Oni needs a nerf more

Oni is required to build up his power which during that time he is a basic 115, m1 killer, he should be incredibly strong when he finally gets it. In addition to this, slugging is what makes his power strong in the first place as otherwise you'd lose every game against competent survivors if you didn't.

Regarding avoiding his hits, there are some things you can do for as long as Oni isn't running scalped topknot and for as long as you're not on a map like shelter woods (which would be an addon and map problem, not a killer problem).

1 : When he's in his rage, position yourself at tiles or structures that feature lots of sharp turns such as LT walls, jungle gyms or any main structure (such as the houses on Badham & Haddonfield, not too sure about the new map yet though). Try to take as many turns as you can as soon as you can.

2 : If you cannot position yourself at a jungle gym, there are some pallet tiles that feature a dip in them that you can use to help avoid a hit, alternatively dropping the pallet early or going to smaller pallet tiles can be helpful. Junk tiles like the ones on MacMilllan Estate and Autohaven also feature additional junk next to the pallet, try to change up how you run around them.

3 : From what I can tell, you do not produce blood orbs while he's in bloodfury, take advantage of this and don't group up near the person being chased.

It's important to note that a good Oni is probably going to down you in their power unless you're at a tile they can't dash very well at, however being able to waste enough time where their bloodfury ends is extremely important as if they only get a single down in their full duration then they haven't gained much value out of their power which in return makes them way more beatable.

Infectious doesn't need a cooldown either, perks with long cooldowns on both roles aren't that fun to have while a short cooldown would simply just be pointless. More than anything I think that older maps like shelter woods should be looked at and adjusted to be made more interesting and fair for both roles and more maps should feature smaller pallets on the outskirts to make it easier to avoid the dash and other powers like it while also being fairly mindgameable for both roles.

You just described the whole point of Oni, he can easily snowball.

He isn't that maneuverable , I play survivor much less but you can reliably dodge him so many times.

If you're out in the open then you would be right but on most maps that isn't a problem.

Denying an oni an early hit is also important.

To me things that need nerfs have no reliable counter-play. I don't think this is the case for Oni. I actually think he's one of the more balance killers in the game.

Yeah you can I have done it and actually deathslinger main now. Just forgot to change my pic.

I 100% heavily disagree. He's perfectly balanced. His power needs to be moderately easy to use because he has to EARN it first.

I feckin love facing him and playing as him.

The only thing I would take away from him - ability to down multiple survivors with one demon strike , it's only effective at hook camp anyway .

How to beat oni:

When he is raging:

Hide

don't group together.

If he sees you, run to the nearest obstacle, preferably corners and crouch to the side. Nine times out of ten he will charge directly past you. His charge has an exit period if he dosen't attack so it's easy to run around loops if he overly relies on charge. Unless he does some wall grinding 4D brain tactics.

DON'T VAULT. Everyone assumes vaulting in time will save you but it won't. If anything you should actually pretend to vault or simply rapidly fake out a run to one side then commit to the other. The lung one shot has a bit of a homing leap to it and he will most likely hit a wall and stun.

Don't bait him into chases. He gains pressure and power from injury. It's better to avoid being hit and not bleed orbs rather than allow yourself to be hit when healthy-which charges his power- then bleed orbs constantly -which also charge his power- Oni best counter is actually stealth.

In other words. You got to actually respect the killer and the injury state to maximizes your chances.

If you do get seen heal as soon as possible once you get away. Don't be afraid of lockers. Because at least you aren't bleeding orbs and powering him up anyone. He will also maybe miss you more since he will be seeking out orbs. Head on is good against him for this reason.

Remember that oni rage has a normal swipe hit. So healing either way is a good ideas. It gives him less orbs in the long run and if he gets desperate that one swipe will cooldown waste some of his rage power.

He's a weaker billy, he really doesn't need a nerf. Sure he has more manueverability, but getting access to that blood fury in the first place can be difficult. His power gives him some help in chases, but until he gets it, he's an m1 killer with nothing to help him in chases.

Yeah Oni lacks any real early game power. That and unless the survivors for some reason, let Oni get two easy hits early on. A gen or two might pop by the time Oni gets his power. The longer survivors deny that first hit for Oni, the more they are able to hurt Oni by denying him his ability.

While it's true that against a good Oni there isn't a whole lot you can do about his power when he has it up, it definitely doesn't need a nerf. It isn't slinger or spirit levels of fun and interactive, and he has to actually earn his power, and it's not up for a long time. Then, depending on how the survivors play, hell get it again and again if they don't heal up and that's the survivor's fault. It's kind of like plague in a way: you make wrong decisions and you get punished for it, only difference being he's a big angry man with a stick. He's a strong killer but he has very obvious weaknesses that I don't mind his power being as strong as it is because he has to earn it.

dude run into him and he wont be able to hit you cause of his 90 degree turn yes 90 DEGREE turn which is small as ######### i dodge his attacks alot and he is definetly not opaf id say he is op but no on nurse or spirit level

Its because of a little thing alot of people have in the game called a sense of entitlement. If the killer is near the hook they should be doing gens or totems, not trying a rescue. But no. Another survivor post begging for a nerf.

You still produce blood orbs during blood fury It’s just oni can no longer see them or their auras