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Thoughts on Slinger Changes

Tr1nity
Tr1nity Member Posts: 5,047
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After slinger got changed, where do you think he stands?

Thoughts on Slinger Changes 32 votes

Slinger is OP, needs a nerf (Killer Main)
0%
Slinger is just fine (Killer Main)
0%
Slinger is too weak, needs a buff (Killer Main)
25%
kinFFirebranddTheKid83glitchboiNoOneKnowsNovaGazgemauchThatOneDemoPlayerNobody_TM 8 votes
Slinger is OP, needs a nerf (Survivor Main)
3%
DRSPHILA 1 vote
Slinger is just fine (Survivor Main)
0%
Slinger is too weak, needs a buff (Survivor Main)
6%
XsashagreyXtesla 2 votes
Slinger is OP, needs a nerf (Neutral)
0%
Slinger is just fine (Neutral)
9%
White_OwlJay_WhyaskDoomedMind 3 votes
Slinger is too weak (Neutral)
37%
GibberishAcromiomusstang62AhoyWolfAGMAwkward_FiendChurchofPigWishIcouldmainBoobaGannTMAnother_LegionMainPsychoTron 12 votes
Other (Please specify)
18%
TapeKnotSebaOutbreakdugmanMrCalac123Aurellejesterkind 6 votes

Comments

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611
    Other (Please specify)

    He isn't necessarily weak, he's just feels really clunky when aiming and a lot of his tricks had gotten taken away after he got nerfed.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,713
    Other (Please specify)

    I’m a terrible Slinger so I have no strong opinion, other than that the change made him less fun to play since his turn speed while aiming feels like swimming in syrup, it’s disgustingly slow.

  • jesterkind
    jesterkind Member Posts: 7,966
    Other (Please specify)

    Slinger isn't really any weaker than he was, other than having to play a little differently and having to commit a little more to a hit, but he definitely feels way clunkier now.

  • TapeKnot
    TapeKnot Member Posts: 248
    Other (Please specify)

    I haven't played Deathslinger much since the nerf, but from my experience he feels really bad to play now. I'm not sure if he's weak balance-wise, but he definitely feels worse to play.

  • SebaOutbreak
    SebaOutbreak Member Posts: 399
    Other (Please specify)

    I play both sides. Slinger is fine. He's a bit weaker than before, but he still holds his ground.

  • Gibberish
    Gibberish Member Posts: 1,063
    Slinger is too weak (Neutral)

    He was already a very middling Kiiller before the nerf, I dont know why they decide to cripple him.

  • FFirebrandd
    FFirebrandd Member Posts: 2,446
    Slinger is too weak, needs a buff (Killer Main)

    What I really don't get is why they decided to heavily nerf most of the reasons to play him.

  • Awkward_Fiend
    Awkward_Fiend Member Posts: 687
    Slinger is too weak (Neutral)

    He was in a weird spot where they couldn't nerf him in fear of making him unfun for killer, and couldn't buff him since he'd be more unfun for survivors. In the end they decided to stomach the consequences and just nerfed him, making him super clunky and removing both the stealth AND quickshot aspects in one swoop, which were the only 2 reasons people liked him.

  • NoOneKnowsNova
    NoOneKnowsNova Member Posts: 2,785
    Slinger is too weak, needs a buff (Killer Main)

    Change his TR back.

    I will admit however that he oddly feels more fun to play now.

  • OopsAllHexes
    OopsAllHexes Member Posts: 624
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2619182#Comment_2619182

    People complained about ADS and the 50/50s. This should have been removed but the way it is now apparently feels awful.

  • MrCalac123
    MrCalac123 Member Posts: 1,147
    Other (Please specify)

    He feels like garbage now, and all they needed to do to fix his ADS spam was add a 3 second cooldown for aiming downsights.

    It took me 10 seconds to think of a solution to fix him and even then they still screwed him up.