Why did they add such a boring killer (trickster)?

[[DC] Drewbie]

Playing against him is hopeless. I respect good blights and nurses they are fun and good killers. However this killer is just broken. Can shoot over normal pallet loops and just breaks the entire game if you ask me...

This is a bit of rage post, but I don't see how we can counter him.

[Terion]

First off, they did go with the k-pop culture wave which has a lot of fans. Im not that deep into K-pop but i like the concept and him adding screams of his victims to his music is way more interesting than some other killers lores in my opinion. Like hag just for example, she played around with curses, thats it. Im not saying its a bad concept but its more mainstream.

And you can use any high tiles he cant shoot over as cover, looping small loops to force him use his M1. If you are in distance run zigg zagg instead of stright forward and like with nurse try to break line of sight. Good tricksters land theyre shots no matter what. To get the deepest understanding how he is countered i recommend playing him if you have his DLC.

[erandomone]

It's like the hunter, too, but with a lot less notice that they're throwing. You need to run sooner rather than later, and keep that distance / objects between you.

[Anubis, un poderoso enemigo]

Most of the time you need to break line of sight against him, sometimes predrop pallets or things like that, he's just a weaker huntress, but I agree it's pretty boring to play against him (playing as trickster is also boring, it's my opinion please don't kill me).

Maybe you're playing against him like he's a normal m1 killer, but just play as him to see his weaknesses, like he really struggles in some tiles, main buldings or long tall loops, because in your regular short loop he will get you eventually, even if it takes him some time to do so.

[🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴]

i think trickster is an interesting idea but it wasn't fully realized. (like imagine if his special power would also set off fireworks at each generator and play unique music while having some kind of global effect that survivors have to endure). they missed the opportunity to actually have a cool killer and instead he's just an unfun/ineffective huntress at best.

[Hose in th House]

I'm not that familiar with modern K-Pop. However, the Asian influence on the international horror genre is long established, and the look and feel of this character immediately felt familiar to me.

Specifically, Trickster reminds me of horror movie villains from the wave of ultraviolent Asian movies that gain cult popularity around the globe in the early 2000s. For example, he may be inspired by Genesis, the rock n' roll glam killer who appears briefly in the Japanese movie Suicide Club, released in 2001. That movie even features music as a major theme throughout. Character bio here: https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Genesis_(Suicide_Club)

(Warning, video searches for this character are likely to turn up some extremely violent content. You've been warned.)

Trickster also has a non -superficial resemblance to Ichi the Killer, and to the protagonists for rock n roll zombie movie Wild Zero featuring rock band Guitar Wolf.

[Peuloom]

Trickster design is a joke.
Seems like a dumb copy of Huntress, but with a cheap edgy teen design.

[[DC] Drewbie]

Originally posted by Neccie:

Trickster design is a joke.
Seems like a dumb copy of Huntress, but with a cheap edgy teen design.

Huntress is very well designed if you ask me. Like how she hums and ♥♥♥♥.

[Terion]

Originally posted by DC Drewbie:

Like how she hums and ♥♥♥♥.

When steam cencorship makes it worse than it would be without cencorship XD

[lry]

Literally one of the easiest killer to deal with, it's entirely up to you if you die to him. There's a reason he's one of the lowest rated killers in tier lists, he's sitting at low B right now but that's even an exaggeration.

[Squawk!]

Originally posted by DC Drewbie:

Playing against him is hopeless. I respect good blights and nurses they are fun and good killers. However this killer is just broken. Can shoot over normal pallet loops and just breaks the entire game if you ask me...

This is a bit of rage post, but I don't see how we can counter him.

If you want to improve, you should have started with "How can I improve?" You should generally assume your skill is the problem, instead of just hate posting about how a killer is OP (tricker is nowhere NEAR op right nows).

Learn to crouch and learn to find the safe loops.

[The Spu]

Originally posted by lry:

Literally one of the easiest killer to deal with, it's entirely up to you if you die to him. There's a reason he's one of the lowest rated killers in tier lists, he's sitting at low B right now but that's even an exaggeration.

He's not the worst killer, but he's one of the worst ranged killers by a significant margin. Basically the same downsides as Huntress, being a 110% killer with a lullaby, but also less accurate and requires several knives to injure.. And can't really be done at long range like you see with really good huntress snipes.

[SparrowxCrypto yaoi]

I do agree with the others, when you play him, oh man, you realize his weaknesses really quick.

Break líne of sight, start running before he's standing next to you, or something (Sadly, he has a lullaby, you can hear him coming before you enter his terror radius, as if he nedeed it...)
Use the objecs to your favor to not give free hits, zigzag when running, never run in a straight line- hug walls, low and high ones to force him to M1 instead of throwing knives, predrop pallets your know he has to go through (throwing pallets right in front of him when he has knives Is giving him an easy down).
It takes like 6 or 8 knives to make you lose a health state, don't panic and get behind something to make the laceration go down, it goes away after a while if he doesn't land more hits to you and he will need to throw 8 more knives to you if the laceration disappears.
But yeah, someone who's really good with him won't show you his weaknesses, you're only gonna notice his strenghts, he's pretty oppresive in a 1v1. I love going against one

[Kenny]

I think you are just bad at planning a head and look around honestly. You should look at what loops you have no matter killer but it is even more important against killers with projectiles. Just check which loops exist that the trickster is bad against in your area and drag him over there.

[ShintyShinto]

my main problem with trickster is that he's just some random KPOP star. not fitting for a horror game. same thing with legion, random scrawny dude in a leather jacket or gamer girl blasting wannabe "metal" music and throwing temper tantrums. bit cringe if you ask me.

[miketheratguy]

Over on the official DBD forums Trickster was met with widespread criticism, not just for his design (it doesn't fit this game, I don't care what anybody says. There's nothing especially "scary" about some regular skinny dweeb who happens to dress garishly and makes tryhard K-Pop music with the screams of his victims in it. He's not a killer, he's a cartoon).

Now though it seems like many people have come forward claiming to love him, and it's obvious based on the number of cosmetics that BHVR does as well. To me and many others he's just a wacky attempt to get Asian audiences into the game with a name that has nothing to do with his lame powers that literally don't even work unless you're standing out in the open. And to make up for that BHVR decided to up his total number of knives from something like a dozen to ten thousand and equipped him with a "just look around and hold the autofire button, you'll eventually hit something" power.