who is better out of deathslinger or huntress
so basically with the deathslinger being added in, i feel that i hear a lot of people say that hes a better huntress or that huntress is better than him and i dont really hear much about how huntress is better. it would nice to hear why you think one is better than the other.
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People that can aim like the huntress because if you throw a hatchet across the map you have a chance of landing it. With Deathslinger if you land a tricky shot but they're behind a tiny pebble of terrain you can't reel them in. Huntress has to reload at lockers, while Deathslinger has infinite ammo with a loading time in between shots.
I will say I hate going vs. red rank huntresses. I had an opinion but she threw an axe at it and threw it on the hook already.
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i played my fair share of both killers and i feel like the issue that everyone points out on deathslinger with no rewarding shots at long range isnt really true as there is very rarely a situation that i cant reel someone in unless there there completely around a wall or something. also deathslinger has the pros of being able to hit land and reel a shot at pretty much most loops that exist if your good enough with him compared to huntress where some loops just have to be broken instantly due to the lack of space to actually throw a hatchet. also deathslinger has a massive positive of having a pretty much instant ads unlike huntress which helps for a lot of shots as well as being really unpredictable. this sets him apart from huntress as effectively any good player will have a pretty slim change of consistently reading him unless hes bad at the game. another big difference they have is there terror radius's in which deathslingers is barely even there meanwhile huntress gives you a 40 meter warning which for deathslinger is really big as this constantly will give him pretty much free hits.
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Huntress is just faster at doing things and more lethal from a distance. Deathslinger can barely compete with gen speeds because of how much it takes him to do stuff: 0.5 seconds to after shot cool down, 6.8 seconds to reel from max distance, 3 seconds to wipe his weapon, 2.75 seconds to reload, over and over again. Both are good if you can aim, but imo Huntress is way stronger.
I prefer Deathslinger because I like how fast and responsive he is in comparison to Huntress, in the sense that his ADS and shooting is way faster. Huntress, to me, feels very cumbersome because of her windup. Plus think DS is cooler.
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Deathslinger is much better, in my opinion. Coming from a Survivor perspective, I'm always able to loop red rank Huntresses just because of the way her power works, but Deathslinger is much harder to loop effectively. Deathslinger can quickly ADS with his harpoon gun and force early pallet drops, thus cutting down on chase time, while Huntress has to either hold up a hatchet when the Survivor approaches the pallet (smart Survivors just keep running) or try and hold W for an M1 (and then the smart Survivor just drops the pallet on her head).
Huntress also has her loud hum AND footsteps, and gives audio cues whenever she raises a hatchet AND fully charges a hatchet. Deathslinger only makes a small jingle when he aims with his gun, and the jingle doesn't even matter when the Deathslinger knows how to quickscope effectively. Deathslinger also benefits from a smaller terror radius.
He can also pull people around loops and even around dropped pallets, whereas Huntress is usually forced to break the pallet. Not to mention that Deathslinger never has to spend time reloading at a locker... 😏
So, I'd say that Deathslinger is much better than Huntress. I didn't think so at first, but after playing him for a while and playing AGAINST him quite a bit, I'd definitely say that he is much better in chases than Huntress.
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Huntress, she can shoot 5 times without having to reload. It makes her better in a chase. And she can snipe.
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your ignoring the part where deathslinger has infinite ammo and doesn't have to go out of his way to collect hatchets from lockers. also the deathslinger can still get snipes, just not across map.
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I know, thats why I said "In a chase", it means she doesn't have to take the second to reload. Shes worse out of chase, but better in one.
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fair enough. i would say out of chase there both pretty similar in regards to there speed and huntress is worse of to find survivors due to her massive lullaby compared to deathslingers where he gets it easier due to his small terror radius
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Honestly im suprised its a question, a God huntress is and always will be better than a God deathslinger
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Huntress. Her hatchets have far more range to them, can arc, has five shots, and can down survivors.
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Thats true, it is way easier to sneak up on people as Deathslinger.
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Are people really trying to argue that Huntress is beneath that trash can of a killer who is really only good because he has a bs terribly small terror radius that should be larger?
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imo deathslinger is because of the no reloading at lockers situation as well as deathslinger is more in control at loops where as huntress is guess between a pallet drop and if the survivor runs on. obviously huntress also can shoot over loops but not nearly as good a slinger. slinger at least has the really small hitbox with his spear
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why is huntress better in your opinion if you feel so strongly about it
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btw just for the record, i do think huntress is better in some regards like less cooldowns and the ability to hit shot after shot but other than that i donmt know, im just saying this so i dont sound very biased
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Except Deathslinger can't down with his ability, unless you manage to reel them in close enough to M1.
'...not nearly as good as slinger.' Deathslinger can't shoot over loops, though. Vaults and pallets, but not OVER loops. Huntress can nail somebody on a gen half a map away, over T Walls and jungle gyms, if the aim is good. She can hit somebody over a pallet and down them, unlike Deathslinger. If she misses in a chase, she can keep going, where as holding W is enough to get to the next loop against Deathslinger who's reloading. Minus reload addons, of course.
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I fear Huntress more. Can down you from range, has infinite range on her hatchets and the hatchet hitbox is like a fridge.
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Easily huntress. Better range, ability to fire multiple times in relatively quick succession, has a 1 hit down add-on, can arc shots to hit people hiding behind a gen or wall, can sometimes get a quick 1-2 hatchet + basic attack kill, has better hit boxes. Deathslinger can have his chain broken far too easily and suffers a long stun when it does get broken, has to waste time reeling people in, has slow reload/cleaning/etc. speeds. In a game where speed is everything for killer due to gen rushing, deathslinger is just too slow at everything.
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Overall I think huntress is better.
She can easily down more survivors faster.
She has more snowball potential BUT DS is better and ending a chase faster.
I'm a pretty bad deathslinger that is the reason why I say that.
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I played both yesterday and my experience was that both hatchets and the chain just go through the survivor most of the time
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Long term huntress
Short term deathslinger
Reasoning
Every second counts in dbd and DS has a lot of gimmicks that take up time. Your 110 ms killer so this hurts espicially bad.
One shot one hit even with an on demand reload is still only one shot. Huntress can string multiple downs with her hatchets and if you have cd and wind up add ons well.....
The point I'm getting at is huntress has harder chases but you can always improve your chase game. There's only so much you can do to reduce the excess time spent messing around with DS mechanics.
As you familiarise yourself with hatchet arcs you will be able to go for the long shots. Which can lead to much greater satisfaction granted this is extremely hard.
Finally add ons. Huntress has some insane add ons iridescent heads is the most obvious one but also she can go hatchet into m1 at close range. No weapon wipe on initiall hit.
Your time matters every little gimmick reeling, reloading is more time lost on gens. That being said I do prefer DS aesthics the laugh and feeling of reeling in a surviour from longrange is undeniably more satisfying but i tend to like handicapping myself just to make the wins more enjoyable.
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Huntress is free.
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Deathslinger is too, since you can buy him with shards.
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Y'all can disagree all you want but I'll say huntress is better any day of the week. Just my opinion.
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Well, they are both ranged killers, but they differ.
Think of Huntress as ranged burster and deathslinger as ranged CC'er.
Huntress excels at downing survivors if you can land these hatchets and she can easily snowball of it. However she can be looped.
Deathslinger is capable of shutting down loops more easily but his overall lethality is lower than that of huntress.
God huntress > God deathslinger
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Huntress imo. Even ignoring Deathslinger's terrain issues, he generally feels disadvantaged just because of his pull-in mechanic. It just takes way too long.
But idk. I don't play either very much. Not a big fan of the ranged killers tbh.
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Hatchress if you're good with her.
For the average Joe Shmoe probably Death Slinger.
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Deatslinger its not so good, he only brings the survivors, it is not very complex that we say ooh its soo op
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my take on it
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Huntress has more exploitable weaknesses than slinger like her 48 meter humming radius and her wind up. A good slinger will do better than a good huntress, since he can zone survivors and doesn't need to charge his redeemer.
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He's pretty weak though. He is a slow killer, and on most maps you can stay out of his line of sight.
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Those saying a good Slinger is better than a good Huntress are completely forgetting things like range, addons and perk synergy. Huntress is way stronger and extremely oppressive. She has a better map-wide presence due to the range of her hatchets and those hitboxes. Slinger is easy to dodge, huntress....we all know about the hitboxes.
The only advantage Slinger has is that tiny TR, but with SC, that does not matter. I run into at least one SC user in every map, sometimes more.
I'll face good Slingers all day long as survivor and do fine, good Huntress with those snipe hits....forget about it.
EDIT: I forgot to mention how slow Slinger's mechanics are. He hits, has to reel in his target. Hits them, reel in his chain to reload and do it all over again. Or, he hits them in melee and still has to shoot, reel, reel again, pick up, hook. As opposed to throw, hit, wind up (way shorter than reel) throw again, hit, pick up, hook, throw, hit again. She can literally drop 2 people before thinking about reloading. Much more efficient.
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Until they nerf Huntress range, she remains Queen.
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I have played a lot of both. They are both good in different ways. It really is situational. I will say that I think huntress is slightly better because she can snowball harder. It's just harder to snowball with slinger.
For example you go to a gen and find some people as huntress. You hatchet one while walking up, then hit the second shot, down them. The others start running around you, hatchet throw, hit, hit, hit. Before you know it you have two or three slugs with injured people running away. In less than 30 seconds. Slinger can't do that. He has to M1 everyone and reel them in which takes time. Huntress can just end a team really quick.
Slinger outshines huntress at loop counterplay though. There are a lot of loops that people can run huntress around on that are super frustrating. Slinger can shut that down if he is good at quick scoping.
So to sum up I think huntress has more snowball potential and slinger puts a stop to survivors bs.
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Deathslinger is better, because his hitboxes aren't busted and actually work
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Pretty much every comment after you explained it. She can down from range. If you've ever watched a really good Huntress on stream, she can make snipes and down people across the map. Just the threat of her winding up her hatchet can pressure multiple survivors in an area. She can shut down the killer shack loop.
Overall her skill ceiling is just so much higher. Also it's just my personal opinion that Deathslinger is boring and everyone who plays him plays scummy but that's my personal beef
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Huntress is stronger as her hits are guaranteed injuries or downs and her range is unlimited allowing her to zone you from high distances when she's just holding the fully charged hatchet while you're in the open. She doesn't get countered by dropped pallets unlike Deathslinger.
Also she doesn't have to waste time reeling survivors in (while risking to not even get the hit).
Also she naturally has a reduced cooldown for hatchet throws allowing her to go for the M2+M1 combo up close which is almost like an instadown.
However Deathslinger has SOME advantages:
- the Deathslinger is better at getting close as he's got no lullaby unlike Huntress and a nearly non-existent terror radius depending on addons especially with MonitorAbuse.
- he has no (slow) windup animation unlike Huntress.
- he doesn't slow down as much as Huntress while aiming. Huntress slows down to 77% while holding a hatchet and has a slow animation for canceling the hatchet throw whereas Deathslinger slows down to 82.5% and has NO animation when canceling it allowing him to spam the aim animation while getting closer.
- Deathslinger's projectile speed is ALWAYS 1000% which is the same projectile speed as a fully charged up hatchet which means he can quickscope you around every corner whereas Huntress needs a brief moment for her windup animation forcing her to catch you in an animation or in the open. A non-charged up hatchet can easily be dodged most of the time as it has a projectile speed of 625%, too.
So when it comes to regular chases Deathslinger gets more opportunities for ranged attacks effectively but Huntress is still more lethal due to the reasons I named above.
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