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How Do You Play The Shack As Killer?
I guess I should be embarrassed for asking since I've played this for over a year now but I finally realized that I don't know how to play the Shack correctly.
So I'm playing Clown and I know that every Killer has their own way of dealing with the Shack but I don't know the proper way to do it as Clown, and this is when the pallet is gone mind you and I struggle hard, like can't ever get downs at the Shack until they leave bad.
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Focus on the window, most if not ALL Survivors will not use the "god pallet" because they're afraid they can't use it effectively... or they won't waste it for another Survivor that can!
Or, they do know how to use it but won't until they know they'll get hit in a long loop. But, if general gameplay they won't drop it in the first 5 seconds of the chase... unless they're just playing... not the greatest...
Anyways, you should focus on the window and how Survivors loop around it. For one, a Survivor will usually loop around the other doorway into the shack and vault the window... and continue this loop or go around the other sides of the shack to confuse and extend the loop...
For you, if you're following from behind than you can easily figure out how to maneuver this window for an easy down or hit.
In this basic diagram of the shack, you can see that most Survivors will come from the top doorway at the lop left hand side... than loop at the window and either go around to the bottom and loop through the window again... or have a better chance of extending the loop by going from the top and continuing the basic window loop...
For you, you'll want to basically mind-game this doorway... Since most Survivors do this (If not all...) They rely on the red light you emit to know where you're going to go within the shack... what you want to do is if you know they'll vault the window... than you should face the doorway while moonwalking from the top to the right hand side corner and meet them on the other side for a hit...
Sometimes you'll get around the corner faster enough and hit them... other times they'll have a bit of room left to use the pallet... but most of the time if this is at the beginning of mid through the match.. they won't use the pallet at all 100% they won't...
So you shouldn't "respect" the pallet and should always go for the hit... even if it looks like they'll drop it... it gets the pallet out of the game if they do... and if they don't it's a free hit.
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Some Survivors will fake the vault and know this mind-game... for you... you'll want to pier into the room to see if they're looking behind them... if they're not while vaulting the window than 9 times outta 10 they're going to vault it... if they look behind them while they're right next to the window than they're most likely going to fake the vault...
An easy way to tell is if the Survivor has an item in their hand and it vanishes while they're "sliding" towards the window (If they're at an angle they'll slide towards it to vault.) When a Survivor vaults, their item vanishes from their hand and depending on if they're at and angle they'll "magnetize" to the window and vault it... knowing this is a good way to know if they'll vault the window OR they're faking it out despite not looking behind them or not...
If they don't have an item than you use your basic judgement with the tips above...
One more thing
Some Survivors will vault from the inside of the shack and than loop around the entire shack from either side of the window... you should also be aware of this by keeping your eyes on them at all times...
If they vault from outside it's an easy hit... and you'll 9 times out of 10 hit them despite them fully vaulting the window by simply swinging at the window near the end of their mid-vault or slow vault...
tl;dr
... just uh... idk how to shorten this...
Just focus on mind-gaming the window, if they vault from outside its a guaranteed hit... (depends how close you're.)
If they vault from inside keep your eyes on them while moon-walking to the other side (Outside.) of the window and hit them... this will display your red light to them... and they'll think you're coming into the shack when you're not...
Don't be afraid to swing at the god pallet... most Survivors will NEVER waste the god pallet even if they know they'll get hit... if a Survivor wastes the pallet within the first 5 seconds of the loop or mid-way in the match than... they're either not good at that loop or they're playing in a ... not great way...
You can easily tell a "Survivors skill" because of this... since most Survivors will NOT EVER waste the pallet unless they've looped around the shack for a good chunk of time...
But that's not a 100% way to determine a survivors skill...
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You don't have to follow them through the window, you can do this right at the beginning of the first loop at the window...
As long as you see them and know they'll vault it than you'll be fine... you don't need to stand there and watch them, you just need a small glance at them if they're looking behind them or not.
Mind-games in-general are a gamble and this one is the most effective one at the shack... since it's a 50/50 if they'll get hit or not because of this mind-game... some Survivors know about this and will easily double back through the window or fake the vault... so that's why you anticipate it through subtle "Body language"
You can mix it up if you want! That's the best thing about experimenting with mind-games... its to find out what works best on most if not all Survivors.
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In regards to the longer loop... regardless of what side you take they'll most likely attempt a vault at the end of the loop... knowing this will help you mind-game it with those tips on either side... and you can hit them as a result...
You don't need to do it on the pallet door side since that side is fairly short towards the window... and you can just double back or make them fake it out and than you can just hit them inside the shack or around the corner outside...
Don't lunge at the window if they're outside... they won't have the chance to mid-vault it fast enough to avoid it... since the shack window for some reason has the worst hitbox when you swing at it...
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If I think I can get the pallet dropped quickly I will chase at shack. Otherwise I try to avoid it when I can. Even if you know how to run it, if the survivor does too they kind of have the advantage as long as the pallet is there.
I've only recently started to play Clown so I couldn't tell you the best way to do it with him. What I'll do though is toss a bottle on the inside to force a slow vault or a pallet drop, but it doesn't always work.
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utterly depends on the survivors. Are they going to the windows and doubling back, can I get them to drop the pallet.
Really I have found there isnt a right way to run it, other than not mindlessly chasing through it, just hug the walls tight, hide the stain to the side and try and judge what that paticular survivor is doling,
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mindgame the window.
thats like the only mindgame you can do.
vault it when they run around - if they didnt see it its a free hit / possible pallet drop. if they expected it (which should be the case), vault it again. they usually dont see it comming when you are suddenly outside of the shack again. idk if its due to their camera angle or sthg, but they usually run straight into me.
if they however will just not fall for the mindgame, drop the chase. taking that loop can cost you the game.
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Sometimes I play shack great and sometimes I play it terribly. I try to get the pallet down ASAP, I will never respect the shack pallet...it needs to go as soon as I can get it down.
Certain killers have different ways of playing shack. Huntress is the master of playing shack. Demogorgon is pretty great as well. Hag and Trapper can just trap it to all hell. Clown can throw his bottles. Spirit and Nurse just don’t care, you’re dead either way. Every other killer basically has to moonwalk and hide their red stain and hope to catch the survivor off guard.
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If you can hit the ceiling with the bottle you can spread the gas that how basically I do it.
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I'm trying to visualize this, so someone comes in from the top left and I'm behind them but not close enough yet and they go for the window, I'm guessing I go through the window too and follow them back to the door. From here I'm assuming I follow them and peak into the shack to see if they're looking behind them, if they aren't I moonwalk back outside towards the window to get a hit. If they are looking behind them, I keep chasing? From there maybe they'll go through the window again as I've had happen, and I guess I keep following them?
My first instinct if they're looking behind them is to fake them out by making them think I'm stupid and moonwalk back out of the room as if I'm going towards the window from outside but then moonwalk back through the door to catch them off guard. Might not work as that's pretty silly, a lot of the mindgames I try just don't work lol
One thing I notice I have a problem with at the shack is when they don't do the window loop but the much longer loop on the other side. Now I know for a fact it's longer so I should get a hit but what happens is that when they take that longer loop it is always when I am further behind them when I should be which guarantees I don't catch up fast enough to get the hit despite the length of the loop. At that point I just don't know what to do, I guess force them to take the window?
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