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There was no reason for this change

insignificant

Basically 4 perks basekit is insignificant?
Like sure, not even that many perks can fix incompetency, but that's not issue of the change.

That's not so simple. Yes, press W is good against Artist but this goes for every killer. Too see the potencial to switch the loop is often a great idea because it extends the chase. In addition, if holding W is unhealthy game design, many killers would need a rework (Dredge, Knight, Pig, Hag for example). You can also force some mindgames against Artist to outplay her power like faking to pass the crow and then do a double back to force to shoot. You can also force her to waste her power. Other survivors can also remove crows by running into them so Artist has to make the decision to either focus on survivor one or to hit the other survivor that bothers her but this would give survivor one the chance to find a safer place (yes, you can say this doesn't work in SoloQ and this might be true but this is rather a SoloQ issue than an Artist issue that the developers should look, especially when Dredge and Knight have similar teamworkcounterplay). Focusing on survivor one by placing new crows means her power goes on longer cooldown or survivor two or another can remove it. Lastly, year Artist can create situations where she can hit a survivor no matter what they do but this goes for many other killers.

Huntress is a 110% Killer because her Hatchet takes a healthstate no matter how far or near you are. You always have one chance to dodge her power. It is true that Huntress has less map pressure than Artist because Artist is less map dependent. However, some killers are better in one thing than other killer but then these killers are better in other thing than other killers. That's the nature of killer powers. For example Huntress can do a double tap to down survivor instandly but Artist cannot to this or Huntress can often better camp than Artist. These trades have every killer.

Yes, hitting a survivor four times with your power will be a good idea or making the power nearly useless to drop the usage to zero so no one has to face her again after 99 matches and is forced to think about how to act against her in chase.

The reason why only five players per region plays Artist is because you have to learn a lot about her and how her power works. She is very complex and force you to always think two steps a head, to keep in mind how the survivor plays ect. (very high skillceilling). Now, this is all fair because she is strong but Nurse and Blight have also a high skillceilling but much stronger than Artist. As a result, why spend so much time in this killer, when you can spend the same amound of time into a much stronger killer. Another reason is preference some players play the killer that they like from their design or for other reasons (like have more fun with a different killerpower) which is why not every person is a Nurse or Blight main.

Just because something is not common, does not mean it is not a problem for the game. However, if something is a bigger problem in the game and more common, it should be checked first which is why the focus of the developers and community is more on things like Blight and Skull Merchant. Another reason is also the f* up from the developers because players complained four years(?) about Blight and the developers did nothing and now they do something but must also deal with 100 different other things that happen in the game. This can be quit overwhelming. In case of Billy, I think the buffshock is still in the bones of many players and they still need to adapt to it. But all this is a different story.

Overall, Artist is a strong and good killer but a healthy one because she has room for counterplay and nothing that puts the game in a unhealthy spot. I also think some players struggle against Artist because they don't really know her counterplay because she is a very uncommon killer which means not many players have the practical experience against her. As a result, this also gives her as well as other uncommon killer a much stronger look.

I agree with @Rulebreaker. Fire off all of your crows to check generators is a bad idea because the cooldown is too long to snipe the swarmed survivors - You can't put pressure on these survivors. I mean, cool survivors are not on generator for 8 seconds but that doesn't help you at all if you down get a down. In addition, these survivors have often the chance to jump into a locker to get rid of the swarm and then to run away, if Artist comes to them.

Little bit offtopic but I agree with Starrseed that Deathslinger still needs some tweaks to make him better. Huntress, especially when the PTB goes live, is in a good spot now.