How to use Leatherface ability?

[Candyman]

Whenever I rev his chainsaw for a power attack, I swing and hit a survivor once I see him start holding the chainsaw above his head. But whenever I do that, the survivor gets knocked down and my chainsaw stalls. I figured it would put the survivor into the dying state, but they usually just get back up. Also, why does the chainsaw stall even if I landed the attack? I must be missing something

[Lune]

You could just m1 all the time

[Absinthe]

You just have to learn his breaking point from playing.
If you rev to like 70-80% and you hit them it will stall if you have no stamina perks.
You just have to play him enough to learn your limits.

[Aethrys]

I think you are successfully dealing extra damage with attacks like you're describing, but for the instant kill you need to be on the verge of overheating. I've only landed it twice and both times I actually got the stalled out message as the kill started.

[Rаndo]

If you immediately turn off the saw (Q) after the hit you can prevent it from stalling.

[Mmm]

How does exactly stalling work? How is it related to stamina? Feels like some hidden mechanics that randomly mess you.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Aethrys:

I think you are successfully dealing extra damage with attacks like you're describing, but for the instant kill you need to be on the verge of overheating. I've only landed it twice and both times I actually got the stalled out message as the kill started.

Is it Insta kill at the very edge no matter what? Like I could be running Scout which boost my MS but reduced my damage?

[LieutenantDevil]

Originally posted by Rando:

If you immediately turn off the saw (Q) after the hit you can prevent it from stalling.

Sounds like an exploit that needs to be patched, the rev attack is a high risk high reward strategy, if you can bypass that then it is an exploit.

[Gazzza]

Originally posted by Mmm:

How does exactly stalling work? How is it related to stamina? Feels like some hidden mechanics that randomly mess you.

I dont think stalling is tied to your actual stamina at all.

Think of the ability meter as a heat gauge. Your start at 50% and any swing you do will cost about 10%.
You rev to recharge it quicker but keep in mind if it hits 100% or 0% you will stall. So you gotta balance.

Rev'ing to the 80%-99% mark enables the speed boost and charged slash. This will do massive damage but will cost you 100% power. Hence why you stall after a hit. Upgrading stall resistance in the ability tree will make this charged attack only cost 90% to 70% depending how much you put into it. This allows you to do a followup hit after a charged attack if you rev'd to the sweet spot.

Stamina is seperate from this whole system and when empty it just slows your normal sprint and swings. (Not your chraged rev though I noticed)

Hope I explained that in an understandable way and it helps. :)

[Mmm]

Nice info about stall resistance, I was exactly thinking about it, like wft is 10%, from what stat.

[Mmm]

DBD messed my timing with Bubba, I often try to lunge and miss every time. Not a problem with other killers as you get close to button mash, but with Bubba every hit counts and I lunge it from a far and miss, especially when victims vault or squeeze, you "oh, thats a 100% hit" and then whiff.

[Rаndo]

Originally posted by LieutenantDevil:

Originally posted by Rando:

If you immediately turn off the saw (Q) after the hit you can prevent it from stalling.

Sounds like an exploit that needs to be patched, the rev attack is a high risk high reward strategy, if you can bypass that then it is an exploit.

It’s not that OP but it helps, you still have to rev 3 times and do the long animation.

And at the 2nd level you can just prevent it from overheating after a big hit altogether.

[Rilgar55]

I really dont get how stall works, i once was chasing a leland down the main road , hit him with the overhead attack and knocked him down (not recovery state) so i thought i was going to stall and he would scape but i didnt so i hit him again with a basic attack and executed him.

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Rando:

Originally posted by LieutenantDevil:

Sounds like an exploit that needs to be patched, the rev attack is a high risk high reward strategy, if you can bypass that then it is an exploit.

It’s not that OP but it helps, you still have to rev 3 times and do the long animation.

And at the 2nd level you can just prevent it from overheating after a big hit altogether.

What if you have that Lvl 3 skill where it's an instant rev?

[LieutenantDevil]

Originally posted by Rando:

Originally posted by LieutenantDevil:

Sounds like an exploit that needs to be patched, the rev attack is a high risk high reward strategy, if you can bypass that then it is an exploit.

It’s not that OP but it helps, you still have to rev 3 times and do the long animation.

And at the 2nd level you can just prevent it from overheating after a big hit altogether.

Not that OP? 3rd level, instant rev. Completely nullifies the few seconds you have to wait for your chainsaw to cooldown. Completely bypasses the mechanics of the rev ability. It's an EXPLOIT.

[Rаndo]

Originally posted by LieutenantDevil:

Originally posted by Rando:

It’s not that OP but it helps, you still have to rev 3 times and do the long animation.

And at the 2nd level you can just prevent it from overheating after a big hit altogether.

Not that OP? 3rd level, instant rev. Completely nullifies the few seconds you have to wait for your chainsaw to cooldown. Completely bypasses the mechanics of the rev ability. It's an EXPLOIT.

Bro you can just not stall at all if you also immediately stop revving and get the 20% level ability, that tip is for newbies.

Instant rev is kind of a meme since a good LF should never stall anyways.