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Experienced Nurse Mains- Help!!!
For the very few truly amazing nurse players out there, please please help. I really need tips on how to refine my nurse gameplay. I’ve put about 50 hours into her so far and honestly I’m not bad on more open maps. The problem starts with when I have to deal with a team with multiple dead hards or really good knowledge of objects nurse is buggy around including the new cars on auto haven.
I always make sure to never go crazy with prediction shots and mainly blink to the survivor’s last seen position with my first blink and wait to see where they go with my second. I find myself struggling against decent survivors and I was wondering if any diehard nurse mains are still out there giving tips. I struggle to even get a 1k by the time all the gens are done and I got my rear end handed to me by a graffiti jacket nea. I hate to say it but I’m starting to consider running pop or ruin undying on my nurse just because I can’t even get a game to last long enough to truly understand each survivors play style before all the gens are done. My current build is corrupt intervention, shadowborn, BBQ, and infectious.
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I not some diehard Nurse main, but one tip I have is to not simply blink directly at the survivors last position, but rather where they definitely went afterwards due to animation lock (you can only switch directions so fast as a survivor). It doesn't seem like a big deal, but the extra half-metre can mean the difference between catching them or not. You can, when you're close enough, also blink to where they would be if they continued running - if they kept running, it's a hit, if they doubled back then it's also a hit.
Also, float around a bit. You don't have to blink all the time.
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Good survivor with dead hard is bruh.
If you are not perfectly bait it, it's basically 1 more health state
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drink a little, it helps with #########
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but then you can only muscle memory nurse when drinking LOL
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You already seem to know how to play Nurse, so just keep doing it. If you blink very close to the survivor you can bait the dead hard or swing into them after 1 blink to make them use it. If you get close to them with one blink the survivor's gonna dead hard 99% of the time and then it's just a matter of using your 2nd blink to catch them. Unless they have a giant pair of balls and call your bluff, but those survivors are extremely rare and I haven't seen a single one do it. Using the wooden horse add-on basically removes the penalty you get from whiffing attacks and I run it all the time now because I'm sick of that dumb perk. It's a brown add-on and Nurse isn't add-on dependent at all so it's not like you're giving up a slot that you need, you can run it indefinitely.
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I wouldnt blink directly to the survivors last known position, first blink should be used to scout out and cover as many options the survivor has. The best example for this is if they run behind cover, blink beside it, if they turn back youll see them, and if they dont look where they went and use your 2nd blink to get the hit.
If you find yourself with a survivor out in the open and he has a good amount of distance on you, dont fully charge a blink, as he could simply turn around. Half charge it, if he turns back get a hit, if they dont use your 2nd blink to get a hit.
Remembering what survivor has what exhaustion perk is also quite important, my trick for remembering this is when you find out what they have, say outloud the name of the survivor and their exhaustion perk. The reason why this is important is whiffing a hit as Nurse can be extremely punishing. So knowing to bait a DH or SB could be the difference between winning or losing.
A little extra note, Id recommend using Im All Ears, as a survivor its pretty hard to figure out you have the perk and it can net you some free hits, even on indoor maps.
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"yes doctor, i know.... My liver is beyond damaged, and i risk my life but listen.... Just the other day i 4K'd this SWF team with 5 gens still up, it was glorious ! "
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Just don't blink literally everywhere and you'll do better, it's literally the #1 mistake of bad nurses
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Honestly if you want to be really good with nurse it's just practice practice practice nurse is one of the hardest killers to be well with because in order to get near to the god tier level with her you will probably need at least around 1000 hours on her.
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No addons
Always blink. Don't be a walking Nurse that chases survivors until they have line of sight. Blink distance is something you have to train your brain to do.
Never go for standard M1s. If you hit them normally, you are cheating yourself. Alway blink to hit. Doesn't matter if you miss.
Don't swing after every blink. To start out, only swing if the survivor is within fov after a blink. Trying to do big spins to hit that survivor from behind will cause you to miss more than hit. This will force you to learn better blink control.
You will lose. Survivors will bully you. You will be bhvr'd. Get used to it or stop trying to learn.
950 more hours to go.
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She really doesn't take that much, of course it depends on the person but it took me about 2-3 weeks where I could call myself an actual good Nurse.
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Depends how good you want to be with her, if you want to be a decent nurse then yeah but if you want to hit that god tier and be able to take down even the best survivors that's about as long as it would take.
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Ive gone against many death squads, and only a handful have actually bodied my Nurse, and I have maybe 150-200 hours on her alone, and a little over 3,400 in total
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If you've got to that level then good for you I'm just going off content creators who main nurse, supa Alf for example who's probably one of the best nurse players in the game. You should check out his YouTube he was doing a win streak and I think last time I checked he had gone past 150+ 4ks in a row:
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I've seen some of his videos, but its not my type of content that I like to watch. He is without a doubt an amazing Nurse
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Tournament Nurse player here. I'd take Shadowborn off. Horizontal FOV is rarely an issue with Nurse and you free up a perk slot. Vertical FOV is more of a problem, but there are ways around that on PC.
It's important to be patient with your blinks. It's quicker to walk a little until you're sure of where a survivor is than than it is to bamboozle yourself and lose them entirely.
Probably my biggest tip for the blinks themselves is to pay attention to where the survivor is looking. This is how you make reads on their movement during chase. A survivor who is looking back at you in an open space will try to double back 90% of the time. If they try to double back during the chain blink window and you can't react in time, just eat the quick fatigue and recharge for a quick two blink follow up at short range.
For Dead Hard specifically, be accurate on your first blink and patient in your chain blink window. I'll often blink right on top of someone but wait until they prove they don't have DH before I swing. You have time to charge a second blink and hit them if they DH on your first blink.
Good survivors will run you in circles if you just blink to corners every time because they're watching you. You'll have to get used to flicking as you blink to hide your destination. This also goes back to paying attention to where survivors are looking. If they're looking at you, you can aim at the corner as you charge the blink and then flick to land behind them as if they kept running. You can also play around Spine Chill or mess with comms this way by blinking backwards or sideways.
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Flicking my blinks is something I do want to get better at! I never used to run shadowborn on her but maybe I should take it off before I become addicted to it. My main issue is her fatigue often causes me to become a bit disoriented and I feel like it helps me keep track of people who use iron will. Thank you for all the tips! I’m definitely going to practice flicking my blinks because I’ve noticed experienced players pay very close attention to my intended blink location. Although they always seem to try and corner tech my blinks which is why I always aim for the corner, so maybe they aren’t as good as I think they are.
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edgar give good advice, so this is not critique on what he said. Blink flicking is an advance technique you use against real good survivors and you already know your blink distances by memory. It's wasted effort on the vast majority of players that play generally and carries a larger risk of failing if the survivor just holds W. Focus on getting better at your blinks and pull this trick when a survivor warrants it.
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For fatigue specifically, audio cues are extremely helpful. Also watch the corners of your screen. It's something that takes a while to pick up. Another thing you can do is change to a stretched resolution if that's your thing and you're on PC. Pretty much every top Nurse player I know plays on 1:1, but I've never had an issue on native res.
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A trick I've learned is to look up to try and bait a dead hard, since it can look like you're anticipating to swing at them
However with Nurse this wouldn't work because she's not actively chasing people, she teleports to them
Dead Hard in general is the more annoying perk of the game. People complain about DS but Dead Hard, when used right, doesn't really have a counter. You can work around DS in most cases but not Dead Hard
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Couple of tips for Nurse.
- Survivors that look behind themselves tend to double back a lot. They also like to 360 spin your attacks (especially in corn).
- Get as close as you can with the first blink. If your first blink is too far away from a survivor, then that survivor will be able to mind game your second blink. Meaning, either they'll keep running forward or they will double back. As Nurse, you have to guess correctly.
- Be be prepared to lose a lot. There's a lot to learn when it comes to Nurse. Which means you're going to have many bad games. If you can endure the bad matches, you'll eventually get good with Nurse.
- Be sure to slug when you can. One of the worst things a survivor team can do against a Nurse is group up. If you notice survivors in close proximity to each other, punish them accordingly. Even if you aren't good with Nurse yet, go ahead and practice your slugging skills.
- Equip tracking perks. Once you get good with Nurse, you'll want to have a few tracking perks. But you don't need to wait until you're good with Nurse, go ahead and equip them now. I personally like Shadowborn, Whispers, Nurse's Calling, BBQ and Infectious Fright.
- While learning Nurse, don't use add-ons. It's best to master her base kit first. You'll become a better Nurse player in the long run. Not being reliant on add-ons helps ensure your blinks are as accurate as possible.
- Lastly, practice practice practice. That's really the most important tip.
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