Legion needs love.
For someone who has been a Legion main since day one, I don’t think I’ve ever considered wanting to leave them behind for another Killer until Ghostface came out...Legion has too many flaws that have become visible to me now that time has passed. There’s a lot to discuss, so get ready...
Cooldown. Legion’s cooldown time is just...Abysmal. It’s insane. You could take a pallet stun headfirst without enduring and that would be more beneficial to get out of it rather than taking the time to actually get through the cooldown process. Now, before you say that you could waste time by taking the stun and kicking the pallet, there are perks that can easily make that ‘chore’ a quick sweep under the rug by simply bringing Enduring, Spirit Fury, and/or Brutal Strength. There should really be some sort of buff towards their cooldown or his cooldown add-ons.
Buttons. I’ve talked about them before and was told that it was not a priority on a live stream by the devs...Ok, that was fine, at least it was acknowledged, however...Ghostface was going to receive two add-on affects that would’ve done the same effects as the buttons, but were quickly removed because...Well, there’s literally a perk that does what those status effects were suppose to do. It would’ve been useless to have them as add-ons, so they were gone. But why keep Legion’s..? Not only does it waste their time by having to smack Survivors twice with Frenzy, but it’s also does not last long enough to be really beneficial. The buttons need to be reworked. They could be reworked into being what some of the mixtapes use to be, which is, increase movement speed or perhaps do something more unique for Legion, like increase vault speed!
Killer Instinct. Recently, Killer Instinct was changed to rid the Killers who had it, which were Legion and Ghostface, to no longer see the auras of Survivors, but rather, the strange Entity-web like visual over them. I shouldn’t have to explain how bad of a change this was to Legion on the Coldwind maps, and in chases in general. Not only does it make their eye-sight through corn with Killer Instinct on non-existent for Coldwind, but it no longer helps with the downside of getting kicked out of your ability if you miss a swing. The old Killer Instinct was fine the way it was, and no one, not a single soul had asked for it to be changed. I really think they should return it to the state it was.
Remember the saying 'save the best for last'? Well, we're here. Deep Wound. As it is right now, Deep Wound for Legion is so unbeneficial for them in it's current state, that it makes Freddy's dream-world look like the most broken ability in the game. Deep Wound has no downsides, besides the fact that you can not heal until it is taken off of you, similar to Broken, but can easily be removed by simply holding M1 in any area of the map and not need to worry, as being in the Killer's TR doesn't lower the timer until they're gone or their TR disappears. Not only that, but other Survivors can help get you out of Deep Wound quicker by healing you, something they can't do if you're Broken, if you're in Doctor's T3 madness, or you've contracted the plague from The Plague. This made Deep Wound a buff rather than a nerf, and helped perks like Borrow Time become amazing against killers. Status effects for Killers shouldn't be a BUFF for SURVIVORS. Deep Wound NEEDS to be reworked. It needs to be something Survivors DON'T want to have, rather than having it to help give them an advantage in situations such as getting hit by Legion's FF. Giving it downsides, such as MAYBE being able to see the aura of Survivors suffering from Deep Wound outside of a CHASE (not TR, a CHASE) could really make this effect more fearful, rather than child's play.
TL;DR
Legion needs reworked add-ons and reworked abilities. They aren't terrifying anymore and they are currently beneath Freddy before his rework is even out. They need love, care, and affection from the devs, or else they'll be the least played Killer in the game and become a joke to use in YouTube videos or meme threads. :(
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Also justice for suzie still being traumatised by her sounding like frank!! Its just making things more weird for me 🐷❤️
I really need to bite me here on my tongue to not make fun now about this :D. God knows, you are invaded by sjw's as soon as you do it :|.
I would feel really depressed, if I would play the Legion today, with in mind what has gone lost, but on the other hand I can be lucky... Don't like to know how a guy feels that buys the Legion because of the advertisment videos on youtube, or steam and then meets the reality.
A honest advertisement would be:
"The new killer is called "The Legion".
The raw cravings and impulses of adolescence are incredibly powerful.
You will be able to vault slower as every Survivor, including Jane (yes also her). Missing hits will stun you and as a third ability - look how even that drunken Ace Visconti runs away for you!
When teens get involved with an impulsive mastermind everything can happen!"
Poor newbie Legion's^^ :|
But, I let a link here to a offical Legion trailer, just so that we can remember the good old times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1C8_ASzSuM
But does he also need attention with that love?
@Darkskies 💜💜💜
Legion's kill rate was up since the nerf.
I wonder if DCs are counted as escapes, the avalanche of survivor DC's facing Legion prior to the rework would explain why the kill rate is up.
Id honestly love it if they just deleted legion and made a more visually creative and enjoyable killer.
@ItsYourBoyGuzma Some of us don’t want that though. The point of this post was to help revive Legion, not discuss the topic of having him deleted.
Idk, if I outplay survivors they tend to DC vs me as Legion...
@SunderMun It’s not really Legion’s fault that Survivors DC nowadays. That’s just due to the fact that Survivors will DC against anyone these days to keep their precious stuff without getting punished serverly at all yet for ruining other’s time.
#TriggeredFrankMain
Something else to update...
Legion wasn’t in the list of Killers who were 40% off. This kind of shows that BHVR knows no one currently wants Legion, because there’s no reason all Year 2 Killers should’ve be 40%, but Legion wasn’t. Something needs to be done about Legion. :(
Imo, they should not advertise the Legion, until the rework is undone.
If a new guy buys* this dlc, he will most likley be disappointed and more important he will not write it here in the forums.
Some poeple maybe think now "thank god" to that, but imo its important to know why people are disappointed. Its the only way for doing better, -next time.
*Of course that doesn't count for people that are acutal playing dbd. They know what they will get, but new players don't. They think, they get that fast and agile killer from the video and not that teen with grandma-speed what the Legion is in the current game.
@Talmeer
Unfortunately I was one of those "new guys" who bought the dlc. In fact this is the only dlc I bought so far. Legions design & ability sold it for me - too bad I didn't look up the forums first. The devs "fix" for Legion was extreme and quite disappointing to say the least.
I also love the proposed changes in this thread to get him back on track. Especially what @GrootDude said:
Shorten his cooldown
Old vault speed back
Make DW bar go down while doing a gen.
Lets hope something changes in the near future but looking at other killers that need a "hotfix" I doubt it.
@ItsYourBoyGuzma couldn't they just make the more visually creative and enjoyable killer anyway even without deleting legion?
What benefit does removing Legion have?
You are not alone, I have also read something similar from other people in the steam dbd forums, before I have left those forums and switch to the official ones. Don't like to know how many people now out there and have left dbd forever, because of this first impression.
But, multiplayer games have always their up and downs. We can hope that they make it undone. Sure... it will take time. Devs usually don't like doing this, not important about which game we are talking here, but in the end - many do it after they have listen to their community.