Advice on learning Spirit?

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@alivebydeadight said:
slurrp first mindgames with her only work in the lower ranks like 15-20, so a good thing to use her for is mindgame survivors to the point that they actually thing you are attempting a mind game, she is really good at shack mindgames, if the survivor does not believe you at first being the phase shift and hit them, even if they are walking get lucky, then the mindgames can begin due to them not believing if your trying to preform a mindgame or not, now its time for perks

Perks that are good on other killers are somewhat bad on spirit, aura reading perks do not work while using phase walk so bbq is a terrible perk on her, but noed and ruin are decent, rancor is situational and not preferred on her due to her being easy to take down the obsession and the perk ds( I will explain that later) and her ability to phase walk works a charm with the perk bloodhound mixed with the add on fathers glasses(allows you to see blood while phase walking), 4th perk in my opinion will be surprising but using the perk bamboozle works well on her and her learning curve

DS can be countered well with this killer due to phase walk, allowing you to catch up to the survivor in seconds due to them running away

I will place more in here to help you play her if you need too

I disagree with BBQ being "a terrible perk on her." She has the ability to move across the map extremely quickly; seeing survivor auras during those 4 seconds and being able to close the distance quickly, allows her to capitalize on that information better than most killers. Not to mention, the bloodpoints.

It's interesting you recommend Bloodhound then, over BBQ, when it requires the ultra-rare Father's Glasses to benefit. Sure, it's handy sometimes, but not most matches because you won't have that many glasses.

@Poweas

Stridor is excellent for her, because it does help you hear where the survivor moved to after entering your phasing. That's super helpful to counter the negative of not being able to see them, if they're injured or not.

Hex: Ruin, always a good perk for any killer. It isn't strictly necessary, as you get better with her, but it will always help to one degree or another.

As for Sloppy Butcher, if you're using Father's Glasses and Bloodhound or not, Sloppy will always slow down the pace of the game, and that's good for any killer, just like Ruin. And it's not like you can't see the blood outside of phasing, to make it easier to track an injured survivor.

I would say the best add-on's for her are: Ruin, Sloppy, BBQ, Discordance, Monitor and Abuse and Stridor. Obviously, you can't take them all into every match, but depending on your add-on's, you should be able to put together some solid builds from those. You could also use Haunted Grounds to get the exhaustion on survivors attempting to destroy your Ruin.

As for add-on's, her best is Prayer Beads. Being able to approach a generator you can hear is being worked on and grabbing the survivor off of it can't be replaced. The add-on also works really well with builds like Ruin & Thrill of the Hunt, allowing you to grab survivors off the totems. Or using the new Legion perk Discordance, to know when two survivors are working on a single gen and grabbing one of them off. But most of her add-on's are pretty powerful in their own right, so you don't have to rely on Beads for every match.

On mind games, don't discount standing still after a survivor drops a pallet. They may very well think you're phasing, and vault the pallet right into your arms. Likewise, standing still at a window for a few seconds looks the same as if she's vaulting the window behind a survivor, and they may very well loop back to you for a second jump, only to get smacked down. But what you'll find most useful is, when entering a loop, phase and leave your husk to body-block the survivor passing through the pallet again. They either have to abandon the loop, or take a hit to complete it.

Without Prayer Beads, she's still a powerful killer. IMO, in the top 3, along with Nurse and Billy. Unlike those two though, there aren't strange movement mechanics to practice and get used to. She's easier to learn, IMO than either of the others, and almost as deadly. Additionally, there aren't real negatives for a mistake, like a long fatigue or stun from hitting a wall. So, she's a bit more forgiving to newer players than Nurse or Billy.

Here's Tru3Ta1ent using Spirit at Rank 1. He's using Haunted Grounds, Enduring, Bitter Murmur and Ruin, which doesn't fit well with my play style, and may be a sub-optimal build for her, but he still destroys that group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PHqpA9SyYU

@Crizpen said:

@alivebydeadight said:
slurrp first mindgames with her only work in the lower ranks like 15-20, so a good thing to use her for is mindgame survivors to the point that they actually thing you are attempting a mind game, she is really good at shack mindgames, if the survivor does not believe you at first being the phase shift and hit them, even if they are walking get lucky, then the mindgames can begin due to them not believing if your trying to preform a mindgame or not, now its time for perks

Perks that are good on other killers are somewhat bad on spirit, aura reading perks do not work while using phase walk so bbq is a terrible perk on her, but noed and ruin are decent, rancor is situational and not preferred on her due to her being easy to take down the obsession and the perk ds( I will explain that later) and her ability to phase walk works a charm with the perk bloodhound mixed with the add on fathers glasses(allows you to see blood while phase walking), 4th perk in my opinion will be surprising but using the perk bamboozle works well on her and her learning curve

DS can be countered well with this killer due to phase walk, allowing you to catch up to the survivor in seconds due to them running away

I will place more in here to help you play her if you need too

I disagree with BBQ being "a terrible perk on her." She has the ability to move across the map extremely quickly; seeing survivor auras during those 4 seconds and being able to close the distance quickly, allows her to capitalize on that information better than most killers. Not to mention, the bloodpoints.

It's interesting you recommend Bloodhound then, over BBQ, when it requires the ultra-rare Father's Glasses to benefit. Sure, it's handy sometimes, but not most matches because you won't have that many glasses.

@Poweas

Stridor is excellent for her, because it does help you hear where the survivor moved to after entering your phasing. That's super helpful to counter the negative of not being able to see them, if they're injured or not.

Hex: Ruin, always a good perk for any killer. It isn't strictly necessary, as you get better with her, but it will always help to one degree or another.

As for Sloppy Butcher, if you're using Father's Glasses and Bloodhound or not, Sloppy will always slow down the pace of the game, and that's good for any killer, just like Ruin. And it's not like you can't see the blood outside of phasing, to make it easier to track an injured survivor.

I would say the best add-on's for her are: Ruin, Sloppy, BBQ, Discordance, Monitor and Abuse and Stridor. Obviously, you can't take them all into every match, but depending on your add-on's, you should be able to put together some solid builds from those. You could also use Haunted Grounds to get the exhaustion on survivors attempting to destroy your Ruin.

As for add-on's, her best is Prayer Beads. Being able to approach a generator you can hear is being worked on and grabbing the survivor off of it can't be replaced. The add-on also works really well with builds like Ruin & Thrill of the Hunt, allowing you to grab survivors off the totems. Or using the new Legion perk Discordance, to know when two survivors are working on a single gen and grabbing one of them off. But most of her add-on's are pretty powerful in their own right, so you don't have to rely on Beads for every match.

On mind games, don't discount standing still after a survivor drops a pallet. They may very well think you're phasing, and vault the pallet right into your arms. Likewise, standing still at a window for a few seconds looks the same as if she's vaulting the window behind a survivor, and they may very well loop back to you for a second jump, only to get smacked down. But what you'll find most useful is, when entering a loop, phase and leave your husk to body-block the survivor passing through the pallet again. They either have to abandon the loop, or take a hit to complete it.

Without Prayer Beads, she's still a powerful killer. IMO, in the top 3, along with Nurse and Billy. Unlike those two though, there aren't strange movement mechanics to practice and get used to. She's easier to learn, IMO than either of the others, and almost as deadly. Additionally, there aren't real negatives for a mistake, like a long fatigue or stun from hitting a wall. So, she's a bit more forgiving to newer players than Nurse or Billy.

Here's Tru3Ta1ent using Spirit at Rank 1. You'll see he does the "fake window vault" to down the Claudette. He's using Haunted Grounds, Enduring, Bitter Murmur and Devour Hope, which doesn't fit well with my play style, and may be a sub-optimal build for her, but he still destroys that group.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSllVNNrKnU

I used to be a spirit main and bbq will be cancelled upon using phase walk

There is lots of good advice.
Especially this staple. Get some headphones. As long as they're stereo. 
I'm running cheap ones plugged into my ps4 controller and it helps immensely. Expensive ones are sometimes just cheap ones with a brand.

You will want to hear survivors making noise near you. It's great for all killers, but because you're 2/3 blind in phase walk (can't see survivors, or blood, just scratch marks) , sound will help.
They stop, make noise as they try to go to the side, you hear, and chase.

Also make sure the left  and right of the headphones are easily discernible. Not much worse than hearing a generator to your left on the right side, and ending up having to swap ear buds. 

@Rebel_Raven said:
There is lots of good advice.
Especially this staple. Get some headphones. As long as they're stereo. 
I'm running cheap ones plugged into my ps4 controller and it helps immensely. Expensive ones are sometimes just cheap ones with a brand.

You will want to hear survivors making noise near you. It's great for all killers, but because you're 2/3 blind in phase walk (can't see survivors, or blood, just scratch marks) , sound will help.
They stop, make noise as they try to go to the side, you hear, and chase.

Also make sure the left  and right of the headphones are easily discernible. Not much worse than hearing a generator to your left on the right side, and ending up having to swap ear buds. 

Sound is everything while she's phased, absolutely, and good headphones are almost a must.

You'll notice while chasing someone, the scratch marks don't appear where they are; they're always slightly behind, so it's a good idea to over-estimate where they'll be when you break phasing for the hit.

Another piece of advice that's precious for Spirit: she has collision while phasing. This can be used during a chase, if you suddenly can't move forward for no good reason, it's because you're on the survivor. But more often, it's useful to figure out what side of a generator a survivor is on before breaking phase for the grab. Just take a second and make sure they're where you think they are and you can avoid a chase all together. Of course, this is most easily used with Prayer Beads, when they have no idea you're nearby.