janeobviouslydoe
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Even with Memento Blades the throw rate doesn't reach the potential speed old Trickster had before and that throw rate feels necessary to account for the additional two lacerations, so I'm still not entirely sure why some think it is too strong. But from what I have seen the main issues with Memento Blades (outside the people who like it and want it basekit) is when it is in combination with Waiting For You Watch/other main event addons. So could the addon (or if made base) only apply to the throw rate outside of main event. That way people are able to still injure before a survivor makes a corner that they would've gotten the injure with old trickster, but the more frequent and addon affected main events aren't just oppressive shreds. As it stands running without Memento Blades and noticing the loops you would've injured on with the increasing throw rate + 6 lacerations just feels awful.
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Again, I am not as good a Trickster as some of the other posters here so take what I write with a grain of salt.
I spent a few matches testing the addons that were reworked or would be affected (as much as you can between having snowball fights with the survivors). Cut Thru U Single, Diamond Cufflinks, and Edge of Revival Album all feel weaker with the 2 additional lacerations. 0.5 charges just doesn't hold as much value when 8 is needed in total. Trick Blades, which was always my favourite, is just as good as before. Both Iris aren't for me, they're just kinda bland, but that's okay as the old iris wouldn't be balanced with the other buffs. I didn't test the various main event addons, there's just too many of them and it isn't really a part of his kit that I am too interested in.
I am also in agreement that Memento Blades aren't OP, in fact I think with them the throw rate is perfect so I'd rather they existed as an addon than not at all. I am just not the biggest fan of killers feeling like they need x addon to feel smooth. It feels like Trickster is in a similar boat as Knight (Map of the Realm), Twins (Toy Sword), and Larry (Soma Family Photo) where it just feels kinda rough/unpleasant without one specific addon. But hey, he has two addons I really like (Memento + Trick Blades), so I am still happy.
Edit: On ammo, I feel like the more frequent main event more than makes up for the slightly increased ammo consumption outside of it.
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Between the Memento Blades buff to 10% and the tweaks to basekit the other day, Trickster feels in a much better place. In chase he is fun to play and a threat, but the 2 additional lacerations needed gives survivors more of a counterplay. Playing against him, bodyblocking to protect someone with high laceration feels viable (tho maybe I just haven't come across any scarily good tricksters since). I feel addon wise new trickster isn't as fun or varied, which is understandable for the buffs he got. But I do miss the old iris as the new ones are kinda characterless. I am not the biggest fan of feeling like I have to run one addon (memento blades) to enjoy a killer/be viable, but the addon is very fun to use and feels more similar to the old trickster I enjoyed. Cut Thru Single feels weaker with the additional 2 lacerations, the number could've been compensated to match up with how many hits it now takes to injure. Overall in a much better place and I am glad you took the time to adjust after the initial buff didn't work out.
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I'll preface this by saying I am by no means a trickster main, just an occasional enjoyer. And this "buff" feels characterless and clunky. The combination of the reduced throw rate, sooner decay, and the increased laceration meter feels incredibly slow paced and quite bad in chase. The new addons are also uninteresting compared to their previous forms, especially Iri Photocard and Death Throes Compilation which both felt rewarding and with more character before the change. Overall, the nerfs definitely feel like they outweigh the buffs and he has very much lost his previous identity. He now just feels like another M1 killer with slight flavour and I would much rather the old 4.4m/s killer as he was.