Question for the Freddy mains.
I've been playing a bit of Freddy and really enjoying him. I was hoping some Freddy mains could share some advice. Any tactics you like to use and builds you run.
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Here is a wall of text guide on Reddit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/deadbydaylight/comments/92hxzi/how_to_wreck_with_the_power_of_darn_an_indepth
Other tips:
1. Self caring survivors are often better than dreaming survivors, especially when gens are nearby, learn transition mindgames and keep them hurt.
2. Don't commit to huge chases when you don't have to. If a survivor approaches one of those disgusting huge loops let him go, pull others in the dream world and come back later and catch him off guard and hit him, if he runs up to the loop again you simply let him go again for a little while or just bluff a retreat and down him.
If you have Insidious, break line of sight and stay nearby behind cover, surprise them when they leave or heal.
3. Analyse the pallet heavens (lots) and deadzones (few/none). Priotize catching any sleeping survivors in the dead zone.
4. The new surveillance is like gods gift for Freddy.
5. When someone unhooks in front of your face, hit the rescuer first. Maybe pull some others in the dreamworld to deny BT activation while keeping them busy. If there is a third then its sometimes better to let both run off hurt and go for the third while both are waking up and healing.
6. Your main addons will be Dresses, Claws and Range addons. The block addons will deny you the mindgames, they kinda suck.
7. For Freddy, the game is often a war of attrition. Bait pallet drops when pulling survivors into the dream world even if you don't intend to chase them yet. Once their items and pallets run dry they will start getting downed fast, especially when you use Bamboozle.
8. Most perks are good on him, but some favorites include Bamboozle, Pop goes the Weasel, Sloppy Butcher, Brutal Strength, Ruin, Make your Choice, Enduring, Spirit Fury, Nurses Calling, Surveillance and Insidious. You can use most of them in virtually any combination.
9. Stay unpredictable. Thats very important.
So everything Chester put up is everything you need to know really lol that transition guide is the most important thing imo. After seeing that video it made me think that Spirit is an improved version of Freddy because their power both uses mindgames but Spirit excels where Freddy fails, which is defense, Freddy has no defense.
Also, Freddy is eventually getting a rework so have fun with this while you can because no one knows what his rework is going to be, it can be completely different or just reworked of what he already has. But as of right now Freddy is the master of the ######### slap to the face, catching Survivors around corners with a slap
Basically everything @ChesterTheMolester said, you have many builds with different perks you can do on Freddy as well, so have fun!!!
As Freddy, you're one of the weakest killers in a chase but one of the strongest in tracking and stall. It's important that as you're learning Freddy to understand the core basics of a chase (learning to chase people that are pallet looping you) and how to mind game certain tiles of the map (manipulate the red stain, walking backwards, etc). Don't be scared to drop a chase with him if you're struggling to catch a survivor.
I run Sloppy Butcher, Bamboozle, Surveillance and BBQ&Chile. Though you could probably swap one of those out for Ruin or NOED if you want.