I just spent like 50 USD on Auric Cells to get maximum value out of the sale. Here's my experience.

Not obsolete since he has the tombstone piece, which is still ridiculously strong. His 1 shot still makes him better than a ton of killers because he can cut chases in half and secure kills easily.

Even though I like new Freddy all old Freddy needed in my opinion was to halt the survivors repairing or cleansing when being pulled into the dream world. The amount of time they had to finishing cleansing a totem or finish the gen during the transition period was his big weakness to me.

Oh okay, I was afraid I missed something like an auric cell discount xD

Maybe you're just playing The Shape wrong? Hear me out.

The Shape is really good for two play styles - Perma T1 via Scratched Mirror or End Game.

In Perma T1 you have constant wall hacks and no TR so it's easy to get grabs or surprise hits. Even in the more open maps once you learn how to navigate the areas to not be seen you can get hits and grabs on totally in-the-open generators. It's a hard playstyle to adjust to compared to other Killers, the slowness alone is often quite painful, but once you get it down it is very satisfying.

On an end game build your goal isn't to get to T3 as early and as often as you can, you use it sparingly. You want out of T1 as soon as possible though, yes. But once out of T1 you stalk to 99 and then wait, getting hits and downs as you go but don't pop T3 until either you have two Survivors together or you have someone healthy who has already been hooked once. In the first scenario you can often easily down one, slug them and chase the other. If they are in a dead zone you've got two people now and even if they are not in a dead zone they are going to make that area a dead zone pretty darn fast to try and slow you down. In the second scenario you get an easy down and will likely get a kill because most Survivors wait out the T3 instead of going for the save, even if you are not camping. If they don't wait it out you can often get a hook trade if you're feeling generous or just stop the unhook.

The Shape CAN be played aggressively, but it is not his strongest kit. His insta-down is not meant to be used like the other insta-down Killers. You need to be more strategic with it, because you have a limited use of it.

The big issue that people overlook is that Stalking Survivors from a distance is really bad. You get less Evil Within the further away you are. If you can get right up next to a Survivor, which isn't all that hard in T1, then it only takes a few seconds to get out of T1 and into T2. And if you forego getting a hit you can easily get into your first T3 off of a single Survivor really early. This is without either of the two gain rate add-ons and with them it is even faster.

Another thing most people don't consider if that in T2 you only have a 16 meter TR, this makes it much easier to sneak up on people for Stalk or hits than with other M1 Killers. Also in T2 you vault ever so slightly faster than normal which can really throw off some Survivors if you time it right, especially in Shack. And never underestimate the power of a double vault at an L wall, this is often better than moonwalking because people rarely ever do it so no one really expects it.

The Shape does have an aggressive playstyle that can work when done right but they are better suited to a longer game play style. When playing The Shape you need to be willing to lose three or even all five gens before your first kill but he's a very heavy snowball Killer. Slap on Blood Warden and you can go from a 0k to a 4k out of no where. Won't win you any Gatekeeper points but The Shape is not the Killer to be playing if you want to pip. No insta-down Killer is who you want to be playing if you want to pip.

There is literally no reason to play tier 1 Myers over wraith these days. Both get wallhacks but wraith is 150% speed and has a massive lunge. With silent bell he is strictly better.

I think the best way to play Myers is just tombstone people, or run him with the hair bow and ensure each tier 3 someone is getting messed up. If you pop it on someone and instantly hook them hair bow let’s you get them to half with impunity since you will still have like 75 seconds left.

I never M1 with him unless I have my 1 shot ready. I don’t use any late game builds because keys counter them too hard.

because he posted a bunch before getting them? seeing it in action and actually using them is not the same thing.

it's not hard to understand...

@Beelzeboop

I think you aren't playing hag properly if you think her area of action is smaller than trappers.

I recommend you check out @Michi for some tips on her, they are the best hag player I have ever seen.

True.