Clown is the worst killer and needs buffs
The Clown is actually the worst killer but a lot of people overrate him.
His bottles do basically nothing that helps him in a chase. He can't mindgame pallets with them (only super unsave ones but you don't even need bottles for them anyway), and he still has to kick all the pallets. His bottles don't help him and survivors can always just run to another pallet.
His bottles fly way too slow, he gets slowed down while releasing his bottles, they only slow you down for -15% for 2 seconds and reloading takes ages and slows you down massively.
Hitting survivors directly with bottles doesn't do anything without the addon which is stupid.
He is really not good and can't counter loops because the slowdown is just not enough and against good survivors he is an actual joke. As mentioned earlier, he only can shut down unsave loops but you don't even need bottles for that in the first place. And he still CAN'T hit you most of the time, you still have to kick pallets and survivors can run to another save pallet. He can just force a quicker throw of the pallet or making survivors loop a bit less but considering the enormous amount of pallets and windows on maps it's just not enough and he can't down survivors fast enough to actually put out pressure.
Also, most of his addons are really bad. The purple ones don't really do much stuff, some of them are too similar and feel uninspired. Only pinkyfinger is somewhat good but it's hard to directly hit with bottles anyway and you have to be close to survivors and if you miss your bottle hit you have to spend ages reloading again.
Even the best streamers say he is trash and that's just the truth.
He needs a rework or a cube/buff to make him viable because right now he is laughable.
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I'd say Nurse, Billy, Spirit, Hag and Huntress are stronger.
But Leatherface, Pig, Freddy, Trapper, Wraith, Legion and Doctor all suffer far worse from what you describe than Clown does.
I play quite a lot of Clown, and I don't find him underpowered at all, actually, if I want to play a quick and easy game, I would pick Clown because if you just learn to nail the bottles, he could be good with certain addons. Of course, he's not the best killer, but he's definitely not the worst and doesn't need a buff, and if he does, only a slight buff or just an adjustment if anything.
As with any killer, unless you play that specific one often enough it can be challenging to find out the quirks of their power and use it to its full potential. Maybe you already have a lot of time on clown, but in my experience it just takes some time . . or a lot of time to get a killer down well.
clown is scarry AF, now they need to bring the AHS from freakshow skin.
Bad? probably.
Worst? LOOL.
Who is worse then? Freddy is actually decent if you play him well and super deadly once he kills someone. Pig got buffed a lot and her trap boxes actually are far away from each other and can waste a lot more than before. Leatherface still has a oneshot and can destroy pallets fast.
Who is really worse than clown? His bottles don't do much. Just a short -15% slow which is nothing. Play him yourself or watch streamers play him. Most people agree that he is trash and he needs to be better.
Are you sure about what you say? there is a reason if the whole community has been requesting freddy rework for about 1 year while few complain about the clown.
Poor freddy deserves some love.
DARN
There are some unintentionally funny comments on here:
'Clown is laughable' - Breaking news - man laughs at clown.
'He is well rounded' - so he likes a pie dont be mean to poor Kenneth...
'He is like a trapper with no traps'. Indeed. Also like a wraith that cant turn invisible and a nurse who cant teleport.
You don't solve his biggest issue (which is no map pressure) by reducing his speed..
"Worst killer" is a blanket statement. For instance, Freddy has nothing to help in the chase. He just tracks well. The clown at least has something that aids in the chase.
He's one of my favorite killers and probably one of the least add on reliant killers. I think one issue with him is that his add-ons don't bring that op factor especially his iridescent, if it was changed to just injure survivors on hit rather than make them exposed it would be better. I think if they fixed the bottle physics and some of his visual glitches he would be way stronger.