This is a tierlist that shows how strong (in my opinion) Mikaela is against each terminator.
Counter = Mikaela counters them in some way significantly
Strong Pick = Doesn't counter, but still performs pretty well on average.
50/50 = Really depends on the map.
Struggles = Has a hard time against this terminator most of the time.
In all honesty I've just been having a really hard time against this particular killer and wanna see if people share the same vitriol for this killer as I do.
Generally speaking I dont think all of her abilities are bad, but disabling springs is too strong of an effect with little to no counterplay
Yes, the killer can use a mobility option to get up to high ground (besides Yuri.), but its not that hard to knock a killer off the high ground or simply retreat to the lower ground to bait them into chasing you back down before using the spring to bounce back up again.
Generally speaking this specific part of the ability should be changed or outright removed due to it just being unhealthy for the games balance, it adds no real depth or complexity to the game besides being a massive middle finger to the killer for even daring to be in a Monikas presence.
I'm a relatively newer player and I just cant seem to find any level of enjoyment from this game whatsoever; playing as survivor just means I get curbstomped and playing as killer sees me being unable to land an m1 90% of the time and getting stunlocked too hell, I really think the game would benefit from having less frustrating movement in general; alot of abilities don't feel great to use or are really easy to accidentally misuse
Game overall is just really frustrating, I don't think I'll be playing for a long while until its more polished
It makes zombies too good at disrupting supports which they should not be able to do.
The Sniper Rifle seems to be bugged, you cant land a stun with it at all.
Important Notes
- Mikaela is a ranged stunner, try to avoid chase whenever possible, make yourself scarce when on cooldown and make killers have to make a time commitment to get to where you are (sometimes not possible depending on killer.)
-Smokebomb doesn't make you completely invisible, and only hides your aura if you use it before the killer uses an aura reading ability (even im not sure how accurate this actually is), with that in mind you can use smokebomb if you predict the killer is going to aura read, or if you're in chase to make the killer have to guess where you went, either way smokebomb isn't consistent but theres ways to increase your odds of success.
Ledge/Spring Shots: These are the best times for Mikaela stun, when the killer can be knocked off the high ground, or out of the air after using a spring, this will waste a ton of their time and potentially save the life of your teammates.
Charge/Uncharged Shots: Charged shots have more knockback making them more viable for helping your team, but uncharged shots are near instant making them good at interrupting killer abilities or knocking them back after they use a spring.
Killers
Partypwny: Partypwny is a tricky killer for Mikaela to fight, since smokebomb becomes even more of a gamble than it usually is due to how it works, generally keep your distance, if you have good timing try to predict when pwny is most likely going to charge (trying to land it right when they use it is incredibly difficult.)
DotX: AVOID AT ALL COSTS, if dotx gets into a chase with you you're most likely going to die unless you get lucky and shake them off with smokebomb, try to bait their counter with the rifle if they're counterhappy, try to shoot them out of spindash if you have good aim or shoot them after to make distance when applicable.
Blankstare: Save your snipe for when they use siphon on a teammate, denying them siphon is an incredibly effective way to use your ability, try to pester their totems while they're in chase...(granted this is risky and another stunner is more suited to do this.) Try your best to not get isolated against this guy if you can help it.
Sweep: You counter this guy, interrupt his abilities when you can, or just stun him at every opportunity you get, either way stunning them is likely going to stall them significantly.
Limewire: Pretty 50/50, you can interrupt his abilities, but he can leap to you within a moments notice, my advice is to interrupt his abilities, wait a couple seconds and then smokebomb before he uses torrential leap, this will usually make it signifcantly harder to actually find you, as his leap is tied to his aura reading, also just try to hide your presence until your about to stun him.
Jack Noir: Uhhh...you're usually gonna be the farthest target from him, so you'll likely get teleported to alot, this can actually be a good thing and a bad thing, if its pwnyville just stand on the edge of the map and wait for him to tp with your rifle charged and you can stun him off the map, effectively wasting his teleport (especially at the start of the round.) Generally speaking you should save your snipe for when hes ontop of someone or just hit them with eldritch tentacles, this'll most likely aggravate the hell out of him and deny him alot of value.
Blockboy: Hide and pray to god smokebomb is enough for them to lose you
Before I get into it, this is ranking them in a standard game of Pursuitcore.
S Tier
Limewire: This guy is absolutely busted, only really having one bad map (mall my beloathed) hes incredibly good at keeping up the pressure and punishing misplays with his ranged abilities and closing the distance with leap, I personally think he needs longer cooldowns overall.
DotX: Hes hard carried by his movement speed and spindash, it makes it really easy for him to tunnel one person out at a time.
A Tier
Partypwny: The fact she can deal up to 80 dmg in one combo is enough to justify this placement, overall shes one of the more versatile killers in the roster, charge is incredibly useful, kick is terrifying due to the threat of instakilling users on their second life.
Blankstare: My least favorite killer to go against, this guy is the small lobby pubstomper, once you get more than 4 survivors its basically impossible to get good siphon value and keep your totems up.
B Tier
Jack Noir: This guy isn't as overpowered as people *think* he is, his aura reading is locked behind a teleport that he can be stunned immediately after coming out of, and it always teleports you to the farthest survivor...this means that survivors can relatively easily manipulate where you'll teleport should you decide to do so, this fact alone makes pwnyville his worst map, not to mention how hard a decent vinnie counters him.
C Tier
Sweep: Incredibly map dependant, team comp dependent, and skill intensive, sweep gets bullied by any team thats atleast decent at the game.
Before we get into it, this is ranking the survivors in a standard game of Pursuitcore.
S Tier
Nyan Cat: What is there to say really? Shes the dedicated healer of the team who also has decent survivability with her speedboost from tartshare and her slides i-frames.
Fukatsuki: Another support who does so, so much for the team when played competently, lucky cat and rabbit buffs aid the team in basically every situation.
Dante: The best stunner in the game, quick swing is one of the easier abilities to land, and wingbeat is one of the most versatile stuns in the game, even being able to be used as mobility in a pinch.
A Tier
Tac9: Admittedly, I dont have much playtime on this character, but their kit provides quite alot of offensive utility, dropkick being a very strong stun/mobility tool, and skullbuster extending stuns means tac9 should almost always be a consideration at the very least.
Vinnie: Vinnie is a very strong character that demands alot of skill and game knowledge from the person playing him, block is so good at denying certain killer abilities that hes in this tier for that reason alone, the only reason hes not in s-tier is because he has bad matchups, notably against limewire.
Mikaela: Mikaela lives and dies by the map and her positioning and aim, if you're on a map that suits her playstyle you can relentlessly bully the killer with 2.5 second stuns from across the map at every opportunity you get, where she really shines is the knockback from said shot pushing terminators off of ledges and away from her retreating teammates, and intelligent use of the smokebomb make her incredibly difficult to track and catch...if its a bad map she tends to struggle though.
Crafter: Theoretically a really strong survivor, but if the killer simply doesn't let you get that strong in the first place you're cooked.
D Tier
Roflpix: I loathe this character, I wont hide it, Roflpix does have *some* useful things he can do, mainly genrushing and revealing the killers location...but thats about it really, his stalling isn't that strong against 5 of the 6 killers...overall hes really bad in a team comp and I think he should be changed to be more useful.
Kit: Do I really need to explain? 15 HP and one life.