Dead by Daylight Update 6.6.2 Changes Skull Merchant

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Behaviour Interactive has released a new update for Dead by Daylight that addresses feedback regarding the asymmetric horror game's newest Killer, the Skull Merchant. Skull Merchant launched less than two weeks ago but has been heavily criticized by the Dead by Daylight community as both weak and specialized for a certain playstyle. Behaviour's turnaround time for a Skull Merchant update is perhaps more surprising than the fix itself, though.

Adriana Imai, known as the Skull Merchant, was released in Dead by Daylight on March 7 as part of the Chapter 27: Tools of Torment update. She's said to have been influenced as a Killer by her father's dark manga about a woman that hunts the weak. Her in-game abilities revolve around the utilization of four drones that can track Survivors, as well as Claw Traps. As a result, Skull Merchant can cover a relatively small area well, but can be very weak when spread across a whole map.

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Behaviour has responded to criticisms by buffing several key aspects of the Skull Merchant's kit. The most prominent change is the addition of a flat Haste Status Effect buff for detecting Survivors with the Skull Merchant's drones. A haste buff of between 3-7% is given for tracking between 1-4 Survivors, which will allow the Skull Merchant to rush around the map and hunt players much more easily.

Several changes were also made to how the Skull Merchant's Drones, Claw Traps, and the Traps' batteries work and interact with Survivors. These changes weaken the Claw Traps and Skull Merchant overall, allowing players to have a bit more counterplay to her. For example, you can't hack a Drone with a Claw Trap, while hacked Drones only return after a Claw Trap