Time Shifter is in need of a Buff.
With over 30 hours poured into recode, and trying every class a healthy amount, i can safely say Time Shifter sits comfortably as one of the worst classes in recode; if not, THE worst.
Ever since it released during testing phase of recode, this class has been hit with Nerf, after nerf, after nerf.. I can understand why though, as this thing on release was a BEAST - and partially the reason I believe why They removed a lot of the cliffs/drop-off parts of the map since time shifter could jump off of them, make the monster chase them, and then REWIND TIME so that theyre back at the top of the cliff.
TimeShifter now, in its current state, is suffering from the same issues as perks suffered in precode, back in 2024; huge, massive downsides that *HEAVILY* outweighed any semblance of a positive that made no one used any of them. (except Frail + stephano because hehe go fast brrr.)
Continuing that old tradition, Time Shifter has these promising abilities that, on paper, could prove very helpful, were it not for their heavy, and I do mean HEAVY, downsides:
- For one, the increased stamina drain on the Burst ability for a speed boost that only lasts.. what, 0.7 seconds? (It feels VERY short.) Every current monster has some sort of catchup mechanic to gain distance, and after using your burst, you only wasted extra stamina and forced the monster to use their catchup ability, which now renders you as a sitting duck, with little or no stamina to work off of. *I have been in several situations using time shifter where I was simply better off running normally than using burst*, and if the normal option is better than an ability, then that's a pretty good indicator that something is wrong with the ability on a fundamental level.
- Rewind was also heavily nerfed after many patches, and reasonably so; id argue this is, conceptually, *the single strongest ability ever made in pillar chase for survivors.* So naturally, they had to double down on the cons to make sure its not abused. This ability absolutely MUST be used right, as failing to properly use this correctly will 99% almost guarantee your death. The increased time of 0 stamina regeneration after using it however hinders your ability to get away after they've caught up, making this ability damn near pointless unless you have bloxy cola at the ready; which is silly, i shouldn't have to rely on an item I found to make up for the overwhelming weakness of a class'es ability.
All in all, I feel like the huge nerfs given to TimeShifter seem to punish you regardless if you use them wastefully, or even masterfully. The only thing keeping this from being the absolute bottom of the barrel class is the fact that you still have 100 health & stamina, meaning you have an equal chance of surviving anything as someone without a class - though if that's the case, I'd also then like to argue this - why even use it then?