Killer Tier List

FuelSauce said:

Pretty accurate, I'd say Hag is above Nurse and Hillbilly, but then again, your experiences. She isn't the easiest at rank 1.

YamiTheFurry said:

I was curious what some of you guys were thinking for a tier list, Im a rank 1 killer and I was able to come up with this from personal experience.
1.Nurse
2.HillBilly
3.Huntress
4.Myers/Hag
5.Trapper/Doctor
6.Clown
7.LF
8.Pig
9.Wraith
10.Freddy

Id say it goes
Nurse
Billy
Huntress
Hag
Doc
Myers
Clown
Trapper
Pig
Leatherface
Wraith
Freddy

If someone would be so kind as to explain what the "tier system" is measuring here. Skill curve (hard, or easy), effectiveness, preference....what's going on?

Thank you in advance to any and all who can shed some light on it for me.

My current tier list (possibly unpopular) for rank 1 competitive play :

1. Nurse
2. Billy/Hag
3. Huntress
4. Doctor
5. Myers
6. Clown
7. Pig
8. Trapper
9. LF
10. Wraith
11. Freddy

@weirdkid5

Thank you so very much for the in depth explanation.

IMO: Dr. is #1.

@weirdkid5 said:

@FSB75 said:
@weirdkid5

Thank you so very much for the in depth explanation.

IMO: Dr. is #1.

Doctor is midtier honestly. He's good, but at high rank you really see his shortcomings against good survivors. You can definitely be successful at high rank as Doctor, just like you can with Wraith.

The odds are just stacked against you. Doctor is really good with the right addons and perks, but imo that's also what makes him midtier. Without perks or addons he's completely garbage, whereas Hillbilly can still dominate.

I like Doctor though and he's one of my mains. I enjoy playing as him and it makes it reasonably more challenging. Doctor is weird because he can either be weak as hell or OP as ######### depending on his build.

That's also the thing, tier lists try to be as objective as possible. In fighting games you take every character and pit them 10 matches against every other character, and the characters that happen to win more often are higher on tier lists. But perhaps you know a trick no one else does that can put you higher on that tier list.

At the end of the day, tiers are a recommendation. Play who you want and who you are good with regardless of their position on a tier list.

Here comes the forum suicide post:

On my Dr. I play gens, not survivors., for that, I'm hated. It's not intentional, it's just MY play style. Trials can last, and usually do, over 30 minutes. Unless the gens are in a football field (which does happen), it's almost a guaranteed 3 kill. Preying on the lack of survivor patience, often times, survivors come to me, just to kill them, just to end it all. Only I know I'm being honest, but it is not my intention to frustrate survivors to that point, for the sake of itself. At the end of the trail, myself and all survivors have well over 20K BP, typically a 3 or 4 Iridescent emblems. I STILL don't understand why survivors get angry (when they do) ending with 20+k BP.

I'm THAT killer. My start is, unfortunately, too dependent on the RNG for gen placement (as my Son pointed out to me).....but, the fact that Shock Therapy negates all obstacles, madness prevents all actions, illusions give away positions, and perks work against progress....with the right gen placement, there is no hope for survivors.

High Stimulus Electrode - increased range of ST. Goes through walls, pallets, and obstacles on the map.
Iridescent King - Multitude of effects making gen repair distressing.

Distressing - Increases terror radius
Unnerving Presence - 10% increase skill check
Overcharge - 5% gen regression for failed first time skill checks (Madness II makes this fun)
Lightborn - At higher ranks, if I do decide to hook, survivors are really good with flashlights.

Mobility enjoyed by Billy and the Nurse is nice...unless you don't need it because the survivors are rarely out of reach. With my build, survivors are forced to come to me. I've watched 3 (and even 4) piston gens get reduced to nothing because survivors don't understand that with overcharge, 3 survivors working on a gen only increased the odds of an "overcharged" skill check dding to the regression rate.

To me, it's a lot of fun. Typical patterns emerge though. First all survivors attempt to rush one gen, then they attempt to split between either 2 or 3 gens, then they start offering up a survivor for me to hook (which I don't. I just slug, can't spare the time)....I mean, honestly, this post is about the worst thing I could do right now. It's not like I want to call attention to situations where survivors are completely helpless. Bottom line, it changes the entire game. Rather than being a hapless killer, waiting on survivors to make a mistake....it is the killer that has to be perfect. If I chase a survivor too far, if I forget to kick a gen, if I'm not in range to interrupt with Shock Therapy.....any mistake on my part is success for survivors, with NO back up like NED.

This is why I pick the Dr. for #1. With the right gen placement, survivors don't have a chance.

@Jack11803 said:

@weirdkid5 said:
@FSB75 a gen stopper Doc build is always disgusting. But you underestimate players like myself. I'm not tooting my own horn without good reason. I'd actually like to face your Doc in a standard match sometime.

Yeah, me too...maybe. Of course he got the obligatory downvote as well lol.

Gave you the vote up just because there's no hard feelings and I take the high road.

Man, love the challenge though. Again.....it's all about gen placement. My Dr. build allows for plenty of survivor escapes.....but, honestly, usually no more than 2 at a time. LOL

F I N G E R G U N S

*edited as I was put in my place

@FuelSauce said:
Pretty accurate, I'd say Hag is above Nurse and Hillbilly, but then again, your experiences. She isn't the easiest at rank 1.

Yeah with all my times at rank 1, I'd think hag is just barely above wraith imo

@Well_Placed_HexTotem said:
1. Good Nurse
2. Billy
3. Good Huntress
4. Myers
5. Doc
6. Hag
7. Leather Face
8. Trapper
9. Pig
10. Average Huntress
11. Wraith
12. Fred
13. Average Nurse 

To me there is such a wide gap between killers who use Nurse/Huntress and know what they are doing versus those who don’t, that they require separate rankings. Yeah, a good Nurse is the scariest killer there is. But most of them are not good.

I didn’t play enough PTB to get a solid rank for Bozo.

I don't think the average Nurse is as bad as you think they are. Even a mediocre Nurse who misses half her attacks is still more threatening than at least half the killers in the game.

Personal without ANY ADD ONS

Nurse
Hillbilly
Micheal
Huntress
Clown
Doctor
Pig
Leatherface
Hag
Trapper
Wraith
Freddy

Soren said:

The one from Croquedead ^.^ Most accurate for me, and he did explain why in details.

1. Nurse
2. Hillbilly
3. Michael Myers
4. Huntress
5. Clown
6. Doctor
7. Pig
8. Spirit
9. Hag
10. Trapper
11. Leatherface
12. Wraith
13. Freddy

Top three are easily the most powerful with their best add-ons.

someone else who puts trapper high on his list :O
I AM NOT ALONE!
(i dont rly understand why he is so low on so many lists... he can be very strong if played right)

weirdkid5 said:

1. Nurse
2. Hillbilly
3. Huntress
######### tier: everyone else