Skull Merchant Rework

[Voidster]

I main SM (yeah ik kill me), and i'm sick of getting stuck in 3 gen scenarios just because I want to get the win. I run mostly chase builds but so many teams just genrush at the start and lock themselves in a 3 gen war with me. She's a good chase killer but at the end of the day she's still just an m1 killer. Why would I leave the gens to go chase 1 person who IK is baiting me so their team can finish the last gen?

Unlike most, I love her design, the lore is messy and could be cleaned up, but I feel as though she could do so much more considering her background. She mauls through people who aren't expecting her to be chase heavy, but some matches i've to 3 gen against a swf. It get exhausting but i'll still stick with this killer unless Predator looks promising.

Please BHVR! Rework her! Killer and Survivor Mains WANT IT!

Edit: They should change her name to The Salt Merchant, cuz just existing pisses people off lol

[asyashi]

the simple solution is play a different killer.

skull merchant is by far the most one dimensional killer in the game, her entire kit is geared towards generator defence and her best option for any given point is to defend the gens. the drones constantly tell her exactly which gens need defending at any given point.

if you main her you will get burned out fast because you are doing the same thing over and over without learning, improving or making any meaningful decisions

im not sure why you say you love her design but hate gen defence, because her design is gen defence through and through.

[Mosh Mellow]

引用自 asyashi：

the simple solution is play a different killer.

skull merchant is by far the most one dimensional killer in the game

Wraith would like a word with you.

[mcnichoj]

Don't play like a bum then?

[State Line Crosser]

I think the only option is to make drones an active component of the power. I haven't put much thought into how that would work though. Probably have them latch onto detected survivors. Getting in range of a second would incur a damage state. Or maybe make it similar to pig where they have to go and defuse their trap or take damage.

Also toyed with the idea of reusing singularity's camera mechanic for a manual damage mode.

[San Dark Sun]

keep playing that killer and i'll give you a free win

[Voidster]

引用自 asyashi：

the simple solution is play a different killer.

skull merchant is by far the most one dimensional killer in the game, her entire kit is geared towards generator defence and her best option for any given point is to defend the gens. the drones constantly tell her exactly which gens need defending at any given point.

if you main her you will get burned out fast because you are doing the same thing over and over without learning, improving or making any meaningful decisions

im not sure why you say you love her design but hate gen defence, because her design is gen defence through and through.

Nah she shuts down loops and her add ons that cause hinder and give me more haste work incredibly well at catch up. I mean her design as in character lol I just want Predator

[Voidster]

引用自 mcnichoj：

Don't play like a bum then? :balloonicorn:

Lol survivors force me into 3 gens. I prefer her as a chase/anti-loop killer. Believe me, she's one of the strongest m1 killers in the game.

[Voidster]

引用自 State Line Crosser：

I think the only option is to make drones an active component of the power. I haven't put much thought into how that would work though. Probably have them latch onto detected survivors. Getting in range of a second would incur a damage state. Or maybe make it similar to pig where they have to go and defuse their trap or take damage.

Also toyed with the idea of reusing singularity's camera mechanic for a manual damage mode.

Not bad ideas; I wouldn't mind if the drones could spot survivors and make a beam line to their general proximity. Thanks for the productive comment instead of butthurt about SM haha

[Voidster]

引用自 Son Dark Sun：

keep playing that killer and i'll give you a free win

That's okay. Many already have. It's funny cause she's not even that strong but people are weak quitters

[Ancano]

SM is a time wasting killer, its not fun to win or lose against her honestly.

[San Dark Sun]

引用自 CosmicEyes：

引用自 Son Dark Sun：

keep playing that killer and i'll give you a free win

That's okay. Many already have. It's funny cause she's not even that strong but people are weak quitters

So, she is not strong vs soloq team ?

Because yesterday for a long time, I got this killer. She took an offering map "Dead Saloon" and slowdown perks.
What is the chance of winning if she camps in the corner 3 generators ?
And how long can a match last?

I'm glad I closed the rift and I won't play DBD until Halloween. bcs this killer exist

for me, only toxic people play this killer, because they know how most feel about this style.

BHVR top priority to release another skin for her and not change her power.
This is funny and sad

[Voidster]

引用自 Son Dark Sun：

引用自 CosmicEyes：

That's okay. Many already have. It's funny cause she's not even that strong but people are weak quitters

So, she is not strong vs soloq team ?

Because yesterday for a long time, I got this killer. She took an offering map "Dead Saloon" and slowdown perks.
What is the chance of winning if she camps in the corner 3 generators ?
And how long can a match last?

I'm glad I closed the rift and I won't play DBD until Halloween. bcs this killer exist

for me, only toxic people play this killer, because they know how most feel about this style.

BHVR top priority to release another skin for her and not change her power.
This is funny and sad

Well if u play that way yes. I only do that to toxic 4 man swfs. But soloq is a piece of cake. No need to camp anything.

So I can't enjoy a killer for the sake of the killer? There's no malicious intentions from here, but i'd bet there are from other SMs. I just think she's a cool killer; what do u want from me?

[Blecis74]

引用自 CosmicEyes：

I main SM (yeah ik kill me), and i'm sick of getting stuck in 3 gen scenarios just because I want to get the win. I run mostly chase builds but so many teams just genrush at the start and lock themselves in a 3 gen war with me. She's a good chase killer but at the end of the day she's still just an m1 killer. Why would I leave the gens to go chase 1 person who IK is baiting me so their team can finish the last gen?

Unlike most, I love her design, the lore is messy and could be cleaned up, but I feel as though she could do so much more considering her background. She mauls through people who aren't expecting her to be chase heavy, but some matches i've to 3 gen against a swf. It get exhausting but i'll still stick with this killer unless Predator looks promising.

Please BHVR! Rework her! Killer and Survivor Mains WANT IT!

Edit: They should change her name to The Salt Merchant, cuz just existing pisses people off lol

Whenever they do rework her I feel they need to give her a visual redesign, currently she's a hodgepodge of multiple design concepts when they should have stuck with one aspect of her design and gone with that.

[zukene]

Realistically this killer needs to be redone from scratch honestly. But for the sake of me having no other ideas for that I'd like to see these changes to drones.

- Survivors only see the drone's aoe when they're inside, and ONLY that survivor can see it, this makes it easier to hide drones and get survivors into them.

- Instead of SM getting undetectable in the drone, survivors get oblivious that way you can actually sneak up on them.

- Remove scouting mode since survivors can't see the aoe it's useless.

- Instead of hacking the drone, the survivor grabs it and slams it into the ground. It makes more sense and would be fun to watch.

- Since scouting mode is gone, "activating the drone" with the radar can now only be done on a drone tracking a survivor. Activating the drone now basically functions like a claw trap where it just follows them around for a bit but this hides the drone's aura to you so you'll have to check the radar. After 20 seconds the drone lowers enough for the survivor to reach it and destroy it, giving it back to you. Or they can hold onto it and just be tracked the whole match.

- I honestly don't know if lock-on should stay or not but the drone's aren't really lethal without it so I guess it stays.

I don't know how this would actually be balance wise but it's just some random ideas I had cause I don't know how else to save this killer.

Edit: I forgot to mention SM shouldn't be slowed down at all when holding the radar.

[Hogger]

I do not like her. Not because of what she does but the design. She looks like a Mortal Kombat reject or an Apex Legends character and not a horror villain.

I would prefer if she was a hot babe covered in fishnets and bones of her victims or a slumming rich killer in a business suit.