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Don’t nerf Spirit!

Don’t nerf spirit. Instead make other killers viable. This will keep different killers at play at all times and prevent the overuse of others.

The problem should never be that a killer is good at killing survivors in game called “DEAD” by Daylight.

Everyone is always complaining on how Nurse is the only killer viable at high ranks and that they want to face different killers. Than maybe we should not nerf killers, but let more killers shine for diversity sakes.

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  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 13,671

    Yeah I sincerely think they need to be more focused on bringing a lot of the other killers up to par rather than worrying about any nerfs at the moment. The game would be a lot more enjoyable for both sides to see more variety of killers being played.

  • ProfessorDunwich
    ProfessorDunwich Member Posts: 1,514

    Given their track record they are going to nerf her into the ground to make her non-viable at high ranks, you know, like the overwhelming majority of killers.

  • PoisonN
    PoisonN Member Posts: 624

    Honestly, I agree that her add on Prayer Beads is bullshit and need some changes. But the killer Spirit is fine

  • arslaN
    arslaN Member Posts: 1,936

    Nurse being the only viable at red ranks is the biggest joke ever. Nurse, spirit, billy, hag, huntress, freddy are perfectly viable.

    Not nerfing a broken killer because they are tHe OnLy ViAbLe KiLlEr is stupid. Nurse and Spirit need nerfs, most other killers need buffs. Their only solution for weak killers is to constantly nerf survivors which did mostly nothing except make the strong killers even stronger.

  • ad19970
    ad19970 Member Posts: 6,425

    I wouldn't mind a small nerf to her sooner or later. Her counterplay right feels almost like it's 100% luck based, which isn't fun. Killers will all receive general buffs if map reworks end up being good, so that's another reason she might need a nerf soon. Just like Nurse and Hillbilly maybe. Especially if maps become smaller. Buffing the weaker killers by buffing all killers means they will need to nerf the top tier killers. Obviously they will profit from the map reworks much less than low tier killers, but still.

    That's why I hope they buff survivors stealth and juking potential a bit when reworking maps as well.

  • ProfessorDunwich
    ProfessorDunwich Member Posts: 1,514

    Only took them two years to buff Freddy. Seriously should have put 5 people in a room over a few days to hash out how he could be viable. Nope, two years.

    Legion is now worthless.

    Is there any killer went from garbage to good at high ranks? Other then Freddy, the answer is no.

  • Bravo0413
    Bravo0413 Member Posts: 3,647

    First buff solo survivor and then bring the other lower tier to the level of spirit and Billy... the game should bloom into something even more beautiful then it already is.

  • Bravo0413
    Bravo0413 Member Posts: 3,647
    edited October 2019

    It was actually confirmed (now this was awhile ago, like months ago) by a community manager that chagnges to spirit are not planned for now.

    So I am agreeing with you that the devs have been good with spirit...

  • NinoV1
    NinoV1 Member Posts: 382

    Nerfing spirit would not go down well at all, considering they’re already gonna nerf nurse.


    On the topic of buffing the ‘non viable’ killers I agree, all killers should have the ability to compete in red ranks.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,278

    Legion was never a good Killer. He was good at getting one person down, while taking ages for that and losing the game because of no Map Pressure.

    And more Killer are playable at Red Ranks than Nurse and Spirit.

  • ProfessorDunwich
    ProfessorDunwich Member Posts: 1,514

    Maybe 6 of them. Nurse, Spirit, Billy, Freddy, Huntress, Hag. That leaves 11 Killers who are not viable. That is downright poor game design.

  • MegsAreEvil
    MegsAreEvil Member Posts: 819

    Ehm. No. How about balancing All killers, which means nerfing those who are unfun/unfair to play against and to buff those who are not good to play? But i think thats too much asked for from you to understand.

  • Micheal_Myers
    Micheal_Myers Member Posts: 1,147

    Nerf? Unlikely.


    Touched after Nurse? Possibly.


    (Spirit had 13 Votes to get nerfed on my C.R.F. While Nurse and her addons had 26...)

  • ScorpioBlackOps
    ScorpioBlackOps Member Posts: 51

    Sounds like the closed minded person is you. No real feedback, but I guess that’s too much to ask from you to understand. :)

  • xChrisx
    xChrisx Member Posts: 917

    Spirit is fine. They need to git gud

  • justarandy
    justarandy Member Posts: 1,711

    I don't think people are complaining about spirit being to strong. I think most complain about her design, the way how her m2 works and how it becomes a guessing game.

    Same with old Legion. He wasn't strong, nowhere near top tier. But people hated his m2. They wanted a CHANGE or REWORK and NOT a nerf. And I think same applies to spirit. At least that's what I want: a change to her power. Not a nerf, she can stay 2nd best killer in the game I don't mind.

    I don't even mind versing Nurse, and she is the strongest.

  • FireHazard
    FireHazard Member Posts: 7,314

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  • Faceless
    Faceless Member Posts: 121

    This game is killer sided asf and dudes complaining about the majority killers are ''weak''


    lmao???

    U kidding me

  • Mister_Holdout
    Mister_Holdout Member Posts: 3,144

    As a red rank survivor, I would much rather face a Nurse than a Spirit.

    At least with Nurse, you can break line of sight and mind game her. You'll eventually get hit if the Nurse is good, but I can counter her to an extent.

    Spirit is just Zzzzzzzzzzzz.... snoresville.... wake me up when the match is over boring.

    I'm serious about Spirit.

  • jordirex
    jordirex Member Posts: 204

    Do It Devs, she is way too strong for the low skill ceiling she needs to be that effective.

    Simply dumb.

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,020

    The only thing that is an issue with spirit is prayer beads, that is a VR add-on that literally removes the one counter that is important with phasing, the vacuum.


    I don't wanna use spine chill when I have a chance of facing spirit

  • dracaves
    dracaves Unconfirmed, Member Posts: 1

    At least 11 out of the 17 are playable at red rank if you aren’t #########. I mean somehow everyone is forgetting that the plague exists and that’s she’s pretty broken, i’ve been playing both killer and survivor since release so please say something stupid like, “you’re just one of those salty survivors” because the only way i get annoyed playing survivor is bs hits, for example i’ve been hit from the shack window whilst on a gen against ghost face and the broken huntress hitboxes that every notices. When ever i’m playing killer and ######### like this happens i always give a round 2 or leave them on the floor as it’s just not fair. With the spirit discussion she’s unfair because as soon as she hits you she can faze and using her stupidly insane speed can catch up to you almost instantaneously, on top of that the only known counter to he takes up a perk slot which can change how you play drastically. If you’ve played against even a semi-decent spirit with stbfl fully stacked up you’d know why she’s unfair. I get it each side is supposed to have advantages but with something like this the only advantage survivors seem to have is flashlights which no one really uses anymore. at the start of this game survivors were broken but now everyone’s using that as an excuse to make killers broken it’s just hypocrites moaning to try and get their way.

  • TheRealHansGruber
    TheRealHansGruber Member Posts: 204

    Spirit is fundamentally flawed tho, i love playing as her because its so easy to get 4k, but i hate playing against her for the same reason. She doesnt need to be nerfed per say, but prayer beads need to be removed