Why do killer players avoid hitting body blocking survivor.
This happens a lot when i body block as surv. The killer will try to go around me, not swinging at me and just walk around, what caused me to make this post is today I played against a knight on midwich, i stood in a door frame like a jackass to let another injured survivor a chance to escape chase and the Knight instead of smacking me and going trough me decided to walk around me after I blocked him. When it happens to me i usually swing at the blocker.
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Because then they get away and injures are meaningless, only hooks are relevant.
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Not only does hitting the Survivor give the original target free distance, but it forces you into an animation + it forces you to make a decision then and there on whether you should switch to the newly injured Survivor (that’s more than likely taking hits because they can afford to for multiple reasons) or track back down your first target
Walking around them with Bloodlust forces the bodyblocking Survivor to make a decision instead. Do they attempt to cut me off further down which wastes their own time if it doesn’t work out or do they spend the time traveling to a gen instead?
It’s all situational, there’s obviously times where you just want the injuries for more pressure or you physically can’t get around a Survivor without hitting them, depends on the player as well
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A couple reasons...
1. Healing is a joke in the current meta due to medkits and CoH. Injuring the body blocker isn't worth it.
2. Hits break Bloodlust. Walking around doesn't.
3. Hitting the blocker gives the killer's intended target time to make distance while they're stuck in the cooldown.
Obviously, there are situations where it's better to just hit the blocker. It's a case by case basis that you learn to judge with experience.
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Yes!
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I'm not sure. I know for a fact though that the only way I will tunnel is if someone body blocks me with bt/otr. If you are healthy I will probably switch to you and you have achieved your goal.
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i forgot to bring visual reconstruction
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