Killers, how long did it take you to “get good”

My suggestion is watch YT videos on playing Killer. It takes a bit of practice but the biggest downfall to killers is patience. When you get frustrated, and it happens to me often, you tend to throw the game out of spite without realizing it. In the current state of the game, you can fly through games as a killer so just have patience and realize not every game will end with 3-4k.

Watch videos of good experienced Survivors (to know what they do and how they do it) as well as Killers. You should also play Killers depending on your playstyle- don't immediately go for hits as Ghostface, for example. There's also skill involved in using their powers (start with killers that are easy to pick up, like Legion or Wraith, then when you start developing your game sense go for more difficult killers).

Some people to watch:

Monto, Noob3, Otzdarva, Puppers, Sattelizer, and/or TrueTalent

EDIT: I almost forgot but since you mentioned Huntress, if you want to improve watch Umbra- she's arguably the best Huntress in DBD

uhhh id say im a little above average, but it took me around 2 years to fully understand a lot of the games mechanics and be good at killer.

still ######### up sometimes but, thats normal

Been playing since before Spirit or Clown? I was playing a month or less before whichever one is the earlier of the two. I originally played survivor.

When I played killer.... I was playing at a time where matchmaking wasn't bad lime now, so I had the chance to learn against people my rank. Of course, I ranked up quickly, because the survivors didn't know what they were doing. I started with Hag. Once I started getting into purple however, it started becoming a challenge. I had to watch videos when I felt I was getting nowhere. After I felt like I understood her, I tried other killers because I like variety. I have taken breaks throughout these past couple of years, but even I am still learning and adapting. One thing about killer and survivor is that the opposing team is always adapting and learning, so you essentially have to do the same. At times, it seems like you are ahead, and its like, "I got this", only to have that team who is further along to show you, "not quite".

Basically, sweetie, you will always have rounds that do your head in, but there are rounds that make the game so well worth the time and energy. Its always evolving in a sense as new things are added or things are removed/changed.

I won't disagree, though, killer can and definitely more so now, a frustrating experience. Keep it up, you'll get the hang of it in no time! Or even if it does, don't give up, the reward is well worth it, if you're like me and enjoy: variety, solid outplays, funny mindgames, enjoyable overall experience in the match, and the idea that maybe, juuust maybe you scared a couple of them ;)

About a year

Idk, I started playing at the beginning, so I kinda grew along with everyone else.

I would add to the huntress suggestion Queen Kuro, she's a great example of keeping a cool head as Huntress. ScottJund is also a great Killer main to watch and Runningman, another example of a calm collected guy to watch. All of them can be found on Twitch. Painreliever is a youtuber that posts quite a few, simple 'how to videos' on how to properly run a tile, use certain killers, and mindgame survivors. I'd suggest also watching some survivor gameplay or playing yourself so you can get in the mindset of how survivors think. It was the main reason for me to play killer. I had no idea of their limitations and powers until I played myself.

When I started it was when the pig just got released. And I was so bad at the game. I would be immersed af and hide in lockers all game. Because I did not think crows did anything lol. And as killer I started with trapper and won every game. But that was because I was rank 20 and survivors would just run into traps and walls. So when I got to like rank 10/15 the looping began. So I watched yt videos of people playing like monto, no0b3 and ochido. When I got good at the game and had 2k hours on pc and console. I could do 5 gen runs and 4k most games as killer. I still watch all the content creators today. Because I can always improve. But i don't not ochido because I realised that he was really toxic and was a bad influence on my gameplay. Cause when I play games I want everyone to have fun not just myself.

It takes a while to really "git gud" with killer. I started with Trapper and after a while switched to Nurse. Countless hours were spent practicing blinks, whiffing blink attacks, getting bullied by survivors etc. I would say just be patient and don't feel bad if you don't do well. I've been playing killer for two years now and I still make mistakes sometimes, but I never let it get to me. In the end, whats done is done, and there's no point brooding about it.

Try Killers that can place traps/spawns first. Theyre easier to control the map with.

Ill say it took me till level 20 with hag before i was confident to take on any rank group.

Personally, in my first 5/10 hours, I don't remember myself being particularly "good", but I have watched people like H2o, Ohmwrecker etc. playing DBD, which could have been a deciding factor in my improvement of skill, where I immediatelly got to rank 5 in my first 100 hours of playing the game. Also it's best to watch really skilled players first instead of fail compilations because overall better game knowledge will be engrained into your head.

I'd say I "Got Decent" after a few weeks of practicing my fundamentals, (Looping, checking my corners, etc.) and then watching amazing Killers on twitch definitely helped me. I'm sure I could improve even more if I had people to practice with and I gave enough of a crap.

The game is hilariously survivor sided. If the survivors just split up and hump gens, there's absolutely nothing the killer can do. Even if they do not loop and just get hit and press shift W to run in straight lines, you will give them about 1 gen worth of time per hit and down.

You can get to the point where you dumpster on most survivors, since most survivors aren't very good at the game. It takes a long time, I consider myself an average to above average killer with my playtime. Any of the killers are good, because a team of good survivors is utterly unstoppable and the vast majority of survivors are either really really good or really really bad. What matters more than your personal skill is the map RNG and the team cohesion of the survivors, no amount of skill with killer will beat bad rng against a good group of survivors.

It takes a while to get decent at the game for it has a lot of mechanics not explained that can make the roles way way harder. You should play Survivor too for it will give you insight on what to do against a Killer and in turn it will teach you how to counter it.

Playing both roles make learning each of it exponentially easier, two very basic examples:

Killers are like fishes and are attracted to movement, you can avoid plenty of players by crouching still on certain places, they wont notice you a lot of times (its risky but very rewarding if you pull it), in turn with this info you can learn to how search for Survivors in a more efficient way, but you will never learn this by playing Killer only.

You can get a free hit and a pallet drop against a pallet camper if you walk to it backwards and before he can see you coming you lunge at them, theyll get hit and on top theyll probably drop the pallet too, then again you cant learn this by playing Killer alone.

P.D. If you have a really bad case of anxiety either you change your mindset about this game or you are in for a LOT of trouble, players in this game can be extremely trollish and bully the other side just because so if you are not going to take this as a party game like Among Us or Team Fortress 2 it may not be the right game for you.

i took me around 1000h of total playtime (BOTH sides) to feel myself as a mediocre- good killer (i can stay in red ranks as killer but of course i loose some matches). Now i have 1500h and i'm got a little bit better but i still loose. You have to accept that you can't win every match, this game is a randomized party game. What definitely made me better was watching tutorials about basinc looping (very important), how to run tiles and mindgame etc., but also watching streamers who play different killers, watching tutorials about specific killers, perks and add ons... honestly just getting information and then try things out and learn from it, but in the end nothing beats experience. And take it easy, it's a party game :)

I came from Friday13thgame with 4 pocket knives permanently lodged in my neck, a game where loops are much bigger and bloodlust doesn't exist but they all phase like spirit.

I 4K in the basement with hag in my first killer match. The only perk I had was tier 1 devour hope and it saw no use. Admittedly, I'm pretty bad at killer unless I go in with a heart of stone and as I play more and more this has become harder to do.

6 months to a year....easily. And thats not playing 24/7 like some of these streamers so like....what 600 hours or so before I could confidently walk into any situation.