anyone wanna talk about how unpopular the nemesis is?

nemesis is op, very amazing killer, from one of the best games. why is he so unpopular.

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  • TheArbiter
    TheArbiter Member Posts: 2,795

    If you use his power and face competent survivors it takes three hits to down, simple to that as to why he's unpopular

  • ShinobuSK
    ShinobuSK Member Posts: 5,279

    He is not unpopular, but I wish he was

  • Munqaxus
    Munqaxus Member Posts: 2,752

    Does anyone want to talk about how fraking ugly Nemesis looks. He looks like someone put a cinder block under a long leather coat. People don't play him because he's ugly.

  • Adjatha
    Adjatha Member Posts: 1,814

    The zombies were his WHOLE uniqueness and they were released buggy and never got fixed, in addition to not scaling based on map sizes.

    A good concept, sabotaged by poor coding and a host of far bigger bugs that took away any time to fix the killer's power.

    The tentacle thing is plainly a vestige of a different power set that was abandoned at the last minute for the current, underwhelming one.

  • Shaped
    Shaped Member Posts: 5,996

    One of the reasons I never tried him yet even tho I own the chapter.

    Seems like I will be wasting a lot of time tiering up. I can tier up more quickly and easily with tp myers lmao. Don't even need to hit people.

    And I can kill someone not just put them on the hook if I time it right.

  • JPA
    JPA Member Posts: 1,685

    Couple of minutes and that's IF you're running an add-on

  • lauraa
    lauraa Member Posts: 3,195

    Once he gets his rocket launcher I think hell be in a decent spot balance wise.

    Hes definitely not unpopular. I myself play him a lot too

  • Dwight_Fairfield
    Dwight_Fairfield Member Posts: 7,586

    Not in my neck of the woods he's not. I see him quite regularly.

  • Chocolate_Cosmos
    Chocolate_Cosmos Member Posts: 5,734

    I quess you are (un)lucky. I see him quite offten. Sometimes maybe too much than I would like tbh. I would not call him unpopular.

  • Pizzasauce
    Pizzasauce Member Posts: 940

    I love punching people in the face with him.

  • Rogue11
    Rogue11 Member Posts: 2,137

    I only dislike him because more often than not, I know he's going to tunnel the first survivor he finds.

    Makes for a boring match. Especially when there's little you can do when you're the one being tunneled other than hold W once he hits tier 2.

  • BenihimeWrath
    BenihimeWrath Member Posts: 968

    What do you mean hes unpopular? If I got one night without facing like 6 different nemesis', nemesi? I'd be okay with that.

  • ryseterion
    ryseterion Member Posts: 445

    He isnt op, or fun, and resident evil fell off a long time ago. Silent hill is better and pyramid head is a better killer

  • ThatOneDemoPlayer
    ThatOneDemoPlayer Member Posts: 5,623

    He's nowhere near OP, I'd say he's mediocre at best, while also being very inaccurate and his Zombies might aswell not exist

  • chargernick85
    chargernick85 Member Posts: 3,171

    I see him plenty. Also I do quite well with him. It's all about how quickly you can pop tier 2.

    I see I am going to shake this up a bit based on responses I see......Nemesis is stronger than PH (IMO) and it's not even a close battle in my eyes. You don't have much defense once he get's going where as POTD is so slow and telegraphed a baby could dodge. Nemesis and Myers shouldn't even be mentioned in the same thread. He goes lightyears past PH if you get value out of zombies.

  • ManOMaker
    ManOMaker Member Posts: 379

    While he’s definitely not op, he is fairly popular as I see him like once out of every 7-8 matches.

  • Iliketoplaykiller
    Iliketoplaykiller Member Posts: 352

    When you play nemesis survivors have 4 health states including dead hard, easy way to lose a game.

  • Nick
    Nick Member Posts: 1,286

    The word 'op' is overused. OP means overpowered (worthy of a nerf), no way in hell does Nemisis deserve a nerf. He has to hit survivors 3 times. Killers like Blight are so so so so much better.

  • PlayTwink
    PlayTwink Member Posts: 454

    There are two changes that would make him actually viable:

    • When nemesis afflicts survivors with the contamination they gain no sprint burst, only gives them when he injures them with tentacle.
    • Crouching next to the window/fence etc no longer gives immunity against tentacle attack.


  • Sludge
    Sludge Member Posts: 768

    When your power gives survivors a 3rd health state it feels kinda bad.

    Just play any killer with an Insta down or 2shot and ask yourself why you would ever play Nemesis.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,714

    Don’t forget he can punch his zombies to build up the meter too. Sometimes that’s easier than hitting with the whip. 🙂

  • HEX_Posed
    HEX_Posed Member Posts: 1

    I got into Nemi and killer as a whole before the MMR rework and, at least at the mid levels, he was both fun and viable.

    MMR however just bricked this killer like every other B-Tier and below.

    He's got 4 major problems. His Addons are ass and uninspired, his Zombies are far inconsistent and more often then not hinder as much as help, his map pressure is non-existent, and his tier-based power is poorly executed.

    He's designed for a different version of the game, one where games go on for longer so that he can really benefit. The best comparison, is that he's a Bubba, but you can't instantly down people.


    Though don't think of his infection as a 3rd health state. Freddy was the same way for a long time and he was still a potent enough killer. He gets nothing early game.


    Last point is that the "Meta" is for killers that ignore healing, or ones that have high mobility. Nemi has neither of these.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,714

    I want to like Nemesis because I love the idea of the zombies in theory and he has a badass look and feel. But his whip feels hard to hit with and the zombies have really inconsistent pathing and are super slow. I think if they gave the zombies a nice boost and pathing fix I’d like him a lot more.

  • Aurelle
    Aurelle Member Posts: 3,611

    Unpopular? I face him almost every match.

    But to answer the question, probably because he has a weak starting power (Tier 1 and 2 infection is practically useless) and his zombies literally do nothing most of the time.

  • FrndlyChnswSalzmn
    FrndlyChnswSalzmn Member Posts: 705

    Nemesis is average and suffers on a lot of maps - on maps that are too open his zombies are useless and on maps that are cluttered they get easily trapped in corners by survivors. He's decent, but has major weaknesses.

  • PlayTwink
    PlayTwink Member Posts: 454

    Nemesis boy needs a buff

  • Veinslay
    Veinslay Member Posts: 1,959

    To start with, they need to replace the zombies with hunters or lickers and give them a big ass speed boost

  • gammatsunami
    gammatsunami Member Posts: 545

    I see him more than pinhead

  • Sandt21
    Sandt21 Member Posts: 761

    He really should have an additional ability that gives him a brief sprint under specific circumstances. A Nemesis who can't sprint just doesn't feel like Nemesis. Add that and he's perfect

  • Ssajbambusa
    Ssajbambusa Member Posts: 496

    Because he is not as overpowered or easy to play as you think he is. Decent survivors eat him for breakfast.

    Nemesis is fun, but not that good. Zombies make for pretty funny clips and moments though.

  • BubbaDredge
    BubbaDredge Member Posts: 816

    I love Nemesis.

    To increase mutation you have to use the whip on zombies, hitting them counts for addons and points, but not mutation.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,714

    Ah yeah, you’re right. Still, way easier to hit a zombie with the whip than a survivor.

  • FrndlyChnswSalzmn
    FrndlyChnswSalzmn Member Posts: 705

    If you solely use the whip on zombies, you are cheating yourself out of an amazing tool. Practice hitting the whip; it has a 'drag' after it lands that takes some getting used to. Like...an actual whip.

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,714

    Who said I was advocating only using the whips on zombies?

  • FrndlyChnswSalzmn
    FrndlyChnswSalzmn Member Posts: 705

    Nobody, but I didn't want people who didn't know better and trying to learn him to think that's what was being said.

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 14,472
    edited December 2021

    He's unpopular because he's just flat out bad. He needs significant buffs.

  • SweetTerror
    SweetTerror Member Posts: 2,697

    Nemesis is far from op. If he's using his tentacle, not only does it give survivors a third health state, but it also gives them a speed boost upon infection which does zero damage. Well coordinated survivor teams take advantage of this like you wouldn't imagine!

  • Johnny_XMan
    Johnny_XMan Member Posts: 6,434

    He is not OP by any means. As for unpopular? Idk I see him more often than Hillbilly at this point.

  • RenRen
    RenRen Member Posts: 1,443

    He definitely isn't unpopular just has nothing that is appealing except that he is Nemesis.

    Requires 3 hits for tentacle, Zombies inconsistent majority of the time being bad, No mobility, Survivors can use vaccines so you have to hit them with the tentacle again for contamination, does not play like how Nemesis should play, Hitbox on tentacle is very thin, the tiering of his tentacle isn't that good, and holding his power at windows and pallets isn't as good as other killers who can do the same thing.

  • Kira4Evr
    Kira4Evr Member Posts: 2,025

    OP? No

    Good? Yes

    But I dunno why people don't play him much. I won't complain tho

  • BigChapAlien21
    BigChapAlien21 Member Posts: 252

    I never play Nemmy without Marvin's Blood. It should honestly be his base kit rate at this point.


    Also people saying he's boring...let's see what they say when BHVR decides to give him the rocket launcher haha

  • WarzMyth
    WarzMyth Member Posts: 91

    he should have gotten a thing to where he can use ne-a parasites on the zombies.

  • WarzMyth
    WarzMyth Member Posts: 91

    kinda like the game