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Why are killers expected to have skill but not survivors?

Dizzy1096 Dizzy1096
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I keep noticing people say Spirit takes no skill, Freddy takes no skill, Pyramid takes no skill etc etc and they say these killers need nerfs to become skill based.

Yet there exists within the game many things on the survivor side which take no skill whatsoever and that's apparently not a problem? take for example a map like Lerys, you can literally just hold forwards and mash space bar a few times to waste minutes of a killers time. This map isn't alone there exists a number of maps similar like meat plant or midwich for example, or areas of maps which can waste minutes of time with no skill required. Add in a few crutches like dead hard or sprint burst and the amount of skill required sinks even lower.

Is it because the people balancing the game focus too much on statistics instead of the experience? do they spend more time in excel than in the game? or is this just part of the survivor side priveledge, where the game has to be created in such a way that the majority find it fun at the expense of the minority?

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  • ManWithALemon ManWithALemon

    @Shoottokill_Shinsou said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2020594#Comment_2020594

    Game mechanics allow them to be efficient. If they do this, they win. However, most survivors aren't good enough or coordinated enough to maximize efficiency. So, yes, they are better. Killers can still win against tournament squads. The killer just has to outskill the survivors, and maximize efficiency on their end.

    Maybe, if you're playing Nurse, Spirit, Blight, etc. But as most Killers outskilling the Survivors won't matter because you'll just get outperked, out-pallet camped, out-w keyed, and out-second chanced.

  • zacattak48 zacattak48

    @Koukdw said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2018909#Comment_2018909

    If you follow a single survivor for minutes you belong in yellow rank. It's also highly probable that killer doing this lack proper looping techniques which make it possible for the survivor to loop for a long time.

    Is it a bad play for a killer to focus one good survivor? Yes very, but that doesnt change the fact survivor can waste a killers time by minutes. Survivors are stronger than killer. Say the team has 4 expert survivors vs 1 expert killer. Odds are the survivors win.

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