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Houndmaster only works at noob levels

Pelaan
Pelaan Member Posts: 306
in General Discussions

With Houndmaster even if all her bugs and jank were fixed she's just not strong enough to compete with average to skilled players with how easily counterable she is despite having high skill floor already

https://youtu.be/eV5_H0duje4?si=Lp_M5ELogm_CHL83

Scott talks on why even against average players HM can't reliably succeed or get enough value from her kit.

Comments

  • Caiman
    Caiman Member Posts: 2,959

    Houndmaster is effective against survivors who only run in predictable straight lines.

    She struggles against anyone who has realized the A and D keys exist on their keyboard.

  • Pelaan
    Pelaan Member Posts: 306
    https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3852097#Comment_3852097

    So basically movement is her hard counter lol

  • Rulebreaker
    Rulebreaker Member Posts: 2,112

    Outta curiosity, have you personally tried them? Or just going off whatever streamers say?

  • angel_pellegrino
    angel_pellegrino Member Posts: 94

    Well, I have to admit that when I first saw the perk that is essentially just merciless storm but for healing skill checks my first thought was, "Well, that's really gonna be tough for those newer/inexperienced players." I'm kind of glad it wasn't around when I started playing, I'll just put it that way. Lol.