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Can any console killer players give me tips?
I switched from PC to console a few weeks ago for various reasons and I don't understand how people play decently with such awful controls. If you play on high sensitivity, killers like Bubba or Trickster become ridiculously hard to play. But if you use a lower sensitivity killers like Blight or Billy you're put at a massive disadvantage in regards to flicks.
I've understood that console has gotten the short end of the stick, it's what I've always heard and I've understood it, but I didn't understand just how horrendous this game is on controller. Half the killers in the roster become significantly weaker just by using a controller.
From missing M1 attacks I would've easily gotten on PC, to bumping into everything as Bubba, to messing up the easiest mindgames on M1 killers; how do you do it? I've seen controller players with such elegant movement and I don't understand it. I've used controllers for a significant part of my time playing video games and am fine with them in literally any other game, but for some reason I just can't wrap my head around it.
Maybe it's the FOV, maybe it's the stress, maybe it's the power designs, but something makes it so hard for me to use a controller on this game. So, any tips other than the obvious "be patient" or "use a sensitivity you like"?
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Those are basically your only two options unfortunately.
You just have to accept the handicap and improve other parts of your game to compensate.
I focused on my hearing, game knowledge and psychological impact to compensate for my controller use.
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Open the killer tutorial and get to the bit where you have to down Meg. Practice chasing her without hitting her but try to keep her in the middle of the screen at all times so she never leaves your screen. This should teach to use smooth motion and avoid the clack clack of the stick against the sides of the controller.
When swinging get used to swiping an arc rather than just pointing at the survivor. This gives you a larger hit box.
A really good Huntress streamer I sometimes watch switches his controls to 35% sensitivity to play her and then back to 75% for basic attack killers. I wouldn't stray from this unless you get comfortable with the controls. 75% should be sufficient to counter 360s.
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I'm not sure if this helps but, it's just something that's gonna take time to get used to overtime and with practice. I personally play all my killers at 80 sens, and the only time I went higher was when I was playing Nurse. If you need to adjust your sens depending on your killer, then that's fine. However do expect frame drops whenever you use your power or anything random occuring in the match. It's unfortunately the norm for us, and it'll probably disorient you for a moment because you might lose where you're going or the survivor for a moment.
Any m1 killer or m1 killer's with zoning power's are a lot easier on controller to play with. I will warn that Nemesis is the killer that will most likely drop high frames, he drops console frames a lot when playing survivor but I don't from playing him himself, but I would assume so.
Do practice with simple m1 killer's like wraith, trapper, or Doctor to get the feeling of things. If you must, use unrelenting to help you recover from missed attacks quicker. It's kinda hard to give out useful tips sorry, since I played on controller for most of my life and it just comes naturally to me. If a survivor does try to spin you though, you would hold the attack button and turn both your joysticks accordingly to hit the survivor. Turn them all the way left or right, it doesn't need to be a clockwise or counter clockwise motion, just simple turning a sharp left or right is good for spinning. I'd recommend using high sens if you wanna be able to spin as fast to hit the spinning survivor, otherwise you'll just have to wait it out.
I have tried Bubba before and trying to curve his chainsaw with controller is pretty hard since you need to be careful not bump into a lot of small things or weird hitboxes. I would probably just look up Bubba tutorials on controller.
Also console dbd in naturally darker by default and there's no option to turn to quality down to low, it's set I believe on high or ultra by default (probably why we have so many fps issues) so if you're playing on your TV just turn your brightness settings up.
So all in all, I'd recommend practicing with basic m1 killer's to get used to the movement and everything, then once you get comfortable, try more challenging killer's like blight or even spirit, hell even Bubba for those chainsaw curves. And do be prepared for the stuttering you'll have in your games.
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Shadowborn helps but controller feels horrible for a lot of killers, it is really poorly implemented with only a single sensitivity control. Many killers powers feel clunky by design choice.
I had to switch from KBM to controller last year in an FPS I play and because it has acceleration sensitivity slider I can still be competitive vs. KBM players. Definitely takes patience.
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Just not the best input to play on. Having said that, we make do and we arent that far behind in what we can do.
I dont play at high sensitivity and seem to do okay (60) but some people class that as high tbf. Just practice and accept you'll have a disadvantage with controller.
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I knew I wasn't crazy.
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This is a pretty good breakdown. To it I'd add a few things: Have a timer in your head for when Bloodlust kicks in, because should you swing as it activates you'll eat a huge frame drop and the surv is simply gone. Also I find it better to stop or even take a step back to deal with survs trying to spin me, because if I up the sensitivity past 60 I get nauseous, prolly why I can't play several killers on console.
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When you play on console for a long time it's the normal. Don't be quick to swing take a step back if you know their trying to spin you.
Practice and adjust your sensitivity to what feels right for you. And welcome to hard mode😀😂
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Personally I think it's less "use a sensitivity you like" and more "work your way up to getting used to playing with max sens". After the sens update I gradually worked my way up the sens and now I'm ready to go higher than max but I can't. I'd reccomend at least 65 as that's about how much you need to not get spun like a baby by pc survs. I used that much at first when sens was updated. Ideally though you probably want to get used to max. Take your time though no need to rush.
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