Sanctum of Wrath (Yamaoka Estate)

The main problem with this map is center building. It's very weak for survivors, but is the most important objective. It's so important that if it's not done, it can actively throw the match. Otherwise loops are fine minus bing in the center. Map is small but that's fine. Center just needs something. I don't know what, I'm not a designer. Though something needs help there.

This map is notorious for having a 3-gen spawning on either side of the main building" the shrine" terrible for solo queues to try and break the 3 to 4 gen, even with the anti 3 gen mechanics. It also has terrible gate spawns where it spawns both gates on the same side as well form like 10-11 clock and 8-7 or 1-2 and 5-4, and killer just camps and you have to pray get the gate to the letter A in escape and hide and go back to it.

The main building is weak, maybe not put both pallets on the same side and put them on opposite catty corner sides.

Also there is a unsafe pallet outside of main that connect to main and a scary statute. Maybe making some of the statutes broken and forming a slight rock formation, making it safer, but not broken in terms of looping.

Would it help BHVR if we visit each instance of feedback on a stream or video, to better explain each issue.

I love maps where the main building is relatively small but in the center of the map. Overall, this feels like a well-balanced and fun map on which to play.

It feels like the map is mostly balanced, would just be nice if the invisible hit boxes around main building would be removed so you can leap off with Demo better.

The shape makes it rather easy to 3 Gen, but you are somewhat fine if you get the middle gen done early on so I would say it is not too bad in that regard. The dead zones to the sides of the main altar are a bit weird, but understandable because of its shape.

The only glaring issues of Sanctum are its size being so unforgiving for M1 killers and the gen spread being so close together in a lot of cases. I've spawned in with one side of the map having 4 gens + the center for a 5 gen and that literally should never even come close to happening.

TL;DR: This map is killer-sided because survivors are locked to one side of the map or the other, which will end up getting used very quickly. However, there's still reasonable play from the survivor side, so it isn't a priority to get changed.

I think that there are two things that help survivors on this map:

1.) Lots of great places for stealth (Although not enough to really be oppressive)

2.) Some fairly safe, reliable landmarks, between the 2 maze tiles on top & bottom, as well as shack and the courtyard loop (Assuming you get a pallet with it.).

I still think this is a killer-sided map for these reasons:

1.) This map, like ARP & Suffo, open up survivors to some pretty nasty 3-gens, even 4-gens if you include the very unsafe main building gen. This is less of a problem since the kick changes, but this will get increasingly more problematic as the killer you play against gets stronger. It is also a pretty massive problem considering...

2.) A distinct lack of filler pallets, and an even greater lack of safe ones, all of which are harder to spot than usual because of aforementioned bushes. Luckily the maze tiles on either side of the map are reasonably close together, but if they're already used (Or if the survivors got unlucky and rolled bad ones), you can have a side of the map that is almost entirely dead. This is unlike its sister maps, ARP & Suffo, which have lots of very strong filler pallets, and more maze tile spawns.

3.) A lot of this map's real estate is taken up by the reasonably weak shrine & gazebo loops. The gazebo isn't terrible (The window is decent in some circumstances, and it can even spawn a fairly strong pallet), but the shrine is basically worthless and only serves to chain to another tile (Which, again, may not spawn for reasons above).

4.) Main building, being big and unsafe (Terrible windows and 2 terrible pallets), makes it almost impossible for survivors to chain the top and bottom sides of the map unless they have an unreasonable amount of distance or take an injure. This is especially bad considering 2.). This is unlike ARP & Suffo, which have a very strong middle of the map to chain between the two sides.

one of the few killer sided the map. The map could use few more pallets on each side. maybe a some buff to cabin loop, more windows?

good map, almost balanced other than the fact the killer has a garunteed 4 gen on one side of the map, 5 gen including main. azarovs also has this problem very often. i dont know what id do with this information but if the killer is trying to win, its going to be easy because of the free 4 gen

Sanctum of Wrath shares a lot of the issues with Family Residence and it can also be considered a balanced map, maybe leaning to killer side a bit more, again not for the good reasons.

Similar to its "realm-mate", killers can't afford to cross the map constantly, the shape of Sanctum of Wrath is particularly two-sided with a very thin middle, it utilizes its size in an awkwardly expanded way that makes the gen spread quite wide. For this reason and the fact that the gen spread can sometimes be distributed unevenly across sides (instead of 3 on each side and 1 in the middle, you can see 4 on one side, 2 on the other and 1 in the middle), killers are heavily encouraged to follow territorial playstyles while holding the thin middle to make crossing sides hard for the survivors, specially while using the main building as a watch tower to keep control of where the survivors are.

Survivors have inconsistent & unreliable safety where the long landmarks (Shrine & Gazebo) and the courtyard landmark are not guaranteed to spawn their respective pallets. Unlike Family Residence and any other map, Sanctum of Wrath has a shack that shares tile placing with another landmark, meaning that it moves around (from side to side, changing tile spot with the courtyard) and the map has 3 possible basements & 2 possible shack locations. While this feature is incredibly charming, it is outshined by the two-sided shape of the map and it ends up contributing to the inconsistency that survivors have to deal with.

Main building has 2 pallets (1 above and 1 below, both with 2 possible spots each) and 4 windows, all with dropdowns (3 of them quite tall ones). Just like Family Residence's, this main building is particularly weak but in Sanctum of Wrath's case it is even worse since the killer benefits from its height to control the map and also the fact it is in the middle denying loop connection between stronger tiles. The mazetiles are also 4 (ideal amount considering its 7 types, it should not be reduced) but they are located in such ways that some are isolated and others are directly adjacent to landmarks (allowing occasionally absurd chains of loops that are yet again inconsistent).

On top of the safety, survivors also have to deal with the territorial strategies that are so incentivized by the map and not only the killer can hold the middle to tactically punish crossing the map but they can also zone survivors into the side they are already in, making vulnerable off the hook survivors particularly uncapable of holding a proper chase, since they might be in an area with limited or already used resources and they can hardly make it to a better place without the assitance of certain valuable perks.

The total resources of pallets that survivors can count with is of aprox. 11 to 15 but 2 are gonna be spent on main building and the rest are gonna be unevenly split between both sides, considering that the killer will likely not play on the other side, survivors have a very low pallet count for the reduced space they are gonna be playing in if the killer does employ the tactics that benefit them.

The map itself, Sanctum of Wrath, requires a massive overhaul to its shape and layout, otherwise many of its charming points (like shack having multiple locations) pale in comparison to the poor gameplay it encourages.

The realm, Yamaoka Estate, needs its landmarks to start providing consistent pallets and on a peculiar note: one of the 7 types of mazetiles has no lockers, which is awkward for some killers and those survivors trying to make use of lockers (it is the one commonly tagged as "Labyrinth Gym" and "Maze Gym"), which is an exclusive issue of this realm.

I really want to like this map as both killer and survivor but cant. I love the shape of it having that middle choke point. ARP and Suffo Pit 1 are two of my favorite maps because it has those choke points. The choke points allow for the killer to make and create map pressure with out the need to perks or powers and creates a power struggle or tug of war between the killer and survivors to control pressure one side or the other. That works great for ARP and Suffo because the choke point or middle is full loops and maze tiles, making it some what safe for survivors try to pass through. also allowing for stealth too with all the LOS blockers. The problem with Sanctum is there is no safety or gameplay elements for survivors in the middle. The main building has couple very unsafe windows unless you have balance landing and two unsafe pallets no where near each other. Dont get me wrong as a survivor and killer I love unsafe pallets but those two pallets are no where near each other. (btw the new map in PTB, chef kiss. amazing pallet design. best map in a long time) The middle needs to not be such a deadzone.

2nd problem with this map is the two shack spawns both are connecting to maze tiles by a very very short distance. That wouldnt be a problem if what maze tiles spawned next to shack werent potentially strong tiles like long wall, short wall, or "ormond tile" gyms. For example the other day i was playing survivor and the poor person playing Billy had to deal with me having shack window connected directly to "ormond tile" window. Two strong windows literally 4 meters away from each other and both had strong pallets. Most killers can not play around that at all and would need to drop chase and go else where or lose the game.

Its balanced more then family residence in my opinion

As a killer main, I feel like survivors might enjoy this map a bit more if at least on one side of the main structure in the middle there was even one jungle gym on one of the sides.

The "I" shape might make it a bit difficult for newer survivors to feel comfortable around the main structure since there isn't any safe loop around the bottom. Once you stagger after jumping down from such a height, it gets quite sticky to know what to do or where to go

I hate when you run into a random bamboo shoot but overall one of the better maps.

yamaoka estate is soooooooo ugly, by far my least fav maps. i don’t even care about the balance on this one i just want to not wanna dc every time i spawn on it.

the problem with this map is it is shaped like a capital H. it is very easy to 3 gen this map. often all a killer needs to do is focus on one side of the map to create the 3 gen situation. you can win this map without ever going to the other side.

This is a map that requires brainpower from both sides, but even as an 82h, I found it very balanced, because both sides have advantages, and whichever can apply their brain matter the most, will win. SoloQ might suffer because the middle requires coordination to play well or to pass through it, but otherwise I am very happy with the map. Plus, feels unique with it's aesthetics, mechanics and layouts. Maybe a few totem spawns should be made more obvious tho.

EDIT: On second thought, this map practically requires information perks. If you try to do without, you'll probably struggle to find anyone. Not that it's a dealbreaker, but it does contribute to shoring up the Survivor's disadvantage.

The map has a 3-1-3 gen layout for 80% of the matches (the other is 4-1-2 which is even worse) which heavily favour killer and a 3 gen strategy. The temple in the middle is 2 weak pallets, 2 weak and one decent window. There is nothing really there which makes it basically No Man's Land. The map is also prone to deadzones and very visible gens in the middle of the map, which make it even harder for the survivors to prevent a 3gen. The temple in the middle also favours ranges killers like Huntress, Slinger or Trickster, who have it way easier to camp from far away and still manage to hit because if the elevation.

Main building is a joke, can hardly call it a main building as it makes the map even more unsafe for survivors, chokepoint for killer. Not enough strong tiles makes this a killer sided map

This map has a tone of dead zones as a trial progresses. Q few more hooks would help that greatly

This map is really ugly the design is bad and we don't get the japanese atmosphere that we should get, killer sided map. And you should creat more interactive map like Nostromo.

The main structure is very weak for survivors with an unsafe pallet that is very easy for killers to mindgame. I also know that the chokepoint in the center of the map typically creates more points of frustration for survivors as killers can easily hold down territories and zone survivors effectively without reliance on perks or add-ons. I feel that if the main structure were expanded upon it would help create a way for survivors to effectively hold chase. At this point, if a survivor is hooked in main and is immediately chased off hook, there is little safe resource for them to use nearby. This is especially true for the unsafe pallets directly beside main within the chokepoint where a pallet may spawn around a small statue that any killer can pre-swing around and mindgame easily. Furthermore, the chokepoint in the middle forces only 1 generator to spawn in main with no balance in which side generators can spawn. Some RNG will force 4 gens to spawn on one side whereas some matches will be generous and spawn 1 in center, 2 by shack and 3 by the other side. If the chokepoint were also to be widened, it would create a generous and fair gen RNG spawn.