Cypher

Cypher's kit is all about surveillance:

• Trapwire: a nearly invisible wire stretched between two walls. Whoever crosses it is revealed and tethered for a moment; if they do not destroy the wire in time, they are also dazed. It can be destroyed by shooting it;
• Cyber Cage: a cage that, when activated, creates a zone that blocks vision like a smoke. Anyone crossing it makes a recognizable sound;
• Spycam (signature): a camera you place on a surface and can look through. From the camera you can fire a dart that reveals the enemy it hits for a few seconds;
• Neural Theft (ultimate): used on a fallen enemy's body, it reveals the position of every enemy still alive.

Cypher's strength is that his traps work even when he is far away: he can watch a site or a flank while playing somewhere else.

Pick Cypher when:

• the team needs information on flanks and entrances: wires tell you when and where someone passes;
• you want a sentinel who can hold a site alone with utility, buying time and information for rotations;
• the map has narrow entrances and corridors, where a well-placed wire is hard to avoid;
• you like preparing rounds: different wire, camera and cage positions depending on the map and the enemy.

Cypher is also an excellent agent on attack: wires on the flank protect the team during the execute and post-plant, and the camera watches the spike.

A less obvious advantage: Cypher frees teammates from watching the flanks. A team that knows its back is watched can put more players on the site or the execute, and that alone changes many rounds.