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Who is the most powerful killer of the original trio currently?
Title.
Trapper won't stand a chance. Wraith is a decent killer but not the best IMO, he's still very beatable and has plenty of counterplay. And finally, despite his death, I still think Billy is the most powerful of the three.
I expect Wraith to get the most votes.
Who is the most powerful killer of the original trio currently? 75 votes
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Hillbilly
Marginally Hillbilly. Better Map Pressure and his power shuts down many loops. Both Wraith and Billy to me are A tier.
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Hillbilly
For some God Forsaken reason I've actually seen more Wraith's recently than any other killer on the entire roster- both at lower ranks when I'm playing in SWF with rank 20 friends who don't play often enough to get higher, and at high ranks when I'm queuing by myself with other reds.
I'm assuming it's because people are actually getting on board with the idea that Wraith is in a LOT better of a position than he was at any point before. All the way back to undetectable status effect now no longer allowing aura reading perks to read the auras of perks, the speed boost coming out of cloak is a decent anti loop tool, he's got increased movement speed while cloaked now, he's completely invisible to survivors more than 20 meters away, and on top of it all he's actually got some really good add-ons as well: which can reduce his disappearance or reappearance time, muffle the distance / direction or complete sound of the wailing bell itself, increase action speeds like vaulting or breaking while cloaked, increase movement speed on top of the base boost provided while cloaked, suppress his terror radius + red stain coming out of cloak (one of my personal favorites and Lord Only Knows how it's a common add-on), and aura reading for survivors while cloaked.
Wraith is actually sitting pretty comfortably at a mid or mid-to-high tier I would say.
All that being said Hillbilly is still better of course- and I'm still of the mindset that people vastly overreacted and are still overreacting to his nerf (the cooldown is not harsh at all) he's still got the best map mobility of the three, and access to an instant down. Just those two things alone are enough to put him above many killers in the game, and that includes his peers of the original three.
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Wraith
A year ago, I'd have said Billy, absolutely no contest. I just don't see it now though. Billy's margin of error is razor thin, and curving is going to be a lot more difficult to pull off on most loops because you can't feather for long. He's still got great map mobility and the occasional backrev when in a dead zone, but that's pretty much it against competent survivors (assuming you are not a god billy)
I used to main Billy for awhile but I'd take Wraith 100 times in red ranks before taking Billy for a spin anymore. Which is incredibly depressing. Wraith's got (arguably) better mobility than Billy now, and he can get some nasty hits out of cloak. He's also going to force pallet drops a lot faster than Billy in almost every situation. Windows are pretty equally bad for wraith and billy
Dunno man. I think for 90% of players, Wraith is going to be the stronger killer. So so so much easier to use and at this point, I really don't think his ceiling is much lower than Billy's. Wraith's in a great spot right now
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Hillbilly
Wraith is really good now, but Billy still has the upper hand.
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Wraith
Its wraith mainly because he has a good baseline power and add-ons.
Meanwhile trapper has a weak baseline with being heavily add-on dependent.
Also Billy has an average baseline with no good add-ons to speak of outside of low pro chains and apex muffler.
I think a lot of the votes for billy are people who are traumatized by insta saw billy.
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Wraith
I have hardly seen any Hillbillys since his nerf. So I have to presume Wraith is better when used with perks surrounding the hit and run play style.
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Wraith
Billy is too RNG based, has worse mobility, and a less effective chase power due to the aforementioned RNG.
What RNG, you may ask? Why, the fact that his bumps and saws are server-sided, massively inconsistent, and that survivors whip back and forth when they enter melee range so backrevs are pretty much luck-based.
Edit: also, Billy doesn't have any good addons
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Wraith
man i miss playing old billy, can dev just listen to killer request ?
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Hillbilly
People sleep on Billy since he received overheat. It's almost as if Overheat was a near useless mechanic that almost exclusively punishes poor usage of the chainsaw, although it should probably cool down upon hitting a survivor so you can still snowball survivors, which is one of the only complaints I have about the mechanic.
Wraith has a slightly weaker chase at loops than Billy, due to needing to hit them twice and kick pallets, but he does have a slightly better mid-pallet game.
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Hillbilly
trapper can be powerful but the amount of brain map rng and luck put into a game doesnt even come close to how reliable billy and wraith are
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Wraith
I voted wraith but I am glad some people still find billy above.
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Wraith
Trapper need good map for him to be effective
Billy can be looped till daylight so mega nope
Wraith is super good now
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Wraith
Bro who voted billy? I never see billy. Hes one of the weaker killers with his nerf and awful screaming. Even trapper can deny loops better than billy. All billy has is faster movement speed.
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