How can we fix Deathslinger?

map pressure by only one survivor getting downed isn't much pressure as 2 survivors are still free to do gens as one goes for the save, at worst one of those survivors have to stop doing a gen to go for the save or because they are getting chased.

deathslinger can't snowball unless a survivor is really out positioned and he lacks mobility. He will down you fast deal with it and rely on your team to do gens as this is a team game.

he fine, if anything its pretty weak and with map reworks he getting less line of sights and less chances to shoot over loops (for example bloodlodge rework have lifted the cars). Maybe if people actually kept a look out and didnt run in a straight line they wouldnt struggle so much. i played two games of him the other day, one game was against potatoes at red ranks who didnt do gens or even try to dodge anything they just ran straight. the other game... well damn did they counter the F outta me and fly through gens. DONT NERF KILLERS BECAUSE OF BAD SURVIVORS.

I actually enjoy playing and going against deathslinger. Every shot that land it's because of good or lucky aim. He's 110% movement speed so he really sucks at having map pressure. M8A is his best perk, that allows to catch survivors off guard a bit, but making him a normal 32 tr killer would make him useless because of his limited range.

He's like a no lullaby huntress with limited range, the reason he doesn't have a lullaby is that A. He can't down a survivor through a dropped pallet with his power, B. Cuz of his limited range, and C. Cuz cowboys don't sing lullabies.

Let's go over what you said real quick. I'll say my opinion as a trying to be deathslinger main also (started a month ago)

"Just dodge his shot and make distance, he'll have to reload and then use his slow movement speed to catch up"

No that doesn't work at high levels of play. It only works against bad slingers who blindly shoot from a distance hoping to get a highlight for their Youtube montage.

This really did hurt my eyes. Deathslingers tend to use their power on a medium range, it's common. You don't have to aimlessly dodge, you have to be unpredictable. Imagine deathslinger is like a killer with a bit bigger m1 range, they still have to mindgame and predict the survivors to get the shot close range.

"Split up and do gens"

What a great idea! Not like it's the counter to every killer in the game and unfortunately in solo que, I can only do so much as one player, relying on my teammates to do gens efficiently is less common than seeing a Detective Tapp in my lobby.

I know this isn't important at all, but it should be embarrassing that you wrote the word "queue" as que, even more so that a dyslexic person is correcting you, but anyways.

His insane lack of map pressure is his real weakness. He doesn't have the speed to keep the gens untouched, so a bad chase easily costs him 3 gens if you don't have corrupt. Because you're one player in solo queue which in some instances your team doesn't do gens, it doesn't mean that happens in every single solo q match against deathslinger. If you're red rank btw, most player tend to do gens, just keep that in mind.

"Throw pallets earlier"

Sure, until he zones me with his presence resulting in a free shot I can't dodge because of his instant ADS and he reels me around the loop to himself.

Excuse me I don't understand, if you're in a jungle gym and throw a pallet early the only possible thing he can do with his power is to injure you and inflict deep wound. If you go around huge walls that he can't shoot through he can't do anything. He'll have to chase you until he finds a perfect shot, which you can easily dodge if you have dead hard.

If the survivor is out of your fvo you're #########, you have to loop him so you can shoot em. And if you manage to shoot em, many things can get in the way in order to break the chain, so it seems fair to me.

"You're just mad we have another killer you can't loop for 5 gens"

No. Don't take this out of context. I want a killer that has an equal chance of outplaying me as I do of outplaying him. Not just being able to make me dodge by being there and then getting a hit no matter what I do.

Deathslingers can get looped for 5 gens, talking from experience. You have so many ways to outplay him and so many different perks. Even if he shoots you, it doesn't mean that he has a hit on you. He'll have to m1 you to down you. You literally went through his counters and the only excuse you had is that you're a solo "que" player, that's actually stupid. In chases tend to go for pallets and walls instead of windows, if you're forced to use a window then dodge. It's like playing vs a huntress with only fully charged hatchets, if you're good you can counter it.

You aren't meant to be safe vs the killer, they are only meant to provide a small delay to the killer CATCHING YOU. But I can see nothing I say to you will ever get you to even consider that you are perhaps not correct. I highly doubt you are a slinger main as well because even the big time people who call for him to be changed don't think he should be nerfed just a power shift.

I think 3 seconds is a lot longer in DBD than you think it is. 1.5 seconds would be more than enough as it would prevent ADS spam for free zoning.

I don't know how people are going to be in here complaining about the funslinger when you still have killers like Hag, Spirit, Nurse, Oni, etc running around.

His hitbox requires pixel perfection, I used to think he was the worst character in the game when I first played him. Spirit requires a set of headphones. And she probably still downs you faster than him.

Huntress is just straight up better. Almost anything he can do, huntress does better with the same skill applied. Not to mention throwing truck sized hatchets but that is besides the point. I play residentslinger over huntress because his character appeals to me more, and he's got the built in BM when he downs you.

He is average when used by normal players. He has no outrageous add-ons. And in the hands of the very best, he is still going to be pale in comparison to a ton of other killers.

He ain't broken.

People just try so goddamn hard to impose the some tactics against every killer, and defend themselves with 'only chases are fun'. They aren't, and not every killer should even be engaged in a chase. Deathslinger isn't the first one, those were Hag and Myers.

There is an issue, but it's not his ability or anything what people cry bloody murder over.

It's that he has few maps where he can shine. He's meant to be faced with stealth and outmanoeuvring him outside of loops and jukes. Many maps don't allow for that due to how they are designed as of now.

But yeah, bigger issue are people that insist to play every match the same way regardless of killer.