Sadako should get a rework after this upcoming midchapter.
Sadako is one of the weakest if not the weakest killer in the game. She has nothing to offer in her current state.
Wanna play stealth killer? Wraith and Gf are way better picks for that.
Wanna play a killer with base kit slowdown ability? Pinhead, hell, even Pig is better pick than her.
Wanna play teleporting killer? Dredge is now a way to go my friend.
Sadako currently posses 5 main problems:
- Sadako's stealth is rather underwhelming thanks to her lullaby.
- Lack of anti-loop or any base kit mindgame potential.
- Her slowdown is useless.
- Her cooldown on TV's is very painfull.
- Many of her add-ons are very mediocre or are hindered by current Condemned or terrible TV cooldowns.
So to buff Sadako we need to start from adressing her lullaby. There is no reason why out of all the killers in this game, a stealth killer has to posses a lullaby. That's just dumb and it should be removed completely from Sadako. It would also be a nice change to decrease the distance where Sadako is visible to survivors while she is Demanifested from 24m to 16m.
Sadako's intermittent visibility phase after Manifesting now becomes permanent and Sadako will have increased invisibility duration when she is in Manifested form by 50%
So Sadako, much like Gf, while she doesn't have a true antiloop power she will have more mindgame potential.
As for Condemned. Just like Pinhead's chainhunt it should be a passive ability and if you are the last survivor who isn't on a hook or in a dying state Condemned stacks do not charge up. Without a VHS tape one stack of Condemned will fill in 20sec. So survivor will be fully Condemned in 140sec. Survivor who holds a VHS tape will gain Condemned stacks 20% faster. Inserting a VHS tape into TV will remove 3 stacks of Condemned. Inserting VHS tape into TV will take now 3sec longer. And just like Pig's reverse bear traps, Condemned won't be filling up on survivor who is being chased by Sadako.
Now Fully Condemned survivor will be Exposed and Sadako will have option to Mori Fully Condemned survivor when he entres dying state. Fully Condemned survivors won't be able to remove Condemned stacks by inserting tape for 90sec.
Now for TVs. Currently the Turn-Off and Tape-Play cooldown are set at 60sec, Post-Projection cooldown is set at 100sec and Initial cooldown is set at 30sec. Turn-Off, Post-Projection and Initial cooldown should be decreased to 20sec while Tape-Play cooldown should be set at 30sec.
At last we have add-ons. Bloody Fingernails should become base kit.
Some add-ons will stay the same since TV's cooldown and Sadako's slowdown were fixed already.
Brown Add-ons:
-Videotape Copy. Projection does not inflict Condemned on nearby Survivors.
Grants 100% Bonus Bloodpoints for Deluge of Fear Score Events.
-Old Newspaper. Increases the invisibility duration after Manifesting by 20%
-Mother's Mirror. Increases the duration of the Post-Projection Movement Speed boost by 25%
-Cabin Sign. Reduces the time it takes for a TV to turn on after Projection by -6sec.
Yellow Add-ons:
-Yoichi's Fishing Net. Reduces the time it takes Survivors to acquire another stack of Condemned by 15% when holding a VHS Tape.
-Well Stone. Reduces the time it takes for a TV to turn on after having been turned off by a Survivor by 15sec.
-Sea-Soaked Cloth. Survivors that do not hold Tape will gain Condemned stack 20% faster.
-Reiko's Watch. Decreases time to switch between Demanifasted and Manifested forms by 20%.
-Clump of Hair. Reduces the range at which The Onryō is visible while Demanifested by 6m.
Green Add-ons:
-Weil Water. Increases the duration of Undetectable status effect by 3.5sec when Manifesting by any means.
-Ring Drawing. Condemned Survivors spread their Condemnation to other Survivors, who complete a Healing action on them.
-Rickety PInwheel. Survivors within 16m of a powered TV suffer from the Exhausted status effect. This effect lingers 15sec when survivor leaves the 16m range of powered TV.
-Mother's Comb. Any survivor who has inserted VHS Tape or turned TV off will get their aura revealed to you for 6sec.
-Bloody Fingernails. Any survivor with at least 2 stacks of Condemned will suffer from Mangled status effect when injured and 7% speed penalty to unhooking and healing other survivors.
Purple Add-ons:
-VCR. When Sadako injures a survivor, they will get one stack of Condemned. It decreases Condemned charge speed by 40% when survivor doesn't hold a VHS Tape.
-Telephone. After using Projection all survivors within 16m will be Exhausted for 10sec and will suffer 15% Hindered status effect for 5sec.
-Tape Editing Deck. Each Survivor starts the Trial with VHS Tape and their highlighted TV is the one farthest from their location.
-Distorted Photo. Hitting a survivor within 8sec after Manifesting will reveal aura of all survivors to you for 6sec.
Iridescent Add-ons:
-Remote Control. After Projection the auras of survivors who are within 16m of TVs are revealed to you for 6sec.
-Iridescent Videotape. Whenever a survivor puts VHS tape into TV all survivors aura will be revealed to you for 6sec.
This is just my idea how to fix Sadako and as always numbers could be changed here and there.
Thank you very much for reading this long ass post :)
Comments
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I think making her a pinhead knockoff is real boring. I wish condemned didn't mini mori at all so that it could have power in other areas; inflicting status effects as it increases.
Also the pinwheel? Imo one of her best addons. People don't get this. It makes it so you basically never have to demanifest to get the drop on people. I've gotten more gen grabs with this addon than with ever other killer combined. After survs realize that I'm getting free hits with it they tend to actually interact with the TV's.
I also think the 30s cooldown in which TV's cannot be used could be removed entirely. Dredge can use it's much better, more versatile teleport nearly immediately.
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Onryo is worst killer.
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