The Plague Rework.
The Plague is the least played killer. Why? Well I think it's because her power is boring.
When the killer is The Plague, one of two things will happen. 1. Nobody cleanses, resulting in everyone being injured all game until around the end. 2. People do cleanse, resulting in her getting corrupt purge, which is blatantly overpowered.
The first one is the most common amongst better players. And while The Plague isn't necessarily bad, her ability is just honestly boring and not that interesting. The Legion is the worst killer in the game but at least they're actually fun to play as, and against.
I think her sickness should have different effects rather than just being broken and coughing, like perhaps even reduce their action speed or give them other effects, such as blindness. And I think corrupt purge should work a bit differently as well. Here are some changes I think would be cool to see on The Plague.
- The Plague can see the Sickness Meter of Survivors.
- Remove the brief slowdown The Plague receives after vomiting.
- Make Survivors sickness meters increase even while walking, and stop only while not moving.
- Auras of Pools of Devotion will not be shown to Survivors until their sickness meter is filled.
- If a Survivor cleanses before their Sickness meter is filled, the Pool will not be corrupted.
- While broken from the sickness, Survivors will also suffer slightly reduced action speed, and harder skill checks. I would imagine it would be harder to repair a generator while coughing and vomiting profusely...
- With each time a Survivor cleanses in a match, it will take longer and longer each time they do it, similarly to waking someone up against The Nightmare.
- Corrupt Purge should need to be fully charged to use it. Partially charging it and then letting go will just cancel it.
- Give The Plague her own terror radius and chase music.
These are just some changes, she could use more. But really though, The Plague is barely played and I very rarely go against her, I think she could use a rework.
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Plague is perfectly fine at the moment. She's strong, but has counterplay. It's okay if not a lot of people play her, there's nothing wrong with having niche killers. If anything, I think she isn't played more simply because most players don't find it appealing to play a killer whose power is to vomit all over the place, and her puke trajectory is hard to get a grasp of.
Her slowdown after puking is necessary, because if you catch a survivor in a good position, you can dump a full puke into them and instantly get them injured. If the Survivors don't cleanse, well, you don't have your ranged attack, but now they're all one hit. It's balanced.
No need to fix something that ain't broken. If any killers should get reworked, it's Trapper, Pig, Shape, etc.
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plague is the most balanced killer in my opininon, she is the one killer other than demo that i would not change at all, no buff no nerfs
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But as said she is the least played killer so they do need to do something to make her more appealing.
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I think she's fine. Not many people play her because she's unique (people wouldn't want to learn a more unique killer) and has a higher skill floor and ceiling compared to the easier killers.
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Nah she needs a rework. It's not that I think she's too weak or too strong, it's that she's boring.
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Plague isn't for everyone which is why she has a low pick rate. For example, Clown has a low pick rate but I enjoy playing as him. Not many people enjoy playing as him, and that's fine, Clown isn't for everyone.
As I said, she has a high skill floor and ceiling which is why killers like Wraith and Spirit are easier to pick up.
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I'm not just talking about playing as her. I'm talking about playing against her. I think her ability needs to be more interesting and have a different impact on the game rather than just making you permanently injured and loud.
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It's a risk-reward thing. Either you cleanse or don't cleanse. You can cleanse in a very bad fountain spot to prevent the Plague from getting it easily without wasting time.
I personally don't find her fun to play against but not all killers have to be that way, it's quite difficult to make a killer fun to play as and against.
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