Should Hillbilly rework by reverted?

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He was not nerfed in literally every aspect. His base kit is very similar to before. The overheat mechanic is rarely a factor unless you're running engravings; as you said yourself, it's not that harsh. The devs stated they wanted to deal with his problematic add-ons without affecting his balance much, and I feel they achieved that. His add-ons we probably even overnerfed on the whole but his base kit is still strong enough that it's not a concern for balance.

I've never particularly enjoyed playing as or against Hillbilly and these changes did little to change that. I do think he's well balanced, though.

As of late 2020, which was after his nerf, Hillbilly's kill rate was 55% (1% below average) at all ranks and 70% (2% above average) at red rank. Like all killers, he does not fall off at red rank.

His addons need buffs, and the movement changes reverted back to normal. That is pretty much it. The nerf was also greatly unjustified, literally no one was asking for a billy nerf.

The only change to the base kit was the overheat mechanic, though. You shouldn't be up against that limit much without engravings and he plays exactly the same until you hit that limit. Still, the add-on nerf was undeniably a nerf. The red rank Billies before were mostly running fast saws and such, but now those add-ons don't exist. His pick rate was higher in the past, yes, but so was his kill rate. In late 2019 he was picked about 8.5% of the time (3-4% above average) at red rank and had a kill rate of ~77% (5-10% above average). In late 2020 he was picked about 3.5% of the time (~1% below average) at red rank and had a kill rate of ~70% (~2% above average).

His pick rate was likely so high before because he was insanely strong with the right add-ons. He was very narrowly behind Freddy for the highest kill rate in the game at red rank. It makes sense that his pick rate would drop now that his add-ons have been nerfed. I don't think the overheat is nearly as big of a factor in his performance hit.

I mean, I could be using his saw differently too. I just haven't had issues with it personally and most folks I've talked to haven't been bothered much either. The add-ons on the other hand are definitely a ton weaker. Some people could be turned off by the VFX too but I actually like them!

"barely anyone ever plays him."

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well i didn't say that Spirit has more counterplay ;) just that i have more fun playing against one than against a Billy ^^

but like i said i'm not familiar with playing him, but for me he is like Bubba and pretty easy to use, just need to get close to you, rev his chainsaw and you are down ^^

Believe me, he's a lot harder than he looks.

Also flicking with him in loops is difficult and takes lots of skill.

He only needed an addon rework just like huntress now

Insta-saw was the only unfun thing with old Billy. The rest was completely balanced and fun for both sides. His rework was a complete waste of time.

I'd say Billy is a healthy mix of those killers. Or those killers took a slice from billy's pie.

Billy always has his power, mobility and instadown, while others only excel at one aspect but better. Which is fair, i think billy is still toptier. And as much as i hated the billy rework at ptb, it has absolutely zero impact right now vs before. Base kit is literally the same and his addons got changed. Dont know why overheat exist, but since it doesnt do anything, it was just a waste of ressources and an addon pass.

Im an old billy main and i dont think the nerf had a heavy impact on him. Its all subjective. I never use addons on him and i never overheat, so this nerf had exactly zero impact on my gameplay. Zero. None at all. Same killer as before.

But i can imagine the impact on players, who use addons regularly. On the other hand, the whole reworks purpose was an addon pass. So my line of thought is, that these players were used to overpowered addons, not billy himself. Like omegablink nurses who think that nurse is useless now.

I dont know wether billys addons need a buff. Maybe to make them more fun, but since a lot are linked to overheat, its irrelevant anyways. Im much more surprised how people overheat at all and not see flaws in their gameplay.

Buff him somewhat, with some minor addon changes as well. I'd say probably make him a 120% if he's overheated or something simple. That way there's some incentive to consider overheating while also adding further purpose behind the otherwise pointless mechanic that doesn't do anything. Reverting the overheat mechanic would just burn more development time to remove a mechanic (no matter how useless it may be) from a killer that not a lot of people played, even before it got added.