Something positive about the next chapter?

I mean, having another killer in the game with an ass like that- can't go wrong there.

I'm excited to try and find fun builds that work (even if I do eventually return to my lovely pop/surge/surveillance world), killer or survivor. I feel like in a 2man For The People and Soul Guard could be a laugh, but not exactly game changing, and this one person who's been annoying me can get hit with Repressed Alliance (or, you know, because PGTW is the best killer perk rn).

Also PH's power seems pretty fun to face and use, even if he is weak. Gonna have to see what they do on live. Cheryl, well... Never played Silent Hill or have much interest in it so probably won't main her.

I don’t think PH will be mediocre, the map looks very interesting (and I will totally get lost all the time) and I guess I will use the survivor Perks, they don’t seem too bad but also not super OP..

i am also very excited about Legendary Characters (even though I won’t buy them for now because at least for Silent Hill and Lisa Garland I don’t have any attachment)

Deathbound, Trail of Torment, and Blood Pact are perks I am looking forward to getting my hands on.

PH and Cheryl are also cool ig.

Nah man you can't react if you can't see Pyramid because using sound to hit through walls.

He also counters many survivor meta perks like DS/BT. He can force people out of loops by dropping trails since they slow...

He has so much going on he'll be top 5 killer easy.

Another dlc with bad perks, probably wont even buy the survivor.

PH looks cool though.

Just wait til people are doing this over and over without missing.

Seriously you guys aren't taking into consideration skill after playing him for a long time.

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I skipped deathslinger but I'm pretty excited to give PH a whirl. I find it oddly satisfying to hit survivors with some of the larger weapons on other killers, and I don't think there's any weapon as big as the giant knife, so it looks like fun to me. I fully expect PH to get nerfed for absolutely no reason even though it seems like he's a mid tier killer, but I hope I'm wrong on that

100% agree that the killer perks are borderline useless though. We don't need 3 new meta perks every chapter but... I mean, none of these are even worth consideration. Don't think I've used any new perks in builds since Plague came out

Pyramid Head will be my new exclusively played main even though he doesn't seem to have top tier potential. The Silent Hill franchise means a lot to me. Maybe even a little too much for personal reasons. I will find a way to make him work even against decent survivors.

Cheryl and Lisa

I've always had an interest in Silent Hill but never got into the series until very recently after finding out it was crossing over with DbD. Oddly I was more excited for this chapter than most even though I didn't know all too much about the series as i'd mostly seen videos on the games and a speedrun of one of them.

I'm impressed with how the chapter looks as you can really tell that the devs have a high amount of respect for the series. Seeing the school map and then playing Silent Hill 1 for myself put into perspective just how closely they resemble each other, with obvious changes to make it more playable in the world of DbD.

I'm without a doubt looking forward to this chapter and getting it as soon as it releases. I feel like i'm gonna have a good deal of fun playing Pyramid Head.

I don't think he will be super strong honestly.A solid mid tier killer at best.

His ranged attack can only be used when a survivor is locked in an animation,runs in a narrow space or for zoning.The cooldown for missed attacks is way too punishing to just go for blind shots through walls.

His cages are pretty situational because you don't get value from perks like BBQ or Pop when using them.You only want to use it to prevent a pallet/flashlight save or when you know that all survivors are nearby because otherwise it will be an easy save for the other survivors robbing you from the pressure you would have had if you slugged instead.

Pyramid Head, I feel like, isn't going to be top tier, but he is nowhere near "bad". For me, he's on the very top of B-tier with a potential of going to A in the future. I, first and foremost, excited, because it's a goddamn Silent Hill. With Heather, Pyramid Head and Midwich School - the very best map in this whole game (you can argue that it's maybe not the most comfortable gameplaywise, but it would be stupid to say it isn't the best visually).

I will definitely toss a coin to BHVR for the amount of effort they put into this, once the Chapter comes out. Plus, I really want to play as Heather again, since SH3, and Pyramidboy himself proved me to be very fun to play during PTB.

The cages typically spawn near other survivors and on the other side of the map so good luck finding/tunneling survivors that run Iron Will when they get insta-saved on the other side of the map.

I want to address this part specifically since I think it's something a lot of people overlook with PH.

"On top of that you have to keep investing time tormenting them again everytime they get saved from the cage"

You only need to torment a survivor once you don't want to use the cage more than that. First hook should always be a hook you then insta cage them because torment doesn't reset on hook.

You keep it forever the moment you get it unless you save someone from a cage. You dodge the DS they just got by using the cage.

Since you just hook > caged they are now death hook you dont necessarily need to torment them a second time.

I thought you were talking about tunneling by exclusively using the cages for some reason. That's why I said you have to invest time by keeping them tormented as they lose their tormented status when you unhook them from a cage right? Same goes for the person that does the cage-unhook. Obviously you can combine it with a normal hook into a cage hook the way you describe it for fairly efficient tunneling but still you're pretty much giving up your gen defense so once people learn how to play against Pyramid Head in a chase I really don't know whether it will be worth it or not.