Here's Something You'd Never Expect From Me...

Boss

I'm asking for a Wraith nerf.

Yeah, that's right.

So anyone who finds the very idea of nerfing this guy in any capacity...i won't blame you for thinking that.

But if that's the case, let's not waste your time then, the door to General Discussions is always open. 😜

Anyway, here's the deal...

I had some thoughts just now about the Trapper's special Rift challenges.

Idk about you guys, but i think it's safe to assume that we're going to have to land Surprise Attacks as Wraith for his special challenges, like Bear Trap catches for Trapper.

Well, either that or we're gonna have to collect Stalk points, which would be absolutely 😴

And now for the actual "I've been doing some thinking" part: I think they're going to be incredibly easy to pull off.

And not because i'll always get the hit in, sometimes you just won't, whether that be Spine Chill or they saw 1% of your cloaked body behind an object.

No, i think it'll be easy because there's one thing i've always noticed as Wraith: The window to actually get the score Surprise Attack lingers for an extremely long time.

Now i'm not talking dozens of seconds, but i wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be in the double digits.

I've had times where i miss the Surprise Attack, i follow them in almost a straight line, land the next lunge and still get the Surprise Attack score.

I find this window for Surprise Attacks to be way too lenient in general.

Cause scaring someone off a Generator and then slapping them more than 5 seconds later is not what i'd refer to as a Surprise Attack.

Here's one additional thing i've always noticed with playing Wraith: I'm usually never short on Deviousness Bloodpoints.

Now now, i'm not complaining about getting BP.

If a trial tells me there's only 1 category that's going to be at 8K at the end, it's gonna be Deviousness.

And shortening the window for Surprise Attacks would at most remove probably 1-2 Surprise Attacks that were in the later half of the Surprise Attack window per trial.

But still, thematically, it just feels very off.

When i do land those, and i see 2 scores pop up (Hit + Surprise Attack), it just weirds me out.

But in terms of the challenges, who knows, shortening the window might spice things up some more.

Cause as a full-on Wraith main, i myself can confidently say: It's really not that hard to consistently land Surprise Attacks.

There are weaknesses: Open maps, Spine Chill, a well-timed Sprint Burst...

But 2/3 can be played around if you're purely going for Surprise Attacks, and even open maps aren't completely open, there's probably more Generators you can sneak towards than can't, maybe Blood Lodge is the one exception.

Suggestion: Reduce Wraith's Surprise Attack window.

P.S. I know "Blind Warrior" Add-ons are a thing.

But honestly, if you would not be making good use of these anymore, you really hit a lot of late Surprise Attacks before this.

P.P.S. also fix his super-lunge pls, thx

WTBacon

Getting Surprise Attacks on Wraith is as easy as getting Dream Chaser on Freddy.