Ways to Get Better (Killer POV)

beause the different game mechanics of the roles have separate curves of skill.

Using a pallet or a vault are very easy things to do, they become skilled when you can chain them for maximum value using different mechanics without having to drop.

As killer though, pallet counterplay is just loop until its dropped and repeat til they lose enough pallets then drop chase. On a higher tier killer like wesker, plenty of loops become insignificant when faced with a perfect double dash. But as a sadako, its a different story.

It mostly comes down to survivor resources game design. The counterplay is typically mindgaming the pallet down (still lose distance bc break), vaulting through the window too etc. Typically "survivor does thing --->killer reacts to thing". And most of the things killers can do without a good power is to just deal with it and lose distance. A sadako cant really deal with a TL wall efficiently, instead having to loop until the windows are both blocked. Then the survivor runs to a typical pallet loop, loop til its down, either repeat or drop chase. Against good survivors, weaker killers aren't likely to get more than 1-3 hooks before a bunch of pallets are wasted. Compare that to a nurse who just ignores the game, and can down you anywhere if their skilled enough. Or a blight, who effectively cuts every map in half and gains distance on the survivor fast than if he were walking while they were standing still. Killers that have effective ways to deal with most/all loops are the strong ones that win with skill while lower tier killers are left to just play the long game til survs are out of resources to chain.