Title. These last couple of major patches, Riot has made it their goal to remove the usefulness of support agents when they don’t need to?

I am partly referring to the extensive Sage nerfs a while back which I don’t mind too much. What I do mind is unnecessary nerfs that ruin the essence of the agent.

The value of Cypher and Killjoy is their global info gathering. Reducing the range of use or having them deactivated on death makes them focus on surviving rather than taking gunfights.

If you are Cypher or Killjoy, why not just bait your teammates? Your entire value revolves around you staying alive. Why push in with the team when you can stay back and keep your utility online?

I have played a number of matches in the new patch, one of them on Icebox. Killjoy used to be very valuable for watching flank while pushing a site. Now I have to camp spawn so my turret actually detects people.

I hope that Riot reverses these agent changes so the sentinel class remains viable.