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Nurse is still very problematic killer

MikaelaWantsYourBoon
MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564
edited July 2023 in Feedback and Suggestions

She got million nerfs but yet, this killer is still one of the biggest problems. Because there is no fair counter against this killer.


-Break the LoS. Yeah but she has multiple blinks. First blink for seeing you, second blink for hit you.

-Make mind games. Smart Nurses knows all of survivor mind games and they are waiting a bit before second blink. So most of times mind games are not working against Nurse. This is not option as well.

-Run Nurse away from gens and buy some time? Nurse has very strong map mobility. She will easily back to gens.


This killer is so busted. I don't think any of nerfs will make her fair and fun to go against. She is just ignoring core mechanics of game. There is no way to fix her unless they full rework her power.

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  • Smoe
    Smoe Member Posts: 2,972

    What if they changed second and third blink into where she can't go through walls and objects?

  • Trollinmon
    Trollinmon Member Posts: 691

    The thing with Nurse is you need to be able to break los twice. If there is only a single los breaker then she can blink to that los and now you are in the open. With all the clutter they have been adding to the maps I don't think she is that large of an issue anymore since you usually have stuff to work with.

  • o7o
    o7o Member Posts: 335

    If I had tbh, Nurse really isn’t as strong as she used to be. What I will say is BHVR really needs to fix her spasmodic/agitation bug because I will dodge a Nurse anytime I hear/see one specifically for this reason.

  • Coffeecrashing
    Coffeecrashing Member Posts: 3,863

    Yeah. The increased line of sight breakers make it so Nurse has to guess way more than she used to.

    With the older map reworks, when a survivor broke line of sight, then Nurse could usually just blink a bit beyond where the survivor broke line of sight, and have full vision of the survivor regardless of where the survivor ran to. But when there are a bunch of line of sight blockers next to each other, there's no guaranteed blink destination when the survivor breaks line of sight, because regardless of where Nurse blinks to, the survivor might still be not in line of sight after Nurse teleports.

    This means BHVR indirectly nerfed Nurse by adding RNG into her gameplay.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    Not really. Game survived when Nurse killswitched. I am sure reworking Nurse and nerfing Blight add-ons won't affect game as well. Because killers are already strong enough to win most of games. Except Trapper, Myers and some of other weak killers. But most of killers are just fine.

    And you guys should stop using SWF as excuse. Any time people ask for nerfing unbalanced things: BUT SWFs exist!!! So what? You are winning against most of SWF teams as well. But good Nurses and Blights are not rare. They are pretty popular killers, especially Blight.

    Another SWF excuse for busted killers.

    Most of SWF teams are casual players. You are winning against countless SWF teams without noticing it.

    And there is no way to nerf SWF without nerfing Solo teams as well. Do you really want to nerf solo teams?

    Most of maps are pretty open. Only newest maps are good against Nurse and people are already asking nerf for these maps. Most of times you will get old maps because we have only 3 newest maps which is good against Nurse.

    So Nurse will be fine most of times.

  • nars
    nars Member Posts: 1,124

    You can use LOS blockers on any map efficiently. And if you are somewhere with few blockers its on you for being there to begin with.

  • Huge_Bush
    Huge_Bush Member Posts: 5,424

    Kill switching a Killer is not the same as nerfing one. Players understood that something wasn’t working as intended and was being fixed, nothing was being nerfed.

    Using Good SWF is a valid argument when it comes to game balance. What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. And no, Good Blights and Nurses are not common. They’re as common as good Sweaty Swat SWF squads. If they were as common as you claim, there would be much more complaining on the forums and social media due to the simple fact that the survivor main population is 4X more than the killer.

    You should stop complaining about strong killers. Good, coordinated SWF win against them in most of their matches. They’re not rare, survivors love playing in teams with out of game communications and rushing gens so they can win as fast as possible.

  • Trollinmon
    Trollinmon Member Posts: 691

    The autoheaven maps feel like there is a a lot of clutter. The changes to farm also seem to include random clutter in the corn. Seems like they are increasing clutter in maps when they touch them.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    Oh yeah, it always player's fault. It's not Nurse who ignores all of core mechanics. Silly me. I am going to corner and shaming myself for being such a noob.

    Yeah these killers are so rare.

    That's why i am always getting daily Blight and Nurse whenever i touch to play survivor.

    And i won't stop complaining about them unless devs fix them. I stopped complain about Spirit because she is fine now.

    So we all should play SWF for having chance to against these busted killers. Is that your point? Are you solo? Just die and feed kill-rates already!!! Nice logic.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564
    edited July 2023

    I will remind this to you next time when you complain about anything 😘

  • Huge_Bush
    Huge_Bush Member Posts: 5,424

    They are rare. Maybe you are one of the few survivors who swears your ass off to win and are stuck in high MMR and are stuck facing the same players because the game thinks lower skilled players are too weak to be your opponents.

    I admit I haven’t played in a month since my PC died, but even then, when I played, I played SoloQ or SM Myers. When playing SoloQ I hardly ever faced Nurse or blight. If maybe see them once out of every twenty matches. And no, I didn’t just die and feed the kill rates. I maybe escaped 40-50% of my matches and most of the killers were at the level that I had a fighting chance. Most of the time, I’d die saving a teammate after gens are done.

    You can complain all you want. It doesn’t make you right and it doesn’t mean what you complain about is broken. You not liking something does not equate to it being broken. You try to come if as unbiased but your posts drip of bias with every letter you type. It’s really easy to sum up your opinion- it’s not okay for survivors to face strong killers that they have to be really good at the game in order to win, but it’s okay for killers to face strong survivors in a team that are on comms, that the game isn’t balanced around.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564
    edited July 2023

    Like i said, if there is way to nerf SWFs without nerfing Solos, sure. I am with you. But there is no way to do this.

    And if i am biased ( i am not ) so you are. I never saw you are talking anything good for survivors. I only saw from you, nerf this nerf that. Killers are victims bla bla bla.

    Look your posts first before calling someone biased.

    And yeah, i wish you would take my all 3-gen SMs, P100 Blight and Nurses. I am just glad Wesker is popular, so i am having some fun to play survivor.

  • NomiNomad
    NomiNomad Member Posts: 3,181

    I seem to be one of the few people that think Nurse really isn't that difficult to play and learn. She has a high learning curve, but after that her difficulty plateaus, at least in my experience. (This is speaking as a PC player, I understand on console she is far more difficult.)

    People will use that difficulty to justify her breaking the game, but her 'difficulty' just isn't there after 10 or so hours playing her. I think many people realllly overestimate the skill that's needed to play her, imo Billy and Blight (without the busted add-ons) are harder to play.

    I do realize that difficulty is subjective, though.

  • Huge_Bush
    Huge_Bush Member Posts: 5,424

    Please go through my post history and quote the posts where I ask for nerfs.

    There is a way to nerf SWF without hurting Solo. Devs could just put restrictions on repeat perks and/or items and add-ons when 3 or more players form a SWF. They won’t because of backlash.

    I don’t need to say anything good or bad for survivors. I think they’re in a good spot and that the game is as balanced as it will ever be. My main issue with this game are the lopsided maps that the devs refuse to balance fairly. And if you’ve actually paid attention to my posts, you’d see I’m all for nerfing Nurse and Blight only after they make maps more fair for weaker killers, not before.

  • Xxjwaynexx
    Xxjwaynexx Member Posts: 345
    edited July 2023

    Your argument sounds good but honestly 10 hours your still playing against baby survs. As a nurse main, I agree she has busted mechanics as far as no clipping etc. Nurse will stomp new/ trash survs but unless your cracked a good swf that knows how to run edge map and use your fatigue and los against you will 3 to 4 man out most times without hard tunneling or camping. Ayrun and supaalf just released a video showcasing how you can counter nurse. For me I would think that making matchbox base kit, fix the no clipping and she'll be in a good spot. You can rework her without blinks and not kill her completely. I'm also a PC player, it takes 10 hours to learn blinking if you go into custom and spend all 10 hours blinking, but even then the game sense of surv movement is a whole different ball game. I do agree that curving billy is harder in terms of skill, but curving billy is also getting his teeth kicked in on a regular basis, it's cool but not practical if you want to win. Nurse is a problem because so many people refuse to play against her and learn her counters, obviously if end up in a match with Vulpixia Alf or knightlight your gonna get cooked but they'll also beat 90% of community without using nurse. She does need some more work but she's not nearly as problematic as most make her put to be. As surv I've maybe faced 3 or 4 that were just absolutely cracked, the rest were people that heard she's an easy 4k and it showed.


    I play nurse no addons and no perks always so my view of nurse is basekit albeit I'm now p63 with her. The most op I've witnessed nurse is the star struck meta, granted I've only been playing for a year or two.

  • dbdthegame
    dbdthegame Member Posts: 699

    Nurse is fine, just break LOS.

  • Xxjwaynexx
    Xxjwaynexx Member Posts: 345

    Honestly that, and be unpredictable don't run tiles the usual way mix in some double backs, use windows and for the love of God DO NOT I repeat do not camp pallets. use the enviro bushes and trees, she has a small window to make something happen after a blink and hug tight to a car, bush, tree, rock, haybales are the worst can make her whiff, and please don't do the same mindgame twice in the same chase your certain to get downed. Lastly just accept that some people will just wreck you with their main killer, wether it be luck or skill.

  • Xxjwaynexx
    Xxjwaynexx Member Posts: 345

    Hey bro I don't care one bit to help you get better against nurse wether it be advice or 1v1. You'll never get better complaining my guy no matter how warranted the complaints may be lol

  • Hawk81584
    Hawk81584 Member Posts: 405

    The devs have shown they are oblivious to her being problematic for the game. Literally no point in talking about her anymore because they have shown no desire to really fix her fundamental ability to make her insanely op. Its pretty telling when you have her and blight that stand head and shoulders above all other killers, and yet do nothing about them update after update.

  • Hawk81584
    Hawk81584 Member Posts: 405

    reading your posts. i dont think you play much survivor. id be interested to see your gameplay against these insufferable nurses who dont seem to have much counterplay. can you show us how its done?

  • nars
    nars Member Posts: 1,124
    edited July 2023

    nah im a terrible survivor lmao, but as a former nurse main i can confirm if the survivors actually know what their doing its an even game. I might record my next nurse match though as survivor.

  • o7o
    o7o Member Posts: 335

    I’m probably the least tryhard survivor there is and I can still easily loop a Nurse. It’s not about being casual or not, just predicting where they will blink. And looping them around LoS blockers to make them guess and making them auto-aim tiles is probably the efficient way of looping them. Eventually after awhile, you start learning how to counter certain killers by going against them often. Nurses are pretty easy to loop, on the other hand, when they’re bug abusing spasmodic/agitation with iron grasp and starstruck, there’s nothing you can really do but hide and hope for the best.

  • o7o
    o7o Member Posts: 335

    What’s what? The spasmodic breath/agitation bug? It makes the nurses base movement speed faster than 4.6 m/s when they’re carrying a survivor when spasmodic is active. You pair this with iron grasp and starstruck and mad grit even, it’s free and uncounterable unless you hide & stay away, because they’re going to be way faster than you.

    I’ve seen a lot of Nurses do this now since everyone is finding out about it, while it’s goofy and silly, just not fun to go against.

  • Coffeecrashing
    Coffeecrashing Member Posts: 3,863

    BHVR could also nerf things that are specifically stronger when the survivors are using voice comms to relay game information. Nerfing altruistic healing speed could have been an example, but BHVR decided to nerf self healing speed instead, which actually widens the gap between solo q and SWFs.

    Nerfing MFT's extra ability for altruistic healing, is another example of shortening the gap between solo q and SWF. Removing EMP's ability to remove biopods from teammates is another way to shorten the gap between solo q and SWF. Just about any nerf that targets players working together, is a way to shorten the gap between solo q and SWF.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    Whenever someone ask to show Nurse's counter, typical answer. Never change DbD forums

  • Hawk81584
    Hawk81584 Member Posts: 405

    they claim it exists.....yet they never can show it lol.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    They know it's not exist. That's why they never shows it. They know this killer is busted as well but busted things is okey if killers have it.

  • DudelPuma
    DudelPuma Member Posts: 329

    bruhhhh stop that bs xD houndred of Nurses only one was ok (the last months) but not brutally good Nurses, you NEVER meet good Nurses, only average nurses who are just too strong for you and many people, i'm just for that please BHVR! Delete Nurse, Blight, Spirit and make all other killers like trappers only their traps have different colors and the killers should get a huge flower instead of a weapon with which they can pet the poor survivor

  • Ryuhi
    Ryuhi Member Posts: 3,895

    Otz had a pretty good guide from a few months back, some slightly outdated info but still very helpful:


  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564

    Ok i watched. Thanks for actually showing something instead of being" She has counters git gud " person.

    1- I am spilitting on gens against any killer. Deja Vu is actually helps for that.

    2 - Self-healing advice is no longer good because med-kits nerfed. Altruistic healing is better than self-heal but even it's not great.

    3 - Break LoS. This is the most popular advice against Nurses but she has 2 blinks. They are using first blink to see you and then second blink to hit you. Her blink speed is just not allow you to react if she is good enough. And another problem with her blinks is tunnelling. She is one of the best tunneller killers if she want to do. And on my mmr, i am facing a lot Nurses like that. DS, OtR are joke perks against her.

    4 - These edge wall advices are situational but good advice, i will give that.

    5 - Lightburn removed, you can't burn Nurse anymore.

    6 - Key mistakes are good add-on to video but i don't do them tho. I know these basic plays.

    And video is done. I did not learn anything i did not know. And even this video shows Nurse's real problem. It's guess game. If Nurse fail to guess, you won. If they won't, you lost. And this guess game favors Nurse, thanks to 2 blinks.

  • Sharby
    Sharby Member Posts: 498
    edited July 2023

    Remove second Blink, give her 115% ms, problem solved.

  • MikaelaWantsYourBoon
    MikaelaWantsYourBoon Member Posts: 6,564
    edited July 2023

    I am not saying you don't. But this is not change the fact about Nurse.

    Your counter is being unpredictable against her. You need to break LoS and make mind-games against her. I already know this. But the problem is if Nurse is good enough, most of them just does not work.

    And her power just makes guessing easy for her but on survivorside, you need to outplay her twice. Good luck against good Nurse players.

  • Ryuhi
    Ryuhi Member Posts: 3,895

    You keep going to good nurse players as some T1000 unstoppable machines, while the video straight up recommends watching comp nurse matches to see how people deal with her. They are human, and the point of the video is exploring ways to force mistakes and expand the mindgame in both directions.

  • woundcowboy
    woundcowboy Member Posts: 1,994

    What’s wrong with having to guess? Why should you have a guaranteed way to counter her? Guessing involves interaction and mindgames from both players. This is how the game should be- it should NOT be survivors running around safe structures.

    If you have broken LOS she can’t know your next move. Blinking to the corner only works if the survivor waits there. If they keep moving then she has to guess where in the structure the survivor will be. It isn’t even close to as simple as you’re saying

  • drsoontm
    drsoontm Member Posts: 4,903

    Nurse will be a problem for you as long as you don't learn to verse her.

    Just play her for a while and see how easily she can lose.

    I've been called a god Nurse on many occasions yet I lose a bit less than half* of my games. (~30k registered blink attacks so far.)

    Survivors who beat me do not give up, know how to be unpredictable, know all the Nurse weaknesses and how to exploit them. Recently I've even versed players who managed to doge hits point-blank by dodging "hatchet"-style just when I'm about to hit after a blink. They obviously know the timing perfectly.

    Then you have the survivors who try to handle me as they would any M1 killer. Needless to say it doesn't go well for them.

    *) still probably a bit better than the Nurse statistics that are putting her as one of the worst killers except in high MMR where she is average.

  • nars
    nars Member Posts: 1,124

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd9yd0Mm7M8

    Maybe those will help you out. Instead of whining about losing to nurse, you could learnt to counter her

    the outcome of a match where a bunch of nurse players face off, people who actually have a deep understanding of the killer, got a 4 out. if nurse was overpowered she easily would 4k, even though the survivors know her counterplay. Except she doesnt, but that doesnt really fit your narrative.

  • Xernoton
    Xernoton Member Posts: 5,887

    That's exactly it. YOU have no way to do anything in chase, if the Nurse doesn't screw up. It all comes down to HER. That is not how an interactive and fair killer works. Ideally, you'd want both sides in a constant back and forth allowing for predictions and mindgames to happen that go beyond hoping your opponent plays sloppy.

    That is not the case for Nurse. And that is why she will never be balanced. As long as the Nurse plays it right, she will come out on top in any situation.

  • nars
    nars Member Posts: 1,124

    Thats just not true. She only gets the hit if she outplays you. Break LOS, move erratically, 360, double back, triple back, locker dodge, window fake, I could go on and on and on. Nurse is about getting in the opponents head, if you can understand their every move then you win. That goes for both sides. Which makes it really boil down to your own skill over hers in a 1v1.

    If she plays it right, then you played it wrong and deserve to be hit for it.

  • Xernoton
    Xernoton Member Posts: 5,887

    Then my question is just like as a M1 killer in shack against a decently good survivor. What is my play? What is the correct thing for me to do? Because as long as you don't mess up, then I cannot win in this situation. Which basically means, if you play good enough, then I cannot play good at ll because I have no skill expression and always end up getting hit. You see where this is going? The survivor isn't a bot. So of course they will upset, if they cannot make a right play.

    There is a difference between making a mistake and having no right option. This is why M1 killers are generally perceived as weak and it's also why Nurse is still overpowered. You cannot say something like: "I played better, so I deserved the hit." if there was never any real chance for the survivor to prevent that. After all you cannot even measure the survivor's skill in that situation. It's like comparing reell and complex numbers. You can only judge by the absolute outcome (hit or miss) but not by their actual values (correct / wrong plays).

  • woundcowboy
    woundcowboy Member Posts: 1,994

    That just straight up isn’t true. She has to guess if she can’t see you. Even the way you frame it is super condescending to any Nurse player. Maybe you just aren’t good