What are your most boring/cliche perks for each killer?

"As far as the Huntress and STBFL example... its bad. A Huntress can recover from throwing a hatchet faster than she can recover from a melee swing with 8 stacks of STBFL, so why bother building for a melee Huntress?"

Well, like I said to you in an earlier discussion, that is a bit of a problem with her hatchets in the first place. But often as a huntress you're forced to swing if you want a hit because the lack of an angle. You could charge an axe and hope the survivor runs predictably, but it doesnt guarantee a hit. Having a guaranteed hit with a basic swing and being able to throw a hatchet quite fast actually could guarantee a double hit faster than you can get a double hit from a basement. It's not the greatest, especially if you can hit a fly on the other side of the map with a 3 second aura read, but its not the worst either. Its interesting to play against and people wont even be mad. Yet you see yourself the amount of hate huntress is getting for easily getting a double hit without requiring too much skill(seriously, I'd say the recharge time between throws and hits should be affected on distance, the further the distance, the faster huntress can throw/hit). It has potential. Just because its bad on paper, doesnt mean it is bad in practice. Does it make much sense to do so considering her kit? No, but seeing a survivor make a vault within hitting range but not on an angle for hatchet throws and recovering within 0.3 seconds so you can throw a hatchet after them will 100% catch them off guard.

"but you shouldnt go around shaming people for utilizing perks that work best for them just because its common"

Im not shaming people for using a perk just because its common, I'm shaming people for relying on the exact same perk everyone else relies on for no other reason than "its the best perk for this killer". Decisive Strike is a common perk. Bamboozle on Billy is guaranteed, let alone Billy's entire perk set. It's extremely boring to essentially face the exact same build on the exact same killer over and over again. Especially if the killer is a relatively common killer. About 50% of my games are against a Billy or Huntress, they all practically have the exact same load-outs with the only difference being addons used. That's 50% of games that I simply dont want to play anymore because its boring as #########. Like I said, imagine all survivors running the exact same build every single match. You'd get bored of facing the exact same build and playstyle over and over and over again. And the reason for why it's used rather than other builds is purely for elitist reasons. Its all about what's supposed to be better on paper, ignoring all practicality.

"It's not about fun, it's about viablility. Perks that aren't viable aren't fun."

So it is about fun. But yeah, there are some perks in the game that are neither viable to run, nor are they fun to run. And I am not about to say those perks need to be ran. They need a rework and/or a buff. And some perks simply do get minimal use. Heck, I very rarely get in a situation where DS actually would be usable. I almost never am in a situation where BT is needed, and when one of my friends is using unbreakable, the only times it really works if the killer has NOED or assumes he doesnt have unbreakable and just wants to damage as many people as possible. However, a lot of perks still get a lot of use in a game, and they are quite viable, yet they are all ignored because other perks are more viable than them. Personally, I run Autodidact a lot, its an extremely weak perk in the average game, especially if there is no one for you to heal early game. Botany Knowledge overall gets more value out of the game, because theoretically, you can get 0 skill checks all game after the first 2, meaning the perk can essentially only have been bad the whole game, while botany knowledge will have 33% speed consistently. However, if you can get Autodidact to stack early game, its a very strong late game perk. Even outclassing the We'll make it+botany knowledge combo if RNG is on your side. And yeah, sometimes a build doesnt really work out due to spawns, or you happen to get the worst map for your build. But there are only a handful of perks that are always minimal use.

Yes, you can. You can figure out a killers perks quite easily. And yeah, if the player is playing spirit, they are likely running noed because spirit is already a crutch killer anyway. If you gonna be an #########, why not be a complete one?

But NoED has 2 functions:

1. if you're outmatched, you still have a chance of getting survivors and not end the game with 0k thanks to instadowns
2. if you're evenly matched or steamrolling, the survivors are going to be injured no matter what, meaning they shouldnt care about the instadown.

Yes, the best way is to be unpredictable, which is impossible if Spirit runs Stridor. If a Spirit doesnt use Stridor, and because I use Iron Will, she'd have to be focussing on my breathing. Which is soft enough on its own to actually work in counter play. But add in stridor, and its impossible to counter unless you play against a baby spirit. There is a lack of windows that are strong against spirit, because they would be OP against all other killers. There are essentially no pallets that are strong against Spirit, because they would be OP against all other killers.

That is the issue. I'd be fine if Spirit forces a map to spawn double the amount of Pallets or opens more strong windows against a Spirit. Because they are needed. Most maps are just too open for a Spirit. Basically, the only maps I would like to face a spirit is Lery's and The Game. The rest is lacking counterplay. Well, I mean, that, or actually having someone who doesnt use their ears.