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Could use some help from pyramid head's connoisseurs

Hi. I'm fairly new member of this community. I'm also a fairly new pyramid head player and so far I'm really liking him and how dangerous he is for the survivors. However I'm having a few issues with him that's mostly resulting in 1k games.

My main problem is just how slow he is when chasing someone. A regular game goes like this:

I start and can usually find someone in less than 30 seconds. I'm using corrupt so they are either moving or hiding rather than repairing. After finding someone and get in a chase I can generally get a hit within 20 seconds. Sometimes faster if they try to vault or drop a pallet.

Then here comes my problem. The survivor darts into the horizon and I find myself with two choices. Break chase, let him go heal and try to find someone else or commit to chase and down him. Commiting means slowly catching up with them and getting a second hit. This can take anything from 40 seconds to 90 seconds if the player know what he is doing. Usually less experienced players will try to hide in a gym or tile, easy hit, but experienced one will literally hold W nonstop stringing vaults which means simply catching up takes 60 seconds.

So far I have been committing because I see no point dropping the chase and letting them heal when I don't even know for sure where someone else is.

Sure enough when I drop and hook, anything from 1 to 3 gens get done in quick succession. I'm using pain resonance so if I'm lucky I can get to a genny to prevent one from getting done, but here come my second issue. By this point I really only have 1 hook. Now for all killers this is true but I feel pyramid has very little come back potential.

My other slow killer, also my favorite, plague, suffers from the same, but I can easily take control of the match most times snowball, but I can't do the same with pyramid.

So, how do you get more consistent with him? I'm still getting his perks done and all, I'm building to use a heavy slow plus info build (pain resonance, pop goes the weasel, eruption and BBQ) but I'm not sure if this will tip the balance.

Any help is appreciated

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  • Member Posts: 2,785

    @GoodBoyKaru

    Tagging the number one PH main EU, hopefully he can help.

  • Member Posts: 5,620

    That was very beautiful to watch and soothing for the soul.

  • Member Posts: 869

    OMG, you're awesome. I'm really grateful for the massively helpful guide.

    I hadn't realized how badly pain resonance was messing with my map pressure. I did saw a couple guides (red's) about the general gameplay and the do's and dont's of his power but this is so in depth. It's precious

    Of all the perks you list the only one I don't have is I'm all ears, but after seeing it in action I'm definitely getting good old ghostface. I wasn't very attracted to him, and was saving for Sadako, but I think it's worth it, because I'm really enjoying pyramid head.

    Thanks a bunch for all the helpful tips and information.

  • Member Posts: 22,889
  • Member Posts: 22,889

    Quick advice on chapter buying- wait for new chapters to release!! Older content almost always goes on sale when new content drops, and even if this time around it for some reason doesn't go on sale it'll be 2 years old when Anniversary happens and it's almost guaranteed to be, like, 40-50% off then. If you think you can hold off just a bit longer (and who knows, it might show up in the Shrine at some point between then) then it's absolutely worth your time waiting till March 8th to save some money.

  • Member Posts: 869

    Yeah, definitely gonna wait then. Thanks for that intel I had no idea of the anniversary or the new chapter thingy.

    It's not like I can buy and immediately level up ghostie anyway. I haven't even finished leveling pyramid xD.

    I'll toy around with other perks in the meantime, like infectious fright. Or eruption to synergize with pop.

  • Member Posts: 22,889

    I actually tried out Eruption, believe it or not, when the RE chapter released lol. I couldn't really find a way to tech it into builds because I just found that the build I had (Corrupt/Pop/BBQ/IAE) just gave me more value than what Eruption ever could but if you're missing perks absolutely go for it- it wasn't bad by any means provided you're already kicking gens.

    Speaking of kicking gens- the new chapter (Sadako Rising, based off of the Ringu series and featuring Sadako as the killer) features a new perk "Call of Brine" which could go very well with a build where you do kick gens (ie. not Ruin/Undying); I'll obviously be playing around and trying to tech it into builds.

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    (side note: if you want to know everything new in this Chapter, I summarised the entire PTB here:)


  • Member Posts: 22,889

    Absolutely no worries! I love sharing PH knowledge because I refuse to be the only person that ever plays him lol I adore this killer to death and if you ever need specific advice or need me to elaborate on exactly why I suggest something/suggest against something don't hesitate to ask!

  • Member Posts: 3,860

    Is there a challenge today?

    I faced so many Pyramids. Many more than usual.

  • Member Posts: 3,337

    I use PH a ton, but not really anything I can add to GBK's excellent and exhaustive advice here, but I just wanted to add a plug for I'm All Ears - there is no PH build I use that doesn't include this perk.

    I consider it essential, and leads to supremely gratifying hits.

  • Member Posts: 22,889

    More I'm All Ears love this truly is the best timeline

    In case you need more proof that this perk truly is godlike then

    (also like i said, i mess up a lot when i use my power for fun and not 100% seriously; i promise i play better when i care about the trial)

  • Member Posts: 869

    I actually read that post and made me very interested in sadako. That perk and the hook one seem interesting but that was before I decided on pyramid head.

    And I don't know why there would be few people playing as him. I mean I got hooked (pun intended) after I played against him for the first time and was utterly stomped. I have never felt so powerless against any killer.

    Granted I'm a very bad survivor, I only play surv for challenges and easy dailies like sabotaging gens and fixing hooks (might be doing it wrong though) so I went and checked the guides and tier lists and whatnot before buying. He is just such an intimidating killer in a current meta that has survivors mostly dancing in front of you, it's positively refreshing to see survivors really trying to stay TF away from you and afraid of what might happen if they fail to do so.

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