How to counter Boon: Shadow Step
So I've gotten to play a fair amount of matches against the new Boons lately and have come to realize that the best way to deal with them is so simple: Bloodhound.
I'm not joking. I've been getting so much value out of Bloodhound every match lately. People trying to use stealth builds on top of Shadow Step or even just Shadow Step alone, Bloodhound has allowed me to always find people when I can't see their scratch marks or aura- and yes I know this is only applicable when the survivor you're tracking is injured and bleeding but I am kind of going with the assumption that you're trying to track and down an injured person using Iron Will in a Shadow Step zone.
Seriously I highly recommend that you try Bloodhound if you're having trouble with tracking. It's also let me catch people that jump into lockers and think they're being sneaky since it causes blood to linger much longer than usual.
And before anyone says "Well what about Lucky Break" I mean, Lucky Break is valid. If a survivor is running Lucky Break, Shadow Step and Iron Will that's a lot dedicated to stealth and not as much DS, DH, Unbreakable etc etc but yeah. If I notice that they aren't leaving blood behind and that they're using Lucky Break sometimes I'll just drop chase and go for someone else if they lose me. Lucky Break isn't forever thankfully.
When I realized Nurse's Calling wouldn't counter CoH because of Shadow Step I immediately jumped to Bloodhound as it's a pretty underrated tracking perk. It's allowed me to find people and keep up pressure by getting more hooks.
Additionally Spies From the Shadows can work if that's more your cup of tea. I personally hate the perk though but I have a friend who's been using it and having similar results. Survivors can and will run freely through Shadow Step areas so they'll trigger Crows constantly. I use crows to help track too and they're very underrated.
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Never thought i'd see the day where i'd unironically agree with somebody recommending bloodhound. What has this world come to.
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Just
Do
The
Bones
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Let me relight the boon lol you just waste your time while the other do gen and are safe
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You waste 20 seconds to relight the totem while the killer wastes 1 second to snuff it. Yup, definitely OP, plz nerf!
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I've been considering pairing Bloodhound with an addon or maybe a second perk that inflicts Haemorrhage to counter Shadow Step, but honestly I don't have that much trouble following them anyway unless they're on an indoor map.
Still- I have no doubt that it genuinely does help, I may check it out anyway.
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Its 14 sec to bless a totem. The killer need to know where the totem is and get there while the survivor do gen and the biggest difference its not like the killer can use 1/4 of is teamate while doing chase
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It's not a bad idea to pair with Sloppy Butcher or an add-on that inflicts this effect (I love using Blind Warrior - White on Wraith for example, it's just Sloppy but added to his surprise attacks).
Sloppy will still slow down the healing bonus from CoH. I know it isn't much but it's something. In the event that they aren't running CoH for some reason it is good slowdown.
Definitely give it a try though. Otherwise like I said I think Spies is the only way to be tipped off on their position when they're under the effect of Shadow Step.
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Its only 14 for dull totems and if the killer takes 4 seconds to get rid of it it still gives you a net of 2 total seconds(16 aka 4 x 4) of generator progression...
It also usually takes longer then 4 seconds(Counting travel time) for a killer to get rid of a boon.
Turns out its almost always a good idea to do relight boons as a survivor if other survivors actually bother to do generators.
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There's a reason I have Bloodhound as my icon. 😉
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Also note that Bloodhound makes the trail last a few seconds longer than normal (2-4 seconds longer based on the perk rank). So, even if you are good at spotting the blood without it being bright glowing red, Bloodhound can help you see old blood spots that otherwise might have evaporated without it.
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Killer has to find boom,which waste time killer doesn’t have,then as soon as he snuffs it,it’s relit.So it’s a lot more than just one second to snuff.
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