What is the reason to not nerf Blight?

Blight is the second best Killer in the game, objectively speaking. His base kit is also second best to none. I also hope they don't nerf his base kit, but he is really strong as he is now, even without add-ons, but he is still fair imo.

For the love of all dwights, can we PLEASE stop with these ,,are the devs _______ mains?“

Its so annoying.

You seem to be very knowledgeable. Explain how you counter them then.

countering blight isn’t that complicated. just move to the side when he doesn’t expect you to. (obviously easier said than done)

The Billy nerfs went way beyond nerfing his best add-ons. They dug a hole and buried him.

I hate to parrot the crowd here but Blight is only oppressive when he brings strong add-ons.

Sure he has high-level techniques like hug techs but that requires a high level of skill so I'm pretty comfortable saying that they're acceptable in normal play.

The real issue is that Blight is massively boosted by his good add-ons, and he is So. Spoiled. For. Choice. when it comes to good add-ons.

Other killers like Pig, Nemo, and Bubba (to an extent) have such garbage add-ons that it feels super unfair that a killer with much better base abilities has so many more options. I feel the same way about Spirit: she's already a top-tier killer and yet she also has some of the best add-ons in the game.

The best killers should have the worst add-ons, and vice-versa. Buff Nemo.

Excel spreadsheet says it's fine. His addons have good pick rates (because almost all of them are broken) and Blight performs well in general. Nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to numbers.

It's funny though, that they announced that Hug Tech would be removed forever ago and here we are. Hug Tech is still a thing but we nerfed a bunch of other techs in the meantime that weren't nearly as strong as Blight's Hug Tech.

This must be the perks of being the golden child of DBD.

Blight has the second best base kit in the game and the best add ons in the game, you can’t have both. He’ll be completely fine if they just tune his busted add ons.

for once I do agree with you , is getting really tiring getting patches that focus on nerfing other low tier killers even if the changes are nerfs to the addons for the most part , the real question is WHY ARE THEY NERFING ADDONS THAT WERE TOTALLY FINE?

anyway thats just BHVR logic right there i guess , keeping TOP tier killers stronger meanwhile the LOW tier killers are getting crushed with addons and power nerfs cough cough MFT , like they did with freddy and billy . atleast billy has a bit of lethalitly but freddy..oh boy , the poor man has the worst anti-loop in the game + dream pallets still not being basekit is a total insult for him.

I'll answer all of these in order, then give my personal reasoning.

1. Doubtful, I assume most devs want to leave work at work. Even if they did, they'd need to get higher ups/bosses to approve. Seems incredibly unlikely.
2. Nah, same as above.
3. Nah, Feng Min's cosmetics are literally equivalent to printing money. And they are about as transparent with that as they can be without outright stating it. Additionally, I'd argue survivor cosmetics are generally easier to design than killer cosmetics. Also, if a killer's cosmetics had monetary pull equivalent to Feng, it would be someone you see more frequently like Huntress or Wesker.
4. This one had me laughing! Great add!
5. Doubt they care, most patches they piss off a large portion of player base (no matter how great of changes they make). Plus, those who agree with changes (or aren't pissed) rarely speak up.
6. Another great add!

I genuinely just think it is because the numbers they use to track him don't support the nerf. I think the combination of on-going collected data reflecting Blight's pick rate, kill rate, maybe even survivor DC rate (and any other stats I am missing) don't warrant a nerf as they may indicate he is where they want him to be.

Some killer(s) will always be the strongest. But if they are not over played, they may not need a change. I'd argue a nerf for a balanced killer who is played CONSTANTLY (Ex: Wesker) over a nerf of an OP killer I genuinely rarely, if ever, go against (Blight).

That said, I think the lines of "what is too much abundance" should vary based on the killer's strength. Example, if Wesker and Blight were both extremely prevalent, then Blight should be adjusted well before considering adjusting Wesker.

Just my opinion on the matter! Great discussion, thanks for the topic/post!

While i agree that he is overpowered and should be nerfed. I can guess i few reasons why the devs are reluctant:

Devs balance around stats and the average level of play and Blight is very hard to play. His controls are also harder on console. I imagine the average Blight player is not winning that often compared to other killers.

A lot of his power comes from addons, and reworking them all would take time.There might also be some technical reasons related to how his bumps and charges work.

He is probably being looked at but is not at the top of the priority list. 3 Gens and Sleep Merchant might be higher priorities.

One side having busted things does not justify the other side having busted things. Efficient survivors are very strong but that does not justify how strong Blight is.

The scenario you describe only applies to actual comp play. In regular high level matches you have a few more viable killers. Artist, Wesker, Singularity (Also hard to play but quite strong), Spirit, Huntress, and Oni. Plague too if she uses her best addons. These killers can do well in matchmaking despite being significantly weaker than Blight/Nurse.

Same reason they don't nerf SWF, For the people + buckle up, took many many months to tone down CoH and heals, allowed machine gun build, original mettle of man, Decisive Strike in its original and remade forms, nurse, spirit prayer beads, orginal undying and many other egregious balance decisions in the past. BHVR implements wacky ideas and makes changes after years of feedback or blatant info from the stats. Love it or hate it that's how they balance and unless Blight is winning in the majority of cases it will take years of feedback based on BHVRS track record before they finally address an issue the community complains about.

I agree with most of what you said and know about the comp restrictions. And i do think that this game heavily favors Swfs at the highest levels.

But most tryhard swfs you encounter in matchmaking are nowhere near the level of a comp Swf in terms of skill level. Non Comp swfs can be beaten by A tier killers. At B tier and bellow you are going to struggle against good survivors though.

My point is that outside of Comp play you don't need Blight or Nurse to do well as killer, even against experienced survivors. So i don't agree with the notion that they need to stay as strong as they are to deal with Swfs.

Both sides have overpowered/unfair things. Instead of justifying one Op thing (Blight/Nurse) with another (Buckle up + FtP /MfT) i would rather nerf both things. Neither are healthy for the game.