Who is the most balanced killer in the game?

Demo and Blight are the most balanced in my opinion. Both have good mobility, have decent counterplay and overall just fun to play as/against

Frankly most killers are in the same balance bucket of being good enough to win if you play better than thr survivors but with a somewhat small margin for error. That’s why when you look at the kill rate charts they periodically release you have a whole bunch of killers all clumped together and a couple of outliers on either end.

About the Spirit "nerf":

On versions 4.3.0 and 4.3.1, a bug with Spirit emerged where you could hear her breathing while she was phasing not from her husk but from her actual location, so you could potentially determine her position while she uses her ability. Many were aware of it but the bug remained for long enough (and maybe the ability description changed?) that people became convinced it was a nerf to the Spirit's denial of information. Version 4.3.2 fixed "an issue that caused The Spirit's breathing to be heard while she was phasing" and this nerf vanished.

Scott Jund has a video on the 'nerf' and how it works in practice:

My child, is that you?

I'd say Billy, basekit Huntress and Demo. They came to mind mind instantly.

Good Billy's always played basekit or brown Add-Ons so they don't overheat now cuz they are ecperienced. The basekit for them didn't change, and Billy's basekit was always balanced.

Huntress can become really opressive with certain Add-Ons but her base seems very fine. A good Huntress will do very well but a bad one will lose. She is good in chases but not overwhelmingly powerful like Nurse or Spirit. She is also very slow which makes her vulnerable in that aspect.

Demo needs some QoL tweaks (less global audio sounds), quieter footsteps and quieter growling sounds while playing. His basekit seems fine as well. His Add-Ons need a rework. His portals are also nice and require thinking to use unlike Freddy's Gen teleport.

Those are probably the most balanced in my opinion while also not suffering from frustrating bugs.

Blight, gives a ton of map control and control over chases once you know where you can use your power to guarantee a hit. Takes lots of practice to master but anyone can jump right in and have fun. He's 115 so the tiles you can't use your power in aren't miserable like Huntress/Slinger on certain maps. Survivors can trial and error until they find out there are many short objects you can position around perfectly to deny a power hit.

The turning radius can feel bad but you can counter getting spun by starting your swing when you are right on top of the survivor, even if they spin behind you, you still get the hit. Survivors can also level on this and spin the first time, make you whiff, and not spin the second time and make you whiff again when you compensate for them spinning. Its a healthy 50/50 that both sides can do something about, unlike spirit's heavily killer-sided coin flip.

I don't recommend blight on controller, the highest skill level (and fun!) you can achieve with blight involves you bumping a wall and instantly turning to face a survivor/the next bump. Something you can't do very well when a stick is controlling the camera.

Huntress would be here if laggy huntresses actually got punished for their terrible connection instead of getting free hits. Mechanically, she's balanced though.

I feel like Blight is the best and most balanced killer they’ve made in a long time.

Fun, difficult to master, strong but has counterplay, forces interesting interactions and mindgames on both sides, good add ons, interesting lore, creepy appearance and sound design, good cosmetics. I can’t think of many ways they could improve him really, except for QoL changes. But in terms of well-rounded design, he’s almost perfect.

Demo and Pig

Pig has a game slow down, but it's not too oppressive. She also has a chance mechanic which leaves her some room of counterplay. Not on very safe pallets but we are also livin in an era where pallets gets some nerfs to be more counterable so good for her. And she has a tool to sneak on survivors. That's very good for some free hits, or to find the sneaky ones.

Overall she's pretty fair, leaves a lot of potential and counterplay. And if she lets you boop the snoot she's the cutiest.

Demo is pretty nice because he has mobiility, but you still have some counterplay to it while it also buys you some time as a kilelr when survivor cleanse your portals. You have a great chase tool which can shortens alot of loops.Saddenly most changes will shorten the loops anyway which will make it way more difficult landing a shred as demo.

He has a solid mobility and a great and fair chas emechanic. He isn't oppressive but also has a realistic chance to get 2 or more good survivor.

for me "balanced" means that something is fair and probably fun for both sides. And I like these two. With both you really earn your kilsl what makes it feel way more. And in a world were tunneling and camping wouldnt be that bad, survivors were more coordinated and had less of bail out of all out your mistakes perks, these two killers were the sh.t

The day a balanced killer comes I will name drop.

Cannot unsee that left big toe

Maybe Blight?

I think Demo is way too weak, but maybe that's because I play on Console.

I feel like Pyramid Head is close to being balanced but what he needs is a bit of a change to POTD in order for him to be.

Right now its a very slow projectile and hits a much smaller area than you would think(Its only dead center of the attack, you can be on the edges of it and still not take damage) Considering this its currently virtually useless outside of hitting a survivor with it while they're in an animation like pallet dropping, vaulting, or unhooking(Sometimes, sometimes I use it for that and it doesn't actually damage them).

The rest of his kit feels pretty fair. Cages can counter DS so unless someone lockers you can ensure they get a second hook during that time period, or if they managed to get to second stage then you can execute them.

His trails are amazing for detection if you place them well and depending on the map

really its just his ranged attack that needs work. He's one of the few killers that balances out some of the more powerful survivor perks.

HillBilly