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Is there a single killer that is universally liked?

leyzyman
leyzyman Member Posts: 355

Before I get into the discussion, just play whoever you want. I am just curious about it...

When it comes to survivors, I've played quite a few games as killer, and watched much more on youtube. How often do you run into:

"Ugh, x killer is OP"

"X killer is so unfunny to play against"

"Ugh, x killer, zzzzzzz"

"You playing x killer is why the community sucks"

" x killer should be deleted "

My personal one is from a toxic friend of mine (I do not condone their actions) who hates legion still, and says "I wont forgive them for what they did". Its the same person who said they would rather have no killers in a game and have a gen repairing simulator.

So, my question is: is there a single killer in this game that no one or very few people actually hate?

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  • BattleCast
    BattleCast Member Posts: 698

    Billy. Both fun and fair.

  • Desh
    Desh Member Posts: 1,118
    edited March 2020

    Wraith & Demo

  • Brodie
    Brodie Member Posts: 64

    I like goin against a demogorgon, not many of them around is probably why i don't mind when i go up against one

  • Clevite
    Clevite Member Posts: 4,335

    I would love to meet this piggy! So many just straight tunnel! Drives me crazy, like why even give me the party hat if your just going tunnel?

  • Elena
    Elena Member Posts: 2,187

    It wouldn't make sense for a Piggy to tunnel a trapped survivor because surely the trap would explode and kill the survivor quicker when you're not chasing them (as chasing them disables the trap timer). Although I have been tunnelled by a piggy before, it still confuses me to this day.

  • Elena
    Elena Member Posts: 2,187

    I rarely see people complaining about the Demogorgon or Ghost face.

  • Elena
    Elena Member Posts: 2,187

    Agreed, what would you do to fix GF's reveal predicament?

  • BigTimeGamer
    BigTimeGamer Member Posts: 1,752

    scrap it completely for something new, between how they designed it and the wonderful dedicated servers, no amount of trying will make it feel fair or accurate

    you either cant reveal him when looking right at him, or do it without even having him on screen

  • ad19970
    ad19970 Member Posts: 6,410

    I highly doubt it. Everyone has their own prefernces of what they think is fun. I can't see any killer being liked by everyone.

    If I had to guess the killer who the least people don't enjoy, I would say it's Demogorgon. I only see people say how they enjoy going against him.

  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342

    ... You need better friends.

    On topic, I don't think there is any one killer that is universally liked. There don't seem to be many people that have it out for Demogorgon or Pig, but there's always an exception to every rule.

  • GhostofYharnam
    GhostofYharnam Member Posts: 597

    She literally has anti tunnel and anti gen built into her and people still tunnel to death. Makes no sense.

  • Desh
    Desh Member Posts: 1,118

    No one has it out for them though because they usually have the lowest kill rate. Hell I hardly see them played but when I do, they're either really really good or just mediocre at at.

  • GhostofYharnam
    GhostofYharnam Member Posts: 597

    As a former Myers main i get easily annoyed by my teammates who just feed him his power.

  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342

    I don't think that's true - Pig doesn't have anywhere close to the lowest kill rate. In fact, according to the data from last November, she's in at least the top seven across all ranks, and top five at red ranks. Plus, you have killers like Clown with relatively low kill rates who a lot of people really dislike. I don't see much of a correlation there at all.

  • xenotimebong
    xenotimebong Member Posts: 2,803

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone complain about Demo, but I’ve seen complaints about literally every other killer. Which makes sense since it’s all just down to personal preference.

  • Mister_xD
    Mister_xD Member Posts: 7,669

    Demodoggo.


    he's just such a good boi, no one can be mad at him :3

  • Kwikwitted
    Kwikwitted Member Posts: 641

    I'm chuckling at how many people are using revisionist history to claim no one has ever hated on Demogorgon.

    When he first came out, people RAGED to no end about shred's distance and quick charge. People complained about his portal being invisible until he uses them, they complained about him being able to keep STBFL stacks by hitting the obsession with shred instead of basic attacks.

    By the way that last one is still true and I HIGHLY recommend it. You get to basically spend the entire game with 40% faster recovery on your M1, so now with M1, recover, shred you end chases SO fast.

    Now once survivors calmed down a bit and realized that shred can be juked, and that all they had to do was drop the pallet early, the rage subsided, and now he's the cute doggo everyone thinks he is now.

    TL:DR Every killer has gotten hate, at the very least when they were new and different, just because they aren't hated now is not an indicator of the original incoherent rage that accompanied them.

  • Mew
    Mew Member Posts: 1,832

    demoPLS

  • KnotEnthusiast
    KnotEnthusiast Member Posts: 464

    demoPLS


    But yeah, Demo and Wraith would likely be my two. Super straightforward killers that no one ever seems to think are unfair. Pig has RNG traps that get annoying, so I don't think I'd include her.

  • xEa
    xEa Member Posts: 4,105

    How about demogorgon. Everybody seems to like him.

  • Exerlin
    Exerlin Member Posts: 1,352

    I think Demogorgon, second most liked is either Pig or Billy imo

  • toxicmegg
    toxicmegg Member Posts: 662

    it's just that people have different opinions so it seems like no killer is liked. one doesn't like oni, one doesn't like spirit etc. i personally hate doctor and freddy. but i am happy to see Michael and demo players. everyone between is pretty much fine, though it's not nice to face iri huntress or other killer with op add ons.

  • MiniPixels
    MiniPixels Member Posts: 536

    I don't think I've seen someone talk bad about demo since like a month after his launch, most of the community seems to agree that everything about him is fun and balanced, he has a good amount of counter play, his score and the noises he makes are incredible, and both playing as and against him is really fun. I was a Myers main since the week Myers launched, and never thought a killer would come out that would be good enough to drag me away from him, Halloween is one of my favorite movies of all time, and when they announced demo I didn't think much of it, I had never seen Stranger Things, so I watched a couple episodes, which then turned into a 3 day binge of the entire series. It is now my favorite show to date, and I play Demo more than any other killer in the game. He is simple but has a lot of strategy and depth to him, and I think he is one of the more balanced killers in the game.

  • Demogordon_Ramsay
    Demogordon_Ramsay Member Posts: 1,503

    Definitely Demo. His Shred hitboxes can be the most bullshit ever but aside from that he's one of the most balanced Killers in the game. He also has cool custom music.

  • FreakPrince
    FreakPrince Member Posts: 526

    Myers and Demo, obviously.

  • thrawn3054
    thrawn3054 Member Posts: 5,897

    Liked? No. That's pretty much impossible. Every person has the killers they don't enjoy facing. I think it generally has nothing to do with the killers strength either. I personally can't stand Plague, but enjoy Billy.

  • Dreamnomad
    Dreamnomad Member Posts: 3,931

    Shape is pretty popular among both killers and survivors. Demogorgon seems to be a favorite for survivors but is less popular among killers.

  • PigMainClaudette
    PigMainClaudette Member Posts: 3,842

    You don't care about an RBT kill because that survivor will never touch a gen if they're smart. You have basically removed them from the match for a time.

  • Elena
    Elena Member Posts: 2,187

    But the other survivors could be working on generators too.

  • Dwight_Fairfield
    Dwight_Fairfield Member Posts: 7,019

    No killer is universally liked. But there are some you rarely see complaints about and most seem to enjoy. Myers is definitely one.

  • PigMainClaudette
    PigMainClaudette Member Posts: 3,842

    Yeah, but if you have all 4 survivors still alive, and one has an RBT, then that trapped surv will try to remove the box first. They will not touch a generator and generally won't heal.

    There are now only 3 survs that you have to worry about touching your gens.

  • Elena
    Elena Member Posts: 2,187

    That's my point, that one survivor with a RBT is most at risk because of the other 3 survivors potentially completing generators. Those other 3 survivors are practically killing that survivor quicker.

  • PigMainClaudette
    PigMainClaudette Member Posts: 3,842

    No they're not. I dunno if it's because I've severely dropped rank lately, or what's going on with the survivors, but they never pop a generator.


    And even if they did, between the time between getting off hook and anyone sorting through a generator, they have plenty of time to get it off. The standard RBT takes 2:30 to activate, which is pretty long. 2:00 with Tampered Timer, and pauses while in a chase regardless.

    There have been 2 situations that I've had an RBT kill: brown ranks who don't understand her power and a box being in the middle of a 3-gen patrol path.

  • Geulha
    Geulha Member Posts: 5

    Demo, cause it feels like I'm being chased by a dinosaur.

  • Brenonon
    Brenonon Member Posts: 21

    While there will always be a survivor that will complain about every killer, I'd say that Myers is the most universally liked. He isn't extremely overpowered or underpowered, which makes him fun to play against and as.

  • ohheyitsbobcat
    ohheyitsbobcat Member Posts: 1,750

    Demo is probably the most universally liked killer. There are definitely people who dislike him but I think most people love him or at the very least don't hate him.

    Myers is also liked a lot but I've also seen plenty of people complain about his addons.

    It's very rare to see someone complain about Demo though and most of the complaints I have seen are more about the person playing him and not the killer itself.

  • Owlzey
    Owlzey Member Posts: 442

    I hardly see any complaints about Demo or Myers. I also enjoy going against both of them.

  • Helevetin_nopee
    Helevetin_nopee Member Posts: 408

    Huntress? :)

  • yobuddd
    yobuddd Member Posts: 2,259

    Myers with normal add ons strikes me as one of the most balanced killers around.

    I never see complaints about him unless it’s in regards to his mirror or tombstone add ons.

    He’s strong enough to stand a real chance against most survivors, Mindgame-able enough to survive against, requires strategy from both sides, and brings a serious “creep factor” to the match!

  • Happy2Heal4You
    Happy2Heal4You Member Posts: 119

    Demogorgon is definitely universally liked

  • NursesBootie
    NursesBootie Member Posts: 2,159

    I don't think there's a killer that's universally liked.

  • Thrax
    Thrax Member Posts: 974

    Of course not.