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Skull Merchant

znape777
znape777 Member Posts: 4
edited November 2023 in Feedback and Suggestions

Prob the most unfun killer to play against by far, yes, she had a rework not so long ago so that people cant ensure a 3 gen in the match but at what cost? I gotta say, I really prefer the old skull rather than the new.

Skull now is way to op, and pretty much has everything a killer can(yeah, she already had most of the effects), speed boost, undetectable, hindered, makes damage without touching or just leaves u in deep wounds, antilooping killer, almost 100% of the match she knows the location of survivors because its pretty much imposible not having marks/tokens so she can search for u in the radar, deactivate a drone is sometimes useless and waste of time because it doesnt deactivate for that long as one may think.

Like I already said, she has undetectable but the effect persist for quite a while, people already consider her like a stealth killer because of that, the buff last a lot and its common that they have the drones distributed "ok" in the map, so perma speed boost/undetectable.

So if u combine hindered + deep wounds + the killer has more speed)and by default she's not a slow killer at all), its almost imposible to do something if u EVEN make it to the point were u have those effects on you, because most of the chases in general last nothing.

Its not only me, a lot of survs hate her, a lot of people dc in matches where skull is the killer, because its not balanced, killers usually have a mechanic on which it is based, but skull... skull has way to much mechanics and most of the time is way to hard to survive any encounter with her even when they dont play that good because u cant really do much in comparison to any other killer in the game, so PLEASE fix her so we can actually can have a choice rather than trying to genrush her.

Comments

  • znape777
    znape777 Member Posts: 4

    Yeah bro, like I said, I'm not just trying to give my opinion, I really think its a general opinion about the killer, so hopefully people start to complain more about it, so that they can actually give her a GOOD rework that people enjoys to play with and play against!

  • Frumpf
    Frumpf Member Posts: 9

    Many aspects about her are definitely frustrating to me. The almost constant undetectable status on top of her zone control is frustrating. I especially don't like that claw traps don't go away over time, making drones in tight spaces like a hallway essentially unassailable without becoming injured and broken, or without becoming hindered while connecting from one loop to the next. Especially when you factor in how her drone will damage you even if you're looping her well and not getting hit and eventually hinder you, you're looking at a killer that can essentially sneak up on you, get a free hit, zone you and hinder you all due to the ability to hit m2. I'm not a top tier survivor so I'm sure there is good counter play but again I think it requires near perfect coordination. As someone who regularly swfs I can say it isn't something just being in a swf can counter. We all have to be playing tip top and have better map knowledge than we all possess to give proper callouts.

  • Venusa
    Venusa Member Posts: 1,540

    Why does expressing an opinion that differ from yours equate to "you have a skill issue" or "you just want free wins"? Is it possible they simply might not enjoy going against SM because she just became another anti-loop killer that doesn't have much skill expression?

  • Evan_
    Evan_ Member Posts: 562

    Claw traps last for 45 seconds.

    Op says everyone is on her radar "almost 100% of the time", that suggests he doesn't know about crouching / staying still to avoid detection.

    I feel at this point it's safe to ignore criticism as people have yet to discover (or look up) her specifics and counterplay.

  • Frumpf
    Frumpf Member Posts: 9

    I don't expect free, uncontested wins, I just think requiring perfect communication from a swf for counter play hurts the solo queue experience immeasurably and perfect communication to deal with something the killer can just spam m2 to do feels pretty unfair in general