How The Nurse BROKE Dead by Daylight

The Nurse is famous for being the most OP killer in DBD history - but how did she get to this state?

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[Ardetha]

I AM STILL ILL SORRY FOR THE IFFY VOICE

[bobalan]

The nurse broke our game, so we have decided to nerf the Pig.
Behaviour, probably.

[readysetgameover]

The nurse has one weakness: she doesn’t shout “ I CAME!” When she teleports.

[P_Sam_]

24 hours after this video got released devs announce Nurse nerf ☠

[lenompasbanal]

I remember thinking that when a Nurse only used 3 blinks to hit me, she was very good.
People still missed with 7 blinks. Do you understand ?
*PEOPLE MISSED WITH 7 BLINKS.*

[phishstix]

Honestly, I’d love a part two on the nurse. She still has some history to get to where we are now, but maybe there could also be speculation on what could change to make her in a more healthy state🤔

[fajdek]

"Things needed to change."
-Ardetha 2022-2023

[SourSyda]

I think that they definitely developed Nurse with a hide and seek playstyle in mind; back in old dbd survivors were (as you said) much stealthier and Nurse, who walked as fast as/was slower than survivors, should have had issues finding them, which was compensated by her blinks which could take survivors down super fast. The game, obviously, developed throughout the years and now survivors don't even have that advantage, courtesy of various perks.

Her biggest issue, in my opinion, is her control over perks (most notably one shot ones) and the way they're balanced. When you can't even put out perks without considering how nurses might abuse them, it's a problem.

[BouncingTribbles]

Her fatigue effect would be fine if it was just a stun. It's the wobbling that messes people up

[ExoPham]

I know absolutely nothing about DBD, but with the subtitles, your commentary, and the overall quality, your videos are really enjoyable to watch.

[Joe_rogner]

i eagerly wait fore "things needed to change" every video
found it 3:01
this can also count 9:18

[Bad_Place_Alone]

I remember when Ardetha made the ultimate Nurse guide [“choppin’ up bodies, one of my favourite hobbies”] back in the day. It really helped me out after (very likely) more than my fair share of 0ks. I got quite good! But after some long breaks and maining other killers for years, I’m back as a noob Nurse. Some people have an intuitive grasp of ol’ Sally Smithson – I’m REALLY not one of them.

But there’s some amazing news. These days, we can make a custom server with bots to practice! Strongly recommend.

[TheDustyPeaches]

Simple thing that everyone has already said but the number one most needed nurse change is to make her blink attacks a special attack. She is already so strong that she doesn't need to take such good advantage of exposed effects.

[thewardctor]

The biggest change that could be done to bring her into better balance without bottlenecking everyone else is change her power to make attacks count as a special attack after blinking. This would completely shutdown all of the insta down builds that make her feel like the most oppressive and snowballing killer in the game. I dont understand why the devs are too scared to even run that as a PTB test just to see how it plays

[MistarZtv]

Wow thank you for including captions. ♥ And I see that you've brighten up the footage too. This makes consuming your videos so much easier when not on a pc in a suspiciously dark room alone.

[AdorableCatface]

I miss the nurse's old base kit because that's when I decided to try and pick up nurse. I rarely ever use add-ons even to this day and I still think that Nurse's base kit shouldn't have been touched as it made her feel like playing half a killer with a lag issue.

[TigerKirby]

I'm surprised you didn't mention that after Nurse's blinks got charges (and her kill rate went down as a result) Behaviour decided the best course of action was to buff her range addons and her three-blink addon, so we're right back at square zero with Nurse having overpowered addons only now she's more frustrating to play.

[Frredster]

12:52 I'm pretty sure the extra cooldown starts to tick down while Nurse is in fatigue, it's not stacked after the fatigue. So even that didn't give Nurse the nerf she was meant to have. She barely has to wait at all until she gets both blink charges back.

[pessoinha]

I never played DBD and probably never will, but somehow you made me watch every single video you have in this format, what kind of forbidden magic are you using?

[SeanSmith-gwko]

Based on the singularity I have an idea for a nurse rework
Which is that rather than nerfing her because she is fun to play as is, create an in level item like a special torch that lets survivors temporarily deactivate her blinks, but also give her a speed boost forcing her to chase like a regular killer for a small duration. That might create a nice middle ground where you aren’t just nerfing an awesome killer, but you’re actually giving the survivors a chance to fight back