Artist Add-On Tier List

It's that time again (had to write this post twice), and I decided to make another Add-on Tier List, but instead of making one for Demogorgon, I made one for Artist.

This post will go over each and every Add-on, explaining what they do and why they fit in each ranking. The Tier List will be ordered from S to F.

S - Best Of The Best

A - Really Strong Add-Ons

B - Good And Solid Add-Ons

C - Situational/Mediocre Add-Ons

D - Weak Add Add-Ons

F - Detrimental Add-Ons

Let's get onto the rankings!

After some more consideration, I've decided to switch up a few placements, like Matias' Baby Shoes, Silver Bell, Oil Paints and Garden Of Rot.

Any reasons for their new placements have been added.

S Tier:

Severed Hands

• Any Survivor within 3 meters of a Survivor, who is being swarmed by Dire Crows, will also be swarmed

This Add-On is pure chaos. Grouping jl against it is impossible, healing is never save, nor is unhooking, and bodyblocking can get messy aswell.

A Tier:

Thick Tar

• Increases the time required by Survivors to repel a Dire Crow Swarm by 0.5 seconds

This Add-On is good, as it gives you more leeway with birds, and unlike the next Add-On im going to cover, it has synergy with other Add-Ons

Festering Carrion

• Reduces the cooldown time of Birds Of Torment after a Dire Crow takes flight by 0.5 seconds

Same as Thick Tar, but reduces the cooldown instead. It's still a very good Add-On, but barely weaker than Thick Tar.

O Grief, O Lover

• Survivors swarmed by Dire Crows suffer from the Exhaustion Status Effect

Exhaustion is a strong Status Effect, and having the ability to pretty much control when you afflict Survivors with it is extremely strong.

B Tier:

Matias' Baby Shoes (Moved up into the S tier)

• The Auras of Survivors within 5 meters of an idle Dire Crow are revealed to you for 3 seconds

It's good. It denies mind game possibilities Survivors have when losing line of sight, aswell as making indoor Maps way less safe, as long as they're close enough to your bird, which most of the time they are, guaranteeing this Add-Ons usefulness.

Severed Tongue

• Reduces the slow down duration of The Artist when Dire Crows take flight by 0.5 seconds

This is more or less a QOL buff, but it's a good one. It reduces the punishment of missing a Dire Crow, while also rewarding you when successfully hitting it, as you can get a sneaky M1 thanks to this Add-On.

Velvet Fabric

• When a Survivor attempts to Repel a Dire Crow Swarm, the Swarm's Aura remains visible for another 1.5 seconds

It's a solid Add-On that allows you to get more cross-map snipes.

Thorny Nest

• Survivors damaged by Dire Crows suffer from the Hemmorrhage and Mangled Status Effects

It's a ranged Sloppy Butcher, and with the new Hemmorrhage buff, this Add-On is pretty useful.

Silver Bell (Moved up to the A tier)

• Survivors swarmed by Dire Crows suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect

This Add-On grants Artist a pretty good level of stealth and potentially granting you surprise attacks, greatly shortening chase times, without nerfing your Power, unlike another Add-On we'll get onto later.

C Tier:

Untitled Agony

• Survivors swarmed by Dire Crows suffer from the Hindered Status Effect for 1.5 seconds

While Hindered is a good Status Effect, 1.5 seconds on a ranged attack varies in terms of usefulness, from straight up useless to mildy effective.

Still Life Crow

• Increases the idle time of Dire Crows before they disintegrate by 4 seconds

Having more idle time isn't the most useful effect you could possibly have, as setting up birds way in advance isn't the best choice as an Artist, 4 seconds is quite impactful.

Automatic Drawing

• Reduces the cooldown time of Birds of Torment after a Dire Crow disintegrates from inactivity by 1.5 seconds

It's meh. Having your birds disintegrate isn't useful most of the time, so decreasing something that should barely happen isn't that good.

Oil Paints

• Increases the Killer Instinct Detection radius of Dire Crows by 1.5 metres

It's not exactly a good Add-On, but increasing the range of Killer Instinct isn't that bad.

D Tier:

Iridescent Feather

• Grants the Undetectable Status Effect whenever Birds of Torment is on cooldown and The Artist holds no Dire Crows
• Reduces the number of Dire Crows The Artist is able to hold by 1 Dire Crow

This just gets outshined by Silver Bell, while also reducing your bird amount by 1.

Choclo Corn

• Increases the idle time of Dire Crows before they disintegrate by 2 seconds

Same as Still Life Crow, but weaker.

Vibrant Obituary

• Increases the Killer Instinct duration of Dire Crows by 1.5 seconds

It's bad, I don't have much to say.

Darkest Ink

• Survivors swarmed by Dire Crows suffer from the Blindness Status Effect
• This effect persists for 15 seconds after Dire Crows are repelled from the Survivor

Blindness is a bad Status Effect, plain and simple, and making an Add-On based around it that that also only lasts 15 seconds is not good.

Garden Of Rot

• When a Survivor completes the Repel action, they suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 4 seconds

This Add-On shouldn't realistically activate more than once per Trial, unless you're hiding it until it is absolutely necessary, which is probably the best way to use it, but when it activates, it permanently endangers Survivors with the threat of the Add-On, "slowing" their repel time down.

F Tier:

Charcoal Stick

• The Auras of flying Dire Crows are no longer visible
• The Auras of Dire Crows are visible for 0.5 seconds upon being summoned

Birds are so fast there's barely enough time to react to them, so giving Survivors an early warning isn't a good idea.

Ink Egg

• Increases the number of Dire Crows The Artist is able to hold by 1 Dire Crow
• Reduces the Idle time of Dire Crows before they disintegrate by 4 seconds

Having 4 birds isn't useful, as using them would have a really long cooldown that isn't worth using, so most of the time so you'll only see the downside of less bird time.