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How to counter Legion

SeannyD115
SeannyD115 Member Posts: 583
edited May 2022 in General Discussions

I made a tread for how to counter nurse awhile ago and now I think it's time to do the same for buffed Legion.


The counters for pre buffed Legion are the same as buffed Legion.

1. Split up and work on gens separately. Legion wants survivors to group up to get the most out of ferial frenzy. Legion even gets a perk to tell them that multiple survivors are on a gen (discordance)

2. Don't heal against legion. Legion is very good at keeping survivors injured and survivors that heal against legion just waste time. Unless you have a very good med kit it's better to not heal.

3. Don't mend next to legion. It is common for a legion to get out of frenzy if they see a survivor mending where it's not safe.


As far as countering some of the new addons. I'll start with never sleep pills.

As soon as you realize legion has been in frenzy for more than 10 seconds it's probably never sleep pills. Legion moves at normal killer speed while in frenzy unless legion starts getting hits. Since legion moves slower than normal frenzy it is easier to make distance on them. If you notice legion is hitting other survivors on your team run in the opposite direction of legion and make it near impossible to get the hit.

Julie's mix tape and iridescence button. Legion cannot down you unless they have 5 frenzy hits. So if you are already injured there isn't a reason to drop a pallet on a legion in frenzy. Instead make them have to cancel frenzy giving you 3 seconds to position yourself.

Comments

  • Ath4nat0s
    Ath4nat0s Member Posts: 77

    Lithe and Sprint Burst are massive counters to NSP

    And afaik you can juke a Legion in a corner/bush cuz he doesn't see scratch marks in frenzy

  • SeannyD115
    SeannyD115 Member Posts: 583

    That's true before Legion gets a hit they don't have any way to track survivors besides sounds

  • Header
    Header Member Posts: 308

    W.

  • Tiufal
    Tiufal Member Posts: 1,252
    edited May 2022

    How cares for counterplay? Legion has probably the most annoying killer power of all. its just a mending simulator that makes the game awful to play. the changes made it just worse in terms of being annoying.

  • lauraa
    lauraa Member Posts: 3,195

    If you dont want a mending simulator, then by all means you can have the anti loop killers and I'll take your Legions

  • darkcloudlink
    darkcloudlink Member Posts: 326

    Suzie's Mix Tape increases the Killer Instinct detection range by 20m, meaning Legion can see you outside their Terror Radius. The problem with Legion is that for every one of their weaknesses, they have addons that almost completely negate the issue, and unless the entire team can figure out their addons and coordinate, it becomes much more difficult to counter. Their strength is punishing a lack of coordination, and it's disproportionately more against new players and solo survivors.

  • Bran
    Bran Member Posts: 2,096

    Large maps.

  • DrDeepwound
    DrDeepwound Member Posts: 2,557
    edited May 2022

    Nothing can counter New Legion.

  • Ula
    Ula Member Posts: 276

    Detecting is a thing, being able to reach a faraway survivor is another thing. Moreover, if legion is playing Suzie's mixtape:

    • you know it because of his changed chase music
    • he gets only 1 addon to increase his frenzy speed/length, so he's even less likely to be able to reach detected survivors near 60 meters in his frenzy

    I think this addon is probably best suited to get information, not to chain 5 frenzy hits.


    Legion's only addon to improve his chasing power to down with m1 I can think of is the oblivious pin, which will not be this useful against experienced survivors.


    Their strength is punishing a lack of coordination, and it's disproportionately more against new players and solo survivors.

    I agree on that

  • MB666
    MB666 Member Posts: 968
    edited May 2022

    "I hate mending pls nerf" "the game is boring pls nerf" or "legion no counterplay pls nerf" LIKE i dont understand people sometimes.

    SB and Giant maps is hard counter for legion.

    but nah blight alch ring(FAIR AND BALANCE I GUESS), nurse is fine(loving getting slug all game) but LEGION a m1 killer with no anti-loop is aparently strong and broken for some people.

    - I agree about people saying that the mending shouldnt be increased by "FILTHY BLADE" (thats just a slowdown and boring addon overall)😴 other than that legion by far is still the same in terms of counterplay.

  • dspaceman20
    dspaceman20 Member Posts: 4,699

    Thank you for this

  • GoodBoyKaru
    GoodBoyKaru Member Posts: 22,809

    One more thing here.

    Don't mend until the Legion is out of their power. Doing so otherwise can give them a much easier time getting to 4 hits, especially if people have grouped up

  • The_Krapper
    The_Krapper Member Posts: 3,259

    You don't need to counter legion he's a m1 killer with a power that isn't threatening unless he hits everyone and even then chances are he's not gonna make the insta down play unless the survivors are really out of place or not skilled, just loop legion until he leaves you because gens are popping and then if you're solo just pray your team focuses gens instead of healing

  • Marc_123
    Marc_123 Member Posts: 3,631

    For me at SoloQ somewhere in mid mmr it is annyoing as f atm.

    The team doesn´t get the gens quick enough and we are caught in the mend broken (this addon) save heal cycle.

    Last games we all lost against legion. They are also just proxy camp the hooks and start all over from there.

    If you don´t heal you go down on second chase - and if the team is too slow with the gens you wear down - if u heal u don´t.