Why I think killers can win 99% of the time in this new patch

TLDR: Tunnel, Camp, Slug

What I mean by 'win' is have at least 2 sacrifices + 1 death by the time the game ends, although I'm mostly talking about a 4k.

I'm going to type this out as if it's a guide because it's easy for me to describe and I'm being some-what satirical, but really I'm trying to highlight the reasons why I think killers win all the time now if they're ACTUALLY TRYING and not doing challenges, testing ect.

I have played DBD for a few months now, but only made this account today so I could post this and kind of vent my frustrations in a silly way and hopefully get some useful feedback.

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Guide to winning 99% of the time as killer:

Here is how you can win as ANY killer, without using ANY perks or even using the killer's specific powers. Literally all you need is to do basic attacks and be good at timing regular lunges. Killers with 4.6 base speed are better for this though. Later in this guide I will however list 4 basic non-killer-specific perks you can use to pretty much ensure your victory. I'll also list some other perks incredibly useful for this guide, but the point is that you likely won't need any perks.

Using killer special abilities can just slow you down and opens up more opportunities for missing or giving chase distance to your victim. Not every killer's ability is like this of course, but I'm just saying as a general rule you are already baseline so fast and recover from any loss of control so quickly (such as missed attacks, being stunned by any means, breaking pallets ect.) and survivors have nothing to stop you for the most part. All that is stopping you is your own silly mistakes. Of course in most situations killer's special abilities are actually incredibly helpful, I'm just saying you literally don't need to use them. All you need is the basic attack every killer has.

Step 1:

When the match starts, try to find any survivor as quick as possible. Typically survivors will spawn near the gens farthest from where you spawn. Once you find any survivor, relentlessly tunnel them until they are down and on first hook. This could be the longest chase you encounter, because all the pallets are up on the map and everyone is healthy. Luckily, the beginning of the game is when you will see the most time-wasting behavior in the survivors; Looking for totems to bless, chests to unlock, doing challenges ect. Maybe they will all pile on 1 gen, but if they're going to waste time it's going to happen during the first 1-2 gens getting done, meaning your first and longest tunnel has a bit of time padding. While tunneling your first victim, don't be discouraged if 1 or 2 gens get completed (although it is highly unlikely that even 1 gen will get completed in this time). Just tunnel this first survivor until they are down (see below the guide for tips on tunneling).

Once this first survivor is on hook, proxy camp until they are eliminated. If another survivor goes for an unhook, try and get 1 hit on that survivor if you know you'll recover before the survivor you're camping is actually off the hook, or if you can grab the altruistic survivor. Hitting the altruistic survivor doesn't really matter and isn't really necessary. It's minimally useful in that it could scare the altruistic survivor away or make them waste time hiding/healing ect. But the most important thing is to stay on your first victim until they are eliminated. So if you think swinging at the altruistic survivor will give the victim you're currently camping any sort of advantage just don't do it.

If they get unhooked, stay on them and attack them as soon as possible to remove any helpful perks they may have gotten such as "Off the Record" or "Borrowed Time". The speed boost they get from endurance is basically meaningless and you will close the gap almost immediately so don't worry about any of that. Also don't worry about "Decisive strike", you will immediately close the gap so just continue to tunnel them, get them hooked, proxy camp until they are sacrificed. Once there are only 3 survivors left, the game is tilted far in your favor and could basically already be over depending on how many gens were done while you sacrificed your first victim.

(If you successfully grab an altruistic survivor who's trying to unhook the victim you're camping, only bring them to a hook if there is one close enough that you will be able to make it back to the hook of the survivor you're currently camping. Otherwise, just drop them on the ground and don't worry about them - either they are laying on the ground not helping with gen progress, or even better another survivor is heading to try and pick them up meaning 2 or possibly all of the other survivors aren't on a gen.)

Step 2:

After you have successfully sacrificed your first victim, patrol all of the gens to see which ones are being worked on and have the most completion. You can tell by the sounds they're making, how fast the pistons and how many pistons are moving. 2 piston moving = 25% done, 4 pistons moving = 50% done ect. Don't go for any survivors until you've taken note of the most completed gens. If you can get some easy swings or even an easy down on a survivor during your gen patrol then go ahead, otherwise just take note of progressed gens. Typically the survivors will be hiding around the gen with the most progress. Don't spend time kicking any gens unless it has over 50% progress, it's not really necessary (unless you're using perks of course). Anyway, just quickly patrol the gens, and only stop if you see one with lots of progress as there are likely survivors hiding around it. Perhaps double back to gens with lots of progress to try and catch sneaky survivors off guard if they try returning to it from hiding nearby.

Step 3:

If No gens or only 1 gen is completed by the time you've eliminated the 1st survivor, repeat step 1. If at least 2 gens have been completed in the time it took you to eliminate the 1st survivor, then you will need to do things a bit differently. Find and tunnel another survivor, but this time don't camp them on hook. Instead, continue to patrol the gens, rinse and repeat until you've eliminated your 2nd survivor.

Step 4:

Finally, once there are only 2 survivors left you have basically won. Patrol gens, find and tunnel out the first survivor you can see, however don't pick them up. Slug them, and search for the last survivor. Start by proxy camping the dying survivor that you've slugged. If you see the final survivor while you have the other slugged, the game is over for them and you've won. Simply tunnel out the final standing survivor and hook them. Usually by the time you're tunneling the 3rd survivor, there are no pallets for them to drop ect. so the chase should be fairly quick. If this was somehow the first time you've hooked that survivor, camp them until they reach stage 2 hook. Then go back and pick up the survivor you left on the ground.

If the 2nd to last survivor that you've slugged is able to pick themselves up, try and take note of the area you slugged them in. Listen carefully for any boons to snuff just to be safe (try and take note of or remember hearing boons activating earlier in the game. Boons sound like thunder striking when activated), but it was most likely just them using their 1 and only "Unbreakable" chance. If you noticed they got up before you've found the last survivor, simply continue to patrol gens. The more gens that were completed before you eliminated 2 survivors, the easier it is for you to patrol the remaining gens and find one of the last 2 survivors. Remember to slug one and hunt the other, this means gens are likely not getting progressed, even if the final survivor happens to be particularly elusive and even if the survivor you slug is slippery and gets up somehow - this means gens are not getting progress.

Some tips with tunneling and camping:

1. Only break 'god pallets' (pallets in locations where there is no way around other than to break it) or pallets that are in a really good loop. Generally, it is always faster to run around obstacles, especially if you have at least tier 1 bloodlust.
2. never vault unless absolutely necessary or it is a location where the survivor has to drop down. Any time that a survivor drops down from a height greater than like 1-2 feet is an immediate free hit for you, unless they are using the "Balanced Landing" perk. The slow they receive from falling practically immobilizes them, and will close basically any gap they may have had on you. Again, only vault if necessary because your bloodlust likely brings you around the vault location faster than you could vault through, and also vaulting takes control away from your actions briefly. If a survivor is abusing an easy vault location like shack ect. They can only do it 3 times before the vault is blocked and you can hit them anyway, so it's better just to run around keeping your bloodlust until that happens.
3. Once you've gotten at least 1 hit on your victim, only follow blood stains and try to ignore the scratch marks if you lose sight of them. This will render perks and boons such as 'lightweight' and 'dance with me' useless. There are some maps where following bloodstains is difficult, but try your best not to rely on scratch marks when you're tunneling a wounded victim.
4. If you don't want to use the perk 'Lightborn" then always remember to face walls before picking up a dying survivor. It's a good idea to briefly look around the area and make sure there aren't any survivors with flashlights around anyway. If you see another survivor with a flashlight nearby, then scare them away. If they are persistent in sticking around then just go for the pick-up. Ultimately, if they are somehow successful in getting a flashlight save, just continue to tunnel your victim. If they are getting flashlight saved, it means at least 1 other survivor isn't doing a gen so it doesn't really matter - it is ultimately more of a waste of time for the survivors at that point than it is for you.
5. If you come across a boon, don't immediately snuff it - especially if you're in a chase. Take note of where it is, if you lose survivors you can patrol the area you found the boon and possibly catch them off guard. Not snuffing a boon is very situational however. If you aren't doing well (but not in a chase), then snuff it immediately. This means a survivor might spend time re-blessing the boon, which means they're not on a gen which is more beneficial to you.
6. Don't underestimate the usefulness of a lunge attack. You can lunge around corners and properly timed lunges can still land on survivors who hit you with pallets.
7. Keep in mind that the ONLY true defense a survivor has against you is evading you. Try your best never to lose sight of who you're tunneling. The only way a survivor will escape is if they were able to hide from you somehow. Stunning you by any means, wiggling free, using "Decisive Strike", having endurance all mean nothing. These are very minor obstacles to you if you tunnel them. Looping is no longer possible to do more than 1-2 times. If multiple survivors are teaming up, using flashlights, dropping pallets ect. and are trying to prevent your tunneling then it means they're not on gens and you are still ultimately benefiting from the entire situation.

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Final notes:

Useful basic perks for tunneling:

1. Iron Grip: Ensures you'll make it to a hook
2. Sloppy Butcher: Makes it much easier to follow blood trails
3. Dearstalker: Prevents pesky slugged survivors from hiding
4. Unrelenting: Removes all distance a survivor could possibly gain if you miss an attack + makes camping hooks easier

Notable other perks (I suggest replacing 'Unrelenting' with one of these):

1. Franklin's Demise: Tunneling a survivor is already incredibly demoralizing. This potentially adds to that pain and suffering and tilting. Furthermore, survivors might double-back for their items, wasting time that could be spent on gens or catching themselves out.
2. Lightborn: Eliminates 1 of only 3 ways another survivor could mess with you while trying to hook. Blinding, (among dropping a pallet or sabotaging a hook) is arguably the least situational means that other survivors have to mess with you in this regard. As long as you're paying attention, your iron grip should make sabotaging useless. If you happen to down a survivor right under a pallet, a quick sweep of the area is all you need to prevent a pallet save.

I'm sure many other perks are much more useful. I just wanted to mention these because they are free (other than franklin's demise) and very simplistic, just adding passively to your ability to tunnel, camp and slug. The biggest point however, is that you don't actually need any perks. Your baseline speed, recovery and abilities are all you need to tunnel, camp and slug.