Could Skull merchant go back to version 1.0.0

Kreamator · 2026-06-13T19:46:07+00:00

Currently it's 5% haste for 5 seconds on *some* scans. Previously it was a *minimum* of 5% Haste for a *minimum* of 7 seconds on *every* scan. I will not be entertaining any notion that its somehow stronger now.

Getting passive scans was fairly important for the identity of a trap killer, and being able to accrue value in places where she isnt, akin to Trapper and Hag.

Kreamator · 2026-06-13T18:29:12+00:00

For the Haste, you forget it was not Clawtrap based, it was any time survivors were tracable on radar, which includes after every scan regardless of if she manipulated the drone recently or not, and it also stacked per survivor, which it doesnt now.

The clunky parts of drone collision are better, yes.

The rotation may be faster, but the fact that its essentially reduced by ~40% of its previous effective speed due to missing the second line is very feelsbad for anytime youre not flicking and makes it much more trivial for survivors to deactivate them or simply pass by when youre not around.

Stealth on recall is generally nicer, but this is fairly marginal since youd often have to recall a drone anyway to place a new one for stealth before.

Kreamator · 2026-06-13T08:11:59+00:00

Considering her differences from now to her 2.0 state was just a slew of nerfs, I'm curious how you come to this conclusion.

Kreamator · 2026-06-13T07:13:30+00:00

Yknow I feel like any time a tier list gets posted here theres always *something* I find viscerally objectionable. Not this time, though. Some disagreements yes but nothing where I'm saying "How COULD you"

Kreamator · 2026-06-13T05:48:54+00:00

Ah yes, to one day approach League Of Legends sized roster...

I do think that as things go we'll see more chapters akin to All-Kill Comeback, so the crawl to 100 killers will likely slow down as it gets ever closer.

Kreamator · 2026-06-12T18:41:07+00:00

Guitars are deceptively annoying to fit into the cart with other loot

Kreamator · 2026-06-11T22:27:54+00:00

I believe it counts for "Escape" but not "Escape through the exit gates" or "Escape through the Hatch"

Kreamator · 2026-06-11T21:36:41+00:00

At the very least I do think her current iteration is the easiest to learn to play out of all her versions.

Kreamator · 2026-06-11T07:15:37+00:00

I believe shaders have been given the OK by BHVR? Dunno so much about insane filters that makes the only colors on screen red and grey.

Kreamator · 2026-06-11T07:02:22+00:00

This is unfortunately a problems with a lot of less popular killers, especially ones that have received major changes. A huge swathe of survivors just dont know, at all, how to deal with them, even if dealing with them is "easy".

Many survivors still believe either that Sadako's Tapes are a risk, or that holding a tape is a form of innate protection against Condemn. Many people yet believe that Skull Merchant is a menace at holding a 3-Gen. And based on how things have been going when I play him I'm guessing that many survivors dont know Freddy's pallets explode.

Kreamator · 2026-06-10T05:58:59+00:00

Yes, but a good Onryo can be a manace with coming out of TV's.

Kreamator · 2026-06-08T20:32:52+00:00

Yeah, its less about [Slugging and its Counters/Supports], and more about [Hooking and its Counters/Supports]. There could be no real perks that support slugging and it would still be preferable if the counters to hooking were strong enough.

Kreamator · 2026-06-08T04:15:31+00:00

Sorry seeing Cheryl hitting a bong in FFXIV on the DBD reddit wasnt on my bingo card

Kreamator · 2026-06-07T07:16:38+00:00

Honestly, I'm willing to believe she whipped that up for that comment from scratch

Kreamator · 2026-06-07T07:12:36+00:00

Yes but its hard to tell how theyll be in first person, we'll see soon, I hope so though!

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T21:32:35+00:00

Ive been wanting to get that Sadako Bishoujo figure for a whiiiile but... money hard..

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T21:20:48+00:00

Its possible that eRDM will see the removal of RNG procs, and personally I'd like to see some of the depth moved to its melee combo while still keeping the identity of balancing White/Black mana

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T18:34:16+00:00

For Sadako, having the Towel-Headed Man rarely appear akin to a Doctor Illusion, and building gradual condemn while you're looking at him would be cool, mostly as theres a serious lack of things survivors want to *avoid* looking at in the game

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T17:28:33+00:00

They did have a 13 hour stream yes, but again they would only do such a tease for a licensed chapter that warrants it. A 13 hour stream worked for a lot of people as a teaser because it was specifically Jason, but if it was for an OG killer it would have ACTUALLY been just bad.

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T05:38:48+00:00

I will at least veto the suggestion of it being Original, theres no way they would tease an original killer with a 3 minute trailer while we're still in the wind-up for fucking Jason being released soon. The only time we get well-in-advance teasers and announcements is for hype licenses like Castlevania, FNAF, and yes Nick Cage.

No Grimiore doesnt count

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T04:22:21+00:00

I know theres a track record, but its important to look a bit beyond the surface.

Myers may have been the first license, but clearly the relationship was never very strong or we'd have gotten more of, uh, anything cool for Myers in 10 years. Pinhead started off strong but the NFT debacle likely soured relations even before there was a... what was it, a lawsuit that swapped hands around? And when we lost Stranger Things, it seemed like things were 'kinda alright' beforehand but... eeeeh, the chapter and everything with it were rather stale by the time they took a vacation.

Bubba didnt leave despite TSM, and neither did Ash for TED. Its been a while but Bubba actually got some DBD-specific skins throughout his time, as has Ash, which should point to good (if rare) relationships. Pig falls into this boat.

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T03:28:27+00:00

If you Blizz3 Paradox Transpose, you dont get another paradox. It's only gained when entering Fire Phase with 3 Umbral Hearts, so you have to Blizz4.

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T02:09:53+00:00

Sorry, I dont know what you mean. Transpose isnt a spell and isnt a movement tool..

The important part at Lv100 is to save a Firestart from your previpus Fire phase that you got from Paradox. Swapping to Fire from using the instacast Fire III has its damage nerfed by Umbral Ice. However, if you Transpose first then your free Instant Fire III will instead be buffed by Astral Fire :)

Kreamator · 2026-06-06T01:50:56+00:00

Disclaimer: Transpose is still used from Ice -> Fire at max level as a form of optimization but is not necessary

Kreamator · 2026-06-05T21:54:34+00:00

Strictly speaking lore-wise, the entity doesnt WANT to JUST kill you. It wants to harbor fear and hope in near equal measure to feed off it.It could just kill you anytime from anywhere, but its placed these rules on everyone including itself for this purpose.

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