110% movement speed, M1 killers, and Legion buffs

During the PTB we've heard a lot about how the Legion was weak and needed buffing. Now that there have been some tweaks made to their power I fully believe that It's not really enough. There still feels like there's something inherently wrong with them and I think I've finally been able to put it into words. Legion desperately wants to be an M1 killer but can't and it's because of how balancing works for 110% movement speed killers.

In order for my argument to make sense I feel like I need to break this down to explain it properly. First is an examination on what it means to be "an M1 killer". If a killer's power isn't applicable in the chase they're considered an M1 killer, so that's what I'll use to define an m1 killer. A killer who's power has limited/no application in the chase and need to down survivors through basic attacks rather than using their powers. Secondly we need to highlight a smaller section of killers within that group that I'll call "ambush killers" These killers are one's who's power gives them first hit potential but not much outside of that. The clear examples of this are the Wraith and the Pig, as they entire point of their power is to allow the player to get the first hit on a survivor easily, but in the chase their power has limited use outside of mind-games. They key thing to note is that both of these killers rely on their 115% movement speed because their power is not always useful pr necessary.

Now we take a look at the killers who do not have 115% movement speed. Between the Hag, the Huntress, the Spirit, or the Nurse can any of them fall into either of the two categories? No. And that's due to how 110% movement speed killers are traditionally balanced. They are not fast, so they need to use their power more often to keep up, and because of this their power must always be useful and usable. Because if you chase a survivor with any of these killers without using your power you are at a major disadvantage. That's what sets these killers apart, they rely on their power more than 115% killers.

This finally brings us to Legion, they are weak because they need their ability to catch survivors, however their ability is too restrictive and isn't useful or usable in many situations. Because they play like an ambush/m1 killer but don't have the movement speed that reflects that. Their ability and how it's balanced most closely resembles that of an ambush killer. During normal gameplay the Legion is able to attack multiple survivors and injure them however they can only chase one, and they cannot use their ability in the second half of a chase without a penalty. And this penalty is important otherwise it would be too easy to down people, so the fact that it takes too long to down someone with their power makes people play them as an ambush killer, you use your power to get the first hit in and then you finish the chase an m1 killer. The best outcome to using their power is that you get all four survivors hurt and distracted and 1 hook out of it. That's good. In that sense I think that Legion's power is well balanced. Because it allows you to effect a bunch of survivors but doesn't let you down them all at once.

But now that all the survivors are hurt and you're chasing one of them down you need to do it quickly or else whatever you gained from using your power is lost. And that's the common complaint with Legion, it takes too long to down someone because you're too slow, and your only means of catching up won't help you because it won't let you down an injured survivor. So that's why they're weak, they are balanced like an ambush killer, they play like an ambush killer, but they don't have the 115% movement speed which makes ambush/m1 killers usable. To make Legion fun they either need to make the power less restrictive and more usable by the Legion in chases or give them the 115% movement speed that would compliment their playstlye.