How to not get stressed out when playing Killer

If you're getting stressed out over sweaty little shits giving you grief you shouldn't be playing.

if you're old enough to be playing this game you should be old enough to ignore some rando's grief. Either learn to enjoy your wins or losses and ignore the dumb shits out there or stop playing. You'll get better over time.

The more you play the game, the better you'll become . As for the trolls, I find it's best to just ignore them. Easier said than done, I know, but when you realize their entire goal is to upset you enough to reply with a nasty message , you begin to realize how immature and pointless the whole thing is. So, in my case, if a troll tea bags me, yes, it's annoying, but I just chuckle and give 'em a good hit. If they send a rude message , I NEVER even bother replying to it, as again , it is a waste of your time to do so. Also, the more you play, all of this will just become 'normal', so you basically get used to it.

You gain experience, you watch videos on technique, and you improve. When you gain experience and confidence, your stress will reduce to a certain level. If you're competitive like me, a loss will always piss you off to a degree. Your first 200 hours as a killer is all about learning map awareness and game sense. That foundation will translate to any killer you pick up. Also understand that this game is not balanced. There are some games where you chose the wrong killer on the wrong map or the survivors have an automatic win loadout (4 Mettle of Man, 4 Adrenaline, Borrowed Time, Instaheals). It happens. Understand what happened and move on to the next one.

I agree with this. Just like anything in life, you have to realize you're not always going to win, you will lose..but that's ok, because that's how you get better and improve. If you want to win, you have to fail. Don't go into a game focusing on victory . Just take everything one thing at a time.

Oh, there's a generator to bust down...there's a pallet to break...there's a survivor to deal with, etc. Trust me, you WILL improve your skills. If you lose, don't get upset , just accept it, and be ok with it. It's not about winning, it's about improving . Also realize you're not the only person who's had to go through this, we all did.

I want to point this out too...if you find uourself making a mistake , inste'd of throwing a fit, take note of what you did wrong. I threw the hatchet just a bit too high...I didn't aim ahead of them quite enough, etc. Then, apply the needed adjustments the next time. Another thing th't always helps me is I expect to get frustrated when those things happen, but in knowing this, I am actually able to almost 'observe' that emotion, objectively , without acting on it. I know that is SUPER deep, but mindfulness is a very powerful skill to learn in your life, that will in turn help you tremendously in game as well.

When I stopped caring about rank / kills the game got much more relaxing and fun as killer. Only thing that still triggers me is people running the bs windows that devs call "time wasters".

I have this problem too, I get really stressed out if I don’t play well, it’s a personal problem so my first match of the day is really stressful. Sometimes, it sounds weird ,but for me I really enjoy playing as a killer I have no experience with. Like spirit, I was trying to learn how to play her yesterday and it was a blast, I was bad for my first few matches but it really helps if you can look back on your progress and be satisfied when you’re getting better, it was so satisfying to go from 0k to 4K with max bp in 3-4 matches as her. Playing as a new killer can take the pressure to do well off because you don’t expect to which I guess is the key to being happy as a killer, don’t expect to 4K or do well, just do your best and take the mistakes as a chance to learn. We only get better on both sides by facing better opponents and learning from it.

It’s all just in the practice and just tell yourself that you’re improving, you’re getting better, you’re learning and maybe if it helps watch some favourite streamers. I’ve learned a lot of spirit (and killer in general) mind games just by watching them. If I really get mocked and tilted by a team as one of my inexperienced killers I tend to come back as a main (killer I’m confident with) such as Mikey with a tombstone piece or Freddy with an ebony. Not that I use them if I don’t need to but I do save them for that special toxic teabag happy flashlight clicky kind of survivor. I consider them going out of their way to taunt me as volunteering for a mori.

If they’re teabagging at the door don’t give them the satisfaction just walk away to a random part of the map, the EGC will force them out eventually, use the time to break things, practice hatchet shots on a chosen target, Close the hatch so that last cocky guy can’t wait to get it, practice chainsaw swings around objects as bubba etc. they act all brave and vault spam but won’t leave their safety and you’re denying them the points and the satisfaction. Or if you can take advantage of their ego and get close with an Insta down or tombstone, if you can get one down and hooked with blood warden that’s also fun.

As above too get BBQ because even if you have a really bad match the bp alone from this can be worth it. If it’s post game toxicity I think playing with offline status might help on consoles (ps4 at least) bc I did this accidentally while playing yesterday, also closing the endgame chat on PC or just saying gg and move on, kill them with kindness and such.

Some of my advice is for when you have a bit more experience (only just realised you said you started recently) but it just goes to show it’s a constant thing for killers regardless of experience there’s still the chance to lose to more experienced players or just have a bad day in general, it feels so much harder at the start but you will improve. Just keep trying and learn from your opponents, your mistakes and from others (streamers)

you said you bought the game a few days ago... you can't expect to be good at this point.

You should also try to think that the people you are playing against most likely have more experience than you do in the game and most likely many many more hours played too.

It's frustrating when you get bodied in a game, miss attacks or miss good plays.. but it happens to everyone - even the best of them. Just try to remind yourself you are new and learning and you'll get better :)