The strongest killer from Dead by Daylight is getting nerfed. Is the Nurse at the end? Here’s what is changing with the Nurse.
The balance in the horror game Dead by Daylight is quite a complex matter. For the game to be fun, there needs to be a balance between the killer and the four survivors. This is sometimes not so easy, as new perks ensure that old killers suddenly become extremely strong. One of these killers is the undefeated champion, the Nurse. And exactly she is now being targeted.
What makes the Nurse so strong? On paper, the Nurse does not seem that powerful. She is the only killer who moves slower than survivors and in the hands of inexperienced players, she poses no threat. Only those who invest many hours and master her power, teleportation, can achieve success with the Nurse. There is no doubt that the Nurse, in the hands of pros, is even easily the best killer – after all, she can teleport through walls and completely bypass defenses like pallets.
Experienced Nurses bring down one survivor after another and leave the opposing team with almost no time.
What will be changed now? With the next patch, the Nurse will be changed in an important detail. Her attacks after a teleportation will count as special attacks and no longer as normal attacks.
What is the impact of this? Even though this may seem minor at first, the effects of this change are devastating. Many perks that good Nurse players currently rely on will only trigger with a “normal attack”. Perks like “Starstruck” or “Hex: No One Escapes Death” will no longer work if the attack occurs in connection with a teleportation.
A side effect of this change is, of course, that the pool of “meaningful” Nurse perks will drastically decrease. In the future, many Nurse pros will have to think of entirely different builds, as the old ones are likely to have no use anymore.
What else will be changed? In addition to this significant adjustment, many of the Nurse’s addons will be revised to meet the new playstyles. For example, the Nurse can deactivate her terror radius for a while with “Bad Man’s Last Breath” or return to her starting position after using all teleportations with “Jenner’s Last Breath” and regain all charges in the process.
What do you think about the Nurse’s nerf? Is this a good, sensible change? Or does it ruin your favorite killer in Dead by Daylight?
