Miks

Miks is a controller with a varied kit, mixing smokes, control and support:

• Waveform (signature): from a map view you pick spots and make smokes appear there;
• M-Pulse: a device you throw that, on landing, sends out sound waves that concuss enemies or heal teammates. Before throwing you choose which of the two;
• Harmonize: a combat buff shared between you and a teammate, refreshed on kills. You can also apply it to yourself only, for your own fights;
• Bassquake (ultimate): a sound wave that rolls forward in front of you and knocks back, deafens and slows the enemies it hits.

Miks is the only controller with a healing ability: along with Sage and Skye, one of the few agents who can restore teammates' health.

Pick Miks when:

• the team needs a controller and is also missing someone who heals: M-Pulse in healing mode keeps teammates going between fights;
• you want a controller who contributes to fights: Harmonize makes you or the teammate going in more dangerous, and M-Pulse's concuss sets up the first fight;
• you play solo queue and want a flexible agent who can cover several jobs depending on what the team lacks;
• you like map-placed smokes, simple to place without lineups.

Miks has been described by many as an "all-rounder" controller: he does a bit of everything, without being the best at any one thing.

There is a composition advantage too: Miks gives a team smokes and healing with a single agent, leaving room for a second initiator or a second duelist. In solo queue matches, where roles often overlap, this flexibility helps cover what is missing.