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The Weaknesses of The Plague
So i guess you can say i'm a semi-plague main, she's one of my favorite killers and iv'e been playing her a few times ever since her release, but recently i started liking her more and got her to prestige 3, anyways after tons of matches i started acknowledging the issues with her and what holds her back from being a strong and balanced killer, take freddy and hag as an example, they're both pretty strong and at the same time balanced, but there's something holding her back and here's what i think is the problem:
Firstly no, it's not the fact that you can't use corrupt purge at most times, every match i go as plague the survivors cleanse non-stop that all the fountains get corrupted and the game automatically gives me corrupt purge, my weakness as plague is ironically when the survivors drink from the fountain, i bring black incense (an ultra rare add on that let's me see the aura of puking survivors for 5 seconds) and vile emetic or severed toe, with thanatophobia, all these perks and add ons are supposed to punish survivors for not cleansing but they cleanse rendering your add ons and thanato useless. as a compensation you get corrupt purge tho but here lies the core issue:
The survivors can cleanse very far like at the corner of the map meaning you have to waste time going to the fountain to collect the corruption and going back will probably take about 15 seconds of your limited power (lasts 60 seconds) not to mention that survivors can respect the puke or crouch around loops, however in open places you can create huge snowballs that it can get hilarious and if all the fountains get corrupted the game will clean all the fountains and give you corrupt purge for 60 seconds only.. like about 5 or 6 fountains corrupted gone, sure the game gave me the corruption but it lasts only 60 seconds.. shouldn't the timer be longer if you're gonna clean 5 or 6 fountains, that's like 5 minutes worth of corrupt purge. her severe lack of map pressure is what holds her back. which is why i prefer when they don't cleanse, i don't have to waste time collecting corruption only for them to be immersed and waste the timer or cleanse at the corner of Neptune so i have to go all the way there just to get it. like the simplest solution to this issue is to at the very least give her an add on that allows her to gain corrupt purge from far
TL;DR
she lacks map pressure, she has to waste time going around puking and getting corrupt purge only for the timer to deplete when she gets in a chase with corrupt purge.
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Plague's main weaknesses are mobility and how survivors have a good measure of control over her power.
Anyway I'm glad to hear that survivors are finally taking my advice and washing their faces.
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Yep pretty much sums up why Plague is doodoo.
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yep, turns out all this time is that her true counterplay is to just,, cleanse, you can hide and let her waste time searching for you which will waste her corruption
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It should be that when all the fountains are corrupt, only 1 cleanses randomly. This way it makes it harder for survivors to keep cleansing and also keeps plague a bunch of fountains should she need them
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I mean, don't get me wrong. If your team can loop her not cleansing is a valid strategy. But if you can't... just cleanse and hide.
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Cleansing is perfectly viable depending on the map. That's her problem. She's lacking, cleanse or no cleanse. The movement speed nerfs on Corrupt Purge were totally unnecessary. Certain tiles have hitbox collision to the point that she can't hit survivors with Corrupt Purge. The angle is impossible on many Coldwind tiles if survivors have the right amount of distance. If you cleanse on certain maps, she's a bad Huntress for 60 seconds at a time starting at the place of your choosing that hands out free heals. If you don't cleanse, she has no chase power or map presence outside of the perks she takes. You can absolutely outpace her on gens with 2 or 3 competent runners even if everyone is broken.
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