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Without add-ons Spirit feels like trash.

drsoontm
drsoontm Member Posts: 4,954
in General Discussions

I never found her particularly strong but now she only works against average players.

  • She doesn't move fast.
  • When she phases she is blind but most survivors are silent (iron will). It's not like if there is grass everywhere.
  • When she phases, survivors have a better idea of where she comes from than she does them.

No wonder I see about as much Spirit as I see Sadako (I cannot remember the last time I've versed one).

Comments

  • DoritoHead
    DoritoHead Member Posts: 3,546

    Get good?

  • Steel_Eyed
    Steel_Eyed Member Posts: 4,033

    If all a killer player does is use her speed addons, her base is gonna feel slow. It’s still 170%.

    Im not really sure why she isn’t a top played killer. She’s still DBD on ez mode.

    I imagine a huge part of her dropoff came from the Stridor nerf. Cause survivors hearing her phase doesn’t make her less accurate.

  • SpaghettiYOLO
    SpaghettiYOLO Member Posts: 237

    The Stridor nerf was unnecessary. Plus it doesn't make up for the fact that Iron Will silences breathing in general, which it shouldn't do.

  • GannTM
    GannTM Member Posts: 10,956

    Well then it seems like you rely on add ons too much. This is what I try to tell everyone, don’t use her best add ons when you’re new to her if you want to improve.

  • Thusly_Boned
    Thusly_Boned Member Posts: 3,462
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2978141#Comment_2978141

    Yeah, I'm gonna disagree on the "EZ mode". She's definitely still strong, but I think the nerfs bumped her down from that level.

    The directional phasing sound changed things quite a bit, imo. Of course, I have a hearing deficit (only one good ear) so I've always played her at a disadvantage, and pre-nerf I did as much or more prediction about where a surv was going to be than environmental tracking. So survs knowing I am coming for them makes my Spirit life hard. But that just illustrates that her nerfs generally require players to hone their fine tracking skills more.

    She is harder to play than she used to be, and more add on dependent. But trash? Nah.

  • Marik1987
    Marik1987 Member Posts: 1,700
    edited May 2022

    what should Freddy-players say... he has an Iridecent Addon and... thats it.

  • Mozic
    Mozic Member Posts: 601

    I agree. I was excited to give her a try after the nerfs and found the power really unsatisfying to use, even after going through the trouble to unlock Stridor III on her.

    I feel like spirit should be adjusted up to 4.6m/s or have her basekit cooldown/duration improved. The changes she had to give survivors more counterplay options were great, but the other changes raised her skill floor considerably without making much impact on her skill ceiling.

    In her current state she doesn't feel worth learning to me. Other killers just have more interesting powers while Spirit's feels tangibly shackled down to contain the amount of power her strongest perks still afford her.

  • drsoontm
    drsoontm Member Posts: 4,954
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2978150#Comment_2978150

    I almost never used add-ons and I still don't. Same as every other killer I use. And without add-ons that's how she feels.

    If I wanted to use add-ons it would be pretty easy given how many I've accumulated over the years.