Really wish they could give trapper something else than just his traps to use, something passive that helps him keep pressure on the map. He’s just so 1 dimensional, either you run into the trap you didn’t see and lose the chase, or he doesn’t have a trap around there and it’s a normal M1 chase.
Bardic Inspiration, Dramaturgy, Autodidact, and Plunderer's Instinct. The gambler build. Gamble with friends, gamble whilst in chase, gamble when healing, and gamble during your free time. I love gambling.
Bardic Inspiration: Good gamba Dramaturgy: Good gamba Autodidact: Works in the build’s context Plunderer’s Instinct: Not really a gambling perk for chests. Might I recommend Ace in the Hole for the gambling of addons? If you’re gonna do a gambling build, optimizing the amount of RNG you deal with is paramount.
@@thesalsaguy4395 I thought of Plunderer's as a "go spin the wheel when you're not doing gens", as Luck (as far as I know) doesn't affect the 3 previous perks. I'm _serious_ about gambling to the point where I'd break the build if it means that I get to gamble more.
@@Modeus. Well, Ace in the Hole is a better gambling perk, especially since it works with Dramaturgy. Plunderers instinct is at best 3 extra spins. Ace in the Hole is 3 spins per Dramaturgy(which already is a spin on the wheel): 1 on if you get 1 or 2 addons, 1 on the addon rarity and the final one to get the same addon twice. Has only happened once to me over the course of my entire DBD career. Trust me, nothing will ever give you that gambling high if you get a Commodius Toolbox with 2 wirespools.
@@lucas0sz I think it's funny how you worded it like that, since DbD started doing external IP collabs before Fortnite. Original reply: Shouldn't it be the other way around? DBD got the ball rolling with the collabs since October 2016 (Myers), whereas the first major collab character in Fortnite (Thanos) came out in May 2018 I think
@@DLBBALL Lmao uh doesn't really matter. DBD might've "started/invented it" with the horror genre but Fortnite perfected it with being able to access diverse characters from every genre, Pickle Rick, ATLA, Deadpool, & Goku. Like you can't honestly sit there & think DBD is doing more diverse work here than Fortnite has in the last 6 years lol
I bet Stranger Things fans shat themselves with joy after hearing “Vecna” and then shat themselves with grief after realizing it’s the D&D guy, not the Stranger Things Season 4 guy
I like the fact that the first few killers have exactly one ability, like bear traps or a semi invisibilty and this killer literally can cast 4 different spells for like every fucking situation possible.
No, but buff the old and weak killers so they can keep up with new killers. You don't have to make them OP or something, but just make them somehow useful. @@Nikkibuh
“Come so far” the game is pretty much exactly the same as ever 🤣 there’s just more surfs and killers and it isn’t overly survivor sided compared to the early years.
Its funny my first thought on vecna was that it seemed complicated. And yet the moment I got into it, it was one of the most fun killers I've played in a while. *Also in case its not shown in the video, the lich has a "2nd mori" in the same sense as the executioner does, if a survivor on death hook has attuned with the hand or eye of vecna, vecna can do a 'artifact retrieval' Which is a quick mori*
In case no one else has mentioned it yet, I found the alternate Mori people were talking about. Basically, it’s an in-kit Mori like Pyramid Head, and it activates when you down someone carrying the Eye or Hand of Vecna, distinguished by the “recover artifact” prompt.
Imagine being a literal knight and then getting upstaged by a literal god joining your game on your team. I'm glad DbD is taking DnD's approach to martial vs caster balance, they truly respect the source material
As a long time player of dnd I love seeingall the little things they put in the game that you wouldnt know, like the addons being famous magical items from DM's Guide. It is actually so amazing to get to see dnd in one of my favorite games, it deserves to be here, and the power of this killer is PEAK.
For anyone that doesnt understand the Vecna power, Vecna basically has 4 powers. Fly: You can fly over obstacles + a speedboost Flight of the Damned: You conjure spectral entities (kinda like artist crows) Mage Hand: You block Pallets Dispelling Sphere: You create a big sphere where you can see auras and disable magic items from survivors. Survivors have magic items against Vecna, which give them random positive effects or items.
I see that they'll probably need to buff Vecna in some cooldwdown and durations. "Fly" has a looong cooldown between using it and being able to attack, which allows survivors to usually go back around to the pallet/window quite safely. Same thins with Mage hand, it's just too short of a duration holding the pallet right now.
The second Mori is if a Survivor has the Eye or Hand of Vecna from rolling a 20 on a loot chest. Then you get the option to "Reclaim Artifact" and it's a much quicker mori. Like Sadako or Pyramidhead
The all new “you fell for the oldest trick in the book” build. This includes mirrored illusion, resilience, wake up and leader. That way if you wanna open exit gates, just put the false you on one and bum rush the other. Plain and simple, but effective. ❤
Replace leader with hope- allowing you to rush to the other gate faster, and have a friend run leader. Leader doesn't work on yourself as far as I know, just on other, nearby survivors. "Increases the Action speeds of other Survivors IconHelpLoading survivor in Healing, Sabotaging, Unhooking, Cleansing, Opening, and Unlocking by 15/20/25 % while they are within 8 metres of your location. This effect lingers for 15 seconds when leaving Leader's range." -dbd wiki's page on the 'Leader' perk
plant it on a gate and watch nearby for when the killer inevitably checks and sees it, walks up and sees it's a decoy. they'd probably high-tail it to the other gate, might even check nearby.
That is kinda how popularity goes. Original is often ignored in favor of mainstream. For example, people would compare Plutonian to just another Homelander once the Irredeemable movie comes out, whereas Plutonian was inspiration.
@@angelpr2477 it's actually DbD lore implications lol Take into account not all the killers Like working for the Entity or that the Entity has to often trick Killers into the Realm if not outright kidnap them
@@angelpr2477 TL,DR: Vecna is a lesser deity and legendarily powerful mage capable of warping reality even before he ascended to godhood. If he decided to fight the DBD Entity, it would be a hell of a fight, so it's lucky he's willing to play his role for now. (Although that's probably just a joke about how DnD is a roleplaying game). Long version, in DnD, Vecna was an extremely powerful mage who turned himself into an undead Lich in order to live forever, but was betrayed by a trusted vampiric general named Kas, who Vecna had previously gifted a sentient sword that, instilled with Vecna's evil, corrupted Kas and convinced him to usurp Vecna. During the fight, Kas cut off Vecna's hand and cut out his eye, but Vecna managed to banish him before dying. His severed hand and eye became potent magical artifacts after his death. Vecna was powerful enough in his un-life that he posthumously developed a religious following big enough to bring him back as a minor deity, and has since tried several times to get a spot on the major pantheon. In terms of definite feats, provable strength, Vecna probably beats the Entity.
The funniest part is that it’s not different chests being mimics that keeps getting them, the survivors keep opening the same chest constantly forgetting it’s a mimic
I can confidently say they didn't forget. In these killer/survivor showcases the survivors are goofing off while helping showcase killer abilities and animations. Prime example being the Dwight (I believe?) who gestured Otz to kick a gen under the guise of showing the gen kicking animation only for the trap to go off. Also, everyone just playing their lute at every possible moment. Still really funny, just don't think it should be assigned to absentmindedness when it's absolutely intentional!
In case you wanted to know, Matt Mercer is the runner of a popular dnd podcast/show called Critical Role, where he is the Dungeon Master ( basically the referee and the one who runs adventures).
This chapter seems to be a huge win. It's so refreshing to have these crazy ideas, and with things like 2v8 on the horizon DBD is looking to be better than ever!
@@siredquinn Honestly I would have redownloaded if it was a permanent thing. But BHVR are so scared of making significant changes, they just made it a limited mode
I honestly love the way they approached the add-ons for Vecna. Just make all of them super useful in their own special way to switch up the gameplay, the way an add-on should be designed. Sure, some of them definitely need tweaking and some are certainly less useful than others but all of them clearly have their own significant advantages and will likely see a lot of decent usage unlike other killer’s add-ons that tend to fall into obscurity (cough cough all of Pyramid Head’s add-ons)
@@Someone-lg6diI bet it'll be a repeat of the mannequins from SM's map, with knights goofing off and survivors pretending not to see them. Probably the one thing i'm looking forward to this chapter
THIS IS SOOO HYPE!! AND WHAT A SHOUTOUT TO HAVE MATT MERCER VOICE AS VECNA! also a fun dnd lore tid bit, i wonder if languid touch is meant to be a reference to vecna's beef with the raven queen . . . . . . good stuff!!!
Would love to see more map features like the one way door, I want a reason to pick a map other than just the loops in it, even if it's just like a map specific mori, like doctor doing a different animation in the operating room in Larry's or something, just to give the maps more flair
Eh, not really. The counter items arent that strong. Based on his power, you will have Hex: Blood Favour (you can block a pallet with the hand, then get a hit), double cooldown addons (the yellow one reducing it by 5 seconds, and the green one reducing it by 5 seconds for every m1), and then a mix of slowdown and info perks, since you can simply just send the orb for quick info and use Fly to close massive gaps.
Ambition over practicality - a step in the right direction. No doubt at all he will feel clunky in certain spots, but this is a refreshing deviation from the norm.
When the teaser got released, me and a bunch of people said "oh yeah, that looks like a Beholder." At the same time, when I saw it was a DnD collab, I said my first thought was that they couldn't get Stranger Things to approve Vecna, so they went to Wizards to use their version instead. I was half joking but it's so funny to see I was right. The magic items are sick, this looks like the most fun killer to play against on the Survivor side since Wesker.
I've got three quibbles with Vecna: He's a lich, yet has a mostly normal face. His face should be more skull than flesh. The Eye of Vecna is in the game, yet he has both eyes. The Hand of Vecna is also in the game, yet he has both hands. Aside from that, pretty cool addition. I am constantly surprised how many companies are willing to let DBD play with their IPs. I imagine the contracts and negotiations are a pain in the ass, though.
@@kingemeraldbonesok8270 Yeah, I'm fully aware. There is no such thing as being able to play creatively in Dead by Daylight. I mean, it took them like almost two years in order to fix a 30 second gen rush from a single perk. And there are still methods in order to get that down to below 45 seconds. With no issue.
@@NameIsDoc I don’t play the game anymore but man I remember hating franklins but yea anyways you’re right the only way to play as killer to win competitively is just gen slow down pretty boring but oh well
I like the concept of dark arrogance. Pretty oldschool simple perk to have. This dual character setup with three perks is what I wish they did from the start with such dlcs.
This is hands down the coolest killer so far in my opinion. Definitely either an A tier or S tier killer too in addition to being so fun. I imagine it might take a bit getting used to though
My only issue is that I don't really like the 5e design of Vecna. I grew up with his 3/3.5 design, and I love that one. I hope they make that as a skin for him.
Vecna is from Greyhawk aka the typical D&D workd. The Weave is a magical aura around the world of Ebir-Toril aka Faêrun feom the Forgotten Realms settings. WOTC with 5e is so lazy they decided to MCU all the campaign settings. Its amazing and amusing how The Entity is able to use some sort of Time manipulation to recruit Vecna before he became a Greater God
Uploaded 2 minutes ago?? Man, I am EARLY! This is actually kind of a mind blower, was not expecting this Killer. This is so unfortunate because I have to go to work in 10 minutes! Ahhh!
I 100% want a skin for knight that is Kas the Bloody-Handed for those who don't know that is vecnas right hand man and is important for defeating vecna in the d&d story
My only complaint, I wish the Killer's terror radius was like Dark Souls boss music or something, wish it gave me that super grand final boss feeling. As is it's still pretty decent, just nothing too special
The survivor perks are pretty weak, but since Otz believes the bard song perk ‘could be OP’ because of the gen speed bonus pairing with hyper focus maybe BHVR should change the rewards of that perk. Something like: fully healed, restored exhaustion, chests now spawn a rare or ultra rare item or something. Things that have nothing to do with gen repair. But yeah of course the survivor has cool gimmicky perks but they’re pretty bad. The killer has a couple of really nice perks however, as per usual
This killer: Looks pretty complicated
The trapper: Oh, look, the bear trap.
That's a shame for the face of the game. 😢
reject modernity
return to trapper
@@scatt3r1yas queeennn preach 💅💅💅
Naughty Bear and Trapper >>>>> weird board game Voldemort always
Really wish they could give trapper something else than just his traps to use, something passive that helps him keep pressure on the map. He’s just so 1 dimensional, either you run into the trap you didn’t see and lose the chase, or he doesn’t have a trap around there and it’s a normal M1 chase.
1:26 It's voiced by Matt Mercer, the Voice Actor, not to be confused with Alex Mercer, the bio-terrorist
We are aware the twitch chat was extra fucking annoying about it
Free my man Alex Mercer. He aint do nothin wrong
LMFAOOOOO PROTOTYPE ALEX MERCER WOULD BE SICK THO--
@DeadfishKing As a Killer. Actually, Wesker skin would be cool too.
@@ToniToniChopaaa That all of them knew what Prototype was was pretty pog.
12:35 watching the “damn that mimic is FUCKABLE” comment get deleted in real time is so funny
The fact that they added gambling to dbd as a part of power is amazing
1984
@@maximuffin6395real
and you know he read it too because why else would he say this 20:34
@@iknorn9494 I can finally roleplay as Ace, IN GAME!
Bardic Inspiration, Dramaturgy, Autodidact, and Plunderer's Instinct.
The gambler build. Gamble with friends, gamble whilst in chase, gamble when healing, and gamble during your free time.
I love gambling.
Bardic Inspiration: Good gamba
Dramaturgy: Good gamba
Autodidact: Works in the build’s context
Plunderer’s Instinct: Not really a gambling perk for chests. Might I recommend Ace in the Hole for the gambling of addons?
If you’re gonna do a gambling build, optimizing the amount of RNG you deal with is paramount.
@@thesalsaguy4395 I thought of Plunderer's as a "go spin the wheel when you're not doing gens", as Luck (as far as I know) doesn't affect the 3 previous perks. I'm _serious_ about gambling to the point where I'd break the build if it means that I get to gamble more.
@@Modeus. Well, Ace in the Hole is a better gambling perk, especially since it works with Dramaturgy. Plunderers instinct is at best 3 extra spins. Ace in the Hole is 3 spins per Dramaturgy(which already is a spin on the wheel): 1 on if you get 1 or 2 addons, 1 on the addon rarity and the final one to get the same addon twice. Has only happened once to me over the course of my entire DBD career.
Trust me, nothing will ever give you that gambling high if you get a Commodius Toolbox with 2 wirespools.
Slippery meat, luck offering or up the ante for gambling on hook
Ace mains rise
I can't wait for Ellen Ripley from the hit movie Alien to pull out a lute and start playing against the demogorgon from stranger things
Damn, DbD is becoming Fortnite.
How long until Vecna gets a skin for his Stranger Things counterpart?
@@RokuroCarisu Now that the chapter is back, I wouldn't be surprised if they're all in talks right now to make it happen.
@@lucas0sz I think it's funny how you worded it like that, since DbD started doing external IP collabs before Fortnite.
Original reply: Shouldn't it be the other way around? DBD got the ball rolling with the collabs since October 2016 (Myers), whereas the first major collab character in Fortnite (Thanos) came out in May 2018 I think
@@DLBBALL Lmao uh doesn't really matter. DBD might've "started/invented it" with the horror genre but Fortnite perfected it with being able to access diverse characters from every genre, Pickle Rick, ATLA, Deadpool, & Goku. Like you can't honestly sit there & think DBD is doing more diverse work here than Fortnite has in the last 6 years lol
"I can change my power"
Knight is literally crying in the corner rn
Yeah Knight could use a simple rework now allowing him to pick which guard to send. Vecna looks better in every aspect imo.
At least it works when u need it.
they sould definitly allow knight something like this, each guard with their own cd
yeah a rework for the knight would be cool
I don't think they could give the Knight the same treatment without reworking most of his add-ons and making Jailer more useful.
The Bard perk is so fucking funny. Imagine your on the ground bleeding out and your friend is just vibing next to you
Oh i know it will happen xD
I’m so excited to add this to my meme Steve build! I always swap around a couple of perks and in this one will be there 100% of the time
K@@BubbleBunnyy
Always that 1 guy huh@@Paramore_your_Decode
That's two perks I'm running 100% of the time now (first one is dramaturgy)
1:28 Yknow he may be a biomutant killer, monster, and terrorist but Alex Mercer is a pretty damn good VA
cultured prototype reference spotted
"They call me a killer, a monster, a terrorist. I am all of those things."
Matt Mercer?
@@Doncroft1 did he stutter?
Alex Mercer?I think youre talking about Matthew Mercer.
I bet Stranger Things fans shat themselves with joy after hearing “Vecna” and then shat themselves with grief after realizing it’s the D&D guy, not the Stranger Things Season 4 guy
I feel like he might get a stranger things Vecna legendary skin
Damn they shat themselves twice?
They usually do
you described me
Wow you just explained exactly what happened to me
"Bro lets t-bag the killer in gate"
"Nah bro we'll play them a song"
God loves u all
I like the fact that the first few killers have exactly one ability, like bear traps or a semi invisibilty and this killer literally can cast 4 different spells for like every fucking situation possible.
Power creep in design.
I mean yeah, what're you gonna do, make /another/ guy with semi invisibility?
?
Because that is his gimmick? Magic having variety?
No?
Gtfo, haters
No, but buff the old and weak killers so they can keep up with new killers. You don't have to make them OP or something, but just make them somehow useful. @@Nikkibuh
@@kingol4801I don't think they are hating just stating the very development
I love how we've come so far in DBD, that now Kate can actually bust out her guitar.
Kate mains rise up! ✊
What?! Yes please! I'm a Kate main 🥰
@@tigerprincess1109yep, new perk "bardic inspiration" makes you bust out a little tune
“Come so far” the game is pretty much exactly the same as ever 🤣 there’s just more surfs and killers and it isn’t overly survivor sided compared to the early years.
@@jamesa2482 yeah surfs up cowabunga
Vecna in thumbnail: “IS THAT THE REAL OTZ?”
It's what's left of him
there's no dna evidence to back it up...
No this is Patrick
What we see on screen is just a simulacrum
@@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart Is this the Krusty Krab?
Its funny my first thought on vecna was that it seemed complicated. And yet the moment I got into it, it was one of the most fun killers I've played in a while.
*Also in case its not shown in the video, the lich has a "2nd mori" in the same sense as the executioner does, if a survivor on death hook has attuned with the hand or eye of vecna, vecna can do a 'artifact retrieval' Which is a quick mori*
oh really? Didnt notice that
God loves u all
@avangardismm why do you think this is necessary?
In case no one else has mentioned it yet, I found the alternate Mori people were talking about. Basically, it’s an in-kit Mori like Pyramid Head, and it activates when you down someone carrying the Eye or Hand of Vecna, distinguished by the “recover artifact” prompt.
God loves u all
I was hoping someone would mention this haha
Vecna looks like he just died in your arms tonight in the thumbnail.
It must have been something, he said.
@@NameIsDoc 🎶 he just died in your arms tonightttt~ 🎶
Lich rizz.
@@kuromifytheworld008 are we children or old because of that reference or is that song just meme enough to be in the common lexicon?
@@NameIsDoc it's a meme, thanks to instagram comments. I can say with confidence that we're children.
BHVR was thinking of giving Vecna the Testicular Torsion spell (Ovarian Torsion for the ladies) but they figured that was too OP.
Fallopian fluctuation*
then a wand charged with 'Mend Buttcrack' would randomly spawn on the map. Permanently disables casting of testicular torsion.
That would give the survivor a 100% hindered status effect until they are put into the dying state
Missed opportunity for Black Tentacles spell.
@@SeekingKnight Or Arms of Hadar. Imagine a swirling mass of tendrils that just nukes everything around you, but with an insanely long cooldown. Oof.
1:27 Oh yes I love when a DND chapter for DBD has the killer voiced by the main character of Prototype
Sorry I'm dumb!
He at least got it right the second time!
@@notOtzdarva Naaah Otz. Youre very smort. You teach us so much!
Stop sucking his dick. His opinions are some of the most absurd in dbd.
Imagine being a literal knight and then getting upstaged by a literal god joining your game on your team. I'm glad DbD is taking DnD's approach to martial vs caster balance, they truly respect the source material
The dungeon underneath the map is so well done, and surprisingly big, even more than 1 gen spawns down there.
God loves u all
Kate mains are gonna go crazy with bardic inspiration
Her 3 teachables and Bardic Inspiration. Prime cowgirl energy.
As a Kate main yeh.
Never in my life would I have guessed that freaking dungeons and dragons would be in dbd!
Demogorgon was close enough lol
DnD in DBD FYI!
@@Erik_Ochoa013 yeah but dnd demogorgon is a 2 headed monkey demon
cause it's dumb. You would think it's dare. What is the stupidest thing we can bring to dbd they though
@hanswurst6742 Eat my farts, party pooper. DND is cool as hell, and Vecna coming to DBD is nothing short of the stars aligning.
That Mori is straight Mortal Kombat Fatality status
As a long time player of dnd I love seeingall the little things they put in the game that you wouldnt know, like the addons being famous magical items from DM's Guide. It is actually so amazing to get to see dnd in one of my favorite games, it deserves to be here, and the power of this killer is PEAK.
God loves u all
*gives someone their item*
Nurse from the other side of the map: so you have chosen death.
Literally Virtual Insanity meme
For anyone that doesnt understand the Vecna power, Vecna basically has 4 powers.
Fly: You can fly over obstacles + a speedboost
Flight of the Damned: You conjure spectral entities (kinda like artist crows)
Mage Hand: You block Pallets
Dispelling Sphere: You create a big sphere where you can see auras and disable magic items from survivors.
Survivors have magic items against Vecna, which give them random positive effects or items.
That's crazy
Mage hand can also reset pallets if dropped
I see that they'll probably need to buff Vecna in some cooldwdown and durations.
"Fly" has a looong cooldown between using it and being able to attack, which allows survivors to usually go back around to the pallet/window quite safely. Same thins with Mage hand, it's just too short of a duration holding the pallet right now.
so matt mercer is Cooper, Cassidy, Deadshot, Leon S. Kennedy, AND Vecna now?
@@npsea2398I think it resets it if they have the corresponding item, and drops it back down otherwise
Mmmm yes, Alex Mercer, my favourite dnd figure
Prototype guy?
@@beeboop5158had the same thought lmao
Alex mercer in Dbd when
Can't believe we got Alex Mercer from DND in DBD before GTA VI
but its not Alex Mercer. Its Matthew Mercer
Cant believe Alex Mercer is VAing now
He really was prototyping careers
Hes....been a va
@@KDA21matt mercer is a va, alex mercer is…
@@KDA21Matt Mercer is the VA, Alex Mercer is a game character
@KDA21 Alex Mercer is the prototype, Matt Mercer is the final product
The second Mori is if a Survivor has the Eye or Hand of Vecna from rolling a 20 on a loot chest. Then you get the option to "Reclaim Artifact" and it's a much quicker mori. Like Sadako or Pyramidhead
Trapper in the corner looking at his 16th-century animal trap while brand deal McGee over here gets 4 powers lmao
The all new “you fell for the oldest trick in the book” build. This includes mirrored illusion, resilience, wake up and leader. That way if you wanna open exit gates, just put the false you on one and bum rush the other. Plain and simple, but effective. ❤
I don’t think it would last long enough to be that much of a trick, and you’d have to get to the other gate, likely passing by the killer
Cool
@@KalosianfireIt lasts 2 minutes
Replace leader with hope- allowing you to rush to the other gate faster, and have a friend run leader. Leader doesn't work on yourself as far as I know, just on other, nearby survivors.
"Increases the Action speeds of other Survivors
IconHelpLoading survivor
in Healing, Sabotaging, Unhooking, Cleansing, Opening, and Unlocking by 15/20/25 % while they are within 8 metres of your location.
This effect lingers for 15 seconds when leaving Leader's range."
-dbd wiki's page on the 'Leader' perk
plant it on a gate and watch nearby for when the killer inevitably checks and sees it, walks up and sees it's a decoy. they'd probably high-tail it to the other gate, might even check nearby.
The tweens in the Twitter post saying how this is off-brand Vecana because its not the Stranger Things character has finally made me an angry old man
Sad times we live in
Really?!?! They're actually saying that?????!!!!!!😤
That is kinda how popularity goes.
Original is often ignored in favor of mainstream.
For example, people would compare Plutonian to just another Homelander once the Irredeemable movie comes out, whereas Plutonian was inspiration.
Thats bc stranger things vecna had insane amounts of hype and build up and no one was anticipating this instead
how do you know they are tweens? i'm older than you and wanted ST Vecna. deal with it
The sheer speed of this man, even engravings billy could never catch up to him
Best part about this update? My artist build which has previously only used spies from the shadows now has another crow perk to use!
YESS LORE ACCURATE ARTIST 🔥🔥🔥🔥
God loves u all
@@avangardismm Who?
@@igal5553Why are you insulting God?
@@Ceccener Who?
"I will play my role.... for now"
That line has a TON of lore implications.
I don't play DND could you elaborate?
@@angelpr2477 it's actually DbD lore implications lol
Take into account not all the killers Like working for the Entity or that the Entity has to often trick Killers into the Realm if not outright kidnap them
@@BlueBD Hmm yeah that makes sense, wonder if we'll get a new game mode with that implications 🤔, "fighting the entity"
@@angelpr2477 TL,DR: Vecna is a lesser deity and legendarily powerful mage capable of warping reality even before he ascended to godhood. If he decided to fight the DBD Entity, it would be a hell of a fight, so it's lucky he's willing to play his role for now. (Although that's probably just a joke about how DnD is a roleplaying game).
Long version, in DnD, Vecna was an extremely powerful mage who turned himself into an undead Lich in order to live forever, but was betrayed by a trusted vampiric general named Kas, who Vecna had previously gifted a sentient sword that, instilled with Vecna's evil, corrupted Kas and convinced him to usurp Vecna. During the fight, Kas cut off Vecna's hand and cut out his eye, but Vecna managed to banish him before dying. His severed hand and eye became potent magical artifacts after his death. Vecna was powerful enough in his un-life that he posthumously developed a religious following big enough to bring him back as a minor deity, and has since tried several times to get a spot on the major pantheon. In terms of definite feats, provable strength, Vecna probably beats the Entity.
God the absolute variety in this chapter, especially the power, is insane
This is real and coming out?
“Hello guys, this is Otz. Or at least I was before the TPK”
Hello friends this is Not Otz, or atleast it was until I had to make a new character named otz
"Hello friends, this is Otz, at least according to my lack of dump-stats."
The funniest part is that it’s not different chests being mimics that keeps getting them, the survivors keep opening the same chest constantly forgetting it’s a mimic
I can confidently say they didn't forget. In these killer/survivor showcases the survivors are goofing off while helping showcase killer abilities and animations. Prime example being the Dwight (I believe?) who gestured Otz to kick a gen under the guise of showing the gen kicking animation only for the trap to go off. Also, everyone just playing their lute at every possible moment. Still really funny, just don't think it should be assigned to absentmindedness when it's absolutely intentional!
Yeah nah they definitely knew and were just screwing around, I’ve done it in public matches 😆
I love how the guitars play in time with each other when people play next to each other
It being Matt Mercer is so awesome
In case you wanted to know, Matt Mercer is the runner of a popular dnd podcast/show called Critical Role, where he is the Dungeon Master ( basically the referee and the one who runs adventures).
interesting too that matt has actually played vecna in said dnd game as the final boss for the first campaign, years ago.
Oh, really? Cool.
It has been a blast to watch him and the crew play and together it is just so fun to watch!
Who cares? We love Alex Mercer now! 😍
This chapter seems to be a huge win. It's so refreshing to have these crazy ideas, and with things like 2v8 on the horizon DBD is looking to be better than ever!
It being a limited game mode is dumb tho.
@@siredquinn Honestly I would have redownloaded if it was a permanent thing. But BHVR are so scared of making significant changes, they just made it a limited mode
@@siredquinnIt won't be limited time from what I've heard, as it's a mode instead of a modifier
@@siredquinnit is only limited for now until they finalize the mode, they will take it off when they make changes
@@iAmPimmiCue exactly
I honestly love the way they approached the add-ons for Vecna. Just make all of them super useful in their own special way to switch up the gameplay, the way an add-on should be designed. Sure, some of them definitely need tweaking and some are certainly less useful than others but all of them clearly have their own significant advantages and will likely see a lot of decent usage unlike other killer’s add-ons that tend to fall into obscurity (cough cough all of Pyramid Head’s add-ons)
It would be really funny to sit between the armor suits as the knight with insidious.
Wouldnt it be obvious with the weapon
@@Someone-lg6diI bet it'll be a repeat of the mannequins from SM's map, with knights goofing off and survivors pretending not to see them. Probably the one thing i'm looking forward to this chapter
THANK YOU.
I needed a guide about this multitasking monster
Catch me with Bardic Inspiration and Leader, standing next to a 3-man only Generator doing nothing at all
THIS IS SOOO HYPE!! AND WHAT A SHOUTOUT TO HAVE MATT MERCER VOICE AS VECNA! also a fun dnd lore tid bit, i wonder if languid touch is meant to be a reference to vecna's beef with the raven queen . . . . . . good stuff!!!
Er… its ALEX Mercer actually? Don’t you know who he is?
Would love to see more map features like the one way door, I want a reason to pick a map other than just the loops in it, even if it's just like a map specific mori, like doctor doing a different animation in the operating room in Larry's or something, just to give the maps more flair
On first impression he seems like a true wizard: high skill floor and high skill ceiling
Loved checking it out live, seems like he's gonna be another killer that focuses on "make the killer and the survivors both op"
No, more like make the survivors op for very little gain.
The spells are good but I wouldn’t say they’re OP though
@@thesavagegummybear7341 you sound like you're just not very good at the game and will do anything except take personal responsibility for that
@@thesavagegummybear7341 you have nothing to work off of that statement with
@@NewSirenSong lol ok little buddy.
Personally I think that because of the way the counterplay works, Hex: Third seal is gonna be meta on this killer
Eh, not really. The counter items arent that strong. Based on his power, you will have Hex: Blood Favour (you can block a pallet with the hand, then get a hit), double cooldown addons (the yellow one reducing it by 5 seconds, and the green one reducing it by 5 seconds for every m1), and then a mix of slowdown and info perks, since you can simply just send the orb for quick info and use Fly to close massive gaps.
Blindness doesn’t affect killer powers
@@wolfrex2721 believe they do affect the aura reading some of the magic items give though
Voiced by Alex Mercer? Damn, I knew he survived Prototype 2.
Mage Hand is so smart, it's lore-friendly too!
Ambition over practicality - a step in the right direction. No doubt at all he will feel clunky in certain spots, but this is a refreshing deviation from the norm.
When the teaser got released, me and a bunch of people said "oh yeah, that looks like a Beholder."
At the same time, when I saw it was a DnD collab, I said my first thought was that they couldn't get Stranger Things to approve Vecna, so they went to Wizards to use their version instead.
I was half joking but it's so funny to see I was right.
The magic items are sick, this looks like the most fun killer to play against on the Survivor side since Wesker.
God every time I hear the lyre perk, I’m reminded of that inscryption song
Otz has found his new main killer. Lich has sooo much fun potential with all the different abilities. 10/10 design in my book
I've got three quibbles with Vecna:
He's a lich, yet has a mostly normal face. His face should be more skull than flesh.
The Eye of Vecna is in the game, yet he has both eyes.
The Hand of Vecna is also in the game, yet he has both hands.
Aside from that, pretty cool addition. I am constantly surprised how many companies are willing to let DBD play with their IPs. I imagine the contracts and negotiations are a pain in the ass, though.
yeah, i wish they did what DND did where he just makes a false hand and eye.
Vecna literally has the 4 main types of killer powers in a single kit, movement, anti loop, ranged damage and tracking
Are we finally gonna dethrone the Nurse?
No, it's not The Stranger Things guy.
When you realize that all the stranger things enemies are named after DND enemies
unfortunate
@@MyersFlowyou mean thankfully
Thank god
the dnd demogorgon would have been much scarier. unfortunately that def wasnt gonna happen
And a few hours ago the official channel also posted a castlevania collab too, we eatin' good today boys
It is mandatory that survs like Jeff and Kate get their own dedicated guitars.
Fuck the buying dlc characters for their perks, it should be in those two webs at base
New perk allows survivors to play a musical intstrument
Kate mains: FINALLY
"Voiced my Alex Mercer"
I see Otz played Prototype enough to always get Matt Mercer's name mixed up too.
I really hope they give the lich a mind flayer skin
I feel like they will, or maybe they'll just give some dnd skins for other killers.
That item drop perk will pair nicely with overwhelming presence and franklins. My " f your items" build on doctor would be great with this
Yea but no gen regression or slowdown means you’re gonna get rushed real easy
@@kingemeraldbonesok8270 Yeah, I'm fully aware. There is no such thing as being able to play creatively in Dead by Daylight. I mean, it took them like almost two years in order to fix a 30 second gen rush from a single perk. And there are still methods in order to get that down to below 45 seconds. With no issue.
@@NameIsDoc I don’t play the game anymore but man I remember hating franklins but yea anyways you’re right the only way to play as killer to win competitively is just gen slow down pretty boring but oh well
@@kingemeraldbonesok8270 yeah, Franklins is mostly a troll. It does have it's uses and can mess up some teams like Sabo squads.
@@NameIsDoc messes up poor flashlights🥲
As a D&D player, I love this killer.
As a DBD player, I love this killer.
I like the concept of dark arrogance. Pretty oldschool simple perk to have. This dual character setup with three perks is what I wish they did from the start with such dlcs.
I dont play DBD anymore but i always tune back in to see what the new killers offer.
I’m crazy hyped for this to drop live
I’m proud of BHVR on this one, might have to pick up the game again lol
They've been on point with the licensed dlc lately, chucky and xenomorph were fun, and vecna looks sick af
At first I was nervous for D&D in DBD but this is honestly sick
If only this had been out before the Iron Maiden event - we need a heavy metal skin for the bard that plays electric guitar riffs.
This is hands down the coolest killer so far in my opinion.
Definitely either an A tier or S tier killer too in addition to being so fun.
I imagine it might take a bit getting used to though
vecnas mori really does get under my skin
It's bad to the bone
jaw-dropping
it really is to die for
I personally feel it's a little bare bones
it kills me
they had FUN making this
DBD devs are cooking more D&D heat than WOTC at this point
at first I was a little sad that it wasn't Stranger Things Vecna but after seeing how cool this killers design is I'm glad they did this instead.
My only issue is that I don't really like the 5e design of Vecna. I grew up with his 3/3.5 design, and I love that one. I hope they make that as a skin for him.
Alex Mercer Otz absolutely leaking the Prototype chapter too early
voiced by Alex Mercer? the guy from prototype? dang, bro's come a long way after being infected.
No, he's voiced by Matthew Mercer
@@wasielu3257 It was a joke on the fact that Otz said 'Alex' Mercer instead of Matt Mercer.
Can't wait for the lute jam sessions at the exit gates
Vecna is from Greyhawk aka the typical D&D workd. The Weave is a magical aura around the world of Ebir-Toril aka Faêrun feom the Forgotten Realms settings.
WOTC with 5e is so lazy they decided to MCU all the campaign settings.
Its amazing and amusing how The Entity is able to use some sort of Time manipulation to recruit Vecna before he became a Greater God
Hello friends this is Otz, at least according to a witness legal testimonial
Uploaded 2 minutes ago?? Man, I am EARLY! This is actually kind of a mind blower, was not expecting this Killer.
This is so unfortunate because I have to go to work in 10 minutes! Ahhh!
Holy shit they COOKED with this guy
The different mori animations are based on if they have a special artifact
I 100% want a skin for knight that is Kas the Bloody-Handed for those who don't know that is vecnas right hand man and is important for defeating vecna in the d&d story
Hello Otz this is flying Vecna
Idk if you know but the addons are dnd items 😂
“Alex Mercer” PROTOTYPE GAMING
My only complaint, I wish the Killer's terror radius was like Dark Souls boss music or something, wish it gave me that super grand final boss feeling. As is it's still pretty decent, just nothing too special
There’s two moris, the second one only triggers if a survivor is moriable while holding one of vecnas artifacts
Wait, so does that mean the leaker is on point??
They have been for the last couple killers I think so I’d say yeah lol
I loved everything about this killer until I noticed he has ears. Now I can't even play the game.
what the fog
I hate how many people are shitting on dnd and saying that stranger things is better, LIKE THIS ISNT WHERE HE CAME FROM HELLO THIS IS A HUGE W
This is a huuuge win. I wonder if Baldurs Gate success influenced this chapters inception since it brought dnd to a wider gaming audience
The survivor perks are pretty weak, but since Otz believes the bard song perk ‘could be OP’ because of the gen speed bonus pairing with hyper focus maybe BHVR should change the rewards of that perk. Something like: fully healed, restored exhaustion, chests now spawn a rare or ultra rare item or something. Things that have nothing to do with gen repair. But yeah of course the survivor has cool gimmicky perks but they’re pretty bad. The killer has a couple of really nice perks however, as per usual
Somehow I'm scared now that cheater now can be more subtle when rolling the dice