally free damage when you're playing with fuse. Also I love the speed boost with the knuckle cluster.
I have been having a tough time with all the Fuse / Maggie the last two seasons. I really like defensive legends and just having every door torn off and traps destroyed left and right its been so hard.
Fuse literally has DPS and area control all over his base kit. Even as an aimless noob, I can apply pressure and win matches so I'm surprised he wasn't meta already
It's amazing to think people thought he was useless after he came out, but my boi Match1n was the one who got me into it when he was doing qualifiers with fuse. Will always be remembered as the OG fuse.
I have mained Fuse since he was released in Season 8. It took all you shmucks 13 seasons to realize that he's a great legend. Now everyone wants to play Fuse.
Yep, 13 seasons of 'only bots and dads who have 3 kids play Fuse' 😂 to be fair, I don't think the mindset is down to Fuse, it's down to people not thinking for themselves. Most just play whoever streamers or pros play, I understand it but it's quite sad also. The countless hours spent on useless Wraith because of Aceu and Faide for example is a great shame
Fuse is alright although i havent noticed him truely change that much, with how many legends have movement abilities now, its not hard to escape the fuse ult
To be really honest, Fuse was SOO GOOD ever since he got the 2x tactical buff like 2-3 years ago and still is. Glad to have him as a main as he absolutely lethal.
Fuse has always been a great legend. His playstyle is flexible. As an aggressive player, you can force players to move out of cover. As a defensive player, you can temporarily make areas unsafe for players or straight up make paths unpassable. Punish flankers by locking them in your ult, drop a few arc stars and they're down. Great synergy with crypto drone by making a mini seer ult. I personally play him to keep the pressure on enemies and making sure that they don't have time to reset and constantly deadslide. Been playing him so much my rough accuracy to stick a knuckle cluster to an enemy is about 90%. Pair him with ash to create a snare + arc star + knuckle cluster combo. Pair him with caustic to create a ring that punishes you for leaving the fuse ult yet also punish for staying inside the gas. Mad maggie goes well by initially pushing people out of cover with her drill only for fuse to stick them with a knuckle cluster. Fuse can also use the ult to let Maggie use her wrecking ball. Essentially punishing you if you stayed inside the ult.
one of the reasons, if not THE reason, Fuse is being picked in pro lobbies is the evac tower+ultimate trick. Using them in conjunction increases the radius of the fuse ulti to such a large extent and can give prolonged wall hacks. Add the griefing potential of knuckle dusters+extra grenades u can see why he'd be a good fit for competitive apex.
Fuse main here. Yes you can walk through other people's motherload and if you pick less dmg from explosives you take kess dmg from yours and other knuckle clusters. It can be a pretty op combo fr
My best friend and I have mained fuse for many seasons and that has caused a few issues but I just let her have him cause it makes her happy and i enjoy octane and even lifeline this season. I can’t wait until she has some movement.
Fuse has always had massive damage potential in endgames but he was hard to slot into comp teams due to him not supply rotation or movement abilities. Now that he has the ability to use ring consoles he can be used as a defacto controller making him easier to flex in.
Yeah it's horrible playing against Wattson's, even worse when you are in the zone and you have one on your team. I've lost many a nade to a friendly gen xd
I freaking hate when all the casuals start copying everything they see in scrims/algs. Bangalore has been the epitome of a balanced legend for 5 years straight. All seasons of Apex, Bangalore was never the best, but also never bad... Then pro players use her for ALGS, now she's geting nerfed, and nerfed, and nerfed. But she has literally been the same for almost 5 years!
She’s been nerfed because of her abilities. Her smoke is strong where she could conceal her and her team or the enemy. When you add on top of that a scan legend or the now deceased digi threat, she had the upper hand in fights and there was no counter play to it unless your team also had the same tools.
I was playing Fuse today for a challenge and did about 450 damage within two minutes on a hot drop before dying. I never picked up a weapon. That was all knuckle clusters and two punches.
Fuse to me is just a menace. But... his biggest flaws are his need for good positioning and high ground to get the most effective power out of his kit. Currently his ult is incredibl niche as well as just about ANYONE can just dash jump out of it with no issues, maybe taking 5 damage at best. It's not USELESS... But until the RIGHT situation comes up, it kinda is generally. Almost no situation where I and my friends have used fused ult did we ever think "Damn, so glad we had a fuse" cause we coulda achieved similar results with someone else who had more to bring to the team in the kit overall then just knuckle clusters and grenade spam. Arguably that is probably fuses strongest asset of his entire existence. Being able to carry double the grenades of any other legend. And the tweak they made long ago to allow you to use sky nades with him as well was a huge buff that was needed. No other legend is as efficient inventory wise as he is for sieging people out of cover when needed. But honestly Maggie does that job pretty well with her tactical as well...
I wish Maggie would get a new ultimate perk or perk in general, hear me out a wrecking ball that releases more speed boost and increases the push back distance by like 10%. Or as long as the drill is hurting the enemy is gives Maggie a speed boost.
Man I just started playing with Fuse in ranked, I love everything about dude, I only play to cause chaos and Mess up my opponents plans, its my sole purpose to cause havoc on the battlefield.
if you put an Evac tower down and shoot the motherload on it, then it'll be massive. like the grenade thing but i don't think you can do that thing anymore
Fuse didn't become Meta good until he got the perk to reduce damage from Motherload (that people were asking for many seasons...) and the perk to move faster after hitting a Knuckle Faster.
That's because it's very situational. Even if you stick someone, if they move or keep running they only take like 20-25 damage, it's only useful if they are in cover healing or bunched up. He had 1 charge when he first came out and he wasn't very good. Besides the ring scan now (which I don't really care about tbh) his knuckles are the only thing he has going for him
Every time I solo queue I pick Fuse, tired of my team mates hot dropping and slurping up every gun in the area. At least I still have my knuckle clusters. Added plus is Fuse is insanely fun to play, always has been.
I've had to play Fuse for weeklies for couple last weeks now. Not that it hasn't been fun, but not my usual pick. Also quite ok after seeing so many ramparts in solos. I don't even play ranked or watch esports.
In season 20 I was so close for the 4k badge when I was in ranked btw I was so focused trying my best to win and when I notice my damage I got scared and I was shaking badly and I lost in ranked I did only 3748 damage 😢😢😢 as fuse
All these comments and I didn't see a single one about the exploit with fuse and evac towers. Remember to cluster glitch to get wall hacks over a huge area. That is back with evac towers pop an evac and ult it and boom you get infinite bloodhound scans for the duration of the ult.
That isn't a problem, it's literally what he is designed to do. He's a grenadier. How is any different to Pathfinder or Rev making up like 50 meters on you with a good Q and aping, you can't do that with Fuse. Every legend is situational
As a Wattson main, I have alot of fun bullying these Fuse's. I deny their grenades and Fuses typically have very bad gunskill because they are used to nade spamming, which makes them the perfect candidate for getting fenced mid gunfight. Its glorious how I humiliate these nade spamming dogs right in front of their teammates, and its always a joy to place a Nessie on their deathboxes. Its so satisfying to play a harder character that counters an easy-to-use character
Your not going to deny there grenades very often u can't run around w your ultimate up at all times, there's really good fuse players and bad fuse players just like everyone else
I love playing Fuse he is so annoying and it kills me when I knuckle cluster people they get so mad!!! Too funny the next fun legend is Mirage he adds so much confusion to the game also incredibly funny to play!
FINALLY people are starting to realize that Fuze is the most annoying legend to fight (not counting horizon mains). He has unlimited AOE grenades that he can just spam over and over. It is crazy that he exists and people still complain about being silenced for 5 seconds. Like people would rather get hit by unavoidable damage from across the map than not be able to use their tactical for a couple seconds that they weren't going to use anyways
I’m dying inside watching you run fuse and pass up loads of nades just to keep 5 stacks of ammo and 3 useless items that you drop later anyway… DYING!!
Fuse has always been good I’ve never understood why people slept on him.
Probably not fun for many
I've been maining Fuse since season 12 and he is extremely good for forcing enemies out of cover, securing knocks and just being an all around menace. With the motherload you can stop third party pushes in closed spaces, force enemy teams to run into a specific direction and counter revives. I've always thought that he's at least a B- tier legend and now with the knuckle hustler perk, he's at the very least a B+ legend.
Edit: changed the first B+ to B-
I like Fuse too, but have issues with my controller drift in aiming his clusters. That is one reason I don’t run him a ton. lol
@@omarbenjelloun2271 Yeah I just don’t understand why. His knuckle clusters are one of the most fun abilities in the game. And when you hit a good ultimate it’s also so satisfying.
I agree, with all said here, Fuse is a Bangalore with a tactical that makes damage. Fuse can be defensive and offensive
Looking at a fuse with 2 free slots not picking the arc stars and frags on the floor is driving me crazy
5:47 there’s no way he walked passed heavy ammo 3 times, ask for heavy, lifeline pings heavy outside, and walks passed the same heavy ammo again
yea i thought the same lol
One of Fuse's past Battle Pass kill quips just feels prophetic
"What can say, kid. The future is Fuse."
"The buck stops with ol' mate Fuse."
As a Fuse main I'm not happy with this amount of attention. I fear that Respawn might nerf him.
Getting the octane treatment.
I mained him since he was released and even had people leaving my game for picking a bad legend. And then all the toxic people switched over and ruined the character even more
So weird that people phrase things as "good now" when they have been unchanged for a while (Fuse, Havoc, Alternator, Sentinel)
Q speed buff made it usable close range, previously you could pay with 100+ hp by just pressing it at the wrong time.
I think it's an issue by mostly nerfing top performing champs/weapons instead of light nerfs along with small buffs on the underperformers
And now I'm afraid that the HAVOC will be nerfed by the mid-season patch, if not next season
because it is good now because other changes around it, has allowed it to work, havoc is good now not because it got changed but everything else that could compete got nerfed (mainly smg's)
Its because bots nuthug pro players' sorry ahh sentiments and don't think for themselves.
Fuse has always been good after his initial buffs. His ability to not only pin a team down, keep pressure on, divide a team, or hold off a team from pushing is second to none.
Fuse is a great assault Legend, but secretly a pretty above average defensive Legend too.
Yeah, he is like a Caustic with range if you think about it.
There's nothing more satisfying than to hear the knock from your knuckles clusters, of who thought they got away 😁
I've always liked Fuse, as nothing feels quite as satisfying to me as the rare instance where you can absolutely wreck a team with grenade spam and I like old man characters.
I (used to) watch a lot of Japanese tournaments (or as they say, "custom matches"), and Fuse is almost never picked there, but when someone does pick him, he does pretty well against the camping culture there. Knuckle dusters are a huge annoyance and a source of constant, free damage (nothing game-deciding though), and the passive for more grenades and the ultimate combination can take out a pinned, whole team out of the game single-handedly. Always wondered why don't people pick him more often as an anti-camping-meta legend.
Watch Astel Leda using maggie in the recent vsaikyou tournament, he’s a menace with her in this camping culture
I absolutely loathe when they do something in the ALGS and everyone takes it as the law of the land and it ends up causing nerfs to the game
I play fuse because I think he's fun. Same with Maggie.
Literally free damage when you're playing with fuse.
Also I love the speed boost with the knuckle cluster.
I have been having a tough time with all the Fuse / Maggie the last two seasons. I really like defensive legends and just having every door torn off and traps destroyed left and right its been so hard.
Maggie's ult does a lot of damage but I like just using the speed boost pads against the mad Maggie and rushing in with those pads
Fuse literally has DPS and area control all over his base kit. Even as an aimless noob, I can apply pressure and win matches so I'm surprised he wasn't meta already
It's amazing to think people thought he was useless after he came out, but my boi Match1n was the one who got me into it when he was doing qualifiers with fuse. Will always be remembered as the OG fuse.
I main Loba and Fuse. the dopamine hit when you see a little 10 pop up after sending out a knucklecluster is so good
Fuse has always been good. Was slept on for so long. His my 2nd main when caustic is bad.
I have mained Fuse since he was released in Season 8. It took all you shmucks 13 seasons to realize that he's a great legend. Now everyone wants to play Fuse.
Yep, 13 seasons of 'only bots and dads who have 3 kids play Fuse' 😂 to be fair, I don't think the mindset is down to Fuse, it's down to people not thinking for themselves. Most just play whoever streamers or pros play, I understand it but it's quite sad also. The countless hours spent on useless Wraith because of Aceu and Faide for example is a great shame
Fuse is alright although i havent noticed him truely change that much, with how many legends have movement abilities now, its not hard to escape the fuse ult
To be really honest, Fuse was SOO GOOD ever since he got the 2x tactical buff like 2-3 years ago and still is. Glad to have him as a main as he absolutely lethal.
Fuse has always been a great legend. His playstyle is flexible. As an aggressive player, you can force players to move out of cover. As a defensive player, you can temporarily make areas unsafe for players or straight up make paths unpassable. Punish flankers by locking them in your ult, drop a few arc stars and they're down. Great synergy with crypto drone by making a mini seer ult. I personally play him to keep the pressure on enemies and making sure that they don't have time to reset and constantly deadslide. Been playing him so much my rough accuracy to stick a knuckle cluster to an enemy is about 90%.
Pair him with ash to create a snare + arc star + knuckle cluster combo. Pair him with caustic to create a ring that punishes you for leaving the fuse ult yet also punish for staying inside the gas. Mad maggie goes well by initially pushing people out of cover with her drill only for fuse to stick them with a knuckle cluster. Fuse can also use the ult to let Maggie use her wrecking ball. Essentially punishing you if you stayed inside the ult.
he's always been S tier. he's literally free damage.
*Thanks for the video idea. I'll try this on my channel..* 😊😅
Idk but picking fuse instantly gives me better aim...maybe a placebo
one of the reasons, if not THE reason, Fuse is being picked in pro lobbies is the evac tower+ultimate trick. Using them in conjunction increases the radius of the fuse ulti to such a large extent and can give prolonged wall hacks. Add the griefing potential of knuckle dusters+extra grenades u can see why he'd be a good fit for competitive apex.
Fuse main here. Yes you can walk through other people's motherload and if you pick less dmg from explosives you take kess dmg from yours and other knuckle clusters. It can be a pretty op combo fr
RESPAWN : "OH LOOK! FUSE PICK RATE IS HIGH, Look now we Nerf it.."
My best friend and I have mained fuse for many seasons and that has caused a few issues but I just let her have him cause it makes her happy and i enjoy octane and even lifeline this season. I can’t wait until she has some movement.
Fuse has always had massive damage potential in endgames but he was hard to slot into comp teams due to him not supply rotation or movement abilities. Now that he has the ability to use ring consoles he can be used as a defacto controller making him easier to flex in.
Fuse is my main since before it was cool...
Him getting the ability to hit Ring console's with the new perk was an absolute game changer for ALGS
Scanning for rings i feel has a big part in it making him more useful for the team
I think with the higher pick rate of Fuse, there's a lot more Wattson's now. I wouldn't know though because I already play Wattson religiously.
Yeah it's horrible playing against Wattson's, even worse when you are in the zone and you have one on your team. I've lost many a nade to a friendly gen xd
I freaking hate when all the casuals start copying everything they see in scrims/algs. Bangalore has been the epitome of a balanced legend for 5 years straight.
All seasons of Apex, Bangalore was never the best, but also never bad... Then pro players use her for ALGS, now she's geting nerfed, and nerfed, and nerfed. But she has literally been the same for almost 5 years!
She’s been nerfed because of her abilities. Her smoke is strong where she could conceal her and her team or the enemy. When you add on top of that a scan legend or the now deceased digi threat, she had the upper hand in fights and there was no counter play to it unless your team also had the same tools.
As a fuse main, Yes , YES WE ARE BREEDING.....
I was playing Fuse today for a challenge and did about 450 damage within two minutes on a hot drop before dying. I never picked up a weapon. That was all knuckle clusters and two punches.
Fuse to me is just a menace.
But... his biggest flaws are his need for good positioning and high ground to get the most effective power out of his kit. Currently his ult is incredibl niche as well as just about ANYONE can just dash jump out of it with no issues, maybe taking 5 damage at best. It's not USELESS... But until the RIGHT situation comes up, it kinda is generally.
Almost no situation where I and my friends have used fused ult did we ever think "Damn, so glad we had a fuse" cause we coulda achieved similar results with someone else who had more to bring to the team in the kit overall then just knuckle clusters and grenade spam.
Arguably that is probably fuses strongest asset of his entire existence. Being able to carry double the grenades of any other legend. And the tweak they made long ago to allow you to use sky nades with him as well was a huge buff that was needed.
No other legend is as efficient inventory wise as he is for sieging people out of cover when needed. But honestly Maggie does that job pretty well with her tactical as well...
I wish Maggie would get a new ultimate perk or perk in general, hear me out a wrecking ball that releases more speed boost and increases the push back distance by like 10%. Or as long as the drill is hurting the enemy is gives Maggie a speed boost.
Man I just started playing with Fuse in ranked, I love everything about dude, I only play to cause chaos and Mess up my opponents plans, its my sole purpose to cause havoc on the battlefield.
My “meta” for a long time as a Ramp main Bang 2nd is a Car and a Sentinel 👌🏻
But Charge Rifle Merchant! It’s a wonderful pairing with Rampart
“Fuses ult isn’t broken, must be trash” said every movement sweat ever.
I like fuse because he looks cool
if you put an Evac tower down and shoot the motherload on it, then it'll be massive. like the grenade thing but i don't think you can do that thing anymore
Fuse didn't become Meta good until he got the perk to reduce damage from Motherload (that people were asking for many seasons...) and the perk to move faster after hitting a Knuckle Faster.
Honestly, there's really no reason why Fuse has 2 tactical charges.
That's because it's very situational. Even if you stick someone, if they move or keep running they only take like 20-25 damage, it's only useful if they are in cover healing or bunched up. He had 1 charge when he first came out and he wasn't very good. Besides the ring scan now (which I don't really care about tbh) his knuckles are the only thing he has going for him
Every time I solo queue I pick Fuse, tired of my team mates hot dropping and slurping up every gun in the area. At least I still have my knuckle clusters. Added plus is Fuse is insanely fun to play, always has been.
I've had to play Fuse for weeklies for couple last weeks now. Not that it hasn't been fun, but not my usual pick. Also quite ok after seeing so many ramparts in solos. I don't even play ranked or watch esports.
Can you do a Vantage solos game
Finally, our time to shine!
You have a very soothing voice.
In season 20 I was so close for the 4k badge when I was in ranked btw I was so focused trying my best to win and when I notice my damage I got scared and I was shaking badly and I lost in ranked I did only 3748 damage 😢😢😢 as fuse
I love this as a Wattson main.
pylon goes brrrr
Same here
Most yall don't even know Fuse can be a better scanner than Bloody and Seer. Especially near mountain sides or objects high overhead.
All these comments and I didn't see a single one about the exploit with fuse and evac towers. Remember to cluster glitch to get wall hacks over a huge area. That is back with evac towers pop an evac and ult it and boom you get infinite bloodhound scans for the duration of the ult.
it is just because his ultimate's wallhack is so usefull against bangalore in the final ring.
Don’t get ya budgie smugglers in a twist
Fuse has always had potential to control fights
Have been playing since S2 and pay no attention to skins. Me, I am the person with the default wingman haha
Homie ran Fuse and didn't pick up any grenades
Fuse has been great ever since he got 2 knuckle clusters, Match1N was the best Fuse player
I'm pretty sure you have to have a Fuse in your group to play Ranked this season.
Fuse is fun. Especially if you solo queue.
Fuse players genuinely are the biggest glue sniffers in the game
you'll never understand TGM
Fuse Main Since Season 8
Fuse main here😊
The problem with fuse is that you can get value without using your gun
That isn't a problem, it's literally what he is designed to do. He's a grenadier. How is any different to Pathfinder or Rev making up like 50 meters on you with a good Q and aping, you can't do that with Fuse. Every legend is situational
@@DustyFC Its an fps. Every legend should require good gun skill to get value. He's the only one that doesn't need it.
Fuse has always been s tier
As a Wattson main, I have alot of fun bullying these Fuse's. I deny their grenades and Fuses typically have very bad gunskill because they are used to nade spamming, which makes them the perfect candidate for getting fenced mid gunfight. Its glorious how I humiliate these nade spamming dogs right in front of their teammates, and its always a joy to place a Nessie on their deathboxes. Its so satisfying to play a harder character that counters an easy-to-use character
Your not going to deny there grenades very often u can't run around w your ultimate up at all times, there's really good fuse players and bad fuse players just like everyone else
I think Fuse is OP. Always have.
I love playing Fuse he is so annoying and it kills me when I knuckle cluster people they get so mad!!! Too funny the next fun legend is Mirage he adds so much confusion to the game also incredibly funny to play!
what are you talking about fuse being good now he ahs always been
He is picked because you don’t need to shoot your gun.
18:16 me on Kings Canyon
Fuse was always easy mode for people who can't aim
TSM just won ALGS with fuse
3:15 Me.
I have default wingman 😭
this dude is funny
No it's horizon for me. I only lose to or end up battling Horizons.. never see Fuze..
FINALLY people are starting to realize that Fuze is the most annoying legend to fight (not counting horizon mains). He has unlimited AOE grenades that he can just spam over and over. It is crazy that he exists and people still complain about being silenced for 5 seconds. Like people would rather get hit by unavoidable damage from across the map than not be able to use their tactical for a couple seconds that they weren't going to use anyways
I dont play fuse but one thing for sure, he is THE most annoying legends to went up against
You keep saying every legend is S tier😂😂, also im a rampart main😊
Now? He's always been good. Just because some pros and streamers are playing him now, everyone thinks he's suddenly good. 🙄
Fuse has always been good. I don't watch ALGS.
how the hell You have 15ping in game?! i ave 1ms in speedtests, but always 40+ in game....
I AM THE BEST FUSE
RESPOND TO DROP IN RANKED AND FIND OUT
GOTTA RESPECT THE MUSTACHE AND DON’T CHUCK A WOBBLY
Dude is OP. Spam grenades…it’s the got to for the lower skilled.
maggie > fuse
I’m dying inside watching you run fuse and pass up loads of nades just to keep 5 stacks of ammo and 3 useless items that you drop later anyway… DYING!!
ive gotten my easiest 4K ever on fuse.
I’m early again for some reason
The damn cluster bomb!!! Annoying
Simple, bomb go boom
Fuze is so Damn annoying
Repeater, ew. *grabs the worst gun in gaming history, misses all shote, dies instantly*
hes anoyying
Ash is better
He's terrible, the worst (please don't bring attention to him so they get him nerfed to oblivion ): )
Because its free dmg cheese annoying shi
No he's not good. Fuse only exists for children that love to annoy people by spamming the knuckle cluster ability.