The animatronic feels like huntress on steroids

He has a much easier projectile to dodge (imo the easiest projectile to dodge in the game), his grab mechanic is hilariously easy to avoid, and his TP has a map wide tell when it's happening.

The only problem I've had so far against him while playing as survivor (which I've done since killer queues are unplayable) is that there is a bug where he comes out invisible from the door.

I dont really see how its any better for tunneling than anything else really. He's still has to hit someone with the axe, then get close enough for an M1. I'm i missing something?

He's not even good 💀 his existence spawns DEMO PORTALS that survivors get to use, basically for free. The only problem I actually have with him is the fact that he isn't always facing where he's aiming the hatchet, so sometimes you get hit when you have no idea he's about to throw.

Agree. It feels like a pay-to-win. The only thing I think it's broken is the axe-throwing mechanic speed. In what sense? If it hits a Survivor in the back, it gives them speed. If it misses and they land somewhere else, it gives them Killer Instinct and speed. It's a win-win when he throws the axe (the excessive speed that can't even be evaded a little with Boon: Dark Theory - we tried it -), and there's no countermeasure if he misses. It's not like with the Huntress: if you hit an axe, it gives you an advantage and that is good, but if you miss, it takes away a hatchet. This makes the mechanics more balanced. But in Springtrap's case, he can even automatically call the axe if he misses while going at enormous speed; he doesn't even have to manually pick it up, and the benefit is the same whether he misses or not.

An interesting mechanic would be that if the axe misses, it doesn't give him that speed; he already has the killer instinct if he misses. But of course, it's been noted in the game that the axe-throwing mechanic doesn't seem polished; it misses a lot, but unfortunately, this doesn't benefit the survivor and doesn't take away from the killer.

There are even killers who have noticed the benefit of NOT having the axe on them and use it to camp a specific gen (they leave it in a gen). This alerts the killer if someone is reparing the gen while they have speed to run around the map and come back... So the axe becomes an extra mechanism to take care of gens while they take advantage of the speed.

So... that's why it's a win-win for the killer, whether the axe hits the target or not.

It is extremely good for tunneling off of hook. Can't say how good it is in chase, but that's all I've seen it used for is getting around Endurance.

His stealth is technically essential to his character so its not exactly something to be removed. Losing track of Springtrap is the whole point as he ping pongs around the map and its not clear where he'll pop up next. Just like in the games.

He is ofcourse better than huntress his axe is more like uknow but in huntress version, his axe has same max distance as slinger but fall more down which is better on loops, low loops are super hard against him he isnt crazy but he is strong I would say a-tier or high b-tier deffinitly he is stronger in chase than ghoul because he has antiloop and when his axe is out then he is m1 speed. Only thing that is pain is glitchtrap skin because he doent have heavy footsteps but non sound so his stealth is much more oppresive, overall he is solid killer and if you struggle against his grab then you must play against him like against huntress but after getting hit fast swith counterplay against his m1 form and dont run into dead zones where he can grab you or save infront of him.

Are you guys that ask for nerfs in the first week just terrible at the game? I'm an average survivor n see nothing wrong with him.

That's a compelling argument that the AXE is strong... but how is the GRAB any better than an M1 for tunneling?

Also I dont think any of the ranged killers have a slowdown after a hit. Huntress, Trickster, Artist, Plague and Unknown dont have a successful attack cooldown on hit.

I don't know in which world you live but he's for sure not stronger than ghoul if played right alone because of the inability of survivors to do anything against the first hit and ability to catch up fast. Huntress we can talk about but even there I won't agree with you, he's simply weaker with his lower range, smaller hitbox and his weird grab that's simply not that usefull - his teleport and stealth is nice I guess, but is countered by itself because of his loud steps. I know he's bugged so the stealth is pretty effective at the moment, but as soon as that's fixed that's not that good anymore.

His axe doesn't feel as oppressive imo.

I've dodged shots I felt should have hit, in my opinion. It's fine, though, it's not in a bad place hitbox wise.

Second thing he is better huntress for sure, he has one shot but its trajectory is better on loops than huntress and speed is better too, when he uses axe he is 115% speed from 110% thats better for chase, he has mobility with stealth something huntress doesnt have and his addons are better, so yeah he is stronger than huntress and stronger than slinger (slinger is better at chase thats all he can do, hope devs buff his terror radius to 24m) thats fact. His axe is just better on loops because its faster and much harder to doge.

Play against a good huntress and then a good springtrap, the huntress will destroy you so much more.

His axe is not really faster at loops but has more opportunities to hit, for that it has a lot less hitbox for survivors and a lot more for objects.

Stealth is still irrelevant because you can hear the direction he's coming from. On open fields you can spot him anyways so there's also no surprise especially because he needs to be 2 meters besides you it feels like because that's his max range xD

115% might be better for m1 chases but most of the time it's not worth playing m1 anyways if you can hit with the axe.

Many addons from him have downsides and even the ones that don't have any are really not that strong, don't know what exactly you mean. I'd take less cooldown after throwing and faster pulling of the hatchet any day.

In the end we'll probably don't give up so I'd end it here and call it a draw :D

Reallz good huntress is very strong but how many huntress matches you get stah one that can hit you out of nowhere very rare so on average springtrap is better.