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How many characters do you focus / main?

For those of you that play killer, how many are you actively focusing / maining? There are 24 killers, excluding Ceno. I own 21, play them all based on daily rituals and challenges, but really plan on focusing on 5 specific ones.

For those of you that play survivor, how many are you actively focusing / maining? There are 27 survivors. I own 19 and am pumping the bloodweb on 5 of them past 50. I am currently aiming to have 3-4 full pages of purple perks on them.

Also, how many is too many to focus / main? Feel free to define focus or main however you wish.

Just curious how everyone else plays. Happy Wednesday.

Answers

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,275

    I own all Characters.

    For Survivor, I mostly only play Nea. Sometimes I rotate, but mostly Nea.

    For Killer, I play 9 Killers on a regular Basis - Wraith, Billy, Doctor, Huntress, Pig, Demo, Deathslinger, Blight, Nemesis


    Some others more rare and a few only for Dailies because I really dislike playing them.

  • Lenox
    Lenox Member Posts: 234

    Right on. Do you have every perk on Nea?

    And 9 out of 24 killers isn't bad. I like that #. I didn't want to spread myself too thin.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,275

    I have every Perk on every Character, everything maxed out (currently, Pinhead will change that...).

    And eh, I would probably be better if I would focus on a few Killers. Like, I am not good with Deathslinger at all, but I like to play him. Same goes for Blight, he is fun to play, even if I am not really good with him.

  • ThiccBudhha
    ThiccBudhha Member Posts: 6,987

    Killers? Most of them. I obviously need shards to get all of them, but I play every licensed and ranged killer quite a bit on a rotation.


    Survivors? Just Nancy.

  • Header
    Header Member Posts: 308

    Im a Killer main and have all killers p3 with most perks.

    For killers i play Blight like 90% of the time

    When i play survivor i only play claudette because thats the only one with all perks

  • EvilJoshy
    EvilJoshy Member Posts: 5,295

    I own all killers. Use most but I only really specialize in 3. All killers are lvl 40 for their teachables. 4 are P3. Only one of said 4 have all perks. The others just have the perks I like to use on them.

  • GenJockeyNance
    GenJockeyNance Member Posts: 687

    So far I own all the characters. On the killer side, I mostly play: Hag, Pig, Demo, I've been really getting back into Legion so those 3 are the main ones I play. Sometimes I play others if I'm in the mood like Ghostface, Myers, Clown, Twins, Spirit. I don't necessarily main any one killer, I play who I feel but the Hag, Pig, Demo and Legion are the killers I play best imo (cept demo, we're still learning him but he's a lot of fun).

    Survivor, again, I don't main anyone. It's whoever I feel like but my most played lately are: Nea, Elodie, Nancy, Quentin.

  • I currently main Demo but used to main Legion

    Survivor I main Bill because I love left 4 dead

    Also you will know when you have found your main after you find yourself loving the little quirks and unique mechanics that set your killer apart <For me I love Demos howls and warbling because he reminds me of a Halo Elite>, Also you might not now your main right away but overtime you will start enjoying the little things they do.

  • Lenox
    Lenox Member Posts: 234

    Wow, that's awesome. I'm jelly. However, my lack of perks on some survivors makes for some fun bad builds.

    Deathslinger is totally my guilty pleasure too I'm bad with ranged in general, but I like playing him.


    That's pretty cool. I recently got all my killers up to 40 for teachables,s o I was playing everyone fairly evenly. And interesting...another person that mains just one survivor.


    That's cool. 1 & 1. Thanks.


    Max 4. I see. Good to know. Thanks. No survivor for you?

  • Raccoon
    Raccoon Member Posts: 7,716

    I use Claudette/Feng/Steve and play all killers.

  • MrDardon
    MrDardon Member Posts: 4,033
    edited September 2021

    I have all Killers but I mainly play Blight, Pyramid Head and Myers. Those are my current mains and I currently level Myers for no particular reason other than to get an unhealthy amount of Add-ons on him. After that I'll do it on Blight. PH probably not since his Add-ons suck. Maybe once his Add-ons get reworked.

    He's even got some old map offerings too.

    Edit: Here is Blight as well.

    Quite a few, but not enough.

  • ThanksForDaily
    ThanksForDaily Member Posts: 1,305

    Survivors: Nea, Cheryl, Felix, Meg, Quentin, Nancy, Ace.

    Killers: Billy, Doc, Myers, Nemesis, LF, Trapper, Demo

  • EvilJoshy
    EvilJoshy Member Posts: 5,295

    2 survivors are P3 but neither of them have all perks. Just the ones I need. David because I love having access to WGLF all the time and Ash because I love the puppet cosmetic :P

  • BabuDweet
    BabuDweet Member Posts: 556

    Well for survivor I am currently focusing more on prestiging who I want atm, I have Dweet, Ace and Quentin all p3 fully perked and working on fully perking claud atm (she is p3 too).

    My main, Huntress is p3 and pretty much fully perked out and next after Claud gonna focus on getting legion fully perked out (already p3).

    I have all the characters.

    I main Dweet, Ace and Quentin

    Then killer ofc huntress and pretty much legion too.

  • MrDardon
    MrDardon Member Posts: 4,033

    I just started. Give me some time. Soon I will be as powerful as you.

    How does your Myers look like?

  • GrimoireWeiss
    GrimoireWeiss Member Posts: 1,452

    I usually play 2~3 games of Ghostface, 1~2 of Wraith and then I start rotating between Nurse, Huntress, Oni, Blight, Slinger, Spirit, Legion, Demo, Plague and Pyramid Head.

    For survivor, 9 out of 10 games are as Kate. But sometimes I mess with Yui and Cheryl.

  • MrDardon
    MrDardon Member Posts: 4,033

    You'll get there xD

    Were are the Judith's Tombstone's gone?

  • Pepsidot
    Pepsidot Member Posts: 1,662

    I own all characters and am aiming to have all perks for all of them. Haven't prestiged any of them though. I've got all perks for all characters except for 4 survivors (Steve, Cheryl, Jill and Leon). I've always aimed to get all perks on all original survivor characters before licensed ones, seeing as though there are usually more cosmetics to choose from and you can purchase lots of them with shards.

    I like to play mostly as female survivors as they are smaller. I used to main Claudette but now I tend to play more characters because I've earned/purchased skins for them and since they have lots of BP offerings and items and addons to use. I don't want to use all of them on Claudette!

  • Header
    Header Member Posts: 308
  • Lenox
    Lenox Member Posts: 234

    Thanks for all the responses. I've decided to focus on 6 survivors. As for killer, I've just been playing whoever I have a daily for.

  • Jasix
    Jasix Member Posts: 1,245

    Killers in order of time played:

    Doctor: P3 with every perk

    Pig: P3 with every perk

    Legion: P3 with every perk

    Huntress: Not prestiging - Has every perk

    Plague: Not prestiging - Has every perk

    Every other killer is 50 and have around 90% of perks.


    Survivors: Feng & Dwight are both P3 with every perk. Feng is my main survivor. The rest of my survivors are 50 with every perk but I won't Prestige them.

  • Purgatorian
    Purgatorian Member Posts: 1,146

    Freddy, wraith and Doctor are my mains.

    Clown, nemesis and myers are my secondary choices.

    I have not even tried twins, Pinhead, trickster and a couple more newer ones as I have been trying to p3 the killers I have started levelling already. I don't want to bloat the perk pool anymore for now.

    As survivor I main Kate for my female and Steve for my male. Not sure if I will p3 my survivors yet.

  • chargernick85
    chargernick85 Member Posts: 3,171

    I play all killers. I call my best my mains (Pig, Mike, Huntress for example) but I play the entire roster frequently and all but nemesis, trick, and pin I have taken to P3.

    Survivors a different story - Nancy my main piece she P3 50, Zarina P3 (not 50), the rest of my survivor mains are not P3 YET Claudette, Ace, Quentin, Kate, Jeff, Jane, Jonathon (######### Steve), Elodie, Yun-Jin, and Jill/Claire. Once I get them to P3 50 I am eyeballing THE MEG as I just love her cosmetic game.

  • Apollos
    Apollos Member Posts: 1,052

    I enjoy playing David the most. Aside from him I also play Jeff, Steve, Felix, Bill, Ash, Chris, Leon, Claire, and Dwight. I'll play as Cheryl sometimes but not very often. Laurie I hardly touch and Kate I don't really enjoy as much as I thought I would.

    Because I main so many different characters, I tend to be all over the place with them. But I like having variety.

  • Phasmamain
    Phasmamain Member Posts: 11,531

    I pretty much only play clown as killer. And for survivor I play Jane/Jeff

  • xBEATDOWNSx
    xBEATDOWNSx Member Posts: 636

    2 survivors

    Jill and Zarina

    For killers is always a toss up but I am a filthy Ghostface main who has has been enjoying himself playing as Pinhead and Hag

  • glitchboi
    glitchboi Member Posts: 6,023

    I may drop Blight because he's been getting too stressful for me, and with the collision changes he got, he's even more stressful.

    So that leaves Clown and Billy, and maybe Pinhead once I P3 him since he's extremely fun.

    My mains for survivor include Ace, Yui and Yun-Jin.

  • Clevite
    Clevite Member Posts: 4,335
    edited September 2021

    I own all the killers and play them all. With varying success, lol.

    Honestly, I play two solo q games, then I play a killer game as the last killer I versed, using their build. Unless it is slowdown heavy, I just don't enjoy running those builds anymore.

    As survivor, I own most, but I am a Tapp main. Although recently I have been running cheetah pig Meg for the fun look and the occasional boop the snoot.

    P.S, except Spirit. I won't run Spirit anymore, mained her for 2 plus years and I just don't use her much anymore. Maybe I just played her too much.

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611

    I own all survivors and all killers (Excluding Blight and Pinhead).

    For survivor, I main Nea. I rotate characters a lot, but I mainly play as Nea.

    For killer, I main Plague and Pig.

  • C3Tooth
    C3Tooth Member Posts: 8,266

    I've been grind Survivors for half a year, this is what I got so far.

    Each of them has a single aspect perk build. A single click let me change play style completely. Have been fun playing like this.

    For Killer, I play Trapper & Spirit.

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,326

    I tend to focus on 4× survivors and 3× killers at a time. I'll either Prestige or rank them up 50 levels, then switch to another.

  • Dwight_Fairfield
    Dwight_Fairfield Member Posts: 7,025

    I main two characters;


  • AnneBonny
    AnneBonny Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 2,252

    when i played on ps4 i played pretty much everyone that wasn't spirit, freddy, clown, hag or bubba, now that i'm on pc and ps4 is an absolute hellhole i mostly switch between blight and nemmy

  • JustWhimsical
    JustWhimsical Member Posts: 590

    I own all the killers and survivors, my main killer is Nurse and my main survivor is Feng.

    You can main as many as you want, I honestly play a lot of the other killers, but I say Nurse is my main because it's the killer I feel like I'm the best at using.

  • Kira4Evr
    Kira4Evr Member Posts: 2,025

    Two, Huntress and Kate

  • Squirrel_Thicc
    Squirrel_Thicc Member Posts: 2,677

    I play claudette, jake, nancy, lisa, and occasionally kate. But for killer all I ever play is nurse and huntress

  • unluckycombo
    unluckycombo Member Posts: 582

    I do not own The Chains of Hate, Binding of Kin, Nightmare on Elm Street, Hellraiser, or Demise of the Faithful chapters. (Sorry to those who enjoy those Killers/Survivors, but they just didn't appeal to me. Which is a shame, because I point at Plague a lot for being a Killer with a great design who gets slept on, but she just isn't my type. Maybe if I didn't have minor emetophobia, I'd like her more.)

    I primarily play Survivor, and I genuinely believe that most of my hours in Survivor has been dedicated to my main, Jake Park. He is my favorite boy- P3'd with all perks. Steve and Nea are tied for second most played- I really enjoy both of them, and they're both P3'd, with Nea having all perks. Leon is also P3'd with all perks, but I refuse to say I main him unless I maintain that status and continue playing him at least semi frequently between Jake games. I also have Yun-Jin, Ash, Yui, and Felix P3'd, with varying degrees of all perks. (With Yun-Jin being at the bottom of the list- I really like her character, but she has yet to come out with a skin that I want to run with the P3 head.)

    For Killers though, I don't think I'll ever not be a Pyramid Head main. He's just... so, so fun to play. Haven't P3'd him because I have a hard time forcing myself to use the rest of the cakes I have on him from year four. However, I used to main Pig and Myers, so they're both P3'd, with most perks. Spirit has almost all perks and was recently P3'd, as despite her being awful to verse, I do find her enjoyable to play. Next on that list is Legion and Ghostface for Killers, since I enjoy playing both of them as well! Nurse and Huntress also have most perks- but I'm not planning on P3-ing them. (I don't think Nurse's P3 looks good, and while Huntress's is okay, I haven't been able to take off the cat mask.) I'm not great at either of them, but they're fun, haha.

  • Yamaoka
    Yamaoka Member Posts: 4,321
    edited September 2021

    As killer:

    I've mained Leatherface since day 1 of his release.

    Started switching between him and Pyramid Head after the release of the Silent Hill chapter as I've been a fan of the Silent Hill franchise since my childhood (used to play multiple SH games, watched the movies, read some of the lore and thus have very nostalgic bond to said franchise).

    I'm now also focusing on becoming good as Nemesis as one of my all time favourite games happens to be RE4/5. Also enjoyed RE7 despite the rapid change of game design from action-horror back to pure horror. Before someone says it: I know Nemesis isn't in 4/5 or 7. I meant it as in I spent some time playing games of the franchise.

    As survivor: Jeff... Because... Uhmm.. I like some of his outfits.

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  • Survivor: Bloody Dwight & possibly Claudette, when I get her prestiged again, if ever.

    Killer: Retired P3 Spirit, Semi-Retired P3 Wraith, avid The Huntress, Plague, Nemesis, The Hag, The Doctor, and Michael player.

    To a lesser extent, I like Demo, Freddy, Deathslinger, Pyramid Head, Pinhead. I rarely play Nurse, trying to get better, but that learning curve tho.. I do not play Pig and don't necessarily like The Trickster / Ghost Face.

  • Reinami
    Reinami Member Posts: 5,520
    edited September 2021

    For killer, i play all of them, generally what i feel like at the moment. My favorites are:

    • Nurse
    • Leatherface
    • Wraith
    • Pig
    • Pinhead (Once they fix him, he is still fun to play at least)

    For killers i have every killer unlocked with every perk unlocked on every killer. With the exception of pinhead and his perks as i'm still leveling him, but just got done P3ing him and have probably 1/4th of the perks unlocked on him at this point.

    For survivors i play Cheryl or sometimes Kate and have all perks unlocked on them. Survivors are just a skin so i level them all to 40 to get their perks, and then get them on Cheryl or Kate.


    In terms of focusing, if a new killer/chapter comes out, i focus on P3ing the killer, saving the bloodpoints from the tome to get them to P3 before i play too many matches (in between prestige i'll use up the +100% bloodpoints offerings.) After that, if there is a survivor i'll level them to 40, and get the survivor perks on my main surivors, then i'll switch to killers to give them the new killer perks starting with nurse and working my way down the list. Once i have that, i just spend bloodpoints on whoever is short of addon i use.

  • Apollos
    Apollos Member Posts: 1,052

    Noice. I do something similar. It's the most dynamic way to play survivor imo.

  • Tricksters_Wife
    Tricksters_Wife Member Posts: 545

    I only play Trickster and have only played Trickster since he was released.

    As for survivor I 98% of the time play Feng with her streamer skin. But rarely I'll play Claire as well because me and a close friend of mine like to match as Claire to laugh at the moaning when she's injured.

  • RaSavage42
    RaSavage42 Member Posts: 5,549

    I tend to focus on about 5-6 killers... but I do play most of them

    But on the survivor side it's just one... but I do play most of them