We don't know who needs to hear this, but Apex Legends' Crypto is no-longer the least popular character in Respawn Entertainment's battle royale. If there was any doubt about Apex Legends being one of the best competitive FPS games on the market right now, this should surely clear things up. Despite no mention whatsoever in the latest Apex Legends patch notes, Crypto has seen a 14.6% usage increase over the last few days and now sits joint least-popular with Newcastle - who has seen a usage rate drop of 1.2% - according to Apex Legends Status.
If you're sitting there wondering where this unusual spike of Crypto popularity has come from, it's hard to say given his lack of technical changes. However, Catalyst could very well be a catalyst for this.
We know Gibraltar and Newcastle are Catalyst's kryptonite in Apex Legends, but his pick rate has been in decline for some time now. When you couple this with the fact that Catalyst is a "liability" when countering scans, her popularity could actually be influencing the viability of Crypto in the battle royale at the moment.
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