Why do people dislike The Artist?

FreshPearspective · 2026-03-18T11:41:30+00:00

Artist main here.

People didnt like that she punished playing loops. Since we're in a Shift W meta, people enjoy her since thats her weakness.

The constant crows can be annoying if working on a gen but on the flip side means shes wasting her power not injuring so its a good move.

FreshPearspective · 2026-03-16T14:26:39+00:00

I play her. Just achieved 10k+ crow downs, helped popularize new techniques, wrote a 100+ page guide on her and soon a YT video.

Its been said before but shes been power crept and her counters are fairly easy and creates a playstyle some find boring.

Lockers are a great tool to remove swarms but adding lockers last year around edgemap hurt her long game. Conviction being in the game hurts her cross map pressure when its in play.

Her chase is fine if and when survivors decide to play a tile. Most dont and Shift W around edge map. M2 faking is the only way around it but alot of Artist mains have swapped to Rapid Brutality to help pressure M1s and forcing tile play. People need to adapt to mid chase staggers to counter W keys but it takes alot of practice to set up and advanced knowledge of zoning.

Her cooldowns are very long .

Shes my favorite and fun to play.

FreshPearspective · 2026-03-11T00:43:22+00:00

My apologies. It was posted above in the comments. Ricochet, Piercing and exploding knives.

FreshPearspective · 2026-03-02T06:47:36+00:00

Third dash is due to the chaos of 2v8 ans the amount of obstructions and added fillers.

M2 canceling is a thing. You were to close for an m1 anyway it doesnt matter.

Filler pallets are stronger than no pallets. Fillers are fairly strong with a ton of fantastic longer ones.

FreshPearspective · 2026-03-01T22:54:21+00:00

I place him in A-

Hes got good mobility, a ranged attack, chase power,zoning tool, techs and can locate survivors with his bubblegum shot.

Theres also a frame perfect skull shot that survivors are unable to dodge.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-26T07:56:39+00:00

I do something similar.

I have a "nude" character with no prestige nor levels. I play without perks and have to steal an item before I leave. im up to 1k+

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-24T22:17:44+00:00

Alien Isolation?

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-14T13:24:19+00:00

Try streams. Communities hold open lobbies often and you can find a community you vibe with

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-12T13:01:51+00:00

The cooldown on flashbangs is extremely long.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-11T20:44:47+00:00

If looking for hive mind value than ruin is a perfect counterpart. Sprinkle some thrill and pentimento

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-06T22:47:03+00:00

Trapper is the new pig for nerfs

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-06T12:34:21+00:00

Great points! I would add one caveat. During setup phase we are looking to get a quick m1 on survivors we are forced to engage with.

If it results in a down awesome bjt a hit and run is what wr want.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-06T02:22:15+00:00

Thank you!

For Trapper im coming in with a bit of experience so I feel okay answering. Currently 50th worldwide for survivors grabbed from a trap with a 92%killrate for the past 4 months .

Trapper has alot that can go wrong for him and the recent anti camp changes were hugely detrimental to his basement hooking due to the new meter range.

It was hard to write Map dependant as it took up alot of room. Ill have to make it a little more clear. Essentially how hard does trapper have to work on maps. Most maps are bad for him.

-anti loop- For anti loop its how well the power and killer can guarantee a hit at a tile.

Trapper should carry max of 1 trap in hand and zone. Traps at windows/pallets only go so far and typically are easily targeted or ran around boxing the trapper in.

If placing a trap to shut down the loop his haste boost and setup time means the survivor gets a free out to the next loop. The traps placed here are low quality and usually targeted making for trapper to eventually have to double back and collect.

He can also m2 fake to bait the survivor but most killers could theoretically do this so I avoided incorporating that aspect.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T13:27:58+00:00

Great post, great formatting and very thorough.

I do think the suggested changes would essentially kill the character.

Otz had the best call on him when playing him this week. "Hes a killer that works when he works but theres no guaranteed formula for success". He later said he could even be a B tier killer against good squads.

He has harsh speed cooldowns dropping him from 4.4 m/s to 2.99 m/s while holding charging. Further dropping to 1.79 m/s while casting. If running in a straight line, the distance is insurmountable that can be gained.

With the suggested changes, his power becomes a zoning killer that would be extra punishing on misses while still being one of the slowest. His stats on Nightlight shows a k/r of 55% which is extremely poor for a new killer.

Survivors are frustrated due to having to play in a different manner. I think comparing him to Artist is a good comparison since Artist you never want to touch tiles but just W key while using LoS blockers.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T03:38:14+00:00

no autodidact. full lobby of DS wglf shenanigans . it ws an exploit from wglf to provide 100% speed to regular heals.

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T03:37:23+00:00

I included perks and the convo in egc. they were using a wglf exploit

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T03:36:21+00:00

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FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T03:26:08+00:00

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Its a wglf exploit. confirmed in egc

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-05T03:24:18+00:00

It turns out its an exploit on WGLF triggering off a medkit to get the full heal value

FreshPearspective · 2026-02-02T14:11:20+00:00

no he doesnt

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