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Nurse tips? idk
Just got 0k on the feckin corn field and like, im an okay nurse player, but like, is there really anything you can tell me outside of 'Just practice 4head'? I will usually blink to where I think the survivor is and then try to swing, but then they are like, able to move to the other side of me before I can turn towards them.
I've been playing her for a very long time, but brainlet me hasn't improved a great amount. I'm still really inconsistent? I also play on console, weeeee!
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oh yea nurse profile pic cause thats valid :3
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Thank you for contributing to the conversation
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Bump cause this thread is more dead than rank 20 meg
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Corn field is pretty bad in general, so don't feel disheartened.
Single blink hits should be the exception for any situations but short distance encounters. You want to have two blinks in the pocket when going for a hit where you have to regain ground on a running survivor. The basic strategy is to use the first blink to get close, then the second to get them. So, don't be greedy.
If it's a long distance blink and there are no LoS blockers, don't land exactly on top of where you expect them to be. They may try to double back, or even moonwalk, or pull other shenaningans. You get close, but a little short of the mark, then you second blink for the hit. Their jukes will be significantly harder. How much short of the mark? It's hard to explain. You have to get a sense of the distance you can travel with your second blink+lunge, so that you position yourself to be in range regardless of where they try to go and so that your second blink is short enough to deny them time to do anything to evade. You'll get it down by trial and error.
If there's a LoS blockers, you have to think what are their possible routes of escape, then with your first blink you position yourself in a spot where you can see where they go and and reach them with your second blink.
A simple example: if the survior is ahead and can turn a corner to their left, you want to blink toward the corner slightly on the outside (to the right) and rotate your camera to see where they go. You don't want to teleport through the wall trying to cut them off assuming they're actually going to turn left. They could double back, they could turn left, right, or keep going forward.
Always use your first blink to position yourself in such a way to be able to react, rather then predict what the survivor will do. Don't get me wrong, pulling off predictive blink sis pretty cool, but not all survivors play predictably. You observe them first and play the guessing game only if you're confident or you have to.
Glhf.
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Nurse is a life of pain for the first 20-30 hours at least. Some basic tips:
Try not to start chases from too far away. Nurse is SLOW when you factor in the cooldown. If the survivor is outside of your max blink range (assuking base range) at the start of a chase, they can hold W for two whole blink cycles in a straight line. That doesn't account for any LOS breaks. This means that if a survivor is beyond your max range, you will have to go through 2 whole cycles or guess correctly at a LOS break if they turn. Not a good proposition either way. Time managemant is key.
Pay attention to where survivors are looking. Chances are, survivors that are looking back at you are also paying attention to your charge and aim. Use that to fake your landing point and bait them into doubling back.
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First time i've heard good advice out side of 'just practice more'
Thank you :)
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@DeathsCrimsonMaiden I created an account on here just to stress how AMAZING this advice is for playing nurse. I'm a nurse main (on PS4 sadly - I own the PC version but I don't have any cosmetics or any of the DLC's there so I stick with PS4 where I already bought everything), and I've been playing nurse almost exclusively since July. I kid you not, the very moment I adopted this strategy for blinking (a couple months ago), I am almost never juked when I have clear LOS on the survivor. Even when they break LOS, blinking to where you last saw them and then following from there is what you'll want to do 99% of the time since most even half-way competent survivors will wait at the corner of the LOS breaker to avoid being cut off and hit.
For console-specific advice, considering you cannot fully turn your camera while blinking (hopefully getting fixed with this upcoming patch if more sensitivity options are added with 3.5), shadowborn is even better on console as it helps for you to know which side (of you) survivors are on when you try to blink on top of them (mostly around loops where very short blinks are needed to get to the other side). Also if you haven't already, set your sensitivity to 100 and force yourself to get comfortable with it. There will be many times where even when you blink on top of survivors, they will try to spin you and you'll have to draaaag that clunky camera allllll the way around in order to even barely get the hit. It is a common survivor tactic that hardly ever works on PC, because there you can instantly turn your camera during and after blinking to keep track of the survivor (unlike console atm).
I've learned that unless the survivor is incredibly predictable, you'll want to use your blinks to essentially follow directly behind the survivor. Also at loops, try to blink directly at their location and then use that fraction of a second during your blink to keep an eye on which side of you their on, then lunge while turning your camera towards them. This is tactic you'll only have to deal with on console (for right now at least) and it is extremely difficult, and you'll fail hard for the first 10 hours of trying this. Once you get the hang of it though, survivors will feel silly after trying to loop you. Good luck! Any questions just @ me :)
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I played a Sh*t ton of nurse this weekend, had like, two games at the end where I 4ked. GOD nothing was more satisfying in this game than those two games.
In your opinion, do you think that chain blink window addon is good? I for one have found it incredibly useful. Survivors won't expect you to still be able to attack after some time. Someone tried to unhook in front of me, and I was able to grab him because he thought I was already going into fatigue (he dc'd, kek) Ive also had alot of time where survivors will just run towards me, and i'm able to get a hit at the very end of the window. I also have been able to just go farther, since more charge in the second blink. Do you think increasing chain blink is good or is it just not worth it?
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Don't play her, not worth the effort anymore. That's the best tip I can give you.
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Nurse is still worth the effort, albeit if you're not good playing as her then the extra cooldown just seems like the icing on the cake in terms of being punished for a misplaced blink. Perks like Bloodhound and Stridor that can help you actively track an injured survivor (and this is in hopes that you'll land the first hit outside of the corn fields) more often than not help you get rid of the "corn blindness" that killers encounter. Not to mention that Stridor prevents people from just crouching in the corn field in attempt to end the chase.
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