Who are the essential characters to prestige on both sides?
Hello everyone,
so, with the new prestige system I reckoned that we would have a pretty clearcut opinon on which characters, be they survivors or killers, someone should give priority, but I couldn't really find any posts about the matter.
In the few weeks prior to the big update everyone was in a mad rush to prestige as many characters as possible, myself included. I managed to get nearly all killers done but two and am working now on this ones, just to get every perk unlocked on every killer.
But now that the dust settled and this golden opportunity is gone, which characters on both sides would you advise to prestige first, as their perks are that useful?
On the killers side, Trapper and Billy offer some very good baseline perks that are useful on a lot of builds, ie Agitation, Brutal Strength and Enduring. Tinkerer is also very useful on any mobility killer and Lightborn, while never meta, has a tendency to tilt those players who overtly rely on flashlights.
On the non-licended killers I think that Plague should go next, as all her perks are highly useful and she offers the Corrupt Intervention, which a lot of setup or M1 killers relied on in the past, but her Infectious Fright also sees use in lots of builds. After her I think that either Spirit, Artist or Dredge offer some good variets; Artist for the quite important Scourge: PainRes, that is one of the most meta killer perks, even after it lost its detection part after the patch, Spirit for her Haunted Grounds and Spirit Fury, which can offer a lot of usage to quite some builds, but also Rancor can now, that BBQ no longer reigns supreme, shine as a info perk that gives steady value throughout the trial. Dredges Darkness Revealed is another superb detection tool, especially on every other killer then Dredge, which survivors often have a hard time to figure out is in play. Dissolution is also fun to use as an alternative to Spirit Fury and Septic Touch was used for a short time as a sorta counter to DH, but isn't as needed in the new uncertain meta.
On the licenced killers I would opt for Pinhead and Onryou. Pinhead easily brings two very meta perks to the table, ie Plaything and Deadlock, and also Scourge: Gift of Pain got recently buffed in a way that it is now highly useful, especially when paired with another Scourge Hook. the Onryou brings a mixed bag of goodies to the table; her Scourge Hook offers some interesting survivor detection, but its sometimes easily missed when you are in the mids of the action. Call of Brine is probably the only gen kicking perk that offers any value (and could be paired with the Doctors Overcharge, even though that combo was nerfed) and Merciless Storm offers a protection net to nearly done gens that often catches survivors off guard and in the later game will lead to some pretty risky last second repairs.
So, for killers I would opt: Trapper -> Billy -> Plague -> Pinhead -> Artist -> Dredge -> Onryou -> Spirit. Of course, a lot of the other killers also offer good perks, but this ones here are a good starter for any aspiring killer main, I would say.
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Wraith, Billy, Trapper and Clown for me.
Mikeale, Zarina, Bill, Meg probably.