Rites of Judgement is useless 99% of the time?

At least for right now when he is so new Survivors are avoiding the trail harder than the plague

Is letting me hook you on the other side of the map really that big of an advantage? The trail doesnt slow you, it reveals you with Killer Instinct while youre on it, and it lets me instantly hook you but on the other side of the map from where i am

Yes i can kill you with it but only when you are already dead on hook

Well, I don't think that at all. It's a lot of work playing him but I really like it, the power allows me to do and think different strategies than just running from place to place. I like the addons too because you can switch your playstyle and there's actually nice benefits that really make the difference.

few examples, You should always leave small trails when chasing it leads to different options later. When I chase I can use it to track in jungle gyms etc. to see if survivor is outpositioned and act accordingly, either make him leave the gym to unsafe zone or try estimate the location and hit him. If they dodge the trail they'll most like be outpositioned later. Also when I get the down and downed survivor gets to a pallet I normally need to swat the flies off of me because I can't grab at a pallet, and that makes me lose precious time. I can just quickly send him away and not waste any time, now the survivors have to make the save and I can proceed to chase the guy who would've otherwise tried to pallet stun me, most likely he's outpositioned too if he just tried to rush to the scene. In this scenario one is caged, one is going to the save and I can start a chase at a good position. That's a good pressure. Added bonus is that later there's the change to kill if I desperately need to. It's a real threat to survivors in the end game if I had a good early game. If they step on the trail it's a possible insta death so they just can't do whatever because of certain perks.

I can also lock of certain areas with the ability and I can go check elsewhere, there's addons too to make it more effective. They either lose time crouching or I get the info. Many maps have a big portion of narrow corridors, often those are the worst places to chase if there's windows so I can use it to my advantage. Saves alot of time and makes survivor lose time instead.

One good use is also to use trails as small traps like trapper and hag. Behind windows, the usual drop zones high bushes for claudettes, just placing them behind odd corners could easily work. Of course you need to have some hint that there's someone is nearby to make them work.

There also the obvivous that if you circle the hook the rescue becomes more difficult and risky and could snowball fast if someone is desperate to make the save. It makes it so that in the face unhooks are just stupid and survivors need to think more to get around it. It allows the killer to check around more freely because you're likely to get the info in time. I think it's usually good to do some defensive actions with the ability, it allows me to multitask more easily in these situations. You just get so good info of the trails even if you can't capitalize right away. If you leave the hook you more likely make the survivors lose time in any case.

In general I just like the counterplay to different survivor plays. The power is not that massive but it can be threatening which I feel most killers lack of, with this character I don't ever feel hopeless even if I get just a single kill for example. There's always something to do it feels and It's more up to me if I get the downs. I don't have to wait survivor mistakes. I can't stop full group of great survivors escaping but in every chase I feel like they're sweating, not me.

I use the Rites oJ to more accurately predict my snipes. Survivors affected by it leave behind a trail so I can track them. If you down a tormented survivor next to a hooked one, you can send him to the naughty box and you now have two survivors that are far apart that need rescuing. The ability to use a naughty box scares the survivors.

I use add-ons to prolong the time it's on the map so that they're still there later on :)

You don’t use the Rite of Judgment unless you are pretty certain you’re getting a hit, like when a survivor is vaulting a window or going to a pallet and you think you can hit them. Don’t go for it unless you know you can hit it because he is punished by a long cooldown.

The threat of his power is more dangerous than the power itself. It’s just like Huntress and Demo zoning survivor into the area they want them to go.

I can't count the amount of times I've loaded in, place my trail and then every survivor intentionally runs in it and whenever I try to hit them with my ranged they dodge it 98% of the time unless they are vaulting or throwing down a pallet I think they should just make the range attack a little wider to make it more difficult for survivors to dodge and honestly whenever I play survivor the only time the thing hits me is when I'm vaulting or slamming a pallet however I don't run into the trail I don't know why they are doing it besides for possibly giving pyramid head the finger.

Could be skill issue

Or this is a two year old thread from when Pyramid Head released.

Thank you for being the reason I decided to learn Pyramid Head, out of spite for everyone in the Forums at that time 🙏🙏