Question about Artists (The killer, not the people)

[cynical_pixie]

I've got a decent number of hours on Artist and would probably consider her my main. She's very strong if played correctly (Not Nurse or Blight levels of strong but definitely A tier at the very least). However, it's very rare that I actually play against an Artist when I'm playing as survivor, and a good chunk of them are just doing a daily. Is there a reason why Artist players are so uncommon, or do I just have weird matchmaking?

[Computer Vibes]

I don't get a lot of Artists either. I played as her once and it's not really a playstyle for me. Maybe the majority feels the same

[Probably afk tbh]

If I had to guess it's probably because while her power is good, it's not usually a play maker. Like most survivors will just W as soon as you setup at a loop so at least in my experience she's mostly just chasing a W survivor.

[WhisperyGem]

I just find her really slow to play. She feels like she moves slower, her crow summoning feels slow (especially when you are chasing someone and trying to close a loop).
Granted this might all be in my head but whenever I want to experiment with a new killer I usually skip her because I immediately think, oh no the slow one

[glythe]

Originally posted by chekovs_rifle:

I've got a decent number of hours on Artist and would probably consider her my main.

Is there a reason why Artist players are so uncommon, or do I just have weird matchmaking?

Are you wanting to meet someone who is an artist main? A friend of mine is very good and I could introduce you if you want to ask questions.

As for the rarity : most people had already learned blight/nurse by the time she came out and no offense but she is weaker than both of those killers. It probably didn't make sense for people to learn to play a weaker killer.

[cynical_pixie]

Originally posted by glythe:

Originally posted by chekovs_rifle:

I've got a decent number of hours on Artist and would probably consider her my main.

Is there a reason why Artist players are so uncommon, or do I just have weird matchmaking?

Are you wanting to meet someone who is an artist main? A friend of mine is very good and I could introduce you if you want to ask questions.

As for the rarity : most people had already learned blight/nurse by the time she came out and no offense but she is weaker than both of those killers. It probably didn't make sense for people to learn to play a weaker killer.

That makes a lot of sense, I joined the DBD community pretty recently so I always forget that Artist is one of the more recent killers. Thanks for all the responses, and I'd love to meet your friend! I could definitely use some tips for good builds lol

[miketheratguy]

When Artist first debuted a lot of people loved her and celebrated her as the first good, strong killer in a while. But then three things happened: 1, she was abandoned by the killer community like 75 percent of the other characters, 2, a lot of people determined that she's not fun to play as (I disagree, but whatevs) and 3, all survivors everywhere determined that she's the worst thing in the world to play against.

You never see her for the same reason you never see Pinhead or Plague, people either DC or just give up and refuse to complete objectives halfway through the 20 minute match.

[glythe]

Originally posted by chekovs_rifle:

That makes a lot of sense, I joined the DBD community pretty recently so I always forget that Artist is one of the more recent killers. Thanks for all the responses, and I'd love to meet your friend! I could definitely use some tips for good builds lol

Sending you a friend request, add me and I will give you his info.

Something else to consider is that largely speaking Artist is countered by Shift+W. Blight and Nurse are not.

[Visi]

Originally posted by glythe:

Originally posted by chekovs_rifle:

I've got a decent number of hours on Artist and would probably consider her my main.

Is there a reason why Artist players are so uncommon, or do I just have weird matchmaking?

As for the rarity : most people had already learned blight/nurse by the time she came out and no offense but she is weaker than both of those killers. It probably didn't make sense for people to learn to play a weaker killer.

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Nurse and Blight are the two strongest killers, so of course Artist is weaker than them; literally every other killer is. Yet, other killers that aren't Nurse/Blight are still more popular than Artist. Not every person just wants to play the strongest killers, but even then if that was the case, Artist is still top 5. Total nonsense answer.

[glythe]

Originally posted by Visi:

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Nurse and Blight are the two strongest killers, so of course Artist is weaker than them; literally every other killer is. Yet, other killers that aren't Nurse/Blight are still more popular than Artist. Not every person just wants to play the strongest killers, but even then if that was the case, Artist is still top 5. Total nonsense answer.

Artsit is not in the top 5 played killers. Also, as I said before she's beaten by shift w and that's not very fun to play.

[· Irongal]

I would say, in my opinion, people in general prefer to play a killer that has a power with a more direct approach. Maybe not easier to use but more straight forward. Like Nurse or Huntress.

Artist's style make her gameplay not to be seen that way.
　

[Jackerino]

I absolutely love playing her, but like a lot of other niche killers, like The Twins, it takes quite a lot of serious practice to get really good with her, and, as such, a lot of people just don't really put forward the work to get good as her, and there's nothing wrong with that, it's just a bummer, cause I would love to see more Artists.

For me personally, I started playing The Artist because I love pretty bird ladies and she reminds me of my girlfriend, then I stuck around because I absolutely loved her power and how much flexibility there was with it.

[skynd-sg]

I am glad that not more players are practising her (same with Hag). I feel the same level of "helplessness" against a really good artist as in comparison to a nurse. But the advantage - Carmina is a cutie.

Imagine some of the MOBA-players would play DbD with the artist, who are capable of bird-mikomanagement. That would be insane and would actually show her true potential.

[FurthestBen]

She takes time to get good at and requires quite a few hours to even get used to her.
She requires quite a lot of understanding about loops as well, so she's not very beginner friendly.

Also the sad truth. She's not very fun to play against good survivors who just hold W + shift.
She can also feel oppressive to play against as well. During a 3 survivor situation she can apply so much pressure that it feels impossible to even do gens.

So combine with, survivor hate, not fun to play vs high rated players and takes some time to play + longer to master is the reasons why she see's very little play.

[cynical_pixie]

Originally posted by Visi:

Originally posted by glythe:

As for the rarity : most people had already learned blight/nurse by the time she came out and no offense but she is weaker than both of those killers. It probably didn't make sense for people to learn to play a weaker killer.

That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Nurse and Blight are the two strongest killers, so of course Artist is weaker than them; literally every other killer is. Yet, other killers that aren't Nurse/Blight are still more popular than Artist. Not every person just wants to play the strongest killers, but even then if that was the case, Artist is still top 5. Total nonsense answer.

I think that in this case it wasn't just that people had already mastered a stronger killer, but more so that they had already mastered a killer who they just thought was more fun or mechanically easier to play as and learn (Ex: Huntress, Spirit, Ghostface, etc.). While I agree that Artist is extremely strong when played correctly, her play style can be a bit awkward for players who are trying to use her for the first time and hard to get used to, which might be a moderately sized contributor to her lower pick rate.

[Der Pirat]

Originally posted by chekovs_rifle:

I've got a decent number of hours on Artist and would probably consider her my main. She's very strong if played correctly (Not Nurse or Blight levels of strong but definitely A tier at the very least). However, it's very rare that I actually play against an Artist when I'm playing as survivor, and a good chunk of them are just doing a daily. Is there a reason why Artist players are so uncommon, or do I just have weird matchmaking?

For me she is "to hard / to frustrating" to learn and a certain level people some run away on the power usage.
Same reason I barely play billy because you need way to much game knowledge to be able to use your power successfully on most maps / loops.

While other killers are easier to use and have greater results (even if they are in theory weaker)

EDIT:

Also when I saw a video how visible she is on most loops because of her height it was a downer as well.