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Stealth killers aren’t viable

johnmwarner
johnmwarner Member Posts: 3,793

I hate saying it because IMHO they’re the most fun to play as and against. But in the current game high speed, quick down killers are needed at anything above new ranks.

Comments

  • mcNuggets
    mcNuggets Member Posts: 766

    Stealth killers can be good, but their stealth is also a disadvantage, that's what makes them #########.

    If their stealth did only have minor disadvantages and is more of a advantage, then nothing would be wrong here.


    Give wraith COMPLETE invisibility for example.

  • johnmwarner
    johnmwarner Member Posts: 3,793

    Right, I feel a few tweaks or buffs would fix them but survivors would whine they’re OP.


    wraith invisible, pig slightly better crouch speed or keep the slow speed but make dash an instadown? Legion needs a lot of work.

  • BigBlackMori
    BigBlackMori Member Posts: 220

    Nah, i have been doing okay with my stealth Killers at high ranks, especially Mike; it's a different playstyle from the super speed chase style, but it can and does work if you actually bother to learn it. The problem is it's so difficult and takes so much more effort that most people would rather just play Nurse or Billy and zip around the map; that needs to be fixed. The game needs to be slowed down significantly with extra mandatory Survivor objectives to make stealth more viable and relevant on both sides; i'd play more Survivor if my only reward for remaining unseen wasn't getting to derank.

  • TrueKn1ghtmar3
    TrueKn1ghtmar3 Member Posts: 1,143

    Lol I only play surv to get points for my boss stealth killers (Freddy and wraith main)

  • DemonDaddy
    DemonDaddy Member Posts: 4,168

    I think stealth could be viable, but currently they add so many alerting feature for potato player as a balance factor. With killers designed to have noob accessible counters they sadly become jokes at higher ranks.

  • DBD_Pinhead
    DBD_Pinhead Member Posts: 763

    No terror radius Myers can wreck groups because you show up in their midst and watch them run around like roaches from the kitchen light. Wraith too when you fix the Bell with add ons.

  • MegMain98
    MegMain98 Member Posts: 2,922

    Depends on the killer. You could argue that Hag could be a stealth killer especially with Monitor and Abuse. Rusty Shackles? Spirit with Prayer Beads? One of the most overpowered and stupid builds in the game.

    Myers CAN be viable but I find his non-stealth builds like Vault Master Myers more viable than his stealth builds like Scratched Mirror Myers.

    Wraith isn’t very viable in red ranks. Sorry but no build is gonna make Wraith better than Myers.

    Do we even need to go into detail about Ghostface?

    Honestly the only two viable “stealth killers” are Hag and Spirit with specific add-ons or perks.

    It takes more effort to pull off a stealth build than playing a highly mobile killer like Nurse and simply destroying everyone.