Fixing Killer Add-ons - Pyramid Head
I’m a pyramid head main, and something I’ve come to realize is that pyramid heads add ons are in range from good to garbage, most of which are garbage.
What I want to do is accomplish a goal of setting realistic ideas of what should be the buffs towards PH’s add-ons, as I think most of the add-ons have potential, but are not realized.
Changes will be seen in (Parenthesis)
Starting from the top:
Iridescent add-ons:
Seal of Metatron; a very weak add-on that I could see buffed as such:
- When sending a survivor to a Cage of Atonement, the auras of all survivors suffering from Torment (and/or those who have been struck with Punishment of the Damned) will be revealed for 6 seconds.
Iridescent add-ons are supposed to be very powerful, and this instance, it is very weak, many times when you play pyramid head you will get survivors who avoid your torment like the plague (which is reasonable) and whenever you do end up getting a down on a survivor with torment, that might be the only survivor you have tormented by the time you chase them again, leaving the only person's aura to be revealed is the person in the cage (which obviously you can’t see their aura because that would be dumb and already patched) leaving this add-on useless in most situations. (to clarify you hit a survivor once with m2, they will be revealed once when you send someone to a cage, afterwards it resets, and you will need to hit them with m2 again in order to reveal their aura again)
With this change, the add-on becomes more reliable and you are rewarded for using your power correctly, you would be able to get value out of it in most situations, some may say this would make it too strong, maybe, but Reprose Lichen exists on demo, so shut up.
Obsidian Goblet, one of the weakest add-ons that I could see buffed in two ways-
1) Grants Undetectable when standing on a Rites of Judgment trail (and when holding Rites of Judgment)
The idea of undetectable pyramid head is great because it is faithful to the way pyramid head worked in his game (silent hill 2), I decided that “Undetectable” effect should stay, but be made more useful, in this change you can actually sneak up on players and use rites of judgment as a surprise attack, as opposed to just sitting in one spot waiting for dwight to come unhook the survivor while everyone else does gens, this way, the add-on will encourage using your power instead of camping.
2) Grants undetectable when standing on a Rites of Judgment trail (when exiting a rites of judgment trail, you stay undetectable for however long you spent on a Rites of Judgment trail)
This makes the add-on allow pyramid head to sacrifice precious time in order to gain the element of surprise, to clarify if you spend 30 seconds within a rites of judgment trail straight, you will stay undetectable for 30 seconds when you leave the trail.
Purple add-ons:
Crimson Ceremony Book; this add-on is very meh, but its not the worst, here's how it could be better
- Rites of Judgment trails inflict (Mangled) until torment ends
Hemorrhage is powerful when the survivor is healing close to you, but when they are healing across the map stepping in torment is barely even a problem, changing the status effect from hemorrhage to mangled provides a much needed buff, and it changes the add-on to something that is punishing when stepping in torment, rather than when an idiot decides to heal too close to pyramid head.
Lost Memories Book: this add-on is super weak and desperately needs a buff-
- Rites of Judgment trails inflict Oblivious for (40) seconds
Let's be honest, what the hell is 15 seconds of oblivious gonna do for anyone, most of the time when a survivor is inflicted with torment, it is in chase, the oblivious is pointless, BUT for the off-chance that it does occur, it is most of the time when you are across the map and 15 seconds isn’t even enough to creep up on anyone. Out of all the add-ons on this list, this should get a buff at the very least
Rust colored Egg; This is just a really boring add-on that doesn’t really help the killer at all, so I decided to spice it up a bit-
- The auras of all survivors who stand in Rites of Judgment trails are revealed for 0.5 seconds and/or are inflicted with blindness for 60 seconds
This actually makes the add-on useable in chase, this add-on is completely useless in chase otherwise and is barely useful even when a survivor accidentally steps in torment across the map, its a mild inconvenience. This actually makes this add-on somewhat useful. The fact that you can see a survivors aura through walls makes it very powerful and allows you to use your power much easier, imo this wouldn’t be op as good survivors will know to dodge or to leave the loop anyways before you can actually hit them
Green through brown add-ons (and scarlet egg) :
Scarlet Egg (killer instinct add-ons) Idk what tf I’d do with this garbage, leave a suggestion in the comments if you’ve got an idea
Burning man painting (range add-ons): these are pyramid heads best add-ons, they are perfect the way they are
Mannequins Foot (Trail Duration add-ons): these are perfectly fine the way they are, they accomplish the goal they were set to do, and that is enough
Tablet of the Oppressor (Hold M2 duration add-ons) fine the way they are, maybe they could use a 1 second buff to each rarity, but other than that, they are fine
Valtiel Sect Photograph (Recharge add-ons) fine the way they are, they are kind of bad, but I’m too lazy to think of something to change about it, fundamentally these are just… bad, leave a comment if you got an idea
Please BHVR, do something about his add-ons, its been an extended amount of earth rotations