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Today's Strength: The Clown

Boss
Boss Member Posts: 13,616
in Polls

For an explanation on what "strength" entails for these polls, please refer to the first entry of this series: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1337293


For this example, we got: The Clown

How good do you rate him at sacrificing all 4 Survivors?

Today's Strength: The Clown 37 votes

1 - Pacifists Kill More
8%
DreskiemptyCupsAwkward_Fiend 3 votes
2 - Baby Killer
10%
Jordanwalker32ShayXaviMusicNerd_TCPior_Morte 4 votes
3 - Ugh
16%
Seiko300CheersElikUistreelDetailedDetrimentLonelyBananana 6 votes
4 - Nah, I'm Good
10%
LordRegalMusicalhexTotemsCleanserNicisthequeen 4 votes
5 - Meh
29%
The_DaydreamerAven_Fallenmusstang62AhoyWolfCaptainNapkinnoname11223345GreenMonkey3410hahadrillgobrrrWiseguyKySansUndertaleFobbo 11 votes
6 - It's Mkay
16%
BossVolantConch1719F60_31brokedownpalaceMattie_MayhemOGAkito 6 votes
7 - *thumbs up*
2%
Peace 1 vote
8 - Woah
5%
pichumudkipNoneField 2 votes
9 - Holy Crap!
0%
10 - Death Itself
0%

Comments

  • Boss
    Boss Member Posts: 13,616
    6 - It's Mkay

    Somehow, the removal of slowdown from throws bumped him up like 2 tiers on this poll for me.

    The lack of either more movement speed or some sort of map presence doesn't make me put him any higher though.

  • MusicNerd_TC
    MusicNerd_TC Member Posts: 3,099
    2 - Baby Killer

    I guess the change made him suck a little less, he would have been "pacifists kill more", but he is still trash. He needs a rework or a significant buff.

  • Akito
    Akito Member Posts: 673
    6 - It's Mkay

    Since I am the kind of dbd player who's playing both roles everytime the first role starts frustrating me or becoming boring. I like Clown. He is fun to go against. he hasn't this "Oh, it doesn't matter what Im doing, hopefully the killer is bad otherwise Im just ded no matter what"

    He's chill to play and good for improving yourself. I am still able to 4k and even against good team as long as I am not making too many mistakes I am able to make 2, maybe 3 kills. Depending on how many mistakes I am making.

    I think he's fine and we really don't need anymore S+ killer. The main reason I'm playing barely dbd these days is bc often when I play survivor I match good Deathslingers or Spirits, or Omega-Hitbox-Hatchet-Huntresses. And Goofys... I hate Goofy. The fact that he can stalk you even you're revealing him? Or that he can just onetap you in a chase.. I hate to play against this. Im glas that people don't play Hag anymore.

    So what I wanna say is: I am happy with The Clown. Yea he's not the best but he's average and at least not frustrating af to go against.

  • Peace
    Peace Member Posts: 164
    7 - *thumbs up*

    I played with him since the rank reset. Lvl 9-5 i think (mostly against red ranks) and it was actually really decent.

    With a quick bottle throw he is able to either zone a survivor into a bad area or get a hit where other killers wouldnt got one.

    But like huntress hatchets the bottles sometimes get stuck on odd surfaces, definitely something where practice is needed. I was surprised how good in comparison of what i heard/read about him he actually is.

    Against the full swf swats, it is actually pretty damn hard, but its with every killer if i make 2-3 mistakes ingame.

  • Mattie_MayhemOG
    Mattie_MayhemOG Member Posts: 315
    6 - It's Mkay

    I know everyone says he is weak and while I agree he isn't top tier he also is so rarely played survivors don't understand how to take advantage of him.

  • Pior_Morte
    Pior_Morte Member Posts: 526
    2 - Baby Killer

    He just received a HUGE buff

    but still he gets a pallet on the head here the huntress would get a hit

  • Axe
    Axe Member Posts: 1,060

    His pretty smooth and fun to play now after the recent buff

  • VolantConch1719
    VolantConch1719 Member Posts: 1,248
    6 - It's Mkay

    Pros:

    • Kenneth can slow Survivors down, obscuring their vision and hearing in the process.
    • No other Killer has the potential to punish loops as well as Kenneth can (except maybe Freddy and Lisa).

    Cons:

    • Kenneth has a very limited supply and really can't afford to reload in a chase.
    • Map pressure? Yeah, he has none.

    I'll be honest, I don't play Kenneth regularly, so it's hard for me to narrow down his pros and cons. That said, his buff does eliminate his BIGGEST con, so he's already much better. His loop potential is also eliminated through dropping a pallet early or not going to loops he can smoke with ease.

  • TotemsCleanser
    TotemsCleanser Member Posts: 732
    4 - Nah, I'm Good

    I feel like Clown is a bit like Nurse in a sense. Absolutely deadly when in the right hands, completely useless when not. Except that Nurse is an extremely good killer with difficult to master mechanics, whereas Clown is... honestly a bad killer but since there are not many people who play him at all, you never get to practice going against him. And thus when you face a God Clown main he completely obliterates you.

    Idk, I feel like all my games against Clown have been either extemely easy or absolutely terrifying. There's no in-between.