How would you rate the ranged killers based on strength ?

I think Artist is the strongest one out of them. Easy A tier, or A+ tier. I just wish I was actually good with her.

Plague and Huntress are also very strong, especially the latter after her buffs.

Deathslinger is probably high b tier for me, so still pretty strong. And Trickster I would say is low B tier. Maybe. Or high C tier.

Unknown I am really not sure about. For me it's hard to say whether survivors can react to his projectiles and dodge accordingly, or if they have to predict his projectiles like against other ranged killers. If it's the former, than against good survivors, he isn't that strong, but again, I can't really say for sure.

Artist, Plague, Huntress, Trickster, Slinger, and Uninown in that order.

Artist has insane Anti Loop, 115%, doesn’t worry that much about crappy collision or hitboxes, huge information advantage too and has map wide pressure, protects times and gates easy, can use stealth and M1 perks very well.

Plague has insane slowdown, information, 115%, constantly broken survivors, essentially no healing, and a very strong but time limited ranged attack, insane add ons as well, protects totems and exit gates easily, can also use stealth and M1 perks very well.

Huntress has fast injuries and downs, map wide injury potential, can zone well. That’s honestly it pretty much lol.

Actually now that I’m thinking about it Huntress should be able to climb trees and run through them like the predator in predator Hunting grounds. That would be sick.

In Order:

Artist - Easily one of the strongest killers in the game. Only held back from a high skill ceiling and stronger easier to master killers existing. Some QoL to fix some of her kit clunkiness would be great.

Huntress - Really only held back by being somewhat map dependent. Even then, I don't think her worst maps are instant loses for her either.

Plague - If Corrupt Purge was always on, she would easily be the best. Since her Corrupt Purge isn't always online, she fits nicely here.

Unknown - Being able to hit through some walls and bouncing over objects is strong, they are held back by requiring at least 3 hits to down a survivor.

Deathslinger - Part of me really wants to put him dead last, because I feel Deathslinger really lacks an identity as a range killer. However, it's really hard to be worse than Trickster in this regard.

Trickster - Ultimately takes way too long to deal damage on top of being severely hurt by some maps that he might as well be unplayable on those maps.

According to the wiki Plague has a range of 13 m, whereas Pyramid Head can haven up to 10.5 m of range… You could for sure argue that Nemesis and Xeno are not even close to that, but those 2,5 difference between those two seem close enough for me.

I actually think the recent buff to huntress insanely increased her strength. I would easily put her on top of the ranged killer list and its by a considerable margin. Artist and plague are probably in A tier if they are played optimally and deathslinger and trickster are probably in B tier. I would not put huntress in S tier, but she is definitely in the top 3 of A tier imo. If they fixed hatchet logic she would be lower, but its hard to play vs as survivor because you actually have no idea what is going to hit you until it does. Sometimes you can be completely around the corner and your lag or the killers lag gives the hatchet the hit validation it needs. This weekend I had a hatchet go straight through some of the crates on the game and got a down from that. The survivor dropped pallet thinking okay I am hit, drop the god pallet and make some distance, but I already had a second hatchet pulled up before they could even drop a pallet LOL.

I'd put Plague at the top. She counters a lot of the strongest things survivors can do with her base kit and her Corrupt Purge is one of the strongest abilities in the entire game.

Huntress is 2nd IMO. A great Huntress is still terrifying, but overly cluttered maps can screw her over.

3rd…Deathslinger. I still think he can do some good things. And he can get health states from awkward angles.

In 4th, I have Artist. I think she's probably the most overrated killer in the game. You're going to be holding W the entire game against a good player. She has good anti-loop if she can zone the survivor, but good players will just run to the next tile. It's not efficient anti-loop. And she only has snipe potential if survivors don't understand how lockers work.

In 5th, I guess I'll put Trickster, but only because some maps wildly favor him. Way too map dependent to put any higher.

And last, I have the Unknown. 3 hits is always a non-starter for me. Especially when it's a slow moving lob projectile. Not tuned around good players IMO.

You’re overrating her by an insane amount. Artist and Plague are much better and by a considerable margin. And almost every cc tier list you see has them rated higher than her. Otzdarva even has pyramid head rated higher than Huntress. I’m not sure I agree but I definitely see where he’s coming from.

Artist>Deathslinger=Huntress>Plague>Unknown>Trickster