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How can I play differently as a survivor to counter a Spirit?

LittleBigSunset
LittleBigSunset Member Posts: 255
in General Discussions

Hi, average maybe slightly below average survivor main here. I've found that consistently when I verse Spirits I have no idea what I'm really doing and run around like a headless chicken whenever they pull out their vacuum cleaner and phase which leads to me being on the floor 90% of the time. The other 10% they're not actually phasing and I've just ran at them like I want to jump into their arms and be thrown on the hook.

I don't run Iron Will, which I know is widely considered her strongest counter at the moment. With this perk soon being nerfed to hell and back I'm anticipating seeing more Spirits in matches. Any tips as to how I can play differently to how I would against a typical killer to last longer in chases against her? She's the biggest problem for me behind Nurse (but don't worry, I'm not going to rant about her).

Comments

  • Babz
    Babz Member Posts: 61
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/333670/how-can-i-play-differently-as-a-survivor-to-counter-a-spirit

    Honestly I was a Spirit main for my first 500 hours of playing so I hAvE loTS oF eXPeriENCE

    Basically, when you're not running Iron Will (even in nerfed form), you're in a lot more danger of a Spirit easily catching up to you in phase; especially with speed addons.

    My advice is try and be the most unpredictable person you can; manifest drunk vibes and run around weird objects like trees and rocks and just make your pathing as crazy as possible. Also, try and fake going towards loops, then going past them and running near other objects that the Spirit wouldn't expect you to; this definitely throws them off. Honestly it's all about mindgaming her and just trying to confuse and stress her out

    tldr be weird

  • duygu
    duygu Member Posts: 333

    you should try playing spirit yourself, that's the best piece of advice. when you understand how the spirit player feels during phasing, you'll have a better idea what to do to manipulate her. also, if you really just can't do well in chases in general, try stealth. you don't need any perks to use stealth. it's very powerful and can compensate for the short chase times. let's say spirit is coming your way and you hide behind a rock in the corner. the spirit will either search for you which can take a pretty good amount of time (for dead by daylight matches) or leave you. either outcome is better than going straight into a chase and dying fast.

  • TheMadCat
    TheMadCat Member Posts: 2,203
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3054157#Comment_3054157

    It's probably better to hide near a safe place, if we go with stealth. If the Killer finds them behind a rock on the edge of the map, they have less time to reach a safe place, like a jungle gym, and they will be downed faster.

  • duygu
    duygu Member Posts: 333
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/3054171#Comment_3054171

    that's a good point yeah, i was thinking of a terrible situation like repairing a gen in the corner of sheltered woods

  • squbax
    squbax Member Posts: 1,511

    Ok first advice is to stop falling for her faking her power, when spirit phases you will hear the vacuum cleaner so if you do not hear it she is not phasing, so if you have a friend that can do a kyf and you can identify the sound it will help you recognize it.

    Secondly you need to know how to dunk on her, this is hard at the begining but very easy once you get the hang of it, so as I said before spirit has an audio cue when she phases, this audio cue is also directional and will help you pinpoint where she is with very good accuracy, so if you verse her in maps with high grasa try to match where you hear her and where the grass moves,(this is easier in kyf) and you will learn to know where she is just by sound, after that you can just camp pallets or go so safe parts of the loop depending on where you hear her.

    Also remember spirit even while phasing has collision with objects so if she is going directly for you you can pre-throw a pallet at a long loop and her power won't last her enough to travel the entire loop.

    Lastly saddly due to horrible design MDR + cherry blossom exists, so if the spirit has that the game will be very boring and its pretty unfair.

    If you read this manifesto then at least you can try and practice this and dunk on spirit players.