Thoughts on the Ghoul?

[Rat Comedenti | TTV]

My opinions range from "Pls don't nerf what makes him fun" to "♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ this killer is the new blight"

My main problems is the range on his grab and his disgustingly good vault speed, its chucky all over again.

[Uber Noobage]

I enjoy playing against the character, he's cool looking and I like his overall presentation.

However, the last couple of days the players I tend to get who play Ghoul are instant return to hook or hook campers which just seems a bit redundant since he can jump clear through the map in a heartbeat.

I feel like as the "new" wears off though, those sorts of players will have got bored and move to someone different.

[jgtogi]

The ghoul is pretty overtuned right now he basically has two people on the hook at the same time every game if played poorly. If in the hands of a good player you are lucky to get 1-2 gens done since he zips around the map and hits players sometime before they even load in or hear his terror radius. With him being new every game is a frustrating mess. He has no real counter because of his immense mobility and most the time I am hit by him I don't understand why. He hits through walls, through windows, over pallets, around corners, while I am falling from a vault and seems to have an aimbot. I would say he is bugged but I think is broken state is intentional. The worst killer to play against except maybe Chucky or nurse but at least those are rare. I wish I could ban killers when I queue up. I don't really want to play the game with the state he is in.

[Betelgeuse]

I think he is in a good spot. If they fine tuned the Kagune aiming and what objects it applies to, I could also imagine a minor nerf to the vaulting speed being justified.

Most games I lost since his release could have also been played against other high mobility killers like wraith, Wesker or blight and would have been equal losses.

[(DE)GhostProfile]

Originally posted by jgtogi:

The ghoul is pretty overtuned right now he basically has two people on the hook at the same time every game if played poorly. If in the hands of a good player you are lucky to get 1-2 gens done since he zips around the map and hits players sometime before they even load in or hear his terror radius. With him being new every game is a frustrating mess. He has no real counter because of his immense mobility and most the time I am hit by him I don't understand why. He hits through walls, through windows, over pallets, around corners, while I am falling from a vault and seems to have an aimbot. I would say he is bugged but I think is broken state is intentional. The worst killer to play against except maybe Chucky or nurse but at least those are rare. I wish I could ban killers when I queue up. I don't really want to play the game with the state he is in.

The hits are wild

[STRWBRY]

I think he needs some numbers tuning, (especially with the hit connect for the Kagune attack, and how long the stun animation is for both survivor and killer afterwards, as well as some better visual clarity for the animations itself) and some tweaking for the vault, but other than sidegrades I think the Osaka Specter is in a good spot.

[Kenneth]

He's absolutely broken.

His hitbox is the size of the entire screen

My second game against him, I got hit through a wall. This interaction is way to common.

He can use his power to remove endurance on injured survivors. "He can't down survivors with it", well, being able to remove endurance from an injured survivor, he might as well be downing them with it. He's by far the best tunneler in the game.

He has the best movement ability in the game. Equip an aura reading perk and watch it, it's absolutely ridiculous how fast he can go from one side of the map to the other.

Typically, I tend to look at things reasonably with this game. I think Nurse and Blight are fun to go against. This killer, he's stupid and has the lowest skill floor in the entire game. You could literally play him BLIND.

[Zigo Sid]

They've beaten their own record of the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hitboxes ever, good job !