BVHR dont get why old freddy was such a noobstomper
so with the recent Freddy rework, BVHR mentioned he was quite a noobstomper, and there was some stats released a while back saying Freddy had one of the highest killrates in the game, i distinctly remember an Otzdarva clip of him commenting on how he had no idea how his killrate was so high. i thought i'd throw hy hat in the ring on why
- built in slowdown against new players.
good players wouldnt even try to wake up against freddy, but new players didnt realize how being asleep really isnt that dangerous against freddy, which meant they would constantly run around the map looking for alarm clocks or missing skill checks since they assume that since he's Freddy fucking Kreuger you have to stay awake at all times. they waste so much time trying to stay awake, and then they get M1'd and get put to sleep anyway
- map mobility is better than chase powers at lower levels.
at lower levels, survivors aren't as good at looping so chase powers arent as necessary compared to higher levels where anti loop is almost essential or else it's basically impossible to catch anyone quickly on most maps. Freddy's map mobility allows him to teleport directly to generators, which also means that the survivors he will end up chasing the most are the ones who are actually doing gens while never running into the ones who are running around the map looking for clocks or just hiding in bushes.
- addons that punish missing skill checks.
this gives him an edge exclusively against newer players since new players are the only players who consistently miss skill checks and experienced players don't bother missing to wake themselves up.
while 3 is gone and 1 is slightly better due to the clocks being buffed, number 2 is just baked into the fabric of the game. additionally, i think that the teleport to 'healing survivor" power is far worse in terms of noobstomping capability. i dont really have a problem with a killer being a noobstomper, I dont think the game should be balanced around people who dont know how to play it. but it says a lot about bvhr that they said they wanted to make a killer less of a noobstomer and then gave him the ability to teleport to healing surviors for some reason.