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So does anybody play Twins anymore

So before their nerf I would see them every now and then. Not particularly common but not extremely rare. Now I have yet to see one since the nerf. I wonder if they are one of the lowest picked killers. I'm still holding strong on them but I feel like the 5 second wait period has alot of people turned away from learning them

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  • QwQw
    QwQw Member Posts: 4,622

    I still play them.

  • Altarf
    Altarf Member Posts: 1,046

    Yeah, I used to love playing Twins besides their flaws. Now they just feel even more sluggish and less fun to play. Plus, Victor's buggy pounce not moving forward even out in the open, and going through survivors is frustrating.

  • Crypticghoul
    Crypticghoul Member Posts: 575

    I'd play them more if I found them more fun to go against. I try to avoid playing killers that I hate playing against when I play survivor.

  • HaunterofShadows
    HaunterofShadows Member Posts: 4,091

    Yes.

  • Chilli_man2400
    Chilli_man2400 Member Posts: 3,170

    I play them all the time and people over react to this nerf I played and they feel the same yes landing a pounce and waiting is annoying but there still the same nothings changed at first I hated them thought they were the worst killer in dbd but when trickster came out I changed my mind

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 17,663

    Sadly yes. 3 Twins yesterday, very fun gameplay.

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 14,459

    One of my most played killers these days by far even after the changes.

    That said, they definitely did kill off quite a few of the Twins players (with what little there was already). Eating a DS every time you play well is flat out un-fun and very bad design.

    Are they still good? Of course

    Do they feel awful to play now? Absolutely

    They really need to revert the change. The Twins issues are camping and holding Victor hostage, not slugging.

  • SunderMun
    SunderMun Member Posts: 2,789

    This, tbh. Obnoxious killers are killer I'll always try to avoid playing myself.

  • Altarf
    Altarf Member Posts: 1,046

    I wish I went against Twins. Gone against literally 4, ever, 2 of which were on release day. It's a shame because I know their power and what completely shuts Victor down, and I don't actually get to use that knowledge in favour of going against Legion #12.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,098

    This thread is how I learned that people play twins

  • chargernick85
    chargernick85 Member Posts: 3,171

    I loved playing twins but after the last update they just feel too cracked out to me. I could care less out how they need to be played as I paid for the killer what I do care about is the quality and me feeling like I can do what I want with them. I don't get that feeling with them they are punished for existing in imo and I feel at this point we should all be refunded for buying them. They are so bad to me now I won't use them at all which makes me appreciate trickster more I guess which is also sad.

  • Yords
    Yords Member Posts: 5,789

    Did anyone even play them that much before?

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 17,663

    After the third game I was about to suicide on first Hook against Twins. Really, they are just a pain to go against. I hate Victors giant Hitbox, his visual model can fly past me and I still get hit.

    Like, they are a really creative Killer, but the Devs managed to ######### this Killer up so bad that it is weak and unfun to go against. Surprising how they managed this after releasing Blight, who is strong and fun to go against.

    I would rather go against Stridor Spirit than against Twins. Luckily, I dont go against them that often, but 3 during one day was 4 Twins too much for that day.

  • TruffleTurtle
    TruffleTurtle Member Posts: 614

    I mained them beforehand (still do now) and I've seen/heard of others that played them. Also before the nerf I noticed people starting to pick them up and try them out.

  • Trickstaaaaa
    Trickstaaaaa Member Posts: 1,289

    I'm glad I have not seen them in over a week. Honestly a lot of people play them tediously, such as slugging people for the half match.

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    So you play Twins now? I recall you saying they were fairly weak some time ago.

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    Yeah, I still like the Twins and I still play them.

    I just wish the devs would revert that Victor nerf. No killer wants to wait five seconds before they can resume control of their character again.

  • Spooky13
    Spooky13 Member Posts: 1,485

    I mained them before and still do. I still find them fun but god it's just such an unnecessary change that makes them so much more of a chore to play.

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    Good on you. I realized the Twins were good as soon as I saw that Victor could counter looping. Which means he can slug everyone once all the survivors are injured.

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 14,459
    edited May 2021

    Yeah you basically have to play them very different than other killers. Feels like you're playing a different game to me.

    Playing the way the devs want you to play them is just extremely inefficient on time and simply non-viable. We however get around that bad time efficiency by being super time efficient with Victor. The time you save cutting out as many hooks, zooming around the map with Victors speed, and countering loops is tremendous.

    There's also the bonus that so few people actually play the Twins that most people don't actually understand how to counter them because they've had so little experience facing them. A lot of their counter play is also the complete opposite of what you want to do against most killers, IE grouping, healing, and slowing the game down. If you cut off their snowball potential they are significantly weaker.

  • Frontdoor6
    Frontdoor6 Member Posts: 609

    I played them recently, still as good as ever. Don't get why people say its weak, its fun

  • gentacle
    gentacle Member Posts: 260

    Those of us left are merely annoyed at the DS for every successful Victor pounce. No one plays legion and goes "man, i wish I was stunned for 7 seconds after using my power." Or maybe they do. Playing killer can feel somewhat masochistic at times for some hehe.

    Honestly, it feels downright mean spirited and ruins the flow of a successful down and switch because now it's even more time efficient to just slug because you can't even make up lost time with Charlotte while Victor is out of play. People still don't kick Victor anyway lol.

  • CoalTower
    CoalTower Member Posts: 1,730

    I do! The nerf didn't really make them weaker, just less fun to play.

  • SunderMun
    SunderMun Member Posts: 2,789

    While I agree, it wasn't the right nerf. The issue is the lack of punishment for messing up despite it being ridiculously easy to hit pounces; (compare this to Legion, for example) not the fact they can keep going when successful.

  • edgarpoop
    edgarpoop Member Posts: 8,721

    I don't. They feel awful to play. Eat a DS when you down someone, switch to Charlotte, walk all the way over just to pick up. It's ridiculously sluggish gameplay.

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    Not if you slug everyone with Victor and use Deerstalker to collect your prizes 😉

  • IlliterateGenocide
    IlliterateGenocide Member Posts: 6,147
  • Saitamfed
    Saitamfed Member Posts: 1,626

    I just played a match and the 2s difference is barely noticeable... I am not saying the change was good or deserved but so far they don't feel weird.

  • El_Gingero
    El_Gingero Member Posts: 1,147

    The 5 second stun every time I successfully down someone is just clunky and tedious, and knowing the change was unnecessary and poorly conceived just exacerbates the issue. Still a cool killer, but really annoying to play, and for absolutely no reason.

  • PureHostility
    PureHostility Member Posts: 708
    edited May 2021

    I played them 4 days ago, for the first time ever.

    Did my adept on them (got Hawkins by rng). Didn't camp or overly slug, just downed someone and went for another survivor to hang Victor onto. They were potatoes tough.

    Will have to try and get that achievement where I need to down them with my little son... I MEANT BROTHER!!! Still hanging to survivors when I down then.

    Dunno how I will do it, as it seems to be so easy to get Victor off before I even reach them.

  • Vyne456
    Vyne456 Member Posts: 848

    I do play the twins sometimes in a long ago.

  • TruffleTurtle
    TruffleTurtle Member Posts: 614

    Yea but my problem with that is that's such a boring way to play them.

  • ChurchofPig
    ChurchofPig Member Posts: 2,936

    I don't see them very often (only 1.35% of my total matches since Trickster came out), but people definitely still play them.

  • TruffleTurtle
    TruffleTurtle Member Posts: 614

    He is but 4k slugging everyone when they are injured is just boring to me. Sure sometimes it just happens if they r dumb but I try not to intentionally do it cuz that's just not my playstyle with them

  • Unifall
    Unifall Member Posts: 747

    I've played a couple of rounds with them and you definitely feel the nerf. They're not the weakest killer but not that great either maybe below average.

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    You didn't really explain how it's boring. While slugging with Victor, you have to use your pounce skills, game awareness skills, and prediction skills.

    All of those skills are fun to put into practice.

  • TruffleTurtle
    TruffleTurtle Member Posts: 614

    I wasn't trying to say it's an overall boring strategy. I'm just saying it's boring to me. All you do is injure people and then use victor for the rest of the match to slug everyone. It's nice using victor but I'd rather just not do that because it leads to shorter games and I find drawn out games to usually be more interesting

  • TruffleTurtle
    TruffleTurtle Member Posts: 614

    Also part of me would feel bad cuz ik I'd hate getting a match like that where I'm slugged for 3+ minutes while everyone avoids victor.

  • Haddix
    Haddix Member Posts: 1,080
    edited May 2021

    since the nerf, no. they feel very slow and clunky. used to love them, played them a ton for several months, got very good at them, and still do enjoy them, but having to feel so slow every time I get a down gets boring.

  • A_Skinny_Legend
    A_Skinny_Legend Member Posts: 919

    I still go against plenty of Fionas.

  • WiiFitTrainer
    WiiFitTrainer Member Posts: 788

    Me.

    I picked them up before the nerf. Yeah its awkward to use victor a little bit now but I'm still 4king nearly every game at red rank without camping or slugging (without them being grouped up injured).

  • theplaggg
    theplaggg Member Posts: 267

    It adds up the more you play them. The Twins can be really strong but this nerf should be reverted. Its doesnt really make them weaker but just clunky to play. Waiting 5 seconds on each down as Victor every match gets really annoying.

  • hiken
    hiken Member Posts: 1,188
    edited May 2021

    ive seen him like twice after the nerf still extremely unfun to go against since the change theyve done to him is not the change that was needed to do, the big problem with him is how often he can have victor, is extremely easy to hit survivors with him and the very minor amount of times that he missplay and survivor kicks him are not rewarded AT ALL because he is back in 5 seconds, what is that? he should have like a 15 or 20 seconds cooldown or so without addons to make him comeback faster by any means he is extremely opressive as it is especially if survivors are injured, at least other powers that are very strong have huge drawback or cooldown or requirements, victor doesnt.

  • megswifey
    megswifey Member Posts: 833

    Yep yep! I like giving attention to the less loved characters, so Twins and Plague are my mains <3! I wish more people played them since they are both fun to play as and against, and while I have faced slugging Twins, I have seen it more often with Nurses-- Specifically gas mask nurses for some reason lol!

  • lagosta
    lagosta Member Posts: 1,871

    I don't play twins, but the other day I had a Victor run around a stump with me for several gens. I think it became a personal matter for both of us after the second lap.