Unknown: Gripes and Thoughts on the Killer

[The Captain]

Maybe this is just me, but i feel like the unknown is a bit too strong to go against in its current state. It can TP, it has an AOE range attack, and is a 4.6m movement character. Where as Hag and Huntress are both 4.4m Characters, with an exception to Dredge since their TP ability is locked to lockers, and they're slowed when in mist form. If anything a speed nerf should be implemented to balance the other advantages the killer has. Sure it could be just a skill issue, but in every game i've played against him, every play i've made to either make distance or gain some sort of edge has ended in a 4k loss.

Any opinions on this are welcomed, and no hate to anyone who mains the character either. Just stating some opinions and thoughts based on previous games played against the killer. I do think the design is cool and the idea is neat, but the overall play feel is just imbalanced. especially for players who aren't that skilled or knowledgeable of the game.

[Discl0se]

Unknown is strong against Solo Queue, weak against Organized SWF with voice comms. Just another kick to anyone that plays this Solo, But what's new? Solo Queue has been being dismantled since before 6.0.0

[zukene]

In a way you kind of have to face him like trickster i.e. if you're caught in a bad spot you're probably ♥♥♥♥♥♥. Unknowns insanely quick tp is balanced by the fact he cant *completely* control where his hallucinations spawn, and uvx is fairly easy to dodge unless you run through a tight corridor. It all focuses around staring at unknown, which was what the devs were going for... facing the unknown :0

I get your point that people who arent as good at the game and maybe dont look behind them in chase will suffer a lot against this dude, but you can also make that argument for every killer. I like him, and I find him fun. Hes still relatively new so I say give it some more time for him to settle in

[LittleEtherKitty]

Noob stomper is my opinion on him. If you understand how to dodge the orb and are good enough to look for a pathing before looking behind you and then follow that pathing, without looking, you'll do pretty good against UVX. As for the teleports, he only really gets 4 spots, and you can remove them, but he can see when you're doing so, if he's looking in that direction, I think.

[Adeloo]

Yeah they are strong, but the moment you go on a map like Greenville theatre or the Red forest realm this is just over.

They highly depend on LoS and bouceability so yeah heavily map dependent + only really good against newer players like the people above said.

[Blecis74]

So some issues that I have with the Unknown.

1. Direct hits with the UVX do nothing and honestly should just do what it does normally and apply weakened.
2. The cool-down to weakened removal is annoying, it doesn't take that long to get rid of weakened meanwhile the cool-down is too long, they should be the same time.
3. Notebook of theories and Hypnotists watch need the 'airborne' removed and then they'd be good addons currently with that one word they are niche to useless.
4. The Device of unknown should apply oblivious for a period of time after dispelling a hallucination I'd say 60 seconds as thats inline with other yellow Oblivious addons.

[You're Doing Great Today!]

Unknowns aoe is kinda bad for what you get.

[Hellbear88]

Hope they buff the missed skillcheck unknown perk... its almost impossible to get tokens on, high mmr games they almost never miss skillchecks

[magius56]

The unknown is overpowered. The number of TPs need to be reduced & speed needs to reduced...or take away the AOE. Basically if you get three gen'ed, may as well give up because there is nothing you can do to escape.

[Kravkik]

His addons are the only real problem I have with him, all I see are people running pop pain res bbq lethal with the addon that makes you start weakened or get weakened when you complete a gen, completely removing counterplay and giving him free hits for nothing.

[Hellbear88]

unknown isnt overpowered.... how about we get rid of the aoe and give him the same cookiecutter m2 ranged attack that just deals dmg outright.....
and its not like he can make clones where he wants unless he keeps reseting the timer....just dispell them or leave them alone

[Rabbit]

You have to remember the teleport locations are almost entirely out of the killer's control unless they're running specific addons and you can turn them off - fairly safely if the killer is distracted.