How is Dracula fair

MoZo · 4:14AM

I honestly want to know how a killer with 3 powers and all of them are strong is fair. Vecna has 4 spells but are balanced around it not being as good as its main power it was taken from (skeletons like artist, fly like blight/billy/oni) and then we have Dracula that has technically 3 chase powers that are all really strong. Hellfire is a easier to use punishment of the damned, wolf is like wesker and gives you constant haste will in it (and they said mft was a problem) and bat form that is basically spirits power but slightly worse. Then we have killers like legion,pig, Myers, trapper, trickster, ghostface, clown and many more that only have 1 power and that 1 power is still mediocre. I just want to know how Dracula having 3 strong powers is fair. He’s not even insanely OP he’s just overtuned. If they tone Dracula down a little bit more I could see him being one of the most loved and balanced killers similar to Oni and unknown.

TonTon · 4:18AM

Bad take Wolf form is a straight up joke, Hellfire is slower and more clunkier then punishment of the damned and bat form is just a mobility tool

Rulebreaker · 4:29AM

Because they're still weaker than the components, is {usually} punished more than said components, and he has to commit to the action when he preps whatever he's doing. Hellfire cant go through everything, he's slowed enough for it to be felt when he cancels, and missing has a decent cd attached. Wolf doesn't come with infection and he either hits with it or is forced to go twice with a noticeable growl saying to survivors "ima try and bite you". Bat can't hurt people immediately unlike spirit and can easily be stealthed {this last part might be opinion but we can usually stealth them and when we're bats we can barely hear a thing over the screaches}

Alicia_Tried6041 · 4:39AM

What? Dracula is pretty weak imo.

NewPlayer100102 · 9:25AM

I don't find wolf form to be a joke, it has uses, but its not Wesker's bound useful.

Hellfire works a lot like Alien's tail, rejected by the same sort of objects in game.

Bat form's only non mobility use is at windows or downed pallets after a port and even though the form transition is quick, the delay before a M1 is ready is too long to make it like Spirit.

He feels OP if I'm using it against uncoordinated solo QQ.

But against people that have either silent coordination or verbal coms, its a challenge to keep up but not usually frustrating.

I guess the big OPness to him is that he's similar to enough other killers that you could pick him up easily.

UndeddJester · 11:59AM

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3872415#Comment_3872415

I completely agree… as a console player, Dracula is the only killer I can think of where I struggle with him no matter what build I use and what strategy I employ, even against not very good survivors.

Dracula's problem is everything he does requires precision, in the same veins as Nurse, Billy, and Blight... and a God Billy, a God Blight or a God Nurse is nigh unbeatable, and Dracula is in that same camp. However… he is also punished harder than they are for mistakes. If he misses at any point, he simply isn't gonna be able to get a hit by other means, his recovery means 90% of the time, he isn't gonna get an m1, and his cooldown means that he must switch form. Basically it's hit or bust for Dracula.

This means if you have that precision, he is extremely strong and kinda impossible to deal with… if he doesn't, he kinda gets run over… and of course me being the scrub that I am, can't hit sod all xD

buggybug · 12:08PM

Wolf form is my only issue which is two pounces is stupid, should have just been one. He gets so much catch up when he misses the first lunge and most likely still hit with second. The scent orbs giving haste gives him immediate catch up its annoying. Vampire form and bat form I have no issue with personally.

PleaseRewind · 1:08PM

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3872549#Comment_3872549

I enjoy playing Dracula but I usually don't even bother with bat form. I just find it way too janky on controller.

100PercentBPMain · 1:41PM

Dracula isn't Pyramid Head, Wesker and Spirit though at the end of the day. There's still reason to play all 3 over Dracula. Going from Dracula after an entire month straight to Pyramid Head I was surprised by how more Lethal his range attack feels. Spirits phase is also more Lethal than bats

OrangeBear · 1:47PM

Hellfire cant go through walls like POTD can.

Wolf Form is less than half the distance you can make with Virulent Bound.

All forms including bat form have a 1 second cooldown after shapeshifting and bat form is also much noisier for the killer than spirit.

In any case i think the imbalance comes from older killers being too weak in comparison. Newer killers are just stronger as they should be.

MrDardon · 2:01PM

"Don't be overdramatic."

ReverseVelocity · 3:08PM

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3872409#Comment_3872409

Bat Form is a chase tool too. It's like Spirit if she was 115%.

Bartlaus · 3:21PM

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/436934/how-is-dracula-fair

I think the organ grinder is in a good spot. Not too strong and not too bad. I can tell you dozens of killers who are still better despite having "only" one power. If you ask for more nerfs, he'll get the skull merchant treatment. We should talk about his annoying chase music instead... x_x

H2H · 4:32PM

filling up the killer complaint bingo card fast these days

Shroompy · 5:25PM

Genuinely curious why you think that since that's a first for me

TwinsMain2004 · 5:32PM

he's good but not overpowered

hellfire is pretty easily dodgeable and its only good for zoning

bat form was nerfed recently and it hurt him quite a bit

You need good a goodset and hearing for it also and with the ammount of audio bugs in this game it's super hard to rely on it

wolf form is goodish but also dodgeable and if he misses the second pounce you gain like 15 seconds of distance if you continue running instead of stopping while dodging or being in his face

solid a tier killer but op no way