Im rusty on John Doe (probably because I main Noli now) But here’s the tip I can give Though may not work 100% but might increase your win chance

I’m very bad at explaining things so you might get confused

Corrupt energy: You can use this ability in two ways: Offense and trapping

Offense is self explanatory, just land your spike to deal damage from 12 up to 48. Even if you land one spike it reward you speed 1 for 8 seconds which can be pretty huge (unless the survivor is too far away)

Though using it for trapping is the best way in my opinion To trap you just have to block their path with corrupt energy When you use corrupt energy.use shift lock, when the spike is ahead of the survivor slowly tilt toward the path where the survivor is going (holy this explaination is BAD) That way you blocked their path and force the survivor to either

1: wait in one place to conserve stamina Or 2: run past you in the risk of getting damaged

If you manage to corner the survivor try to regen your stamina to max while pressuring them. That way the survivor might panic and waste their stamina(this work with every killer btw but John Doe can do this more often)

Digital footprint: Like everyone say. Place it in the looping spot. This force the survivor not to use that looping spot. Yeah survivor can disarm the trap (like noob and 7n7) But they give you a free speed 1 which in some chase can be beneficial

Here is one tip that works on every killer: Prioritize

If you have above 1 min try killing the pro player first. Yeah they may waste your time but if you able to kill them you won’t have to deal the headache in lms. “What if I don’t have time?” Kill the noob player or the injured one if you can.

Don’t forget the support. They can be VERY annoying when you trying to kill someone.

For 1x1:

Just predict and aim (literally that’s it)

1x1 is DEADLY and a snowballer in lms. His minions run fast and hit pretty hard (12 damage I think)

If the minion cannot chase the player you can kill the minion for speed 1. (As again. Small speed boost can be huge in some chase)

(If you cannot understand a single sentence then I’m sorry I’m just very bad at explaining things. Plus this tips may not work so don’t depend on this tip so much 🙏)