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Has a killer's perception of strength affected which killers you main or tend to play?

Shooby
Shooby Member Posts: 226
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Anonymous poll, looking for your honest answers here.

Has a killer's perception of strength affected which killers you main or tend to play? 37 votes

I usually play the weaker killers
0% 0 votes
I gravitate towards the weaker killers
8% 3 votes
I gravitate towards the stronger killers
21% 8 votes
I usually play the stronger killers
10% 4 votes
No correlation to what killer I choose to play
59% 22 votes

Comments

  • Seiko300
    Seiko300 Member Posts: 1,862

    I guess you could say I gravitate towards Stronger killers, but I think that's a separate thing from what I usually play in reality. I enjoy playing Trapper, I enjoy playing Clown, I've had a great time playing Nemesis, and I'm trying to make Trickster work but haven't quite gotten the hang of him yet seeing as he's in a really poor state right now. Most people don't consider these exceptionally strong killers and with the exception of perhaps Nemesis most people would say none of these are even average let alone good killers.


    At the same time, I'm a Ghostface main (who I personally put at B tier but I know some people think he's on the more average side than good side). I also really have a lot of fun with Oni, Deathslinger, Freddy. I'd also like to get better at Blight.

    So that's a pretty even balance all things considered.

  • Awkward_Fiend
    Awkward_Fiend Member Posts: 687

    I enjoy Trickster, but it feels crushing to play him since 2-3 gens are done by the first chase ending, so I like I mostly stick to enjoying Blight.

  • Purgatorian
    Purgatorian Member Posts: 1,146

    Sometimes I like to play as Freddy, others I like to play as clown. I don't like nurse or spirit so don't tend to use what is considered the strongest in red ranks, which is probably a small part of the reason of why I struggle in red ranks.

  • Hex_Ignored
    Hex_Ignored Member Posts: 1,964

    I prefer licensed killer in general, my most played ones are nightmare, pig, demogorgon and pyramid head. I didn't choose them because of their power level but because I like their franchise

  • Desh
    Desh Member Posts: 1,118

    What constitutes a weak Killer? Or a Strong one? I main Demo and I usually tear SWF squads apart at Rank 1, even after a 2 year break. Spirit according to some is the most Strongest killer (for whatever reason) in the game and I suck at her because I hardly play her.


    Strong killers are strong based on the player that uses them. Only time a killer is weak is when someone doesn't know how to effectively use them. And after that, it's based on map and the skill level of the opponent(s) you go against.

  • Mandy
    Mandy Administrator, Dev, Community Manager Posts: 23,357

    No correlation at all for me, I've played Wraith since many years ago and I currently play Legion - I play what I enjoy playing.

  • Trickstaaaaa
    Trickstaaaaa Member Posts: 1,277

    I don't play just because I wanna get 4 downs. I play whatever I feel like playing at the moment.

  • Sypherpathic
    Sypherpathic Member Posts: 488

    I play what I like. I DO like having some additional perks and so forth.

    When I'm wanting to just play for max bloodpoints, my leatherface has some good BP perks.

    When I really want to kill survivors, I play Meyers.

    Other than that, it's fun to goof around with Billy and I try Spirit, Nurse and Oni sometimes.

    Beyond that, it's just if I feel like doing some daily that comes up.

    I am absolute garbage with Blight. Holy mackerel. I really have to respect people who get good with this killer. Of course, I've only tried once.

  • bjorksnas
    bjorksnas Member Posts: 5,701
    edited July 2021

    Strong killers just feel better to play then the weaker ones, if I play blight on cowshed with 13 pallets and 9 windows (yes I counted) its not a big deal but when I play hillbilly on an extremely safe map with 10 pallets and 10 windows all extremely accessable in the same loop (why does this map exist tbh) its just not an enjoyable experience and I don't like the variance of will map rng make this weaker killer unplayable when there are killers who can just play around rng with either skill or their power

  • BlazePyron2
    BlazePyron2 Member Posts: 145

    I play killers who feel strong to me but are easier to learn. I tend to avoid nurse and blight because I find them difficult to actually play, altho nurse im getting better with. But spirit is fun, altho I'm having the most fun with doc because of his ability to shut down loops.

    But I wish killers like legion and trickster were more powerful because i enjoy playing them but i also don't enjoy getting bullied by survivors with no recourse because my killer isn't balanced properly.

  • Soulpaw
    Soulpaw Member Posts: 290

    i gravitate to weaker bois because they tend to have a jank power thats fun to make work. *cough cough* PIG *cough cough*

    she has a power that isnt broken nor usless but it can be jank and making that work is fun for me.