Why don't people enjoy playing him?

For me its just satisfaction when i hit my shots compare to other killers, trickster always felt for me like killer that was super strong in open areas and lower wall loops but than totaly powerless on loops with higher walls like jungle gyms where his power didnt do much compare to other range killers like huntress,slinger and now springtrap (his first version was more to this description than the current one that can play them more with the 115 speed compare to 110 speed but now his knifes arent as deadly as before you need to hit 1 more knife to get damage on survior you target and before the more knifes you hit without missing the faster you throwed them but Idk if that stayed, main event is nice and better than before when it was in bigger time window but you needed to hit more knifes which made it more useless than now where you have it every time ones you basicaly take one health state from survivor with your power).

When you hit sick shot with huntress or springtrap,slinger they feel way better than trickster who is more in closer range and feels like you tryied to kill someone by throwing pebbles on him with his knifes and sometimes I can see how people can realy be powerless against him because he isnt just like these range killers above where when they miss there is solid time window to do something he just have two modes first is he just has his knifes and all you can do is try to hide behind objects to delay him as much as you can and second is if when he trowed all his knifes out or has few and knows there isnt point to throw because he cant damage you with them and would only waste his time there is no middleground with his power just this which makes him not so enjoyable for me and feel not so rewarding its just feeling like now survivor is looping me on high wall loop and Im just weak m1 or he cant hide much so I will pebble this poor fool to the ground with my knifes.

No hate for trickster but from all range killers or killers that have some shorter rnage projectile like xenomorph,nemesis, dracula, pyramidhead their powers are more fun for me and feel more satisfying to get hits with comapre to trickster.

I kinda hope his rework wont be bad and will give you something like bouncing knifes with main event or something more fun to use in basekit that just knifing survivors which to me feels like throwing small pebbles on them and trying to harm them with that. For me even unknown is more fun for me which is funny because that killer is just m1 with possible teleport if he doesnt hit two times in the row which is another great desing for killer even artist is more satisfying than these two for me, shooting survivors across the map feels better than using tens of knifes to get one health state or hitting someone two times in the row with big limitation its just desing plus options I can choose from and all are more fun for me than trickster but I dont hate him or his style like the other part of people that cant get through he is kpop star killer and feels to them like rainbow was throwing skittles on them this isnt my problem its just other range killers are more satisfying and powerfull options.

A Kpopper who throw knifes.
Wow…
There were Trickster mains who never reloaded at lockers when he was 4.4 and etc (release) because they were dedicated players who got good at a characters that demanded skill.

Now since they removed the recoil, made him 4.6 and made Main Evt being available a lot of times during a match any noob (myself included) can do well with him.

Also doesn't help that his chase music is pretty PRETTY BAD. Feels like someone scratching a blackboard with crooked nails.

boring, not interesting, not interacting, just spam until you get a down

As a figure meant to evoke fear or disgust, he doesn’t quite fit the role.

I would find him appealing if he were a survivor. I’ve always appreciated his appearance, I’ve long had a soft spot for twinks. 😂

Besides, he would already look the part if he wasn't carrying a weapon.

Zero map pressure, weak to usual survivor tactics (Pre run for example), long TTK for the effort involved, not rewarding enough to play.

Modern DBD requires you to have things that he doesnt (mobility, slow down, anti loop) to make the game enjoyable and not frustrating. As with most of the roster, why play them over the better, stronger killers who actually fit current DBD?

I can't even hit a bot who's standing still when I try to use him. The ranged killers in this game are hard on console and the practice isn't worth the reward when there's a ton of other killers I can play. He's also my most hated killer to play against as survivor and that doesn't really inspire me to try.

His cosmetics are cool though.

I don't mind him but he's just not really that satisfying for me just meh.

The 2 killers i really enjoy that feels oppressive is SpringTrap and Xenomorph (queen skin only) ones a living corpse trapped inside a mech suit that chucks a large axe and the other is a large unstoppable beast. Compared to Trickster he's just another skinny guy just meh.

The difference to unknown is trickster has many knifes and throws them fast plus it takes 15 seconds for his (Idk whats called laceration or what) effect by knifes to get down and it didnt dissapear instantly which unknown has like 1 maybe 2 shots when he hits survivor and if he doesnt hits 2 shots in the row he has nothing but teleport that isnt best because even it is instant survivors can destroy it fast and he must go around the map to put them there so its set up tp with easy counter from survivor side just hold m1 for what 6 to 8 seconds and his tp is gone.

Trickster is weaker but in chase he is bigger monster for me, he can destroy you in open or basement or when trading hooks on place like hill and his power is easier to hit and get some results than unknow who is just "hit two shots in the row or go home son" type of killer which is harder in general (unknow has 10 seconds duration effect on survivor with uvx but survivor can get this "slowly" off from 25 meters by looking at him and there is 1,25 second staredown linger so when he is blocked from your field of wiew you still get 1,25 seconds from these 10, there is vedeo from otz calle Harmless and he realy is harmless just watch it there are all things that make him suck and using his power much is just counterproductive same as with doctors shock).

Ditto. It's virtually a guaranteed 4E for the Survivor team whenever I play him. But at least with Huntress and Deathslinger, if I do manage to land my shots it's going to result in an injury. Trickster feels like a lot of effort for not much return. It also feels a bit cheap to mow Survivors down with his main event. There's just no counterplay to it if you get caught out in the open.

I love everything else about the character, so when I do play the odd Trickster game it's to enjoy all the things I do like about him while I suffer through the game play.

Why play a worse version of huntress?

Didn't like running him during any of his changes, mostly because he's never felt smooth with the controller.