I am struggling to play killer and need some advice

@DBDbuildsYT

I have me never feel bothered by the waiting times. Just use this time. Make in this time yourself a coffee. Take a chocolate on your table, read forums/newspages, watch something on your tv, or do work on your pc if you are on your pc.

I work very often on my pc. So I have always something to do, or to read about. As long as the waiting times are not directly a half hour, I wouldn't complain and I had never those waiting times, to the time were I had play the game.

Aka. just try to be chilled out.

What the pressure matters... Well playing killer is always playing against the clock, can't help you there, but maybe you can find fun in the chase of survivors and less for killing someone. That could take some steam off.

For me was the chase always more important as to have my 4x kills and it was mostly nice, far as I remember.

What the "clunky" playstyle of killers matters, -I bet many things are so clunky to give survivors an advantage. That is ok imo.

Well percieve it as a real game.. but (and I know this is going to sound counterintuitive at first but hear me out) don't stress!

Sometimes you yourself can be your own worst enemy and preconceived notions of failure can make you play worse and more prone to mistakes! Treat every match as something you will win no matter what.

Shadowborn/m and a can help with the fov somewhat

Watch perhaps some amazing killers play such as otzdrava/Scott jund. Both have great tutorials and great attitudes on the game.

Take a break, relax and breath every time you get stressed about a match however, even if the time to destress is you just making a coffee or getting water during lobby times. Hell I don't even look at lobbies anymore and that's helped me actually as I don't feel I have a need to prepare or feel like I'm going to get "bullied". I set up a build and wait for the match to start (I do check offerings in the escape menu at the start however.)

All in all do your best to just have fun with it, don't think of it as a competition, and think of other players as well just teammates working toward other goals ;)

Typically, I try a wide range of killers and try perk loadouts that work for them. Feel like too many ppl default to the same loadout on EVERY killer. Waiting for lobbys isnt a biggy, since I normally just watch youtube or chat on the forums on my 2nd monitor while waiting for the lobby to fill. Makes me laugh when I see ppl complaining about having to wait a whole 5 minutes.

As far as pallet looping goes, have you tried actually PLAYING the pallets? Or are you the type of person who breaks every pallet that gets thrown down? With the Springwood update, theyre making more pallets playable.

Well then maybe, it is the right time to take a break from being killer.

What ever you do in your free time, it should make fun. The only other solution would be to watch tutorial videos, as others said before, but if even that not helps, the only solution is sometimes to take a break.

After my experience, it mostly pays off and you are better in your next games, after you have taken a break.

you can fix some of those problems like the FOV with perks and slow camera movement in the options menu, also if youre on ps4 dont get scared because of a flashlight, ppl dont know how to use them right , also thinking itll be a bad match before the game even starts is on you really ps4 are pretty bad in my experience even in high ranks, unless ... you know swf

Well perhaps the way you might find it easier is if you don't think of them as other players? Think of them as very efficent ai's you don't need to go easy or play fun towards.

Also you don't have to follow any rule book ;) he'll go noed, franklins demise and all the other killer perks survivors hate and live it up!

I do understand the empathy that comes with playing a game as killer. Hell I try to play as fair and as nice as possible, but at the same time its not me or them. I am the killer and I make the rules as I am in the power role and so long as I'm using what's given to me (not exploits or bugs) I am being completely fair to them. There is nothing wrong with any "negative" ways to play killer except possibly face camp leatherface as that will lose you the match.

The best way to care less? You shouldn't want to care less, that's what makes you you! Caring about winning and losing and about being fair to the other side is just called be an empathic player. If anything I say just play as efficently as possible however. That doesn't mean put yourself into a sweat or anything, but it does mean you'll be less lenient on their mistakes. A survivor farms in front of you? Hook the the guy again and go after the farmer, it may feel unfun for the guy but you have to realise that it's not your fault and that there taking a gamble that you'll play "fair and kind" towards them.

My honest suggestion? Step away from the game for awhile.

This is a really underrated comment, I think the most fun I had as a killer a while back was playing as a doc and chasing a really good nea through some horrible jungle gyms. Sounds bad right? Not really, I was learning how a good survivor paths those loops and overall didn’t care about anything else. Sure 3 people escaped that match including the nea but I think I learned a lot, definitely got my shock daily and the nea and I were laughing about it at the end because we both thought it was a fun chase (important highlight, some non toxic survivors exist and can take a win with grace), I wasn’t really chasing her to absolutely catch her, I was chasing because I wanted to learn. Learning is the best way to see it or as others have said finding new goals.

I really get OPs thoughts sometimes though, I have the same mindset to playing killer right now, failure is not an option otherwise BM is going to happen, may make some think I play “sweaty” as my killer aggression goes through the roof when I get pressured (I.e. slug to regain pressure, take full advantage of SWF altruism/clustering of survivors etc) basically meaning there soon becomes at least 3 people preoccupied just with being slugged, injured or chased and gens slow to a complete stop, yes, this is good I guess, but is it chill or fun? Not at all. It’s most of the reason it’s hard to pick up the role, once I do start that first match it’s fine, before that it’s 100% putting it off.

I just don’t even go to exit gates if I have a really rough match anymore though, I spend the time breaking pallets, practicing huntress hatchets/bubba chainsaws etc, placing traps for points, can’t be Tbagged if you never show up and if they’re that dedicated to come to you, well that’s their misfortune. I’ve also had someone die to EGC because they wanted to taunt so bad, that was perfect.

Honestly in the same boat as you buddy, I’ve been lacking perks to deal with gens such as ruin or PGTW and even if I do have ruin it’s not worth running half the time because it spawns in the middle of corn next to a gen and is cleansed instantly. I try super hard as ghostface lately because of that fear of failure, honestly people rarely even get to the gates anymore even if I’m having what I consider a bad match.

I completely understand how you’re feeling, so much pressure to win, if you do you’re still irritated from panicking and if you don’t you feel terrible even if they didn’t 110% BM because it feels like you messed up hard. I get it, but the most refreshing thing after something like that for me is switching back to a killer I am really comfortable with, like Myers, and just not caring, I’ll still play to win as normal but feels like all that worry doesn’t exist anymore. Maybe you just need to find a level with a killer like that that really helps you cope/not care about winning. My advice is pretty much low level though because I am in near the exact same situation (except I play more survivor than killer to begin with, I’m finding it hard to get more invested in killer) but these are the two things that work for me, taking a break and learning a new killer/playing for a different goal/playing a new build I saw from a favourite streamer (mostly Otz, his builds are crazy) or switching to my demolition machine Myers.

All the best in finding what works for you though, let me know if you find something because I dream of not caring at all like some veterans do.

Turn the sensitivity to the max if you didn't already.

Don't dodge lobbies if you want to get better.

If you want to reach red ranks play more games and play to pip. That means hooking and not camping hooks. Be able to play with cool head, don't fall to baits and don't chase survivors into ridiculous loops with unviable killers. Learn to mindgame, it is really important.

I reached red ranks (played survivor for a while before that) as a killer really fast and I played Bubba, Myers, Legion and Spirit. Spirit is viable and you can do more with her than just being in the red ranks. You can win if you play well in most ridiculous of circumstances.

i too, get stressed when playing killer, not bad stress like the fun type that keeps me on my toes, cuz playing survivor doesn't make me anxious like killer does, which is ironic, playing survivor should make you anxious instead of playing killer, especially the fact that i don't main strong killers like spirit or nurse. anyways if you're really feeling uncomfortable playing killer just play survivor, maybe killer isn't for you or just wait until rank reset then play killer.

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@DBDbuildsYT

If you're keen on playing killer but dont feel good at it just find what you do enjoy doing as killer.

For example I love being stealthy and scaring survivors, keeping them on their toes. Scratch Mirror Myers on The Game or Lerys Institute is some of the most fun I've had in the game. Pig with Amandas Letter is also quite fun.

I also play on ps4 and have attempted to play the "viable" killers, to not much success. Knowing that Im not good with the best and only viable killers at high ranks has told me that I wont be successful there, So I find fun where I can. Even with that said I've managed to get to Rank 6, sweating occasionally but I am rather boosted.

I really enjoy making or using "meme" builds. Ambush-only Pig, the previously mentioned Scratch Mirror Myers, All-Hex Hag, I find really fun. Being sweaty can be satisfying if you win but it can be the worst feeling when you lose badly and get tbagged. I also find being sweaty and winning against people that are just bad to be almost as bad. So I mostly only sweat to try and get more bp to use on what i need for my fun builds.

Just try to find out what you enjoy doing as killer and focus on that.

Just have fun :) try different perk builds that will fit how you play.

Don't waste too much time running down that one survivor who is a pro at the chase. It's easy to get caught up in because you want to hook that little cockroach more than anything but the gens are popping while you're doing it. That's where I get into trouble anyway.