Sage is an S tier agent and ideally you would want one on your team in every match due to heal and res but I'm noticing that sage is a lot weaker on defence compared to the other sentinels. Sage's utilities expires while killjoy and cypher...

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Played a few ranked games with some friends yesterday, and it seems like at some points in the game, I just don't hear the tap. Also saw a clip a few days ago that had something similar to what I was experiencing.