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Blight's a big balance disparity from other killers. He should be toned down to Hillbilly level
As time has gone on and we've had so many killers added to the game, there's one killer who stands out from the rest of the roster: Blight. Next to Nurse, he's the best killer in the game, with both a high pick rate and high kill rate, as well as a massive power disparity from every other killer in the game that it makes me ask: Why?
Despite being one of the two best killers in the game, Blight has a low skill floor. His power is stupidly simple, just press the power button to rush and bump off walls. His skill ceiling then comes from map knowledge, how you can reliably bump off walls to catch survivors. But despite this really strong power, he can do normal chases just fine so even if you're still learning how to effectively use his power you can still chase survivors like you were a regular M1 killer, then just easily go into rush once you caught them in a bad spot to quickly get them. Compare that to the other best killer in the game Nurse who is the slowest killer in the game moving slower than normal survivor speed to make up for the fact she can go through walls. But Blight doesn't have such a weakness, he's just a direct upgrade compared to other killers, and his addons make an already overpowered killer even more powerful.
Because of this, he has a high pick rate and high kill rate, as despite this high skill ceiling with map knowledge anyone can pick up and play him and get good results with him, even if you're a survivor main. Which begs the question: Why? Why is it he's as powerful as he is, when all these other killers even Nurse have glaring weaknesses or counters to them, some of which are baked into their kits? Why is it that Xenomorph has to have flame turrets that knocks him out of it's power, but Blight is fine as he is? Why does Dredge have locks on the lockers to counter him, but Blight is fine as he is? Why can't Legion see scratchmarks when using their power, but Blight can?
The power disparity from Blight compared to the other killers is so high that it makes me question why all the other killers in the roster are designed the way they are with their big weaknesses or low power level, but Blight gets a pass with having little to no weaknesses other than pallets. If Xenomorph didn't have the flame turrets he'd still be weaker than Blight. If Vecna didn't have the treasure chests, he'd still be weaker than Blight. If Dredge didn't have the locker locks he'd still be weaker than Blight. If Pyramid Head could send survivors to cages without needing them tormented he'd still be weaker than Blight. Hell give the Pig 10 reverse bear traps and she'd still be weaker than Blight.
Why bother with all these weaknesses for the other killers when Blight's been virtually unchanged for years? It just seems unfair that all these new killers that have all these interesting kits have massive glaring weaknesses, when Blight's over there being a direct upgrade.
What I'm about to say will probably make a lot of people mad, but Blight should probably be nerfed. He is just way too strong and has been left overtuned for years compared to the rest of the killer roster. His power has no downsides to using it, and he can chase just fine without needing to use it, so why is it like this? There's three avenues that could be done to nerf Blight while still keeping him strong:
- Take away two rush charges capping him to three. Does he really need five charges, with some of his addons increasing it to seven? He already gets a lot of distance and has a normal run speed. I do not think he needs five charges. Kaneki is limited to just three charges with his leaps, and he has to damage someone with his power to get it to three so it's at two normally. But Blight just gets five from the start and they recharge quickly.
- Decrease his base movement speed to make up for the fact he can rush. Nurse has her base movement speed at slower than base survivor movement speed to make up for the fact she breaks the rules of the game going through walls and obstacles. But Blight has no such weakness, he's just a direct upgrade over every M1 killer
- Remove scratchmarks when rushing. This would increase his skill floor as you would really need to know where they're going and how loops work, and give survivors more counterplay to Blight to fake him out. Spirit's power is super powerful but she cannot see survivors while in it to make up for that, which gives a high skill ceiling when using her as you gotta rely on sound to hit them. Legion cannot see scratchmarks when in Feral Frenzy and can only see survivors with killer instinct after hitting someone. But Blight can see scratchmarks when rushing just fine, making an already powerful killer even more powerful.
The only other option would be giving every other killer massive buffs to get them closer to power to Blight, but I know that's not realistically possible so nerfing Blight is the only other option. But hey, I guess we should nerf Kaneki right? After all he can quickly injure you and dash around the map just like Blight, only his power cannot down survivors but Blight's can, and Blight has more dash charges than Kaneki. (Now I await the replies that say I'm dumb, stupid, and dumb)
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Nah, we probably get back to buffing Blight over and over again.
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Blight are fine he do not need a nerf
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He doesn’t need any nerfs he’s been nerfed 5 times in a row
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Might as well just say "delete blight", some would agree still
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Explain to me how a killer who is base killer speed and has a killer power with five charges and zero downside compared to the rest of the roster "does not need a nerf." Even compared to the other dash killers he is way high on the totem pole in power. Wesker has only two charges (three during 2v8.) Kaneki only has 2-3 charges and can't down with his power. Chucky only has one dash charge. And all three of those killers got nerfs or are being called for nerfs. Yet Blight is still the same as he's been since he released in 2020
And no, increasing his terror radius and nerfing his addons didn't do anything, as the terror radius and addons was not what made him strong, but how far and fast he could dash, on top of just having a good basekit when not dashing. He doesn't even need addons to be good as his basekit is top tier on his own. His addons only made the rich get richer.
I wouldn't be complaining about him if it wasn't for how awful the rest of the killer roster feels to use in comparison to Blight, and with everyone calling for Kaneki to get nerfed yet Blight is just fine?! Make it make sense!
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You just doesn't seems to know his power, he has bunch of downside, and believing blight hasn't gotten nerf is literally objectively incorrect
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the man’s add ons was obliterated not too long ago
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Name them then. I have a feeling I know what you're gonna say I already got counterarguments ready as I've heard them time and time again from people who insist Blight is not a problem
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And that didn't do anything as he's still the #1 most picked killer with the highest killrate in the game. Like Nurse he doesn't need addons, all the addons did was make an already overpowered killer even more overpowered.
And even after the addon reworks, HIS ADDONS ARE STILL ABSURDLY GOOD AND MAKE HIM MORE OVERPOWERED!
The addons were never the problem. His power is the problem and always has been the problem. If his base speed was slower then it wouldn't be a problem, since then he'd have a reason to have all those dashes. Hell you could take away two of his rush charges and he'd still be the second best killer in the game, but at least his power level would be more in line with the rest of the roster.
But nevermind that Blight's fine as he is let's nerf Kaneki instead right? After all he's a stupid anime boy and not the beloved Blight.
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They nerfed Blight when they nerfed his overtuned addons last year I believe? Why do we need to nerf him again.
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Did you even bother to read the post? I literally said why
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I read part of it. The title was more than enough for me.
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So you didn't read it. Got it
Well if you did read it you would've seen I went over how it's pretty unfair all these killers get these glaring weaknesses and keep getting nerfed, yet Blight is so high on the totem pole of power and gets a pass. Even after the addon reworks (which wasn't even the main problem with Blight and didn't do anything in the end) he's still the second best killer in the game.
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I will disagree. The addon nerfs made drastic changes to him as a killer especially while in chase as a survivor. While I do see your point about weaker killers getting nerf hammers, I just dont think the route you are suggesting is the right direction either.
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The fact that you're bad at dealing with him doesn't mean he needs to be nerfed.
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He definitely needs a nerf.
Did you guys even try high mmr europe? It's blights almost every other game.
69% win rate on high mmr, btw.
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reducing rush tokens is a very bad proposal, much better thing would be that tokens reset after he gets stunned.
Also his token recharge time should be slightly increased, fatigue should be prolonged and maybe he should become a 110 killer
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I do think a tunedown for both Blight and Nurse is warranted, and I don't think floating ideas like making Blight a 110 Killer should be all that controversial. Blight is also a lot easier conceptually to nerf than Nurse.
IMO the better point of comparison is Hillbilly, who has been the traditional benchmark for what a well-designed strong Killer with no inherent downsides looks like. Billy is also 115%, gets phenomenal and limitless traversal, a dash that's somewhat limited but quite good depending on the loop, and even instadown potential, but he's not fully overpowered per se. He's also a great case study in what badly implemented nerfs to a strong Killer looks like and how we can hopefully avoid that in future. (though I admit, I kinda like the idea of theming blight more around addiction? like maybe an powered up overdose state vs a depowered withdrawal state? idk, might give people overheat flashbacks)
I also think "Blight should be about as good as Hillbilly" is a much easier pill to swallow than "Blight should be nerfed". Though with that said, I'd far rather have BHVR focus on improvements to the game's weaker Killers when it comes to Killer balancing
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Finally an actual opinion and general feedback instead of the usual "Blight is fine as he is you're just stupid" bot comments. The Blight favoritism has become even more apparent since Kaneki came out as any dash killer who isn't Blight keeps getting hated by the community and nerfed and there's loads of other killers that require so much thoughtput to use reliably, yet Blight always keeps getting a pass when he's vastly stronger than every other killer both statwise and in power.
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I main killer dude. I rarely ever play Survivor, and I want him nerfed. He's way too strong compared to the rest of the roster. Yet all the other killers keep getting gutted in patches and the community are calling for Kaneki to get nerfed, yet Blight keeps getting a pass?
Hell even for survivors I'm sure they would appreciate Blight getting toned down to be more like Billy just so Blight one tricks would have to play a different killer. Just go to high MMR and 70% of the time you'll be playing Blights. What's the point of playing any other killer? Just play Blight since he does everything. He has a strong basekit, his power is the best dash power in the entire game and can easily catch any survivor, and he doesn't even have any map reliance. Even on indoor maps like RPD and Hawkins where the map would be a massive detriment for a lot of killers on the roster, for Blight it's just a minor inconvenience
And here's the thing for survivors: The main complaints people have with Kaneki and the same counterplay, are the same problems Blight have tenfold. The most common strategy of bruteforcing loops isn't very fun. So why is it that everyone complains about Wesker, Chucky, and Kaneki doing it, but Blight gets a pass when he's even a bigger problem?
Literally every rebuttal to why Blight shouldn't be toned down is either "but his addons were already nerfed" (despite the fact those nerfs didn't really do anything since his addons weren't the problem and his addons are still stupidly good) or "he doesn't need a nerf" despite the recently released MMR statistics proving otherwise. But hey nerf Chucky and Kaneki right?
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NO. HELL NO. NO WAY. DO NOT DO THIS.
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Blight is fine as he is, he is very difficult to bat value from, he is the most fun killer in the game. Do not touch him again. Survivors need to learn his counterplay and get good.
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