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Deathslinger = Free monitor?

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Been messing around as/against Deathslinger a lot since he came out. Something's weird from the survivor's POV in my opinion tho.

I don't know if all the deathslingers I've gone against used monitor & abuse or if his terror radius just starts really late/doesn't let you pinpoint how close he really is quite right until it's too late and the chase music begins.

Don't really see this happen with other 24m killers, I wonder what's up with that?

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  • Mert_MK Mert_MK

    Noticed the same. Idk if it's intended or not but that makes him unfun to play against imo.

  • TWiXT TWiXT

    Pros and cons of Deathslinger.

    Pros:

    Has a ranged weapon

    Has a 24m TR

    Can Pull survivors out of advantageous spots and loops

    Has add-ons to help him secure a hit via lowering his TR, Reloading faster

    Quick draw and firing of his weapon


    Cons:

    Towering height comparable to Plague

    4.4ms (110%) Movement Speed

    Limited 18m range for weapon

    Weapon cannot down with ranged attack, Survivors must be reeled in first for the strike

    Weapon inflicts Deep Wound Status Effect and Timer upon Chain breaking

    Chain break stuns Deathslinger for 4 seconds

    Loud Foot Stomps

    Loud Weapon giving global noise notification, and Scares crows within his TR giving survivors visible confirmation of his whereabouts


    Conclusion:

    The reason his TR is small, and his music is subtle is that, Unlike Huntress, His weapon has a lot of drawbacks in damage and especially in its limited range. Add in the Fact that he's crazy tall, Moves at the same speed as Huntress, and has global Audio notifications for when he's using his weapon, and what you get is a killer that clearly wouldn't be able to get close enough to survivors at all if his TR and Music were at the standard size of 32m, or loudness of Demogorgon's, Oni's or Doctor's. An example of another killer with a Limited ranged attack that benefits more when their TR is lowered to 24m by M&A: Plague. Like Plague, he moves slower while charging/aiming down the sights, Unlike Plague however, Deathslinger is still limited by his slower than average movement speed, and only gets one precision shot before he has to spend even more time slowing down to reel in and strike a survivor, or reload. His Semi-Stealth approach is necessary for his power to be useful, otherwise every time survivors heard him coming, they'd locate him immediately due to his size, and stealth or run away. As it stands currently, Large and open maps like Disturbed ward, Blood Lodge, Ironworks of misery, and the Red forest maps are his bane as they allow survivors ample viewing distance of him with little to no LoS blockers, and he can't traverse them fast enough to apply adequate gen pressure.

    His TR and Music are intentionally made small and quieter so that he can actually get close enough to be a threat, otherwise he literally would be the worst/most easy to avoid killer in the game with a laughably worthless ability.

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