How to counter the Blight?

[wesker]

Answers like "get good", "skill issue" or "you can't" will be reported as harassment, I'd like to build a costructive and civil discussion on how to avoid lethal rush dash. I have the impression that looping doesn't work becouse he can "flick" around corners. Need some help please.

[Terratrox]

Counter-Billiards. The Blight can swing turns fairly quickly, but can't wrap around obstacles and can't deal with very tight spaces easily. Blight is weakest in either incredibly cramped spaces where he gets caught on clutter or incredibly open ones with limited things to bounce off of. His game, unlike Nurse's, is entirely a game of positioning.

Imagine the attack vectors and cut them off. Make his options unusable, forcing them down specific paths, then sidestep those paths.

Weaving through terrain works well on Blight in many circumstances. Angling around terrain keeps him from making direct attacks. Small stands of trees, for example, allow you to move behind them and circle around to stay immune to his rushes, so long as you're decisive and paying a lot of attention.

[Silamon]

I was going to say pre drop pallets and try to get him in open spaces where he can't bounce off stuff but Terratrox got it covered and more.

[wesker]

A smart Blight will not use his power in open areas, I found Blights-mains that were so good that they got me with the last pixel of their weapon at the end of a lethal rush behind a corner, which is insane

[Pirate shaped cookie]

It is never going to be a 100% effective tactic but you have to predict where they are herding you. I like to roam the map like clock hands against speed killers because they have to pull away from the sweet spot. High velocity killers like the center of the map. Splitting and false gen work can distract them.

[Terratrox]

Originally posted by Weskr991:

A smart Blight will not use his power in open areas, I found Blights-mains that were so good that they got me with the last pixel of their weapon at the end of a lethal rush behind a corner, which is insane

If they don't use their power, they're an M1 Killer. And that means they're easy to loop and deal with. The assumption is the Blight is using their power, because not doing so is only going to massively slow them down, even if they miss the rush. Blight's power is useful for cutting distances even if they don't get a hit out of it.

[wesker]

Understand, thank you

[Thrax]

There's a movie called Dodgeball that contains a wonderful tidbit of advice.

"Dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge."
-Patches O'Houlihan