Opinions about Deathslinger?

he is a slow assassin, but fun to play.

it is weak in red ranges, it would be balanced if the speed were changed to 4.6ms

High skill gap, extremely fast chases when you are good with him. His main downside is low map pressure. He is a high tier killer easily but can be pretty hard to use. Also his shots can't be dodged at all, the hook travels so fast that there is no way a survivor can dodge it after it is shot, it will only ever miss if you miss.

In all honesty he is one of the most fun killers to play regardless of if you're winning or losing, which is something you can't say about every killer. His power is so satisfying to use.

There are a lot of advantages that he has you neglected to mention so I'll go through them briefly in case you aren't aware

-Smaller Terror radius: At base of 24m this is advantageous, but with perks you can reduce his TR to that of a Tier II Michael Myers or lower, except with a ranged attack. This allows you to act similarly in playstyle to a stealth killer and sneak up on survivors, perhaps even shoot them before they even know you're there. It's also worth mentioning that unlike Huntress, he doesn't have a lullaby, which makes her presence known at a distance of a full 40 meters. This is the factor that you're compensated with for having a limited range of 18m, so that you can get in closer without survivors being aware that you are there, so use it to your advantage.

-Infinite ammo supply: Unlike the Huntress as well as his other "ranged counterparts" (Clown and Plague) his power is the least restrictive and most forgiving when it comes to supply. He has the quickest reload animation and unlike Huntress (the killer he is most similar and frequently compared to) he never has to disengage in order to reload. In this way he can maintain pressure and chases regardless of how many times he hits or misses with the Redeemer. Unlike the Huntress who eventually will be forced to take time away from applying pressure to restock her hatchets. Sometimes being faced with the decision of suffering through a chase as a 110% m1 killer or disengage from the chase entirely to restock at a locker if there's nothing nearby, a situation Deathslinger is never placed in.

-Smaller hitbox: Because all survivors have the same capsule hitbox this is actually a good thing. It means if you have a wider margin of error to still hit a survivor (since typically you're aiming for their center torso) even if you're off by a smidge as long as it's still within the hitbox it will still land. "Aim small miss small". More importantly however this means that you'll be landing these shots with less risk that the harpoon will collide with any assets on the map, which also allows you to make crazy shots in places where you wouldn't expect like between stacked hay bales or the open spaces between a boarded up window. Compared to a huntress hatchet whose hitbox is a giant rectangle whizzing through the air, which is far likelier to collide with assets on the map, even if it's just the edge of the hatchet hitbox. In this way Deathslinger can make shots at certain loops that have small openings which would be impossible for a huntress to make simply because the hitbox is smaller

-Quick ADS time and projectile speed: One of the biggest factors for why Deathslinger is a good killer. Unlike Huntress who has a wind-up and charge time which determines how fast and far she throws her hatchets, Deathslinger takes aim and fires giving him an 18m reach in front of him regardless if he's aiming for five seconds, or less than one. This actually makes him more efficient at mindgames than the huntress because he can aim down sights and rest the gun again extremely quickly, and he can do this over and over with very little penalty for doing so. Where Huntress does have a lengthier (by comparison) animation of pulling out her hatchet and stowing it back into her belt (during which time she is slown down, so is the deathslinger while aiming, but because the ADS time is so quick you hardly lose any ground unlike Huntress). This quick ADS time also enables quickscoping, something that the huntress is incapable of performing (at the very least to the level of Deathslinger).

This is also precisely the reason why it's difficult to evade a shot fired from the Deathslingers redeemer. I have no idea where you ever gained the impression that the shots can be dodged with little issue because that's not true. The only reason a deathslinger wouldn't land their shot, is if they missed, and that's not the fault of the killer that's the fault of the player. Important to note: The Redeemer has a projectile speed of 40 m/s, equal to that of a fully charged Huntress hatchet. So you'd be mistaken to think it's easier to dodge the redeemer than a Huntress hatchet, because the latter in most cases actually travels slower giving you more time to react while it's in the air. Unless you're dealing with a Huntress that is fully charging her hatchets every time she throws them, which in itself is a bad thing and creates her own problems: you gain distance to complete another revolution of a loop, you're given time to hide behind a piece of cover, etc. And keep in mind the redeemer has the benefit of this projectile speed every time he fires, because again he has no charge time to his power.

-Access to the deep wounds status effect: It's a small thing, but if anything it's what I would consider the "cherry on top" so to speak - an influential factor in what makes him successful. The ability to apply deep wounds regardless of whether or not you're able to pull survivors toward you and hit them or if they break free of the chain and injure themselves, is beneficial and it's a help in slowing down survivors who are eventually forced to mend before they can focus on a gen rush.

Hopefully this information is enlightening for those who don't realize how good a killer Deathslinger actually is. Of course how good he is, is entirely reliant on your own personal skill, but then again that also applies not only with his ranged counterpart, but every killer on the roster. If you can't land your Huntress hatchets you'll be punished just as badly as Deathslinger if not more so, because again - you eventually have to disengage sometimes in the middle of chases to reload at a locker.

In short is Deathslinger a strong killer? In the right hands yes, his biggest issues stem from lack of map pressure / mobility / presence, but this won't be an issue for anyone who can end chases quickly and snowball pressure placing survivors in a bad position. Don't mistake the number of the "wrong hands" (aka poorly skilled players) you see out there playing Deathslinger for him being an actual poor killer, because that's the only reason he could ever be labeled as such. In all reality at minimum he's a mid-tier killer but I've always been one to think that he's entirely comparable to Huntress if you've got an equally proficient and experienced player behind the mouse and keyboard.

It's fun to play as a cowboy but he has a lot of weaknesses you already stated.

Personally I like playing legion and clown more than him because imo he's a worse huntress.

And even though people say there's no counter to him for some reason there is actually a lot you can do to counter him you just have to play him and understand him.

As a deathslinger main on ps4

He doesn't have any good perks but slinger himself is a really fun killer to play. You will get good with aiming and its super super satisfying to reel in someone super far away and just yank em. He's B tier in my opinion but worth it if you like a more shooting playstyle.

better. this killer is not made for slow speed.

Easily one of the strongest killers in the game if you know what you're doing.

Not to mention, extremely fun to play as well!

Anyone that claims Deathslinger is bad has clearly not played against one that knows how to aim.

Oh and I forgot to mention, how at some even SAFE pallet loops you can harpoon a survivor, and walk around to the other side then swing JUST before your chain breaks and you'll usually hit them unless they have god reaction time. It's so satisfying.

If you like Shooting or Shooters in general he might become your Main. I really like him along with Huntress, getting s**y Shots is always nice.

He has some bs aspects like spamming M2 to gain Distance which is a Mindgame apparently but all in all, he is alright.

Really fun just not very strong. Although some people want him to be nerfed and knowing these devs they will most likely nerf him within a year.