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Onryo changes are nice, but they don't address her issues.
I know everyone already talked about this but I wanted to put my opinion out there as well because I want to ensure I do everything I can to prevent these changes on one of my favorite killers from going live.
I like most of the changes introduced in this mini rework however there are a lot of big problems with new sadako: First of all, her stealth is still very poor, sadako still having a 24-meter lullaby while demanifested is so overkill. It needs to be reduced to something like 12 meters instead (or make it mapwide to induce paranoia (maybe that could be an add-on?) Secondly, there are some questionable addon changes, reiko's watch being nerfed makes no sense. The reason why it was used so much was because it gave her a sort of niche chase power on a killer with nothing going for them and it was fun to use, now it does hardly anything and isn't worth running at all. There were some good healthy addon changes such as the ring drawing and iri tape tho.
Third, her tv spawns have not been addressed, in some maps, the tv spawns are just so absurd, there will be a big deadzone of tvs or it'll be like tobia landing where the tv is located on the bottom floor of the generator building facing far away from anything. I like condemned being a little more threatening however the 15-second teleport cooldown feels so restrictive. I prefer teleporting whenever I want but only inflicting condemned at a range, as not only did that mechanic give her vital information to tell you if a survivor is near, but it also felt much better than it just universally being applied because as insignificant as it was it felt like it was something I actually did by correctly guessing the location of the survivors.
The tv shut-off cooldown swap and some of the tape changes are a step in the right direction, but I definitely feel like more could be done, such as making bloody fingernails basekit as that speed boost is just so helpful in all sorts of situations. or even introducing the ring drawing into her basekit (although make it only give half condemned maybe) Or even Reiko's watch being basekit as it's just fun to execute properly. This rework/buff feels more like a gimmicky iridescent sidegrade addon than an actual buff/rework. If this sadako goes live I don't think I will want to play her anymore, all the fun niche mechanics she had, as flawed as they were, were what made her feel special and seeing her just be dulled down to this is unfortunate. Not does she still feel very underpowered, but she also lost a lot of the fun quirks she had.