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Michael Myers major flaw

BillsHere101
BillsHere101 Member Posts: 247
edited December 2022 in General Discussions

His power. Stalking is a time burden which let every survivor do their generator at peace. He's also considered an M1 killer despite his exposed status effect in Tier III, making him an easy killer to loop.

How would you change Michael Myers?

Comments

  • AbsolutGrndZer0
    AbsolutGrndZer0 Member Posts: 1,987

    I mean, I really wouldn't. In a lot of ways he's a meme killer, as he does what he does in the movie. Nobody plays Myers because he's OP, they play him because they are fans of Halloween and his playstyle. Plus, add that he has the Tombstone and Fragrant Tuft of Hair addons, and.... yeah. He's in no way weak, even without said addons.

  • HectorBrando
    HectorBrando Member Posts: 3,167

    they play him because they are fans of Halloween and his playstyle.

    I play Myers and you are completely right, I like his playstyle even if he is not the strongest Killer in the game.

    Myers if fine as he is, people who dont like him or think he is too weak just dont play him but dont deprive me or others of his playstyle just because you want another teleporting Killer (because most suggestions are always the same "give him a teleport!!".

  • Seraphor
    Seraphor Member Posts: 9,436

    All he needs is a change to stalk meter acquisition so that he can't entirely exhaust survivors and end up with zero power.

    Maybe even disable that when using the unlimited tier III add on.

    Otherwise he's fine. Sure he slows down while he stands there stalking, but that's bypassing the first hit of a chase and bypassing Dead Hard.

  • StarLost
    StarLost Member Posts: 8,076

    Rework his insta-mori stuff, particularly TSP. These two addons are miserable to play against and should be called 'nobody gets pips today'.

    Move Scratched Mirror down to brown and Vanity Mirror down to yellow. These are, by a mile, his most fun addons and encourage a lot of healthy play (looping, chases) as well as funny moments (jumpscares and ambushes).

    Improve the thematically resonant parts of his kit.

    • Dead Rabbit baseline.
    • Increase his vault speed further at T2 and 3.
    • T3 also gives him faster pallet breaks.
    • He also gains stalk when hitting a survivor at T1 and T2.

    ...'This killer should be weak because he's a meme killer' is a...take.

    I'd say he needs unhealthy addons reworked and then buffed in other areas, because Myers tends to be either pretty weak or a frustrating instant death machine.

  • AbsolutGrndZer0
    AbsolutGrndZer0 Member Posts: 1,987

    Way to miss my point. I outright said he is NOT weak, despite being a meme killer to an extent.

  • GoodBoyKaru
    GoodBoyKaru Member Posts: 22,941

    Hey, at least you've recognised that you actually need to stalk this time.

  • TeabaggingGhostface
    TeabaggingGhostface Member Posts: 3,108

    I'd bring back multistalking and add a way to replenish stalk, like by hooking them or something

    Also basekit tombstone, though with a catch, lets say injured and death hook

  • Xendritch
    Xendritch Member Posts: 1,843

    Reverse the distance to evil gained values. It's kinda silly you get more evil standing right in front of a survivor compared to watching them from behind a tree or a window from a farther away and you're ya know, actually stalking them.

  • Emoba
    Emoba Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 514

    Myers is fine. Leave him alone.

  • Seraphor
    Seraphor Member Posts: 9,436
    edited December 2022

    This is actually a good point. Reversing it would mean that you're more likely to tier up at a distance, and less likely to be able to trigger it in a chase.

    It would mean less 99ing and popping it right when you're directly behind a survivor. But on the other hand it would make it easier to build up most of the stalk before being spotted, with survivors needing to actually be aware of their surroundings and potential LoS's to prevent it. Seems fairer for both sides.

  • Murgleïs
    Murgleïs Member Posts: 1,107

    Myers is fun, please leave this killer alone. Also leave any killer you find "boring" alone, don’t play them and let others DBD players have fun with them.

  • Akumakaji
    Akumakaji Member Posts: 5,619

    Honestly, this seems like the most effective "one line tweek" that I have ever seen. Just do it, BHVR!

  • Rudjohns
    Rudjohns Member Posts: 2,814
    edited December 2022

    Just buff Myers to have tier 3 and tombstone basekit

  • MaTtRoSiTy
    MaTtRoSiTy Member Posts: 2,643

    I do think his major flaw is that his early game is painfully slow, so maybe a moderate base kit increase to his first tier up would be a good change. His slow early game and the emblem system make getting his adept pretty painful outside of just after rank reset.

    I love Myers regardless and he is one of my most played killers and despite his slow start I still seem to snowball with him and I honestly cant remember the last time I lost a match with him (though I most definitely have lol).

    I kind of agree with the earlier comment about him being a meme killer and not needing much change.

  • proxy_taxfraud
    proxy_taxfraud Member, Alpha Surveyor Posts: 153

    I just love stalking 3 guys into infinite tier 3 and tombstone the 4th survivor by catching him with insidious. Guy never even saw me and he's already dead. Other killers are just soyboys compared to Myers.

  • ByeByeQ
    ByeByeQ Member Posts: 1,104

    Myers is fine.

    Only the Broken Tombstone should be reworked, since it's a holdover from an ancient era of DbD when moris were instant.