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Leatherface to OP?

FlameGNG
FlameGNG Member Posts: 746
edited February 2021 in General Discussions

well hear me out... Leatherface is one of the weakest killers in the game without doubt but i just find it so hard to play against him... Im currently running ironwill, sprintburst, DS and borrowed time. My only problem with him is that if he chainsaws after me and i 360 juke him like i can do on most leatherfaces but in the mid charge of his chainsaw he can just do a 180 and insta down me. + he has the ability to outrun a sprintburst with his charge i think the should make his turning maybe a little slower and maybe slow him down while charging the chainsaw so the M1 leatherfaces can shine


Any tips while playing against him? since most loops arent safe (because once again he suffers almost no cooldown from braking a pallet with his chainsaw) it doesnt really mater if i pallet stun them they still chase me down anyways and looping him without some filler pallets or jungel gyms is EXTREMELY HARD!!!!!!!!

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  • tt_ivi_99
    tt_ivi_99 Member Posts: 1,463

    Just like any other killer, look for windows instead of pallets and leave the loop as soon as you break line of sight, most of the times the killer thinks you're still running around the loop and that can give you A LOT of distance.

  • Zeus
    Zeus Member Posts: 2,112

    I honestly feel like he should lose all his charges if he breaks a pallet. Right now bubba with bamboozle is countered only with pallets and he melts pallets and often times as a survivor you need a little bit more time to get to another pallet and in most maps that isn't possible with how fast he recovers and starts chainsawing. You need atleast 2 charges to get a down or you can just loop a stone (maybe depends on addons but im talking about basekit) and this change buys a little bit of time for the survivor.

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746


    "slowhim down while charging the chainsawΒ so the M1 leatherfaces can shine"

    Literally means you want the chainsaw to be useless so you can 1 v 1 him like a no-power default killer.

    - NO!!!, i just think they should make him a little skill required and make it atleast possible to juke him without a pallet or jungle gym. I think its absurd when a leatherface runs into you (like hugging eachother) and he just decides to pull up his chainsaw and u cant do a jack ######### about it instead of swinging his hammer


    "It's a 4 v 1 game and your got 3 lives as a survivor. You are not supposed to run the killer for minutes."

    - I know, but i didnt mean it that way i just think they should make it more viable to use M1 instead of just insta downing everyone... I have also seen an extreme trend of leatherfaces face camping and just getting 1 - 2 free downs because someone doesnt understand that u cant unhook when bubba is close:)

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    Thanks for the tips im gonna keep that in mind but i dont have a problem against him on most of the maps its just those who doesnt have any jungle gyms, filler pallets or lack vaults overall

    My biggest problem is that i dont find any success in looping leatherface it doesnt matter how good i loop and on some maps like The game where it is hard to find windows upstairs (i dont think there is a single vault upstairs) and u cant really jump down without balanced landing since he is gonna gain massive distance if you do

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    I am looping optimal bit he still end ups outlooping me bcause he get a speed bost without any punishment if he fails and then i need to find a new loop and on some maps there is barely a single loop with a safe pallet

  • Healthore77992
    Healthore77992 Member Posts: 570

    If you were looping optimal he wouldn't caught you, drop pallets early, try to stay close to the windows, hell even if you find yourself in the open, you can still run around trees and other sharp objects, hug walls. His punishment is entering the tantrum and losing the chase, if he decides to not drop the chase he will lose that game, it's not Bubba's problem that some maps have less defense than the others.

  • Yamaoka
    Yamaoka Member Posts: 4,321

    He does get a punishment if he fails with the chainsaw. He either gets a tantrum if he fails to avoid collision or he fails by wasting his charges without getting the hit temporarily turning him into a no-power M1 killer until he gets his charges back (which by the way require mechanical skill for effective use).

    This is what most of my chases look like against Bubba:

    https://youtu.be/eDWYzM8KBcM

    Almost 3 minute chase and even then he only got me because I failed to bait the jungle gym window and got greedy with the jungle gym pallet.

    Are you sure you want to nerf a killer that already relies on survivor misplays to get his downs?

  • odra
    odra Member Posts: 369

    if the bubba is pro it almost unloopable. what i regret is the speed of vault now decreased a lot compared to it used to be so juking him when he already rev the chainsaw is hard

  • BaldursGate2
    BaldursGate2 Member Posts: 994

    Imagine in a real time situation, you do a stupid "360" to avoid a chainsaw. This dumb move should not be possible in the first place and it is only because of the first person view of the killer.

  • Orionbash
    Orionbash Member Posts: 768

    This is why I think Sprint Burst is the best exhaustion perk in the game. Sure, Dead Hard can help extend a chase but against killers like Bubba you won't even be able to get to use Dead Hard unless you were already injured. Sprint Burst helps you get into position so Bubba's chainsaw is no longer as effective. Being caught out of position against a PC Bubba means you're more than likely going down and there's really nothing you can do about it.

  • DjangoTheGhostface
    DjangoTheGhostface Member Posts: 137

    360ing is an exploit only really achievable on pc. Ik some console players think they can do it but PC players seem to gain iframes while console players are actually trying to make the killer miss

    Its fitting that Bubba of all killers punishes this dumbshit. I wish they cared about immersion as much as they talk about it. Like they obviously have no intention of fixing the exploit, so why not implement it into the game officially with a dodge system? Its like this newest mid chapter where they paid extra attention to t bagging instead of taking the opportunity to iron it out and add in taunts. But no immersion apparently only means making me spam one button over and over again while im on second hook.

  • edgarpoop
    edgarpoop Member Posts: 8,440

    He's fine. I don't think he's strong, to be honest. He's great at breaking pallets I guess.

    As far as him outrunning your Sprint Burst, you need to run earlier. He has a 32m terror radius. Don't let yourself get caught in a dead zone so enormous that Sprint Burst can't get you out of it. That's a positioning issues, not a LF issue.

    Looping a Leatherface is fairly straightforward. Don't greed anything. There's really nothing to go over beyond basic survivor mechanics with him. Try to drop pallets in such a way that you aren't zoned to the outside of the map. Windows screw him over big time.

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    it only works like 20% of the times you do it and is counterd by moving your mouse a little and reading the survivor like you can see when they are about to spin but the point is i dont htink he should be able to do a 180 in .1 seconds

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    by looping optimal i mean i loop him without getting hit drop the pallet but he outruns me to the next pallet or loop i want to do

  • Orionbash
    Orionbash Member Posts: 768

    Console Bubbas have serious difficulty swirving around tight objects like trees. PC players, only the trash ones.

  • darktrix
    darktrix Member Posts: 1,790

    Most of these new maps redesigns like autohaven - are open, unless you don't want to do gens and give him the game.

  • darktrix
    darktrix Member Posts: 1,790

    More like a problem with how they are doing maps lately....which this killer especially benefits greatly from.

    No pallets or safe areas here in 1/4th the map.

  • EvanSnowWolf
    EvanSnowWolf Member Posts: 1,583


    That isn't a Leatherface issue, though. Dead zones benefit pretty much every Killer except ones that want walls, like Ghostface.

  • Yamaoka
    Yamaoka Member Posts: 4,321

    That's one side of the coin. I found a couple infinites on reworked maps and I'm talking legit infinites that are not mindgame-able with multiple longwall windows facing each other and leading right into the shack window with safe pallets in between.

    I will record it next time I encounter those ridiculous loops (found them on reworked Azarov, too).

    Anyway as @EvanSnowWolf said that's a map design and rng issue, not a Bubba issue. Any killer will dominate if the map spawns with nothing but deadzones.

  • darktrix
    darktrix Member Posts: 1,790

    Difference is Bubbu a one shot M2. Least you can try to make it to something with other killers if uninjured.

  • Well the new game map has like 30 billion pallets you can literally just throw every pallet and you will be fine haha.

  • OniWantsYourMacaroni
    OniWantsYourMacaroni Member Posts: 5,944

    Aww man,don't remind me of that garbage called "The Game".They barely did anything to the super stale gameplay on the map.I wouldn't be surprised if people would use this map as Ormend 2.0 😧

  • Yeah but the new update turns it into lumberjack simulator. I think it has more pallets than any other map in the entire game by a fair bit.

  • OniWantsYourMacaroni
    OniWantsYourMacaroni Member Posts: 5,944

    Tbh,it was always lumberjack simulator and the new update just makes it lumberjack simulator but with nicer graphics.

    It definetely is the worst map in the game even more annoying than Badham or Haddonfield tbh because you can pretty mindgame no pallets on this map considering how insanely safe they are (except maybe some loops for deathslinger and huntress i guess)

  • Current Game? I mean current game map is fairly killer sided. Most small indoor maps are. It has some garbage line of sight issues upstairs but that is about it.

    Haddonfield is the strongest survivor map in the game if they know how to play it; average if they don't.

    Bedham is not as ridiculous as Bedham, but it's close and anyone can run it because it's not hard to hold W and press space


    It's only the new game I see problems for killer.

  • OniWantsYourMacaroni
    OniWantsYourMacaroni Member Posts: 5,944

    I just hate that i have to kick 99.99% of all pallets on this map without any counterplay whatsoever.

    Yeah Haddonfield is awful but at least only experienced survivors can fully take advantage of that map,who seem to be rather rare.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 5,229
    edited February 2021

    Your gonna hate the new one then haha.

    I played on that map on the PTB with brutal strength and enduring; and just threw one match intentionally to a survivor who had windows of opportunity to see how long it took. They did all 5 gens and I only got through maybe a little over 50% of the pallets on the map.

    Just pallet after pallet after pallet after pallet- and I wasn't breaking every pallet either, I was going around unsafe pallets he just ran to the next nearest one instead of looping it (as he should) and I WAS still trying to down him but it was just not possible.

  • LordGlint
    LordGlint Member Posts: 8,684

    You're tactic for any killer should never be to 360 them. Thats a last ditch effort if you got caught out in the open, not something to base everything around. Bubbas biggest weakness is windows. No matter how fast he is with that saw, if you get to a window he has to either put the saw away or utilize a super nearby doorway.

  • Acromio
    Acromio Member Posts: 1,737

    How to counter Loserface:

    Step 1: equip Crutch burst

    Step 2: run to a window

    Step 3: profit.

  • Dennis_van_eijk
    Dennis_van_eijk Member Posts: 1,704

    Trying to 360 a bubba using his chainsaw is a death wish.

    If you manage to pull is of that you got a really good guardian angel on your shoulder πŸ˜‚

    Best way is to use trees or other obstacles to your advantage.

    Hug them and run around them if they don't hit the tree the first time around, than suddenly change direction to a different tree.

    These sudden change in direction usually throw them of and making them hit things.

    Or use sharp turns while hugging a wall.

    If possible use windows or pallets, don't be scared when you're at a pallet and they rev to make you throw the pallet.

    Just continue running around as he loses distance because of revving.

    If there is a locker close and nothing else than use that.

    You would have gone down anyway so best to waist some time on him.

    And if you're lucky you can even get out unharmed, you only need to time it just right especially if he hits the locker with his chainsaw.

    Depanding on his add ons it could be a shirt or long tantrum.

    Some of my matches vs a bubba, maybe not the best matches but it should give you a idea

  • OniWantsYourMacaroni
    OniWantsYourMacaroni Member Posts: 5,944

    Your gonna hate the new one then haha.

    I know,i've already seen some footage of it.Guess i'm just gonna AFK if i get this map.

    Watching paint dry would definetely be more engaging than playing on that design failure of a map 😧

  • Dennis_van_eijk
    Dennis_van_eijk Member Posts: 1,704

    You could also bake a cake and watching how it rises in the oven πŸ˜‚

    You got plenty of time for that as most will just take your sweet time for chase points and t-bagging.

    So it's a good time to bake a cake πŸ˜œπŸ˜‚

  • ChantyBoi
    ChantyBoi Member Posts: 179

    Leatherface is good at 3 things, those three things HEAVILY depend on survivors massively messing up. Diving hooks, being greedy, and being out of position.

  • Prex91
    Prex91 Member Posts: 764

    He's fine. Maybe the recharge time for the power can be a little slower, but he is fine (little unfun when face camping, but BT coordinate teams exists).

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    Yea its annoying when teammates insta unhook u when he is 5 meters awya without borrowed time and he ends up killing both and hooking me since i just was hooked and im pretty much dead and the ability to block a unhook from a survivor is not an options since people will troll

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    i only try to 360 when i haev no chance of getting a loop or behind something and he is guaranteed the hit if i dont .-.

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    yea i know i do only do it if its a guaranteed hit if i dont

  • FlameGNG
    FlameGNG Member Posts: 746

    When i say that i 360 thats when i run out of loops and he is guaranteed a hit if i dont so i try it and hope for the best i dont run up to him and spin him ffs :p

  • DemonDaddy
    DemonDaddy Member Posts: 4,167

    I would suggest Stealth, best way to deny the instant down

  • EvanSnowWolf
    EvanSnowWolf Member Posts: 1,583


    I'd still feel safer trying to milk a window until the Entity blocks it. Heh.

  • LordGlint
    LordGlint Member Posts: 8,684

    In that case its not something you shouldve bothered bringing up since it would just derail the conversation. Just accept that while the saw does have its weaknesses...360s aint one of them.

  • JasmineDragon
    JasmineDragon Member Posts: 372

    well you dont have to worry about 360ing anymore. BHVR happily patched that out. What a wonderful patch! :D

    /s