Hillbilly Buff When?
I think one of the worst decisions made by BHVR was what they did with Hillbilly.
Not only were either side calling for nerfs to him but he was probably one of the most balanced killers in the game.
I'd call it a nerf but the poor boy had his hacky scakey removed.
If new survivors were the reason the simply apply code below to fix:
If NewSurvivor = Yes Then NoPlayHillBilly
Once this is applied survivors who have joined since the 'nerf' will actually get to see a scary killer
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Hillbilly does not need a Buff. He is still a strong Killer, even tho he needs more practice than other Killers which were released after him (including Nurse).
He can get some QoL-Improvements, but thats it.
Also, regarding "one of the most balanced Killers"... He was already called that back in 2017, where Killers REALLY struggled. And it got only easier for them, so at some point, "one of the most balanced Killers" is not "one of teh most balanced Killers" anymore.
Hillbilly was oppressive so he was nerfed, now he just feels bad to play.
bHVR needs to give billy a fun injection. deathslinger too
Behavior should really buff hillbilly, but they even removed him from the starting screen so he really got shafted.
I would enjoy a total rework to most of his add-ons, give him some cooldown add-ons (hit,miss), combine the 2 iris and make a new iri for lethality. Throw the overheated add-ons in the garbage, idk what is the purpose or idea behind those
And maybe increase his move speed while charging the chainsaw.
Hillbilly is solid, he just needs add-ons and some small QoL changes
Its sad what happened to Billy. His addons were problematic but there was no reason for Overheat to be added or all of his addons to get butchered. Overheat is just so unnecessary. No good Billy overheats when they don't want to but its still annoying that your momentum gets interrupted by it.
Currently he has like 4 good addons and another 2-3 okayish ones, and the rest is just useless... I would really have overheat gone for good and give him some more usefull addons... Sure his basekit didn't get touched that much, but even with his remaining addons he is now average or even below average... So like mid to low B or high C tier... And he used to be the 3rd best killer in the game which is kind of sad... And for the addons he used to have I think only Insta saw was an issue the other ones not so much... Billy is probably the hardest killer to master in the game, with blight as a 2nd, but nobody puts in the effort to learn him because there are better alternatives... And I find that really sad as playing against Billy is really fun...
To be more precise... Both engravings, Mothers helpers and lopro chains are good. Dad's Boots and spiked boots are somewhat good... People go both ways about tuned carburettor, some say it is a great addon others say it's complete trash... I myself tend to think it is terrible... His ultra rares are ok at best... and basically only work if you don't play billy to his best... and every other addon is just useless... overheat reduction: trash... Pighouse gloves: great it has only value while you're an m1 killer... survivors will most likely just take the m1 and make distance... why drop a pallet when he cannot use the chainsaw anyway? (unless you're injured) and so on...
(Black grease could be usefull but how often do you get blinded? even if you let yourself get blinded on purpose I don't think it is worth it... And leafy mash is really situational... 15 seconds is way too short... Either you're already close by when the person gets downed then you should be concious about the terror radius suddelny disappearing or you're so far away that he probably won't even reach you in time...In theory it could work with infectious... but I don't know how they interact and also you probably won't down people fast enough to get value out of infectious anway...)