For a few days now, the killer “The Legion” has been on the loose in Dead by Daylight. His playstyle is nothing short of completely absurd.
With the now tenth chapter of Dead by Daylight “Darkness Among Us”, the new killer “The Legion” has been introduced into the game. He consists of four different characters that players can choose from. However, what sounds like a cool idea on paper leads to a rather strange mechanic that harms Dead by Daylight:
In order for Legion to be successful, he must not look at survivors.
The cause of this fact is his ability “Feral Frenzy”. When he hits a survivor in this state, they become afflicted with the “Deep Wounds” effect. This means that the survivor will slowly bleed out and a timer begins to count down. Once the timer reaches zero, the survivor goes down.
What’s the catch? The timer does not continue to run as long as the survivor is in a chase. So if Legion hits someone, he must end the chase afterwards in order for the timer to start running.
But how do you end a chase without losing sight of the player? Correct. You simply do not look at the survivor anymore, but follow their scratch and blood trails and rely on your hearing without looking in the direction of the survivor.
You have to almost desperately try not to accidentally get the survivor in your line of sight. YouTuber TydeTyme demonstrates this in this video:
Legion was actually intended to work like this: The mechanics of Feral Frenzy and the Deep Wounds are actually supposed to allow hitting a survivor and then targeting another victim to create a chain reaction of wounds. However, clever survivors do not roam around in groups, making it barely possible to injure multiple players.
The most effective method seems to be to focus on a survivor and fatigue them by “not looking at them”.
Legion has many issues: Within discussions on Reddit, there is much talk about Legion’s problems. His slow “default” speed of 110% (“normal” killers have 115%) makes him very ineffective during a regular chase. Many players feel that he can only be played solidly with rare add-ons and is also reliant on the mistakes of survivors.
In summary, playing Legion is definitely fun, even if you do not play him effectively. However, if you only find enjoyment in “I kill all the survivors,” then you should wait for some adjustments to Legion.
Developers hint at possible buffs: Already in the developer livestream, Behavior hinted that Legion is not achieving the performance one would expect from him. This sounds like we can expect a buff or adjustment to his gameplay in the coming weeks.
What do you think of Legion and his playstyle? Are you satisfied with the new killer, or does Behavior need to go back and make some changes?
