The extended screaming of the survivors is the best part of this patch...uh...I mean chapter. Hearing Leon scream for a stupid amount of time is hilarious.
I completely agree, I saw the undetectable on her drones and her green oblivious addon and just immediately knew playing her on the stealthier side would be a blast.
I'd love it if they buffed the stealth aspects of her but nerfed her 3-gen potential. Having a stealth killer who can place "zones" of undetectable that are also hazardous to survivors is a pretty unique idea. Instead we got a thirst trap who's almost as good as Knight at stalling games out.
I feel like if they update her again in the future they should update her stealth and also redo ↪️ her mori, cause I think of a lot of things she can do to mori someone with her drones
@@Seoul_Soldierthe only way to do this is to give people more incentive to chase. They need to buff her drones much more in a chase and make them weaker if they are just used to cover gens. For instance, one nerf would be if you decide to do a gen while a drone is active your aura will be revealed to her but you won’t be exposed. HOWEVER if you are in a chase the expose mechanic is activated and if that bar fills boom now you can insta down someone and makes her more scary in a chase. I think its a good way to slow down her strong three gen while also not just completely gutting her
This is my first stone seeing this skull merchant skin, her weapon is literally just a Mantis Blade from Cyberpunk 2077 lol that’s actually really cool.
I have not enjoyed any of my matches playing against The Skull Merchant, mostly because the way I've seen it played is just use the 4 drones to guard the last 4 gen. But watching SpookyLoopz's playstyle here actually makes her look fun, while still being challenging to go against
I mean Loopz is obviously playing her this way to be more entertaining and have a unique playstyle. It'll probably never get picked up cause people will always take the best option to ensure the win. Not saying it's good this is the state of the characters but it doesn't surprise me.
Skull merchant seems like a jack of different traits but a master at none, it seems like other "bad guys" (thanks TH-cam) are better at doing what she does, glad they are improving her at least
I wished she was kinda like Twins… sending out a military drone kinda like Victor to go around really fast injuring and downing survivors. Maybe it should be survivors within sentry drone locations only idk 😂 just seemed like the best idea in my head
I've played a few games with her now after buying her with shards and ngl she's pretty fun. It feels like you're everywhere at once. I do agree with the majority of the backlash bhvr are getting for her but I do think if you save up the shards to buy her it's definitely worth it
@@realquestforgreatness because killer mains like loops & otz & others made lengthy videos basically complaining about the killer and everyone followed.
@@realquestforgreatnessprolly cause you haven’t played against top tier survivors, unless you run a whole chase build (which still has no gen blocking potential) you will not get a single hit and if you do it’s by surprising them or at the end of the game when 4 gens are done and they used every pallet on you because with a killer this ass all you have to do is hold W while ur team does gens
ending sums it all up perfectly lol. this stealthy build gave em both "myers strached mirror on building map type of jump scare" at the end. Renato purely paniced dead hard after watching nea go down lol. he coulda got out if waited the killer swing cooldown and then "E" but perfectly showing off the build haha great build
I was dreading trying her after the first announcement but after playing a few games with her I can honestly say she’s a ton of fun to play, the lack of chase abilities doesn’t feel bad when you seem to always know where a survivor is
Personally, I enjoy using Hex: Blood Favor and brutal strength. Survivors are starting to learn that being exposed from the drones is sometimes not bad enough to deter them from gens, so when I go to chase them, they like to predrop pallets, which is where brutal strength comes in. When chasing a survivor who's not exposed, they like to be greedy and not throw pallets, which is where Blood Favor comes in. You can even monitor Blood Favor with a drone, often with a gen. My slowdown perks are Overcharge and Jolt. I got a win streak of 11 with this build and I do not just hold a 3 gen unless the survivors put me in that situation.
Imagine if the drones had guns that injured the survivors with the claw trap as a bullet if they got in range. Then they would have to commit to a health state trade to disable the area denial or let you have control of one zone but they stay healthy and not marked.
What i think would be great is that. When a survivor is in the drones radius, and healthy, he gets the exposed status. Is the survivor injured and in the drones radius, he gets another status (maybe slowed down, or maybe oblivious.. who knows). This way the drones "effect" wouldn't be rendered completely useless.
She seems like a decent killer at the lower level of dbd. But I don't see her being any good when it comes to the basement gremlins who never stop playing. I'm pretty sure she would be atleast a c tier killer with a good build and decent add ons. I'm gonna try this build when I manage to get the perks for her
I don’t think anyone is doubting her ability to be a lethal killer- she’s just not a fun killer to go against. Kind of like the Artist and Knight, all she’s good at it zoning. 🍅
@@nathangothan601 tunneling is part of the game, get better at looping that’s part of the game too. Can’t tell the killer how to play there’s no rules 🤷🏾♂️
I'm gonna say it so you guys remember, this happened before, having 2 bad chapters back to back happened when Silent hill got released, that year had twins, trickster and blight at release, let's not forget the past, and hopefully it won't repeat again
From the killer side of last 2 Chapters, they aren’t bad but survivors got more bitchy & entitled and want killers to play by an invisible set of rules.
Previous Video: "It just sucks right now to play DBD." Today's Video: "I gotta give them credit where credit is due." Turns out Fog Whispers do have to kiss the ring, lmao.
And this is why I can’t give loops a chance, he back peddled so quick after bitching bout the new killer just for “content” like stand on that hill bruh.
For the main room in R.P.D, I place two drones on the second floor near the stairs. For the other drones, I place them at areas of high traffic. The outdoor staircase by the front, the library, near the Unicorn statue, records room, hallways by the office and move them around to confuse Survivors. I admit, I use to place near gens, but I'm now focusing on being more tactical. Any good suggestions?
I've been playing her since release she's amazing especially with nowhere to hide and trail of torment it's a deadly combo but I run pretty much the same add ons except one I use the one that gives you haste by 5%
Nowhere to Hide seems unnecessary, but Trail of Torment is surprisingly legit on Skully. Turns out people don't wanna step in your drones when they don't know where you are. Go figure.
spooky you just gave me an idea that I think would be a nice buff to her! I loved the playstyle you did with her! but what if she had a secondary power? that would have to charge up (like dredge's nightfall, when his power is the remnant/teleport) which could be charged up by the amount of time people stay inside her drone's area, and with it completely charged, she can go invisible, (or semi-invisible I dunno) that would be not only just a nice extra thing for her kit, so she's more encouraged to catch people off guard somewhere, and that even indirectly makes the drones useful for when someone is hurt, they will get exposed which doesn't matter, but they would be charging your stealth power if they choose to dance inside the area!
All they need to do is make the drones able to shoot something when survivors are revealed in their radius or travel the map or something along with making the mori actually good and it's a good enough chapter
Skull Merchant undoubtedly has a tom of chase potential but the same things that are making her better are making her better at stalemating games. I know that’s not the topic of this video but I think something needs to be done to fix the stalemate playstyle
My best set for Skull merchant is Addons: Adi Valente 1 / Shotgun speakers Perks: Distressing, unnerving presence, oppression, and overcharge. Expect a huge slow down on people doing gens.
I used a similar build, and got two back to back 4K’s with it. I actually posted a video about it too. I like her more than I did when she was first introduced for sure!
I have a skull merchant build for you where u don't rely on 3 gens Add-ons iri unpublished manuscript and shotgun speakers Perks Distressing, overcharge, coultophobia and unnerving presence with Iri um ur drones will have a 15 second terror radius and it works with unnerving and phobia and shotgun speakers givers them no notification of a skill check
So with this build the Skull Merchant is actually good. I've heard only complaints about her up until now, but you just showed that she's actually able to put those drones to good use.
She is good even without addons. I played her with random perks for about 10 matches on release day won everyone of them. I used her drones in chases mostly with few monitoring gens. The undetectable was so pivotal to in several chases and got a down with exposed in every match. I don't know how people play her to not get value out of her kit as for me her base kit has tons of value when used correctly. I also play for fun I am not sweating for wins thats why I play random builds as its more fun. Reason why I don't use addons on her is because I am collecting them and start using them when I have over five of all addons and offerings so don't run out of one of them accidentally.
Skull Merchant is good, but when you got top creators like loops & otz basically crying about the new killer the whole dbd community gone follow like sheep.
Tbh I don't find her that bad, I got adept with her pretty easy with the pallet breaking add-on and the increase rate of exposure by 10%. That helped a lot, i got it on my third try with twack being the only one level 2 the rest is level 1. Though her playstyle is stressful for the killer and not for the survivors
i wish that they would remove her instadown and make her stealth more consistent, i think shes so close to being fun. honestly every stream/vid ive seen where shes got addons on looks really cool
Who would you like to see in the 7 year anniversary chapter? 😬😬😬
spring trap or xenomorph for sure
Agreed
Underrated but honestly the Bates motel would be cool
Definitely xenomorph tbh
An SCP could be cool
The extended screaming of the survivors is the best part of this patch...uh...I mean chapter. Hearing Leon scream for a stupid amount of time is hilarious.
It's such a double edged sword, it's so so so annoying on some survivors but it sounds funny and cool as heck
A lot of her add ons should be base kit
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It makes my ears bleed
I really wholeheartedly believe that skull merchant would be a way more fun and beloved killer if her stealth aspects were enhanced.
I completely agree, I saw the undetectable on her drones and her green oblivious addon and just immediately knew playing her on the stealthier side would be a blast.
I'd love it if they buffed the stealth aspects of her but nerfed her 3-gen potential. Having a stealth killer who can place "zones" of undetectable that are also hazardous to survivors is a pretty unique idea. Instead we got a thirst trap who's almost as good as Knight at stalling games out.
I feel like if they update her again in the future they should update her stealth and also redo ↪️ her mori, cause I think of a lot of things she can do to mori someone with her drones
@@Seoul_Soldierthe only way to do this is to give people more incentive to chase. They need to buff her drones much more in a chase and make them weaker if they are just used to cover gens. For instance, one nerf would be if you decide to do a gen while a drone is active your aura will be revealed to her but you won’t be exposed. HOWEVER if you are in a chase the expose mechanic is activated and if that bar fills boom now you can insta down someone and makes her more scary in a chase. I think its a good way to slow down her strong three gen while also not just completely gutting her
Spooky's laugh always sounds like the mocking laugh of a super villan
He tries a lil to hard with his fake laughs lol
I like that even though he doesn't like the new killer, he makes effort to sell it to the audience. Keep it up!
bruh he has to stay in BHVR's good graces, of course he's gonna kiss their ass upon patch release.
@@MassEffectFan113 Proof?
@@XxBollWeevilxX Most of the time that a Fog Whisperer or content creator has criticized BHVR they get punished
SpookyLoopz literally just put out a video criticizing the patch direction not too long ago. Y'all wildin
@@captain.kaboom that's false, i seen alot of Fog Whisperers even us DBD players complained. That's why they did that little rework.
I think the aura reading addon should be in her base kit.
Nope. This bitch is fucking broken with camping gens. Its a huge issue… so no buffs needed for a shit chapter like this
SpookyLoopz drone is endearing and terrifying at the same time.
This is my first stone seeing this skull merchant skin, her weapon is literally just a Mantis Blade from Cyberpunk 2077 lol that’s actually really cool.
I wish she had them on both arms.
Man we must have played very different games then lol
I have not enjoyed any of my matches playing against The Skull Merchant, mostly because the way I've seen it played is just use the 4 drones to guard the last 4 gen. But watching SpookyLoopz's playstyle here actually makes her look fun, while still being challenging to go against
I mean Loopz is obviously playing her this way to be more entertaining and have a unique playstyle. It'll probably never get picked up cause people will always take the best option to ensure the win. Not saying it's good this is the state of the characters but it doesn't surprise me.
“I am a true predator” I will always put that out of context
The intro of you as a drone fucking cracked me up, brilliant edit
Skull merchant seems like a jack of different traits but a master at none, it seems like other "bad guys" (thanks TH-cam) are better at doing what she does, glad they are improving her at least
I agree I’m going to try her out today and from what I have seen she seems fun to play if you don’t play against super sweaty good survivors.
Well ussually a jack of all trades is better then a master of 1
I wished she was kinda like Twins… sending out a military drone kinda like Victor to go around really fast injuring and downing survivors. Maybe it should be survivors within sentry drone locations only idk 😂 just seemed like the best idea in my head
@@alexbrantley8934 Not necessarily
@@clocked0 in this case specifically I will confirm this to be untrue but I was just finishing an incomplete quote
The loopz drone is the most intimidating thing I’ve ever seen, a disembodied head talking to you upside down is haunting. 👍
That stealth play was incredible. Watching them come up on you not knowing..never saw it coming.
I've played a few games with her now after buying her with shards and ngl she's pretty fun. It feels like you're everywhere at once. I do agree with the majority of the backlash bhvr are getting for her but I do think if you save up the shards to buy her it's definitely worth it
Thats what it feels like as survivor too. Seeing those drones light up whole areas is definitely cool to see.
Yeah I don't get the hate she's dope
@@realquestforgreatness because killer mains like loops & otz & others made lengthy videos basically complaining about the killer and everyone followed.
@@realquestforgreatnessprolly cause you haven’t played against top tier survivors, unless you run a whole chase build (which still has no gen blocking potential) you will not get a single hit and if you do it’s by surprising them or at the end of the game when 4 gens are done and they used every pallet on you because with a killer this ass all you have to do is hold W while ur team does gens
@@notrichrd4412 I did tho I am iri 1 with high tier mmr. I didn't get any 4ks but I get reliable chases and kills
At 6:30 You can distinctly hear Rick Sanchez tell his drone good job 😂
She really does have a superior anatomy
That was a nice game. New to this killer and that window vault man ! Incredible. Gg ! (I was with Showmon, he said we would be on the next video lol)
Spooky loops really made skull merchant look like a A Teir
Dude played a match of killer what are talking about this what happens when u play killer
@@TophatlarryOGok larry
A- tier against bad players
I've been running Agitation, Discordance, Call of Brine and Devour Hope on this killer. Works absolute wonders.
You make the skull merchant seem so fun 😭
ending sums it all up perfectly lol. this stealthy build gave em both "myers strached mirror on building map type of jump scare" at the end. Renato purely paniced dead hard after watching nea go down lol. he coulda got out if waited the killer swing cooldown and then "E" but perfectly showing off the build haha great build
I was dreading trying her after the first announcement but after playing a few games with her I can honestly say she’s a ton of fun to play, the lack of chase abilities doesn’t feel bad when you seem to always know where a survivor is
“They clutched defeat from the jaws of victory” seems to be appropriate for that last match lol, he just wanted a hug it seems
DBD discovers cyberphychosis and added in, honestly a fun idea.
6:13 "ooh rigga tay roo retain pressure here"
I tried this build && actually LOVE it!
I swapped out trail for brutal strength just to tear through pallets / walls and it is working really well!
she has a add on that makes survivors break pallets if they vault them while having a claw trap on them. makes loops so much easier to handle
Personally, I enjoy using Hex: Blood Favor and brutal strength. Survivors are starting to learn that being exposed from the drones is sometimes not bad enough to deter them from gens, so when I go to chase them, they like to predrop pallets, which is where brutal strength comes in. When chasing a survivor who's not exposed, they like to be greedy and not throw pallets, which is where Blood Favor comes in. You can even monitor Blood Favor with a drone, often with a gen. My slowdown perks are Overcharge and Jolt. I got a win streak of 11 with this build and I do not just hold a 3 gen unless the survivors put me in that situation.
Imagine if the drones had guns that injured the survivors with the claw trap as a bullet if they got in range. Then they would have to commit to a health state trade to disable the area denial or let you have control of one zone but they stay healthy and not marked.
I mean thats a bit much
Or even a tranq that makes them exhausted (will counter dead hard and 1 ((or 2)) sprint bursts)
we need a fill video of spooky switching his webcam for the drone with his face upside down on it lol
What i think would be great is that.
When a survivor is in the drones radius, and healthy, he gets the exposed status.
Is the survivor injured and in the drones radius, he gets another status (maybe slowed down, or maybe oblivious.. who knows).
This way the drones "effect" wouldn't be rendered completely useless.
She seems like a decent killer at the lower level of dbd. But I don't see her being any good when it comes to the basement gremlins who never stop playing. I'm pretty sure she would be atleast a c tier killer with a good build and decent add ons. I'm gonna try this build when I manage to get the perks for her
Good lord her attack animation is vicious, I like it
Thank you for this video, earned a sub. Haven't seen much content on YT released about Skull Merchant so thank you for pulling through!
I don’t think anyone is doubting her ability to be a lethal killer- she’s just not a fun killer to go against. Kind of like the Artist and Knight, all she’s good at it zoning. 🍅
She’s not suppose to be fun to go against… she’s a killer lol wtf
Yup. Super boring. Just plants drones on gens and tunnels.
@@nathangothan601 tunneling is part of the game, get better at looping that’s part of the game too. Can’t tell the killer how to play there’s no rules 🤷🏾♂️
@@mcahtme2977 I never said it wasn’t. Just that it’s boring to go against. I loop just fine, I’m usually the last alive when I solo lol
@@mcahtme2977 meanwhile I bet you’re part of the crowd screeching about DH needing a nerf 😂
I'm gonna say it so you guys remember, this happened before, having 2 bad chapters back to back happened when Silent hill got released, that year had twins, trickster and blight at release, let's not forget the past, and hopefully it won't repeat again
From the killer side of last 2 Chapters, they aren’t bad but survivors got more bitchy & entitled and want killers to play by an invisible set of rules.
Actually the killers haven't gotten worse the knight and skull merchant are OP
So happy with the changes to background player- it’s actually a good perk now that works well with saboteur
I found that she is really effective on indoor maps, especially maps with 2 floors.
The RPD map when theres 2 gens in the center is hell.
Yeah like RPD
3:05 that scream tho 😂😂
God james 😅
Stinky nea goes: "really?!?!" LMAO Awesome video!!
Trail of torment & no where to hide looks decent to run together
Get this man to 600k. The only dbd TH-camr I actively watch
Spooky out here making the Skull Merchant look S-Tier.
I actually still like eruption even though it got nerfed. Honestly, I kinda consider it a buff with the aura effect to it
Not really a buff since you could see what gens people were working on with the scream notification
Mothers Dwelling and those drones at the end clutch got me two fist pumps in the air for excitement! GG's SL!
The upside down, floating head of SpookyLoopz is going to haunt my dreams and become my official mania demon. Thank you.
SPOOKY LOOPZ THE ONLY CONTENT CREATOR I VIBE WITH
Previous Video: "It just sucks right now to play DBD."
Today's Video: "I gotta give them credit where credit is due."
Turns out Fog Whispers do have to kiss the ring, lmao.
And this is why I can’t give loops a chance, he back peddled so quick after bitching bout the new killer just for “content” like stand on that hill bruh.
For the main room in R.P.D, I place two drones on the second floor near the stairs. For the other drones, I place them at areas of high traffic. The outdoor staircase by the front, the library, near the Unicorn statue, records room, hallways by the office and move them around to confuse Survivors. I admit, I use to place near gens, but I'm now focusing on being more tactical. Any good suggestions?
The new Mother's Dwelling is a Trapper's wet dream
You actually made the killer look fun! :D
Just a thought: you grew faster when you weren’t asking for subs in the first 30sec of every video before you got to the content.
@SpookyLoopz, what I found to be really good with her is Hex: Retribution, Lethal Pursuer, Thwack, and Nowhere to Hide
I find it enjoyable. Just want to share my thoughts on her😅
I've been playing her since release she's amazing especially with nowhere to hide and trail of torment it's a deadly combo but I run pretty much the same add ons except one I use the one that gives you haste by 5%
Nowhere to Hide seems unnecessary, but Trail of Torment is surprisingly legit on Skully. Turns out people don't wanna step in your drones when they don't know where you are. Go figure.
can't believe you actually managed to make the skull merchant interesting
love the new intro animations like the gravestone
"Lets make the Skull merchant actually legal."
*my dumbass immediately"
"...Greencard?"
Ty for always showing there are other ways to win/play dbd other than the current meta!
spooky you just gave me an idea that I think would be a nice buff to her! I loved the playstyle you did with her!
but what if she had a secondary power? that would have to charge up (like dredge's nightfall, when his power is the remnant/teleport)
which could be charged up by the amount of time people stay inside her drone's area, and with it completely charged, she can go invisible, (or semi-invisible I dunno)
that would be not only just a nice extra thing for her kit, so she's more encouraged to catch people off guard somewhere, and that even indirectly makes the drones useful for when someone is hurt, they will get exposed which doesn't matter, but they would be charging your stealth power if they choose to dance inside the area!
Legends say James is still screaming.
I can’t wait to run into Skull Merchant every game now, all running this load out or face camping. So fun, yaaayyyyy!
Not gonna lie, The Skull Merchant is growing on me slightly
Got a fun build idea for you to try. Game afoot with rancor in an endgame build. If you keep your chase times close, it can lead to a 4 man rancor.
I would personally run Fire up instead of Trail of Torment I think. Helps make her be able to make more aggressive plays as the game goes on.
Not here for the video *yet*, will watch it later. However, I am here to say auto generated captions say spooky lips and I love it
I love your upside down M.O.D.O.K.
Never ceases to amaze me how weird is her hand-weapon position on first person
All they need to do is make the drones able to shoot something when survivors are revealed in their radius or travel the map or something along with making the mori actually good and it's a good enough chapter
Skull Merchant undoubtedly has a tom of chase potential but the same things that are making her better are making her better at stalemating games. I know that’s not the topic of this video but I think something needs to be done to fix the stalemate playstyle
I don't know if I've ever witnessed a game with more perk/power value than in that red forest game
My best set for Skull merchant is
Addons: Adi Valente 1 / Shotgun speakers
Perks: Distressing, unnerving presence, oppression, and overcharge.
Expect a huge slow down on people doing gens.
I used a similar build, and got two back to back 4K’s with it. I actually posted a video about it too. I like her more than I did when she was first introduced for sure!
Love your content bro, gotta catch your dbd streams
Left us hanging with that endgame chat dude 😭😂
That´s a mean build!
The killers ears must be blown out with the screams I know mine are.
We use a build close to this. Works well.
Very cool alt skin, but so much of this killer reminds me of Bloodharvest, one of BHVR's previous games
I have a skull merchant build for you where u don't rely on 3 gens
Add-ons iri unpublished manuscript and shotgun speakers
Perks Distressing, overcharge, coultophobia and unnerving presence with Iri um ur drones will have a 15 second terror radius and it works with unnerving and phobia and shotgun speakers givers them no notification of a skill check
Those add ons should be base kit, that aura reading one really makes her feel like s predator style killer.
Stand by her power is just tinder and stealth peaks are nice on her
I’m kinda coming around to this killer I mostly think it comes down to how you play a killer also trails and nowhere are my favorite combination
"Fine, I'll do it myself"
Lmao, Spooky buffing the new killer and I can barely do a 10 sec chase with her
The endgame chat lmfaoo
8:53 that's what she said 😂
So with this build the Skull Merchant is actually good. I've heard only complaints about her up until now, but you just showed that she's actually able to put those drones to good use.
I've seen chase builds, stealth builds, and back pack builds all work on her. Community is definitely knee jerking too hard about her being "terrible"
She is good even without addons. I played her with random perks for about 10 matches on release day won everyone of them. I used her drones in chases mostly with few monitoring gens. The undetectable was so pivotal to in several chases and got a down with exposed in every match. I don't know how people play her to not get value out of her kit as for me her base kit has tons of value when used correctly. I also play for fun I am not sweating for wins thats why I play random builds as its more fun. Reason why I don't use addons on her is because I am collecting them and start using them when I have over five of all addons and offerings so don't run out of one of them accidentally.
Skull Merchant is good, but when you got top creators like loops & otz basically crying about the new killer the whole dbd community gone follow like sheep.
Love the sound effects
Tbh I don't find her that bad, I got adept with her pretty easy with the pallet breaking add-on and the increase rate of exposure by 10%. That helped a lot, i got it on my third try with twack being the only one level 2 the rest is level 1. Though her playstyle is stressful for the killer and not for the survivors
Despite of those complains about the new killer, i thought this is an awesome killer and hard to beat if its really buffed
"I buffed the skull merchant" loved the title xD
i wish that they would remove her instadown and make her stealth more consistent, i think shes so close to being fun. honestly every stream/vid ive seen where shes got addons on looks really cool
this build looks fun!
since release of her all i find is killers playing as her camping the last 3 gens turning it into a 30-50 min match
seems like Spooky is really getting aHEAD in his gameplay :O
I think play with your food is rly good on her
YES a fellow Trail of Torment user, the perk is so much fun \o/
Honestly I wish the aura reading perk was base kit
They should make those Add-Ons basekit