Houndmaster: How I would change her

Phasmamain

So Houndmaster just released and surprisingly has been one of my favourite killers of recent times. That being said her power still has a lot of issues that when resolved could make her into an solid and fun Killer choice

Firstly dog AI needs to be fixed. Acting like a true dog snug will oftentimes not follow your commands and eitherr sit still or just get stuck on something. When in search mode he will oftent take strange pathing that will result in the speed boost being essentially useless too

Not an AI expert so i'm just gonna hope BHVR can fix this

Secondly is Houndsense. A cool idea on paper but doesn't feel synergistic to her kit. Proposed solution

• If Snug grabs a survivor who is houndsensed he will latch onto them for 6 seconds instead of 4
• The survivor will also not be able to drop pallets on snug while he is grabbing them (They can still be saved by other survivors however)
• To counteract this houndsense will now be lost when the survivor loses a health state (Still gives deep wound)

This encourages the Houndmaster to use search mode more actively since the reward is more tangible. It also gives houndsense more synergy in her kit overall and is a worthwhile reward for using search mode. It will also play into my next changes here

• When snug is actively searching an area Houndmaster can redirect him into a dash just like his chase mode
• If Snug grabs a survivor from search mode he will attempt to keep them as close to the search area as possible while the search path remains for the Hondmaster to use (Basically confirming a hit)

This gives added synergy between both the search mode/houndsense and chase mode giving Houndmaster more lethality when pressuring gens and allowing her to pressure objectives from long distances (This may be too strong with totems but right now that's more of a thrill of the hunt problem than houndmaster)

I love this killer and feel these changes might push her to a more powerful position without making her overwhelming