Nurse Blinking
So I've decided to try and learn nurse on console because I want something a bit challenging and I've always put it off before because it has a steep learning curve, especially on console.
I've been mainly using tracking perks and just messing about trying to get my blink attacks and distance correct and quite enjoying it even though I'm pretty bad at the moment.
One thing in noticing a lot when I'm using the plaid flannel addon to gauge distance is that the indicator is always getting stuck on the most random items & map features. Is this just a buggy power or is she supposed to play like that? It's quite frustrating when your blink indicator gets stuck on a box and you need to move the camera up for it to pass that location. Surely if you have multiple areas on a map that can cause this sticking you won't be able to develop any kind of consistent muscle memory because it changes all the time depending on if it's stuck or not. Without the plaid flannel I wouldn't even see if it's stuck.
I guess people that have played her a lot know what works and what doesn't, but for me it just seems kinda buggy.
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Fellow console here.
To put it simply, you get used to it. You remember what can get your blink snagged, how it interacts with certain objects/environments, etc. Important tip: You cannot blink inside survivors, meaning they can get in the way of your blinks, throwing them off.
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Yes, that is intentional and part of the learning curve. Some items have larger blink boxes and you will have to go/aim further to get past them.
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The flannel shows you exactly where she should land and no, you cannot really land everwhere nor in a survivor (something good survivor use against the Nurse). That's part of the steep learning curve.
I'd suggest you search for a Nurse advice thread on this forum. There was a discussion for someone learning her on PC. You may find something interesting.
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As a PC player I salute you console nurses. When I get owned by a console nurse all I can do is commend them for putting in the time to learn her.
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I suggest you first get a friend and do a custom match and go around testing everything that you can and cant blink through use plaid if you must but itll make learning her a bit harder as you get used to its info and you want that info in your head. I suggest you practice on multifloor maps such as the game so you can see how much you have to angle in order to stay on your floor or go up and down one. The other thing you should be aware of that alot of new players dont know is her fist clinching tells you when your blink is fully charged its a slow build up then she clinches tightly and you got max distance ready. You also cant blink through some vehicles like on haddonfield and its vans. She definately takes a lot of mistakes like most likely 100s before you first start getting the hang of her but lil by little it gets easier.
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I can't play as Nurse because of her fatigue after blinking. Her "pause" is literally how a migraine starts for me in RL. If I do use her it's to have fun but without the blinking.
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Cheers folks definitely a steep learning curve that's for sure. Starting to get a bit more consistent with the blink attacks & I guess I'll be needing a lot of games before I can play her properly.
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First: congrats on joining the Nurse ranks! She's a ton of fun.
On to the question: yes, the sticking is normal. Because you can't blink on top of a map asset in most cases, you are blinking on one side of it until you're blinking on the other side of it. There's no in-between. Your blink is still charging, but your landing point doesn't change until you fully clear the object. The sticking of the Plaid Flannel marker is a visual representation of that.
You can usually accelerate this process by tilting your camera up. One of the biggest transitions from M1 killers to Nurse is camera placement. Nurse wants her camera tilted up a lot more than M1 killers. A lot of Nurse players will flick the camera up as they release a blink. It's especially useful around pesky rock tiles.
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Yeah the blink hit boxes aren't exactly the most consistent. Sometimes you'll just get ######### over and you gotta accept that. Luckily in most cases you won't need to just barely clear the thing you're trying to blink through so you can charge a little extra by default to make sure you get through.
Other things you can do to minimize getting stuck on something and having your blinks eaten are:
1. Flicking your camera up before letting the blink go. It allows you to get the maximum distance possible from your blink.
2. Making sure you are hugging the object you're trying to blink through before you let go of the blink; if there's empty space between you and the object you're trying to blink through it can throw you off if you're too hyperfixed on the survivor's position and not just your own. You may unconsciously be strafing parallel to the box or debris or whatever you're trying to blink through at a distance and think you're closer than you are.
3. Just playing her more in general to learn what you can blink tightly around and what stuff has massive bullshit hitboxes. Just build up that experience. You may not be able to identify every single object's collision, but you may be able to recognize at a glance what can ######### you up.
Good luck!
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Blinking directly at a survivor running around a box will block you and leave you stuck. Hate how a survivor's hitbox will block your blink and it seems more sensitive after the fixes.
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I have been playing Nurse on console for a long time, so my advice to you is if you really do want to make Nurse your best killer, you need to practice a lot. Thankfully it's a lot easier than it was before because of the sensitivity changes and bug fixes, but it still takes a considerable amount of practice to learn and master.
The snagging on objects will always happen you just need to be aware of those objects in question and try to blink around them or go up right next to the object in question, but before there were objects that were unblinkable through namely a certain giant rock, not sure if that's fixed tbh..
Even with those issues if you play enough and I really mean a lot, you will learn maps so well you will start learning where these zones are and what are the best places to go to blink, even if survivors do take you to those objects its important to try to blink near them so you can get them without getting stuck and losing chase.
So Nurse is strongest with a combination of ability memorization and muscle memory as well as map knowledge because a lot of the time you won't know where survivors will end up due to line of sight being broken so you have to make a guess and calculate that they will run to this area instead of double backing.
The reason most people don't like playing Nurse is that even after getting used to these you will still need to play quite a lot to keep yourself consistent hope this helped!
Good Luck and hope you have fun! :)
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