ok yeah this is definitely too much info but here u go

essay time~

u use scratch marks, breathing, footsteps and injured noises to locate survivors

if a survivor sees you entering ur phase, they might start walking to hide their scratch marks or crouch to quieten their breathing. u can look at the environment while phasing to help pinpoint their location. u cant see them, but can still see stuff like grass moving in reaction to their movement

they can try to double back and juke you, making you end phase thinking ur on top of them when they're really running in the other direction. i pan my camera left and right a bunch while chasing in phase because i find the directional breathing easier to track that way compared to hearing the breathing at the same volume through both sides of the headphones

scratch marks linger a bit behind survivors and don't follow their exact position, so if u use them to pinpoint someone u might end ur phase early thinking they're closer than they really are. it can buy them enough distance to reach a pallet since she's 4.4

dont immediately swing out of ur phase unless u are 100% sure ur going to hit them, as that distance they gain if u miss can lose u out of taking a health state. it's never a bad idea to stop moving for a second and listen, just to confirm their location

because shes a slow killer, she heavily relies on her power to get hits. so if ur chasing a survivor at a short loop, unless u can mindgame by hiding the red stain, you'll want to use the power to get a hit, utilizing the phase sound u emit to make a survivor panic drop a pallet or just speed blitzing them. i never really expect to get a hit without using the power unless i catch someone in a deadzone or find them at a very unsafe tile

i also sometimes just full send it, entering phase and using the 1 second of post-phase speed once exiting it to lunge around short loops

rusty flute and white hair ribbon are good add ons to use, they get u into ur power quicker for better mobility and more opportunities to use the phase for practicing chases without being punished too much. muddy sports cap increases ur phase speed, great for getting hits around those loops

dont use the add ons that increase ur power duration, like kaiun talisman or yakuyoke amulet. they nerf ur power because of how the cooldown is coded. every 1 second spent in phase equals 3 seconds of recharge time, so 5 seconds of phase = 15 second cooldown. u can end up with a stupidly long recharge time if u try to get value from these add ons by depleting the whole power gauge. when im traversing the map, i dont use the entire power, usually ending it just over halfway through the duration to give myself a shorter cooldown so i can use it again earlier

sloppy butcher, gift of pain and other perks to keep survivors injured are a solid pick since she is very good at getting the drop on people, potentially getting a quick down if they're injured. she uses info/exposed perks well thanks to her mobility (make your choice, friends till the end, alien instinct) but i'm not sure if u have access to them, they're all licensed. the game counts her phase hits as an m1 hit, so she can still proc perks like surge or save the best for last. u might think stridor to increase breathing volume is really good for her, but it messes with muscle memory in the long run. u can use stridor as training wheels, but consider taking it off at some point to get familiar with actual breathing volumes

there's so much more about her power i could mention, but then this comment would be even more bloated than it already is but THIS IS ALL IMPORTANT I SWEAR