This Post is Related to recent Chucky Nerf | 8.0.0 The Good Guy main opinion

[BouncyKnight]

Hello, I want you to hear me out and listen to some of the things in mind of a p100 Chucky main.

The 8.0.0 patch brought new changes that will impact this killer negatively in the long run. These changes also affect the current state of the game rather poorly.

Let me explain why.

After Patch Chases

Before the 8.0.0 patch Chucky could use scamper and crawl under any pallet. Now he can't. He's pretty much like Bubba that needs to "eat" the whole pallet spawn in order to catch a survivor that uses check spots and runs windows of opportunity. Remember, this killer is 4.4 with no map mobility and can't pressure most maps efficiently thus will rely on heavy tunneling that adds up with his new shortened cooldown. Now you can just pre drop most of the stuff (Leatherface scenario).

Addons and Slug

Moreover, new Chucky has a good potential to become a character that can slug survivors with no penalty similar to the Twins. Not only that, but his best addons (there are only two) are the ones that only playable and useful in matches add up to this playstyle:

Power Drill - Reduces the Cool-down duration of Hidey-Ho Mode by -15 % after successful Slice & Dice Attacks (Remember, his cooldown is significantly shorter now!).

Staight Razor Survivors hit with successful Slice & Dice Attacks suffer from the Haemorrhage bleeding and Mangled Status Effects for 80 seconds (Pretty much you lose if play without it in any case).


Another fun thing to mention is his "Hard Hat" iri addon - Instantly breaks Pallets when performing a Scamper under them. Do I need to tell why it needs reworking after this patch? (Running Shoes addon is the same - Performing a Scamper grants a +2 % Haste Effects haste Status Effect for 5 seconds).

Scamper Changes and Perks

Scamper with a dash only ruins the chase and doesn't help not a single bit. You can't turn during scamper. You dash far forward and hit air. Missed scamper now gives survivors the time and advantage to chain tiles. You can also CROUCH to counter his dash ENTIERLY when he performs "dashed" scamper.

Besides, with nerfed gen perks in 8.0.0 patch that Chucky relied on he becomes even less efficient than before. You can't give a fast chase and also can't spread pressure on the map. Sometimes as 4.4 killer you can't use Pop Goes the Weasel due to shortage of time (the perk was nerfed) in some scenarios. He can't allow to not tunnel anymore if you play for at least 2k unless the map is a huge open field.

Now Brutal Strength is an un-equippable perk.

Low Skill Ceiling

Additionally, the only competitive part about Chucky (besides pre-turns and flicks) - "Faking" his ability by pressing and releasing M2 was removed entirely which means no longer depth to this killer.

Here's an example me and my friend recorded:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihDid9wIhRM

My suggestion would be to roll this all back to the previous state including cooldown and scamper.

TLDR: Though you still need to understand this killer, Chucky has become a brain-dead killer with low skill ceiling that got half of his strength cut from the game in exchange for an easier playstyle that encourges tunneling and is very effective against weaker survivors. The problem is there are almost no good Chucky players that understand the current situation behind this. Another killer that went into the trash bin. No point to play this guy anymore.

Play Blight or Wesker.

UPDATE:
Drill addon got nerfed in the last patch.

Devs announced that in the future Hidey-Ho Mode will start recharging after the animation of a hit ENDS and not during the animation itself. Now we're back to old cooldown without scamper.

Do I need to say more?

[BouncyKnight]

If you agree, please write a reply to help devs notice us!!! If you think otherwise let the discussion begin

[lexa]

they made him a worse pig with no reverse bear traps

[Oodanna]

so this is just a situation of free scamper hits vs tunnel promotion now. nobody will ever be happy with this killer at this rate

[BouncyKnight]

Originally posted by Oodanna:

so this is just a situation of free scamper hits vs tunnel promotion now. nobody will ever be happy with this killer at this rate

Pretty much so! At least he was somewhat rare and strong in the right hands. He can't allow himself map pressure and chases are longer. Now matches feel strange as if it's better to play other killers. Thanks for commenting!

[Diodorus]

I agree with the author about Chucky, good point

[starkov]

I confirm the words of the author, this killer needs a buff, and he is being nerfed. Because the current Chucky is only played now against newcomers. People who understand the mechanics and play well, the killer simply has no chance. Therefore, support and let the developers hear us, thank you.

[Demon Swords]

I haven't played much Chucky (only a little before the update and definitely not after.) But I heard you were able to use scamper to pretty much always get a free M1 hit around pallets. I heard this a long while ago so it might have needed then faster pallet stun recovery perk and the increased speed after scamper, but either way, being able to get free hits at each pallet also sounds brain dead.

I would have to test how good Chucky's scamper is before I agree he is in a bad state right now. If his scamper is good enough, what you could do is leave any pallets that have double walls next to them and use those pallets as traps to get easy hits against survivors that vault them (since the survivor wouldn't really have enough space to the left or right to dodge the hit.).

[John"Mag Dump a Lolicon"Crashout]

gotta agree with the author on this one

[King Elijah]

Absolutely agree. My whole build for Chucky has been completely neutered, and I honestly don't see much of a reason to play him anymore.

[[They/Them] ChesseTheWasp]

Chucky is just as strong as before yall are capping.
My perks : Friends Till The End, Rancor, Hex: Huntress Lullaby, and i switch around for the 4th perk

[BouncyKnight]

I want to remind everyone that his drill addon got nerfed this recent patch. Moreover, his ability will be nerfed again in the future as devs mentioned it in the patchnotes.

Hidey-Ho Mode will start recharging after the animation of a hit ENDS and not during the animation itself. Ggwp i guess. Now we're back to old cooldown without scamper.

[LUCAS]

He is still in good place

[•u•]

I switched from sadako, to dredge, to twins and now to chucky. You can still scamper, you just time slice and dice correctly and the survs don't know what to do. I have only one complaint, which is, you can't point blank clice and dice into a pallet, it will waste the slice and dice on the spot and not scamper.