I'll go to my grave believing the N-Zap '85 is underrated.
- The gun specs are serviceable. Range of a Tentatek with the fire rate of a Jr? Heck yeah.
- Splat Bombs cover weaknesses at a distance and give the gun a safe pressure option.
- Echolocator builds extremely quick and does Echolocator stuff.
From my observations, the reason this gun doesn't see a lot of play is because it functions as more of a support weapon. In Solo Queue, where you only make it to the top by carrying with/against randoms, it's difficult to really utilize the weapon to its fullest strength. In addition, the prominence of E-Liters and Dynamos mean that Echolocator is already plenty common in the meta. There just isn't enough of a niche that the weapon carves out to be needed, regardless of how good it may be.