Spine Chill is OP against The Shape
The Shape could use some quality of life changes in my opinion since he hasn't really been changed that much since 2016.
My suggestions can be found here: https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/233578/would-you-support-these-updates-changes-to-the-shapes-power-and-add-ons#latest
Out of all the Killers, he does not have any "special mechanics". He has to rely on his small terror radius to stalk survivors and sneak up on them. More often than not, grabbing a survivor off generators will fail on outdoor maps or if a survivor let's go of a generator at the same time they are grabbed the tie almost always goes to the survivor.
In almost every game I play (90% of matches I play are in Red Ranks) survivors use Spine Chill. This negates the only benefit The Shape has (small terror radius) making him a very weak and manageable Killer to outmaneuver.
My suggestion: Either
1) Add a clause to Spine Chill so that it only works on Killers with the "Undetectable" status effect. This change would still allow the perk to serve its purpose against Killers that have no terror radius (0m) or have gained the "Undetectable" status effect through a perk but not punish Killers that have a naturally small terror radius or have reduced their terror radius by means of another perk (as long as the terror radius is greater than 0, i.e. not "Undetectable").
2) Add a clause to The Shape's power that prevents detection perks from alerting survivors while he is actively stalking (using his power). The Shape is already slowed down while stalking and cannot immediately attack/interrupt after letting go of the stalk button so survivors will still be able to react once The Shape stops actively stalking.
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