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Add-On Reliant Killers

pale_hispanic
pale_hispanic Member Posts: 149
in General Discussions

Ive noticed a trend with a lot of killer designs where features that seem like they going to be/ should be basekit are locked behind add-ons. And i’m not talking about just things that make the killer better. Many killers feel clunky to play or like they have no power without these addons. Dredge is one of the best examples of this. His whole kit feels veryy clunky overall, especially with how slow his teleport feels (made even worse with how inconsistent lockers spawns can be). It’s insane how much better he feels when you’re running boat key addon. Legion without duration addons and Myers without stalk addons also come to mind. What other killer add-ons do you feel should be basekit?

p.s. this doesn’t apply to every killer or every addon. we don’t need basekit compound-33 blight or infinite mori myers

Comments

  • NerfDHalready
    NerfDHalready Member Posts: 1,749

    toy sword, partial soma photo, partial haddie's calendar, a bit of duration for myers and legion, multiple add ons for trapper mainly slower self rescue slower disarm faster setting and even honing stone, discipline, engraving (at least yellow), giga-cicada, chili, iri brush, ambush charge speed for pig, range for pphead, map of the realm. long list, i'd add turret add ons for xeno buuut, it makes sense that luxury requires add on slots.

  • BlightedDolphin
    BlightedDolphin Member Posts: 1,888

    Knight - Map of the Realm

    Legion - Duration add ons

    Trapper - faster setting

    Doctor - range and detonation delay add ons

    Dredge - Haddie’s Calendar

    Hillbilly - Yellow Engravings

    Freddy - Red Paintbrush

    Deathslinger - Reload speed

  • DyingWish92
    DyingWish92 Member Posts: 794

    Myers both stalk speed increases should be base kit honestly. Even with those sometimes you can't stalk fast enough if the survivors know how to starve you. His base kit stalk is a dumpster fire.

  • Xernoton
    Xernoton Member Posts: 5,887
    edited December 2023

    Pig: Workshop Grease and Combat Straps.

    Hillbilly: Death Engravings (at least partially), Off-Brand Motor Oil (or you play with normal sound and go deaf) and Heavy Clutch (if they don't change his collisions), arguably Dad's Boots (otherwise your mobility isn't really good on most maps).

    Freddy: Red Paintbrush (no-brainer).

    Doctor: Mouldy Electrode.

    Twins: Toy Sword.

    Knight: Map of the Realm.

    Bubba: Chilli.

    Deathslinger: Modified Ammo Belt.

    Clown: Sticky Soda Bottle.

    Dredge: Haddie's Calendar.

    Myers: Memorial Flower.

    Singularity: Soma Family Photo (at least partially).

    Trapper: Trapper Gloves and Wax Brick.


    That makes 13 out of 34 killers, that need some addon base kit. More than a third of all killers. It's pretty terrible that it got so far, if you think about it.