How to play against Freddy
Just a quick few tips that actually do help when playing against him. He is definitely not OP by any means and although he can feel overwhelming, you can play around his strong power.
Drop pallets early if you are in the dream world or about to fall asleep:
Doing this will rob him of the use you will get out of his snares (which are far stronger than his fake pallets). His snares are the reason he is strong in a chase, and if he has no snares or dream pallets then he is pretty much on Wraith's level of chasing power. The only thing he has would be his dream projection that he can use in a chase, but only if the survivor doesn't notice you channeling it.
If you are asleep leave tiles early:
If you are asleep and he is chasing you towards a tile with a pallet, just drop it early and leave to avoid getting hit. Or, if you are greedy or have a medkit with charges, the better option would be to take a hit and heal up later while still leaving the tile so you waste more of his time. Of course, this is assuming the tile has a safe pallet, if it is a weak one you are kind of screwed (just like you would be with any other killer).
If you are a good looper working on a generator ""ALONE"", then purposefully fail skill checks about every 30 seconds if you can:
This will make sure that you are always awake and unaffected by Freddy's snares during chases and just in general will keep him from harming you.
What do I do if he starts his dream projection on the gen I am on?
You have to predict if he will teleport to you or not. Is he chasing another survivor? Then he is just faking it. Did he see you with a perk such as thrilling or BBQ? He is coming, so run. You have to look around if you can and keep an eye on what he is up to. Besides, if he scares you off then you won't lose much progress.
When should I wake up myself with an alarm clock?
Whenever it is convenient for you to do so. If you happen to have run to it while doing objectives, then go ahead and wake yourself up. If Freddy is using the red paintbrush addon, then use these whenever you can because it is much harder to wake up if you don't.
When should I wake up my teammates?
Whenever you can honestly, it does slow down the more you do it, but it still protects that person from falling asleep for a full minute. It robs Freddy of some power especially if everyone stays awake.
"FreDDy iS Op!"
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All Freddy needs is a slight slowdown while placing snares probably 110% and he’ll be fine
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Looping Freddy isn't nearly as difficult as survivors make it out to be. Like OP said, you have to drop pallets early if you're asleep. Safe pallets are mostly still safe once they're thrown. Survivors just get weirdly stubborn with Freddy and try to loop things as if he were a Wraith.
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His play style is still pretty lame though. Hope they make him more skillfull with his upcoming changes.
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I don't even want him nerfed, I just want him not brainless.
I wanna feel outplayed, not out-existed.
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I don't care that many don't consider him OP, I for one, cannot wait for the nerf bat to bash him upside his noggin. I hate the dream world and its built in anti stealth, I hate that his model makes it look like his reach is longer than what it actually is and I hate most of the players who play him. Not all of them, but most of them are some of the sweatiest killer players I've ever had to deal with. I think his ease of use attracts them all.
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I think that would do nothing considering how fast he does it. He needs a rework that makes it skillful to keep survivors asleep if anything.
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That is what I am hoping for, I got bored of him real quick.
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name adds up
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Weird how the devs never do that for survivors, and so we end up with maps like new meat plant where you just hold forwards and drop pallets for the ez win
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It's too late, he's already going to be butchered... AGAIN!
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I wouldn't say "butchered". They will probably do something boring and unnecessary, like a slowdown or a cooldown. Ah, I truly miss Old Freddy. At least I didn't have to worry about unnecessary nerfs back then.
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Use the friggin alarm clocks. It's not hard, there are no skill checks, it takes around 2 seconds, it doesn't alert the killer, it doesn't waste another survivor's turn, and it doesn't incur an increasing time penalty.
Honestly, asking Survivors to get off of generators for 5 seconds these days. It's absurd.
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It’s too bad you didn’t make this a few months ago, the devs have already decided to gut him next.
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Pfft, doubtful. The almighty devs trust their "big data" and my post would do nothing to stop that. I am going to miss Freddy being strong :(
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waking up other survivors seems a complete waste of gen time, same as using self-care.
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It really isn't that bad.
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Like Billy? Yeah, that's a butchering. Nobody likes Billy anymore. The same with happen to Freddy
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You didn't approach his most lethal weapon: Boredom.
I can't describe my sadness when the match starts and the HUD shows those little clocks. The only thing that saddens me more is the phasing sound.
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