How to Fix Legion (making him Fun)
So as a lot of players of dbd may know legion is the latest killer to the game and is widely considered by most as a weak killer, the devs have stated they wanted to make a killer who was fun to play, and for the first 10 games this killer is fun, however as a rank 1 player for the last few seasons, myself and alot of other good players see his problems. I'm not going to say that legion needs buffs or nerfs however I want to highlight his slight design flaw. The legion offers an interesting problem of being a killer BHVR can neither buff or nerf due to his unique power. Similar to the nurse legion ignores the mechanics of the game, however unlike the nurse legion is easy to pick up and play by any new player. I have some changes to his power that I've discussed with other high tier players/streamers. These changes are minor and would just allow legion to actually be looped as per a usual killer while keeping his identity intact and perhaps making him a mid-tier killer.
Give legion a minor drawback, by this I mean, for example, when vaulting a pallet there is no reason for the legion to not have a small slow to give the survivor time to gain some distance, this inherently main seems like a nerf to a weak killer to newer players, however making this change opens legion up to buffs in other areas.
Bleed out timers should not go down whilst in the killers terror radius, this change is needed as most legion players will simply walk backwards until you fall to the ground, as a killer main this is not fun, and as someone who also plays survivor alo,t being on the receiving end of this is boring, while people may argue this is "Strategy" it is simply unfun for both parties
Buff legion, I know there are incoming tweaks to legion that will make him more powerful, however if the above changes (or something similar to add a drawback) are not implemented, the devs will have a new case of nurse on there hands one that simply cannot be countered, the nurse can be looped, given a good nurse is no fun to play against, but a bad nurse or even an average nurse can be run around, legion will down you no matter what, these changes I Believe will put him in a state where the devs will have more freedom in buffing him and fitting him into the game.
Comments
I mostly agree with you! Also i think, that perks like NOED/Rancor etc. should work on his Frenzy as a 2 Hit mechanic! Yes, he will hit you nearly every time two times (But there is counterplay, like vs every other killer pallets work, yes he can vault them but it also cancels out his frenzy, if he gets stunned!), its the same for every other killer and they only need to hit you once! Also he will suffer from his fatigue after one down (since he hits a bleeding target), so he cant chain this ability to other survs instantly.
Coming to your points 1. There is great counterplay already, just jump forth an back until he hits you a second time in frenzy and then run for your life, he will fatigue AND he has to break the pallet (110% baseMS aswell).
2. I 100% agree here! Though i think, the bleedout timer should still go down in THE LEGIONS Terrorradius after the Chase has been broken. As soon as the Chase starts again it should stop under the same conditions. (Person is out of the Terrorradius + Chase. )
3. I 100% agree here aswell, maybe dont make him as much unfun to face as nurse, so he actually hits mid - lower high tier.
Lets see how the devs will handle THE LEGION, i have the feeling though, that they will do great in DBD sooner or later!