Please rate my build for Clown
I have just returned to DbD after a couple of months hiatus. I've been enjoying the BBQ event and while the survivor experience is pretty solid for me I've been struggling with my Clown.
I use the following perks:
1) Nowhere to hide
2) Blood favor
3) Bamboozle
4) Lightborn
Any tips, advice? I noticed when there is a 3 or 4-player escape survivors have Prove thyself or Deja vu. Lots of perks that enhance gen progression. My chases are fine but in case the hex is found I have a difficult time.
Is Lightborn a "weakness"? Should I learn playing with the risk of a flash stun?
Any tips are welcome.
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I wouldn't run Lightborn every single match, only if there's a few in the pre game lobby. I'd switch that out for maybe Infectious Fright which would let you know if there's any potential flash savers nearby. Gives you time to face a wall or something.
Also Nowhere to Hide isn't that great on its own I'd have a type of kicking gen perk attached to it otherwise kicking gens for 2.5% isn't worth the time sink.
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with clown ability, i would drop either bamboozle or blood favor, instead I would use Starstruck. So you could synergize kicking a gen, seeing who is in radius/hitting to trigger bloodfavor, then know where to go if there is any starstruck (hitting a gen before picking up would be most effective) especially prethrowing some speed on hook :)
I kinda want to try this with lethal pursuer now instead of bamboozle/blood favor <3
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IDK... how do you play??? How long are your chases??? What Addons do you like using???
Maybe:
Corrupt- stopping the first Gen being done before you find the first Survivor (probably)
Deadlock- stops the most progressed Gen for 30 seconds (probably)
Oppression- kicking one Gen cause up to 3 Gens to start regressing (RNG based) and causes difficult skillchecks for all Survivor currently on Gens
Surveillance- synergizes with Oppression
Pop- hooking a Survivor activates Pop for 30-45 seconds and causes the next Gen you kick lose 22.5% of progress
What perks do you want to keep... or are you the type to change the loadout???
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Sorry I forgot to add: I use add-ons increasing my throw speed and bottle cooldown (that's one grey and yellow). Honestly, I love bombarding survivors with bottles.
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Thanks for the feedback. I'll definitely create a build with Startruck and try not to waste Lightborn if there is only one flash in the lobby.
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I'd try something like STBFL / POP / Thrilling Tremors or Deadlock or Pentimento / Sloppy or Plaything if using pentimento.
Addon wise his aura addon on yellow bottles would basically be like nowhere to hide, think it's called cigar box or something like that. Extra bottles, mangled if no sloppy are also good.
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Corrupt, Nowhere to Hide, Jolt, Deadlock. Is what I am running.
Lightborn is not needed unless you're going against a squad of flashlight, as in more than 2 surivvors that have them. Blood flavor is a decent perk on him and Clown shoun't be vaulting windowns, in my opinion. But if that perk works for you then by all means! As for Nowhere to hide, it can come in handy since surivvors like to hide near generators. Just keep in mind that Distortion counters it.
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try corrupt-deadlock-sloppy butcher + anything, generic build that works on any m1 killer
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Light born and bamboozle are not needed (lightborn especially) I am very surprised you are not running pop in either of their places especially since you run nowwhere to hide. Stick on pop instead of lightborn and sloppy instead of bamboozle.
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I think you're limiting yourself with these perks. I'd recommend Corrupt and StBfL instead of Lightborne and Blood Favor.
You could also replace Bamboozle with Pop or even Jolt if you're struggling to keep gens.
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Yep, especially with the update to Pop.
Thanks a lot folks for the homework! I'll check and experiment with these combination of perks.
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I wouldn't run lightborn as standard, I'll usually switch to it if I see 2+ flashlights or i suspect a bully squad just to make life easy. Flashlights are pretty easy to counterplay particularly if there is only one.
You could definitely do with some regression, pop synergises pretty well with nowhere to hide as does overcharge. All 3 together is a pretty decent combo. Blood favor and bamboozle together is a little overkill on the anti vaulting too. Bamboozle is more reliable, if you want to do well hex perks are very iffy. Perhaps swap bloodfavor for superior anatomy? Along with bamboozle you fly through vault locations and can catch survs unawares by prethrowing a tonic through the vault, slowed surv plus fast clown vault equals a cheeky hit.
My personal clown build I do well with is spirit fury, bamboozle, brutal strength and jolt. Ends chases quickly to help trigger jolt as much as possible. Usually combo the mangled + longer intoxication addons. Mangled adds a bit of heal pressure. But another addon tactic I like is garish makeup kit+ cigar box, antidote buffing yourself for aura reading is actually really good, especially against survs hiding near gens, it's like budget nowhere to hide plys you are hasted so you can catch them unawares.
Also out of interest what addons are you using? They can make a huge difference.
Edit: read the thread properly and saw your add ons. Not a fan of those ones, they just don't give enough value imo, better to place bottles carefully and get more value rather than spam them willy nilly.
Also random note, a handy tech with clown is if you hit the bottle high up, say the lights up above a gen, or high up on a tree it actually causes the gas to spread over a wider area. Good for saturating gens or prepping an antidote buff.
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