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No Artist Changes in 5.7.0?

PixelBush
PixelBush Member Posts: 120
in General Discussions

Typically new Killers get balance updates in the second midchapter after their release - has Artist's been delayed? Or is she gonna stay the way she is?

And before anyone draws any conclusions, I'm not petitioning for her to get buffed or nerfed. I'm just interested to see as an Artist enthusiast who wants to make a guide on her without risking the information in it becoming instantly outdated.

Comments

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    She does not need any change, this is reason. She is fine.

  • Rogue11
    Rogue11 Member Posts: 1,482

    Artist seems fine to me. The only thing I get annoyed by is her throwing birds at gens with Dead Man's Switch while camping a hook...

  • GoodBoyKaru
    GoodBoyKaru Member Posts: 22,817

    She has received no official balance changes, though there have been some bugs fixed around her. Particularly the exit gate bug making Crows instantly vanish if placed slightly wrong.

  • CakeDuty
    CakeDuty Member Posts: 1,001

    Mandy said in another post that so much work was put onto GF, Legion and Haddonfield, that they didn't have time for perk changes and such. So I'm gonna assume that's the reason they didn't do anything for Artist.

  • Marc_123
    Marc_123 Member Posts: 3,688

    She is a weird one.

    Just played against her on Midwich.

    She 4k us.

    I get strange teammates atm - red grades but bad. And today is no MMR test...

  • Predated
    Predated Member Posts: 2,976
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/317820/no-artist-changes-in-5-7-0

    If anything since Artists release will need adjusting, its actually the DMS buff. Artist is worse than Twins when it comes to hook camping if she has DMS.

    Honestly, I think I would like it if DMS could only be triggered once per hook. That way, people cant really spam Pain Resonance and DMS on killers like Blight and Nurse, while Artist instantly loses her ability to consistently camp someone on a scourge hook. There is plenty of hooks on the map, even 4 in the basement.

  • CrowVortex
    CrowVortex Member Posts: 968

    If anything elevation issues need to be looked at on map terrain, other than that, she's fine kit wise.

  • Norhc
    Norhc Member Posts: 575

    I think they are scared to nerf killers right now after all the (deserved) backlash they got from 2.40.

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611

    She doesn't really need any changes. Her Dire Crow cooldown needs to be a bit shorter, but other than that she is fine. Besides, we're already getting Legion and Ghostface changes.

  • StarLost
    StarLost Member Posts: 8,077
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/317820/no-artist-changes-in-5-7-0

    Aside from her addons being sort of meh, Artist is honestly pretty near perfection. She's strong, she's intuitive and she's versatile but she has lots of counterplay and a monstrous skill cap. Artist should (again, excepting addons) be the balance targets for all killers going forwards, imho.

  • danielmaster87
    danielmaster87 Member Posts: 9,699

    She needs qol changes and zero nerfs, just like Wraith and Freddy needed before their nerfs.