Devs..you need to hold back the killer sledgehammer

Freddy's strong but only when there's gens if the doors aren't close to each other like they're on the other side of map he's kinda screwed because he has nothing outside of his perks to protect the gates unless you're using snares but those only work if someone is asleep and if the survivor has adrenaline Freddy is pretty much a m1 killer. My solution for this when the exit gates are powered Freddy gets a token based teleport system based on how many gens were completed so if all 5 were completed he gets 5 if 0 are completed he gets 0 or 1 token.

The only time I suicide first hook is when I go against Shaq arms Freddy (when the hit me even tho he's lightsyears aways)

Throw the pallet and his slowdown is either useless or he can't get to you in time. Otherwise, you're out of position and the slowdown is from good placement. His powers are fairly easy to counter.

I hover in green and purple ranks and most Freddy's I see are pretty meh as far as their ability to secure a kill is concerned.

The numbers are probably skewed because, as many people have stated, lots of survivors either hate Freddy because they don't know how to counter play him, or they find him boring. Neither or those things warrants a nerf imo, but the devs seem so laser focused on the numbers and not the reason behind the numbers that I'm surprised it took them this long to say they were going to nerf Freddy.

"Brain-dead killer" seems to be a lot of people's go to argument when they don't have experience to back up their claims.

"Oh, Freddy is brain-dead because he doesn't have to work as hard for his powers" where as that should be more in line for what is normal. Do you know how bullshit it is for a killer like trapper to have to set everything up at the start of a match? How garbage clown is in almost every way, even chases...which are what he is meant to be strong in. How annoying it is to play hag and get wrecked because a survivor has a flashlight which makes your power useless a lot of the time.

Freddy dictates his own powers, survivors only sway on it are the alarm clocks, which don't ruin Freddy's kit. I feel like survivors that kill themselves on hook because they personally dislike playing against Freddy are the reason the numbers are so high. If you don't like a killer, that's on you. Freddy is pretty damn close to balanced with a few minor tweaks needed in order to make him perfect imo.

In that same chart with Freddy, pig had a high kill ratio...the pig...that to me says a lot in regards to how reliable those numbers are.

Freddy is pretty easy to go against. Wake yourself up if you're having a problem with his snares or pallets. Be mindful of his phasing as you can't see him from far away. Be alert. Like...I don't understand why people have such a difficult time against him and actively just choose to kill themselves on hook against him because they can't be bothered to learn how to counter him...or they're just bad.

I'm not gonna say he needs a nerf but what he does need is a higher skill cap. Same with spirit. They either need to be nerfed or they need to actually be harder to learn. They are way too easy to learn to be as good as they are unlike nurse who is very hard to become really good at and is also a very good killer.

You have to wake yourself up every 60 seconds, which takes a huge chunk out of your time and means gens pop far far slower, creating really long and boring games. Plus you fall asleep everytime you're hit which is just a pain. Vsing him isn't nescaserily hard, especially in a swf, it's just a pain and not worth it.

Red paint just isnt op because you start the game asleep, though that does slow the game down and freddies power is so strong it warrents not being able to be used right away. At least his teleport and snare, he still keeps the fading in and out and he can still set up.

Red paint is op because Failing a Skill Check will no longer allow Survivors to wake up. That means most people are going to be asleep all the time because travelling across the map is stupid and your team will be alseep aswell, and if your soloqueue good luck trying to coordinate all being awake to deny freddy his power which is needed because the slows are so strong and the teleports are so good.

Also dont compare a 115% killer with 2 slow killers,

better example would be imagine you playing an Oni match but you cant use your power for the first minute..... snowballing killers should start off weaker not be strong asap

Spotted the freddy main... If you're actually saying hitting an m1 is harder than hitting a demon strike or chainsaw then I can't take you seriously.

Pyramid Heads ability to see the aura of the cages got removed becauae a LOT of people just hardcore tunneled with him,leaving survivors with very little counterplay in that situation.

His second change that was actually a hugge buff for PH.The 0.5 second longer delay is barely noticeable but the reduced penalty on using Punishment of the Damned however is.

No i dont want guaranteed ways to avoid killers. Pyramid head can still aim well and hit you. Just look at Survivors favorite killers, Oni, Billy, Blight. thiers no 100% way to avoid them thiers bunches and bunches of 50/50s you can be put into. Old pyramid head puts you in a lose/lose and so does deathslinger and thats not fun.

INTERACTIVITY = fun. Thats it. Lets let both sides have it. No one likes going against DS unbreakable because it feels like forcefield and you cant do anything, No one like going against a freddy because it feels like you cant do anything.

but if the killer thinks hes going to double back he'll adjust his aim, thats a 50/50 with both sides having the same amount of info and have to play accordingly if they want to get a hit/down or make the chase last longer.

I don't like his Melee Marth attack range. Freddy players with a 30 ping still hit me from narnia when im on survivor.