WELCOME BACK TO F-TIER, FREDDY!

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Far be it for me to defend current Freddy, he desperately needs some love to make him more interesting and give him a more distinct identity, but I do think it's kind of a stretch to say that he got nerfed hard with these most recent changes.

There are still generator-based slowdown/lethality perks that he can use, and some of them even got buffed. You may not be able to run Ruin, Pop, and Thana(? Could Freddy use Thana before...?), but you now have Overcharge, Call of Brine, Eruption, and a host of other tools like Dragon's Grip that didn't get directly buffed but that he'll benefit from that little bit more since kicking generators got buffed from two separate directions.

That's not to say he's doing great, like I said he still needs work, but these changes haven't harmed him more than any other killer. You could even argue the gen-kick perks that remain are more effective on him, since he can teleport to any generator he wants to apply them to.

Well, keep experimenting, then. Find something that complements both your playstyle and his kit. There are a lot of generator-related perks, a lot of information perks that can make his teleport more consistently useful, a lot of lethality perks that make up for his mediocre chase power...

As for whether it'll be as strong as that old build... that old build had PR/DMS in it, a notoriously obnoxious and unfun combination due to how strong it was at that point. I would kind of expect any fair build to give strictly less value than that, but that's not a bad thing at all. You've still got plenty of viable and interesting options- quite a few perks synergise with Freddy's kit when you stop and think about it.

They will never see it coming

Sadly even his pre nerf version was a mediocre killer and he is now absolutely worst top 3 killer. That just hurts. Freddy is a Dream Demon. He should powerful in Dream World but nope, he is just M1 killer with a bad antiloop.

Ofc you can do that, but even tho freddy is undoubtedly more than just on the weaker side, i dont believe you need 3 slowdown perks after the killer basekit buff. Esp as its really good ones. Eruption has the insanely long incapacitated and overcharge and call of brine combo really well together.

But for other perks...

If you want gen slowdown/protection, pop is still viable after the nerf, esp with tinkerer. Deadlock is very decent. Opression is not as bad as you might think, esp in combo with other kicking perks like eruption (i know it doesnt apply eruption to the other gens, but its still nice to get both effects with one kick) you can pair opression with surveillance to see what gens have been kicked if you want to. Jolt works just fine, as it has a set distance. Corrupt is also still great.

There are severaly perks that work on most killers that you can run on freddy just fine. Im all ears to make interresting mindgames, coup the grace (as memey as it sounds, it is really fun, and can actually help you in some situations, esp because nobody expects it). Devour hope is great, esp as you will teleport after hooking many times. Fearmonger to get easier chases after teleporting. STBFL and PWYF are decent.

One thing i haven't tried yet, but might be fun, is using plaything on him for the chaos. It kinda punishes survivors to wake themselves up.

I in general highly recommend you using more fun builds. From what i've seen in this threat, you had your build of ruin/undying, PR/DMS and used this almost exclusivly (sry if i understand that wrong), but i think you don't need a build as strong as this, even on freddy.

They really need to just stop this whole "x perk is op specifically on y killer, so lets nerf it into the ground so its bad on everyone" approach. Just have problematic character/perk combos have their synergies adjusted instead. The Thana change is a perfect example of exactly how not to handle those types of situations, they could have easily done something like put a stipulation that broken/deep wounds give half the thana effect and suddenly its still a decent perk that can't become "too oppressive" on killers who get "too much consistent value" from them. Even if/when people find ways to work around that, it'd still be better than what we ended up with.

😂 Okay, The Fig made me laugh

The overreaction is calling Freddy F-tier. There are still plenty of things possible, but Freddy's main playstyle is preparing for the Endgame. No Way Out, Noed, Bloodwarden and Remember Me are quite good on Freddy. You use the generator part of the game to hit the obsession as much as possible, while hooking everyone once. Generator teleportation makes this relatively easy to do. You dont need all 4 stacks of No Way Out, you just need 3 stacks of Remember Me and 2 stacks of No Way Out. If you do manage to hook everyone at least once, go find the obsession again and kill them, even if it means tunneling(lets be real here, if you hooked everyone once and can tunnel out the obsession who might run both DS and Off The Record, survivors have had time to finish all gens or at least heal up for bodyblocks, there are no gen slowdown perks available).

With Freddy, I personally consider this to be a very interesting build, as he becomes less mobile the more gens are done, while also becoming more intimidating during the EGC.

Then Blight should have gotten an overheat mechanic by now.

Freddy doesn't necessarily have to reach the absolute highest of Tiers. He just needs to stop being so damn boring.