Freddy is not only NOT the worst, he might be the BEST!

Freddy is by far the worst killer in Dead by Daylight. The only real purpose of his power is to remove the hindrance he has by default (can't interact with survivors), and he gets cucked by the most used perks in the game (Self care, Sprint burst and Adrenaline). He's the only killer that has to give a up to 9.5 seconds head start to his targets, who can, by the way, keep doing whatever they were doing right in his face without him being able to do anything about it. He's even less than your regular M1 killer (like the Doctor or the Trapper). He has a laughable stealth and the most basic-ass offense you can think of, that pretty much only kinda works if the survivors ignore him during the transition. He's so bad that he can't even camp. He has no way to stop/punish hookrushing, bad positioning or stupid plays by survivors in general. And, as we all know, killers win if the survivors play non-optimally or if they make silly mistakes... I don't think you people realize that Freddy is the only killer that can't capitalize on these situations. No matter how you "mindgame" survivors you still have to wait 7 seconds to hit them. If a survivor is anything but braindead, they will run to the nearest pallet/loop, and proceed to stall you for 5 generators.

Every other killer is far better than Freddy, because they don't take nearly as [BAD WORD] long to take action against survivors.

@Acromio Freddy feels easier to play than Trapper, at least.

He feels easier to play because his power does have a few nice things about it. One he naturally can slow down the game which makes having chances for him to do something. He gets aura reading on who ever he puts to sleep by default so he can keep track of people, but the trade offs are too high. One of his best builds involves the gimmick of using overcharge to make survivors destroy their own gen to wake up, but eventually even that gets worked through.

He's got all the weaknesses of a standard M1 killer, but lacks a lot of the benefits an average killer. He doesn't really function without using his power as its the only thing that lets him play the game. The devs decided that needed a change as it didn't reflect his character and wasn't healthy for him as gameplay.

I honestly despise playing against Freddy. Absolutely no fun. As soon as I hear the nursery rhyme I think "oh ffs..."

Usual approach from Freddys: Pull in to dream...hit straight away...get second hit (as your aura is shown)...hook...wait for survivor to unhook...repeat.

And yes, playing AS Freddy is very easy.

sorry fam, but your entire strategie is based on you applying pressure on them via downed / killed survivors, which is simply not freddys strength.

as you have said, yes freddy makes a ton of points, but also you get run around stuff easily. and while you are being run around, the others wake eup and rush gens. thats how majority of high rank freddy games will go. i pushed to rank 1 as freddy once, and it was really not nice. i did it in the end, but i had many more losses than i had with other killers like Trapper, Billy or Wraith. Freddy is good at slowing the game, but what is that going to do for you if you cant catch them? when your running around the loops, trying to down one (to be able to apply your pressure on the team), they usually fixed at least 2-3 gens, especially at the beginning of the game.

the current killer meta is to find and eliminate a survivor as quick as possible - which is exactly what you said to do as freddy btw (but then on the other hand you said not to do that... what am i supposed to do now? kill one early or put many to sleep and apply pressure?). and that meta is there for a reason. freddy is just the one killer that really struggles the most to fulfill it. granted, once one is dead you can keep them under control farily easily, BUT if you can do so as freddy, imagine how a billy would handle this situation. killers are reliant on the snowball effect. trade hooks until they die. freddy can not really do that, a billy on the other hand easily can, which is why he is the number two and freddy is the worst.

TL;DR: looped and genrushed. thats freddies fate.

Honestly I love Freedy too and im a Freedy/ Nurse main on console. Im worried about the rework tho. :(

Might I suggest you be open minded for legion too? His changes just solidify how he was meant to be in the first place. He isn't meant to down people with his ability, buy rather get everyone injured, and thus delay the game. They have to mend instead of gens and saves, and after have to heal or risk getting downed in a hit. Don't ride the hate train like people do for Freddy.

I don't want to be that person, but:

"Welcome to the club of people who know how to play freddy"

"Deer Hunter will help"

if its a viable power it can be used for another killer. But you make freddy showcase his personality from films in gameplay. Like pig used to play like <3

If you put someone to sleep and then leave them they will wake up quickly, especially if they are SWF. That throws a wrench in the "sleep everyone" strategy since YEAH NO ######### THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF IT HAPPENED!

As usual Freddy mains bring valid arguments for why he's not the worst killer in the game and it's met with "MUH SEVEN SECONDS FEDORA MAN BAD!"

Although I'd drop Deerstalker, you've got the right idea! If you decide to commit to learning pre-rework Freddy I'd recommend checking out Pyrus' guide to the Transition Mindgame for Freddy. He's certainly not top-tier, but he's a decent mid-tier.

Honestly though, I have no confidence in the devs for the rework between the Plague nerfs nobody asked for and the fact that Legion is going from unique but busted to generic mcgee. My heart is not ready for Freddy to become a super-generic killer who still has more drawbacks than strengths.

Yeah, no. This strategy won't work at anything beyond rank 15.

Bring on the rework!