Hag mains, Do you exist, if so, any tips?

brodyman1219 · August 2022

I've gotten 3 4ks in a row and really enjoy playing as her, thinking of maining her.

EvilSerje · August 2022

Former Hag main. You need tips or just encouragement?

brodyman1219 · October 2022

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3123627#Comment_3123627

both lol

EvilSerje · October 2022

If you want tips, another former Hag main here too.

Make a controlled spammable teleport button. I don't know if it would be some button or mouse wheel, but you need to spam it during gameplay to immediately teleport. But I said "controllable", so you could stop spam at any given moment, I'll tell why later.
Always set up the web, always! You cannot have 9 available traps on your hand, you're the weakest at that moment. You always must have a web zone which you are gonna protect and drag survivors into. Outside of your web you are nothing, inside you are the nightmare.
Hag doesn't chase!!! She is slow and weak. She works like spider and lure survivors into her web. If you're running after survivor more than 10 seconds and without any trap nearby, you doing it wrong.
If survivor step on your trap - replace it (if it's not temporary loopblocking trap outside of your web), see part 2.
Corall survivor into your trap while chasing him. Use mindgames (for example if survivor trigger trap on one side of the pallet, and you're on the other, don't teleport immediately, wait for his move, if he stays too long, teleport and hit, if he goes towards you, you know what to do)
There are two different playstyles - "Rusty Shackles" addon and no "Rusty Shackles" (I'm not talking about Shoe addon, it's more meme). Rusty shackles require you to place traps in jumpscare positions, where you can appear out of nowhere and hit/grab. General gameplay is to place traps a little off path, so survivor is forced to swerve of his path and lose time.
Primarily place traps in hidden spots (in the grass) or unexpected ones (like open area between two points of interest where survivors are likely to run)
The main Hag perk is Franklin's Demise. Besides the huge trouble flashlights give you, dropped items create additional "point of interest". Trap it immediately, greedy survivor always return for their items.
Losing 3 gens at the start without even zero hit is normal Hag match. First you need to choose your zone to protect and set up your web. Without web you're nothing, I repeat. Ideally you get 3-4 gens in your web and drag downed survivors into it. Always maintain your web.
You can move your web if survivors managed to make it useless (like did gens in it), but web should always be!
Seasoned survivors and SWF will give you headache. They will trigger your traps from a safe distance, bait you to drop chase and if hit, go to safe zone outside your web and reset. It is war of attrition and nothing Hag could do except to protect her web. Replace traps in different tricky places, surprise them and protect the gens.
If there is a chance to drag survivor into killer shack, that's mostly gg. Free escape from Hag's shack possible only if Hag did sloppy performance. If one survivor is in the shack, that means at least one is dead at the end. They can trade themselves one for one with high risk, but the result is the same. If not, you're doing it wrong.
Hag require strategic gameplay more than any killer, even more than trapper. Watch how Pro's doing on YT (I highly recommend "Michi")

Xernoton · October 2022

I'm not a Hag main but I do have my share of experience on her. The best tips I can give you are:

Really thinking about where you place your traps. Unlike Trapper the Hag's traps do have a lot of range so you can place them around corners and make it harder for survivors to remove them. Make sure you don't place your traps to close to each other as survivors then have an easy time removing them after they got hit.

Always make sure to have a web of traps set up. If survivors harrass you, replace the traps and try to go for easy hits only. They'll eventually burn through their flashlights or become more aggressive making it easier to get a hit.

Decide on an area that you want to defend at the start and don't leave it. You can step out of it a few feet but ultimately you don't want to chase anywhere there is no trap.

Leave chases early. If you can get an easy hit or down that's great but otherwise let your traps do your job. You can chase survivors into them but otherwise you don't really want to chase.

Be patient. Many Hag games can take quite a while. When there is only your 3 or 4 gens left and survivors start harassing you again always reset your traps. Even if you could maybe get a hit it's not worth losing 3 or 4 traps. Always remember, even if you can't down or hit them they cannot finish the gens either as long as you protect them.

For perks I can recommend Safe the best for Last and Sloppy Butcherer. STBFL might not sound great as you can't really decide who you want to hit most of the time but even 3 stacks make quite a difference on her. Sloppy will help you deal with healing.