Why do people hate Deathslinger so much?

It has nothing to do with how strong he is, I'd even give him some small buffs.

The issue to me is lack of interactivity. Since there's no delay on scope canceling and most DS no scope shoot you, you're left just randomly wiggling because you have no idea when he's gonna fire. You aren't reacting to anything, you're just randomly guessing.

He takes quite a bit of skill with his aiming, it's just all on his side and not much on yours.

One of the least fun killers to play against in my personal opinion.

Problem with DS in general is he is a beast chasing, once he spots you, if he is good (not super good, just good) you are going down without much you can do, you may be able to extend the chase 10 seconds or so but thats all. Thats half of the problem, the other is since he is so good chasing he has to be bad at everything else, which he is, the guy who gets chased goes down fast but since he has no map pressure, no detection, no snowball potential (like Myers or Oni) and Survivors know all of this they are forced to genrush which he cant really stop.

Matches against him go like this, trial starts, he sees someone, shoots, Survivors hear the shot, start pushing gens, he downs someone, hooks him, then he has to find someone else and reach them, people know they cant afford to slow down for they cant last much against a good DS in a chase so they keep pushing gens, rinse and repeat until all 5 gens are done so in the end DS gets 1 or 2 kills and the last survivors open the gates and get away as soon as they can.

You cant buff his pressure because that would make him unstoppable, you cant nerf his chase because he is rubbish at everything else, what can you do?. In my opinion DS is failed game design.

People dont like Deathslinger because even if you escape, he makes for a very boring game, I rarely die against him unless my teammates attempt to play against him like he is a regular Killer but even when I escape it wasnt a very fun game anyway.

A lot of the complaints boil down to “I want to be able to see him about to shoot and dodge it”. They’ll dress up this complaint by saying it’s “boring” or “random guesses” or “not interactive” or “he has no counterplay” because they can’t literally see him about to shoot like they can Huntress but that’s really all it is.

The funny thing is Huntress is actually a bit better than Deathslinger in a chase. Her built in one-two combo on healthy survivors is something Deathslinger has trouble with without something like Save the Best for Last built up, and she’s significantly better at getting downs from across dropped pallets and other obstacles that Deathslinger can be blocked from reeling in the injured player. Plus even when he does hit or does get a down it takes him about five extra seconds to get the payoff every time versus Huntress doing her damage instantly. His only real advantage over Huntress is that he can quick shoot and it’s still not enough on its own to make him quite as good as her overall. That’s why a lot of people complaining that they want to be able to dodge his shots also qualify it by saying “they don’t think he’s that good overall though”.

I do think Deathslinger is a little more fun to play than Huntress, even though I think Huntress is ultimately more effective, because the gameplay feels more fluid being able to do quick shots and not having to go to lockers to reload. And I certainly don’t think Deathslinger needs an overall nerf. Honestly though my favorite killers are the 115% movement basic attack ones (Freddy, Doctor, Clown), I’m not really into the ranged attack thing in this game, so I don’t have a big dog on this fight, other than taking these complaints about “lack of interactivity” with a grain of salt (no pun intended).