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Clown update is a mess

fussy
fussy Member Posts: 2,099
in Feedback and Suggestions

I know, there are a lot of doom posting about how bad new Clown is, but it's such obvious overreacting simply because everyone just played as and against haste Clown once at best. Nobody will convince me that he was fine with 15% Haste and suddenly he is op S tier killer with 17%. Let's be honest, you just never saw it before and now suddenly everyone plays with it, because… It's the only way to play him now.
Clown is my 6th killer in stats, and trust me, good Clown players constantly used both bottles, yellow and pink. Both bottles was equally good, maybe pink bottles were slightly better. And this was his skill ceiling, managing what bottles to use, when and how. Not a lot Clown players used it, true, but since when it's a "problem"? Half of Vecna players I went against don't use anything except Mage Hand, what's now? Half of Wraith players just chase you as m1 killer all the time, now what? Let's slap pointless nerfs and buffs to ruin another killer, which fundamentally works like this?
What happened with update:
– Haste buff is nice
– Hindered is completely pointless to use now
– All his good addons are deleted and double Haste not only his best option to bring for now, but THE ONLY option to bring
– Instead of managing his bottle, which were equally good, you now just throw Haste under your feet and catch survivor. Was it possible before? No doubt. But it's now THE ONLY way to play him now, which was not popular at all before, but you showed it to whole community and now they lost their minds about it.

I'm pretty sure you are already working on something like butchering his last good Haste addons, and leave this mediocre killer in overall nerfed state for another 2 years, but can I suggest few things I will be glad to see as Clown player?
– Most important: revert all changes to addons.
– Revert all changes to Haste and Hindered
– Keep Haste activation speed and reload buffs.
– Give additional 1 second Haste to yellow bottles basekit.
– Finally rework Pinky Finger.
That's it, Clown in a perfect spot as high B tier killer probably for end of lifespan.

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  • Crowman
    Crowman Member Posts: 10,095

    I'll be surprised if anything more than just nerfing yellow bottles happens.

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  • Royval
    Royval Member Posts: 1,110

    it was the same with another killer in this situation but I forgot who it were

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