Tricksters base movement speed should be 4.6

After spending even more time playing post-rework Trickster, my opinions haven't changed in the slightest I feel that he’s been pushed too far into the weak side, and a big part of that comes down to his 4.4 movement speed.

Right now, Trickster sits at 4.4 m/s, and it feels incredibly punishing in actual matches. Survivors can pre-run almost every time they hear your massive 44 meter lullaby(and many do just that), and because of your lower speed, you have very little ability to build pressure or catch up efficiently, especially on larger maps.

The core issue is that Trickster is a ranged killer who still needs consistency to down survivors. Not only does he have to get into a good position, but his blades have a very specific flight behavior, they travel in a perfectly horizontal line with little to no drop. This makes him heavily dependent on clear line of sight and precise aim.

Because his blades don’t arc, he can’t realistically go for cross-map or high-arc shots the way Huntress can. His effective threat range is much closer to short-to-mid range rather than true ranged pressure. That limitation becomes even more noticeable with modern map design, where there is significantly more clutter, objects you can’t throw over, and even awkward invisible collision points that interrupt throws.

On top of that, his overall kit has been weakened, maximum knives reduced from 44 to 36(so you have to go out of your way to reload more often), his most fun add-ons heavily nerfed or gutted(piercing and exploding knives are effectively gone, trick blades losing a bounce nerfs the additional range it provided). Also have they fixed the knife hit registration bug yet, I swear I still have knives hitting people and they don't gain any laceration.

While the combo system is a genuinely good addition and adds skill expression, it doesn’t make up for the loss in pressure, consistency, and map control.

And this is all happening in a broader survivor-favored environment. Survivors have 15 seconds of endurance after unhooks and access to multiple endurance perks(oh would you look at that, how did you get here Off The Record). Strong exhaustion and haste perks (like Sprint Burst) make extending chases even easier. Pallet density still feels excessive, often turning loops into extremely safe time sinks(did I walk into an amazon warehouse or something. Was the same day shipping really worth it?). Then there is all the general map clutter that further reduces Trickster’s already limited range.

All of this compounds the issue, playing Trickster (and killer in general right now) can feel like trying to roll a boulder up Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Even looking ahead, the proposed diminishing returns changes don’t seem like they’ll meaningfully help Trickster. They may weaken killer movement speed stacking, while many strong survivor tools(like skill-check-based generator perks and exhaustion perks)remain largely unaffected as far as I can tell.

My Suggestion: Increase Trickster’s base movement speed to 4.6 m/s.

This would help him actually keep up in chases. Reduce the effectiveness of pre-running. Let him reposition to use his blades more effectively. Bring his pressure more in line with the effort required to play him

He would still require accuracy, positioning, and good decision-making, but wouldn’t feel disproportionately punishing compared to other killers.

Right now, I feel that he simply has too many limitations stacked on top of each other for too little payoff.