I love The Legion

@ChesterTheMolester said:
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@ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion.

It's not exploiting anything. It's waiting letting them get distance and hunting them down.

But hey, hate what you hate. I'll keep winning.

Hes weak. Im pretty sure no Killer was actually designed to run backwards for a cheezy down.

I'll use any other Killer instead that can down people without exploiting mechanics, but hey, hate what you hate. I'll keep winning (without having to exploit as a weak Killer).

You are exploiting mechanics with every single killer.

When you time a loop with your bloodlust, that's exploiting a chase mechanic.

When you turn backwards to hide your red stain at a jungle Gym, that's exploiting a mechanic.

When you use your killer power, you are exploiting a mechanic.

The legion is meant to be that killer that lets his prey escape, but then hunts them back down. His deep wounds let's him do that, by making people mend while he does his chase Hey, it's not for you, you want to be in the survivors face the whole time. Or whatever your thing is. That's cool. But you should at least take a step back and see him for what he is. A decently strong killer with a different way of securing kills then other killers.

He's Not Billy, but he's still strong, and viable at Rank 1

@The_Crusader said:
ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion.

This.

Dive over a pallet and dash for a hit....walk backwards to let them bleed out a bit....sounds like great design right there.

it actually does. you don't have to walk backward, just look away, or let them run off, and break line of sight themselves. I choose to take a couple steps backwards, but it doesn't really help the process.

Also, if the survivor doesn't run away, it counters the whole process, and you,as the killer, need to find a way to deal with it.

I like it, it has counter play, and is using the chase mechanic in the game. Learn to adapt.

@The_Crusader said:
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@The_Crusader said:

ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion.

This.

Dive over a pallet and dash for a hit....walk backwards to let them bleed out a bit....sounds like great design right there.

it actually does. you don't have to walk backward, just look away, or let them run off, and break line of sight themselves. I choose to take a couple steps backwards, but it doesn't really help the process.

Also, if the survivor doesn't run away, it counters the whole process, and you,as the killer, need to find a way to deal with it.

I like it, it has counter play, and is using the chase mechanic in the game. Learn to adapt.

Cote, is that you?

But seriously if that's what you find fun, more power to you.

It doesn't suit me though. Getting an easy hit and then cheesing the mechanics to make them blees out.

I prefer the "earn 2 hits" gameplay.

That's absolutely fine Everyone likes different things. I happen to be a Hag main. So the 110 movement speed is just another tuesday for me.

I don't think it's really cheesing though. that's the only thing that bothers me this, is how people think it's somehow abusing a game mechanic.

It's no different then turning backwards at a jungle gym so the survivor doesn't see your red stain coming, ot using your red stain to bluff a bad window vault.

Those are both techniques the community views as "high skill" why is it an exploit to let the survivor run away and break chase?

@The_Crusader said:
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ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion. This.

Dive over a pallet and dash for a hit....walk backwards to let them bleed out a bit....sounds like great design right there.



it actually does. you don't have to walk backward,  just look away, or let them run off, and break line of sight themselves. I choose to take a couple steps backwards, but it doesn't really help the process.

Also, if the survivor doesn't run away, it counters the whole process, and you,as the killer, need to find a way to deal with it.

I like it, it has counter play, and is using the chase mechanic in the game. Learn to adapt.



Cote, is that you?

But seriously if that's what you find fun, more power to you.

It doesn't suit me though. Getting an easy hit and then cheesing the mechanics to make them blees out.

I prefer the "earn 2 hits" gameplay.

That's absolutely fine Everyone likes different things. I happen to be a Hag main. So the 110 movement speed is just another tuesday for me.

I don't think it's really cheesing though. that's the only thing that bothers me this, is how people think it's somehow abusing a game mechanic.

It's no different then turning backwards at a jungle gym so the survivor doesn't see your red stain coming, ot using your red stain to bluff a bad window vault.

Those are both techniques the community views as "high skill" why is it an exploit to let the survivor run away and break chase?

Probably because it's easy to get a frenzy hit with legion. Then just stalking them down while they need to mend....I dunno feels nasty man.

It is nasty. But less nasty then one hitting with a chainsaw. Also, there's a lot more counter play. especially when you get SWF in the mix.

NOTHING more annoying then someone timing there bleedout to land next to someone that picks them right up. Or maybe they are getting mended by their teammate, and it takes almost no time for a teammate to mend you? This requires some investigation...

@Dwight_Confusion said:
Nice post here.

I agree. The Legion has some potential, he's unique. People would to compare him to someone.. like "he's a worse Freddy" or... "Freddy 2.0" or something like that.

Or just say he's trash. He's not.

He's well designed. He has a cool look and all that. He's just a bit weak, but clearly they went the fun route over dominance. Which is fine I guess.

As it stands now... he's fun to play and different. As survivor I really enjoy playing against him. As a killer I have a decently hard time, but he's still fun.

I'm not sure about you, but I tend to have a hard time when I first pick up a new killer.

Even the Legion. I'm talking here after playing waaay to much of this game (i'm a disabled vet so I just play games all day) But I had, and still have, bad games with him. But at some point I will have his mechanics memorized to the point that he will be like my hag. Where things happen on instinct.

I honestly think he's B tier. Stronger then average but not amazing, wihtout addons.

With his purps... I don't know if you know this, but he has 2 purps that let him 3 hit. You only need one on for it to work, not both.

Franks Mix Tape will drop them below 50% with 2 frenzy hits

And the stab wounds survey makes the total timer like 75% or something, so 3 hits downs.

With either one of these you no longer need to let them escape the chase.

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@The_Crusader said: ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion.    This.

Dive over a pallet and dash for a hit....walk backwards to let them bleed out a bit....sounds like great design right there. it actually does. you don't have to walk backward, just look away, or let them run off, and break line of sight themselves. I choose to take a couple steps backwards, but it doesn't really help the process. Also, if the survivor doesn't run away, it counters the whole process, and you,as the killer, need to find a way to deal with it. I like it, it has counter play, and is using the chase mechanic in the game. Learn to adapt. Cote, is that you? But seriously if that's what you find fun, more power to you. It doesn't suit me though. Getting an easy hit and then cheesing the mechanics to make them blees out.

I prefer the "earn 2 hits" gameplay.



That's absolutely fine :) Everyone likes different things. I happen to be a Hag main. So the 110 movement speed is just another tuesday for me.

I don't think it's really cheesing though. that's the only thing that bothers me  this, is how people think it's somehow abusing a game mechanic.

It's no different then turning backwards at a jungle gym so the survivor doesn't see your red stain coming, ot using your red stain to bluff a bad window vault.

Those are both techniques the community views as "high skill" why is it an exploit to let the survivor run away and break chase?

Probably because it's easy to get a frenzy hit with legion. Then just stalking them down while they need to mend....I dunno feels nasty man.

It is nasty. But less nasty then one hitting with a chainsaw. Also, there's a lot more counter play. especially when you get SWF in the mix.

NOTHING more annoying then someone timing there bleedout to land next to someone that picks them right up.

So lets go over this again, I might try it out later.

I hit them with frenzy, look away to get the timer ticking, then resume looking for them?

Won't that just pause the timer? Or do you let it bleed down a bit then frenzy hit them to deplenish it 100%? I know truetalent does this but he's using the purple add-on which I don't have.

Do I chase them at a distance to keep the timer ticking? And do I need stridor and bloodhoud to locate them again?

You you look away, and watch the meter, the moment it starts ticking down, you start following the bloodtrail. You don't need any of the purps, if you do it this way, it's 3 hit every time. The purps make it so you do not have to let them escape.

Try taking bloodhound. It makes tracking super easy. Also since most people wont heal, you can follow blood trails at gens when they try to stealth you. (since the blood trails last a good bit longer)

edited to add: You do need to understand how close you can get to them before the chase picks back up, but generally speaking, by the time you catch up, they have bled enough for it to be a 3 hit.

@AmorePrincess said:
I like him/her too. Some parts needs some work, but it is different. I havent been completely trashed, and have done a few 4k. I was scared since I am rank 1 that it would be a nightmare, but I've had good fun all day trying out perk builds. 

Good thing we all think different, we cant all like the same thing. My spirit gets some well needed off time

I was also scared to use him at rank 1, due to all the hate. I'de be interested in hearing what perk builds you find useful.

Everyone knows bloodhound and stridor. But I've been having a ton of success with huntress' lullaby

I used this tactic. Kind of worked yeah. Felt a little nasty though lol they had no escape. They either stopped to mend and went down, or they ran away and went down.

I can't imagine it's too fun from the survivor side.

Is getting chainsawed fun?

Is a one hit hatchet fun? How about when it's from a hilltop on the other side of the map?

There's counterplay to it so it's not as dirty as some things. And I think it's pretty fun.

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@The_Crusader said: ChesterTheMolester said:

If you have to exploit the chase mechanics to make sure survivors get downed in 40s (or 50% progress) then something is horribly wrong with Legion.    This.

Dive over a pallet and dash for a hit....walk backwards to let them bleed out a bit....sounds like great design right there. it actually does. you don't have to walk backward, just look away, or let them run off, and break line of sight themselves. I choose to take a couple steps backwards, but it doesn't really help the process. Also, if the survivor doesn't run away, it counters the whole process, and you,as the killer, need to find a way to deal with it. I like it, it has counter play, and is using the chase mechanic in the game. Learn to adapt. Cote, is that you? But seriously if that's what you find fun, more power to you. It doesn't suit me though. Getting an easy hit and then cheesing the mechanics to make them blees out.

I prefer the "earn 2 hits" gameplay.



That's absolutely fine :) Everyone likes different things. I happen to be a Hag main. So the 110 movement speed is just another tuesday for me.

I don't think it's really cheesing though. that's the only thing that bothers me  this, is how people think it's somehow abusing a game mechanic.

It's no different then turning backwards at a jungle gym so the survivor doesn't see your red stain coming, ot using your red stain to bluff a bad window vault.

Those are both techniques the community views as "high skill" why is it an exploit to let the survivor run away and break chase?

Probably because it's easy to get a frenzy hit with legion. Then just stalking them down while they need to mend....I dunno feels nasty man.

It is nasty. But less nasty then one hitting with a chainsaw. Also, there's a lot more counter play. especially when you get SWF in the mix.

NOTHING more annoying then someone timing there bleedout to land next to someone that picks them right up.

So lets go over this again, I might try it out later.

I hit them with frenzy, look away to get the timer ticking, then resume looking for them?

Won't that just pause the timer? Or do you let it bleed down a bit then frenzy hit them to deplenish it 100%? I know truetalent does this but he's using the purple add-on which I don't have.

Do I chase them at a distance to keep the timer ticking? And do I need stridor and bloodhoud to locate them again?

You you look away, and watch the meter, the moment it starts ticking down, you start following the bloodtrail. You don't need any of the purps, if you do it this way, it's 3 hit every time. The purps make it so you do not have to let them escape.

Try taking bloodhound. It makes tracking super easy. Also since most people wont heal, you can follow blood trails at gens when they try to stealth you. (since the blood trails last a good bit longer)

edited to add: You do need to understand how close you can get to them before the chase picks back up, but generally speaking, by the time you catch up, they have bled enough for it to be a 3 hit.

@AmorePrincess said:
I like him/her too. Some parts needs some work, but it is different. I havent been completely trashed, and have done a few 4k. I was scared since I am rank 1 that it would be a nightmare, but I've had good fun all day trying out perk builds. 

Good thing we all think different, we cant all like the same thing. My spirit gets some well needed off time

I was also scared to use him at rank 1, due to all the hate. I'de be interested in hearing what perk builds you find useful.

Everyone knows bloodhound and stridor. But I've been having a ton of success with huntress' lullaby

I used this tactic. Kind of worked yeah. Felt a little nasty though lol they had no escape. They either stopped to mend and went down, or they ran away and went down.

I can't imagine it's too fun from the survivor side.

Is getting chainsawed fun?

Is a one hit hatchet fun? How about when it's from a hilltop on the other side of the map?

There's counterplay to it so it's not as dirty as some things. And I think it's pretty fun.

Please explain the counterplay to cheesing chase mechanics. Please.

You be confident in your chase skills, and stay close so the chase doesn't break. This forces the killer into an extended chase, one that you can win as the survivor.