How to deal with a "Bully Squad" | Dead by Daylight 

*Note:* Killers can no longer be flashlight saved during locker pulls, this was an old trick that got patched out.

"I bet you're used to doing this to people with less" Was such a good shut down of any argument they could've made lmao

Ace: "Why won't you burn!?" Otz: "Speed add-ons son, I move faster in response to physical trauma."

"I bet you're used to doing this to people with less." Otz, you're only supposed to murder the survivors during the match, not after.

The fact that he stays so calm even though he faces the most toxic players 2022 is such a joy.

“I want to give these people the attention they deserve” is such a cold one liner

That "im sure they won't mind if I take a moment" on the last down was cold and I love it

Imagine trying to bully this late past the prime bully era and getting stomped THIS hard. Poetic. Sublime. Damn near perfection.

The bully squad: "You beat us in our own game" Otz: "Dont flatter yourself, you were never even a player"

I love the guy trying to call out Otz's hours in endgame chat. Cause I know where his mind is at. You see it in DBD, Call of Duty, Fighting games, and more. It being If they ever win, it's "Lol get fucked son I beat you". But if they ever lose, it's "Yeah wow you beat me. Sorry that unlike you I got other things in my life besides playing this game 🤷‍♂️" Basically they're convinced they are at the perfect balance of time invested and skill. If they ever lose it must mean it's cause the other person "plays the game too much".

Being Wraith was actually a disadvantage, and Otz still made use of his ability against flashlights. A true professional. Love the sass at the end, too. These survivors felt so entitled to the win that they tried everything to make Otz game hard, but it fell flat on its face.

how i deal with them : 1) try to avoid the clicking one! 2) dont follow the one looping the shed or any easy "god loops" for too long! 3) focus on gens! and last : Focus on multi survivors! dont just go after one! its a waste. Bonus : Play like its a normal match, dont let them get in your head! even if some get on your nervs with how rediculis they "outplay" you! keep it cool!

I was maining trapper when I first started and went against a team that made me never want to play trapper again, healing in front of me, saboing hooks in front of me, blinding me for half the game, disarming my traps, it was brutal, I had about 8 hours in the game and had no idea how to counter it. This feels like revenge and I love it.

"i bet you're used to doing this to people with less" DAMN that on it's own was a kill, i love otz

It's hilarious how they complained about Otz' 9K hours and the way he responded. Honestly, really well done. 💜

I’m a survivor main but watching these kinda videos isn’t the least bit upsetting. Trying to get better as killer. You straight up outwitted them all, good job dude!

There's nothing more enjoyable in DBD than watching a bully squad fall apart.

A couple days ago I went against a 4 man. They brought me to RPD, had toolboxes, Exponential, Flip Flop, Boil Over, Unbreakable, Circle of Healing. And they camped library the entire time. That was a very… interesting game.

Very well played! I laugh at the fact they are t-bagging and flashing their lights acting like they are billy bad-flank but the moment they lose, they call you toxic. That's why I main killer. Like you, I want to give them the attention they deserve.

Leaving Meg Slugged while talking about the Map was HILARIOUS to me. they were as Sweaty as they could POSSIBLY Be and you still 4K'ed them LOL

This is why I often run the perk that makes you immune to flashlights, I know there are better perks but I find it so satisfying to stare straight at them and have nothing change.

I adore their realization at the end of the match: "9k hours ..." LMFAO they got what they deserved and was an entertaining + educational game! I hope I can put this into practice sometime, thanks for the awesome video Otz!

After ages of facing bully squads, I've figured out the absolute best strategy is to be Otz. Works EVERY TIME and the best thing is they don't expect it. And you get a cool beard as a bonus, so it's really OP. Glad they didn't patched this.

Some months ago I got one swf bully squad in my first match of the day. I was with Myers and spend literally 40+ minutes, they were trying to make me dc but I gave them the longest lost they ever had sacrificing everyone of them one by one. That morning became a very satisfying morning after that 😊

6:44 "dont loose your temper, we got this" i actually felt confidence when he said that haha

"Sorry if I'm not paying that much attention to chat. I want to give these guys the attention they deserve." I've never had such a seemingly pleasant sentiment give me chills.

Survivors: "You beat us in our own game." Otzdarva: "Does the sparrow beat the hunter when the sparrow avoids an arrow?" Survivors: "What?" Otzdarva: "You are fragments of pieces in a game beyond your understanding. You are the simian that grasps a rock and I am the Great Old One that saw fit to allow you to do so."

I'm extremely grateful for the tips, man!! I was playing a games as Myers and this team was very altruistic, all pushing to save a single person.

Survivors: *decides to swf, flashlight spam, and use toxic perks* Killer: *wins the game * Survivors: *and I took that personally*

I think this is my favorite match I've seen of DBD, as a whole. It's like watching Otz reveal his true power. He somehow manages to play completely fairly throughout the entire game without losing his cool; he doesn't even resort to camping or even a basement hook, AND all the while he's still communicating with chat. True legend.

Really needed this as a TOTAL newbie player (about a week of playing between killer and survivor) going in as a baby ghostface. I've recently been getting SLIGHTLY better at playing him (can now 99% stalks and usually get at least one kill, yayyy) and then for some reason the game just... started only putting me in matches with players EXACTLY like these. Before I realized I was being harassed/bullied/mocked and literally having myself held hostage on maps unless I disconnected, I just thought I was genuinely so awful at the game that I'd never improve or get to use the skills I was learning. I even switched killers desperate to see if maybe I was just better at less of a sneaky killer, only to recieve the exact same treatment. I know it's silly to say but as someone newer to competitive/online pvp gaming as a whole, it seriously broke my morale for a couple days and made me feel like I wasn't good enough to keep playing the game. Loading into every single match only to have a swf team coordinate locker stuns and crazy amounts of flashlighting until i literally had no chance of even one kill, only to spend the rest of the game chasing me around and flashlighting me (literally had matches where i'd back off and make it clear i was trying to get away, and then the whole group would come out, circle me, flashlight me, and follow me to keep me blind) and hold me hostage on the map, and then send me insults after the match? it stopped being funny after the first time, and became incredibly demoralizing and humiliating, and i consider myself someone who almost never takes games seriously and is pretty damn self confident. i've legit never felt so close to quitting a game out of like... sheer giving up on myself. after watching this, i realized this is just an issue for EVERYONE and not me being too garbage to ever succeed against normal players, went back with a better mindset, and actually did pretty dang well for a newbie against a bully squad. thankfully after that i've been getting a more decent mix of games and got to play a buncha matches today with really cool swf and random squads, and was pretty consistently getting 2 to 4 kills and friendly messages after games, which was pretty great. it was so stupidly relieving and nice to see that i actually HAD learned a bit about playing ghostie and just hadn't been able to put any of that to use until playing with squads. still got my ass whooped a few times, but by teams who were just super good, not playing cruelly. left the game tonight feeling really nice and much more enthusiastic about continuing to play it, and i'm excited to meet more chilled out players and learn from better players who aren't dicks to newbies. so like. if you're reading this, and you're one of the people in these comments claiming that this kind of trolling doesn't change the gameplay/affect how the game goes. you are Extremely wrong. especially for new players this shit is incredibly humiliating and demoralizing, and makes us want to stop playing or at least only play with our friends. getting tbagged at (in an unfriendly way) or overloaded with other bully tactics in a match absolutely affects how the killer will continue to play, because it makes us doubt ourselves and want to throw the match, and so we won't be trying nearly as hard the rest of the match, nor will we be able to enjoy it at all. and for those of us newer to online gaming, this shit hurts us outside of the matches too; it's hella easy for us to get convinced we just suck so bad we should never touch these games again when we don't know about toxicity in online games. if you give a shit about fellow players, especially newer ones, please don't do this stuff. it does leave marks, it worsens the gameplay for everyone, and it's honestly just such a mean unsportsmanly thing to do. if you're keen on trolling or being goofy, do something like trying to befriend the killer instead, or more harmless goofs. there's a Real Person playing that character, and it'd feel better for everyone if you chose to troll in a way that bettered their day, not worsened it. this is a longpost sorry but. one last thing. could just be me. but as a newbie i swear this is a mostly survivor side issue. i've had Tons of survivor matches (played those first) and have almost never seen toxic killers. seen a couple campers, which was toxic and sucked, but most of the troll killers were just friendlies, which obv i didn't mind lol. in fact, playing survivor i've legit seen more toxic survivors on my own teams than toxic killers. not to say toxic killers aren't out there, but as a new player this is definitely a survivor issue in the lower ranks, and it's definitely targeted at newer killers. if u suffered thru this whole (literal) autistic essay i love u. big hug

You’re such an inspiring person to watch play this game. You always keep your cool under pressure and you appreciate a competitive play. Definitely worth learning from.

Honestly I’d rather have a group of sabos than a 4 man gen rush team

"I bet you are used to doing this to people with less." This is why I love Otz, always so wise with words.

The biggest key is to just stay calm and collected and really play your heart out. SWF teams tend to swarm and slip up a lot when they realize you're not falling for their tricks.

Otz is so good at keeping his cool when they are playing in such a rage inducing way the patience pays off it seems

It amazes me the amount of patience and how predictive Otz is when playing killer, so satisfying to watch him play killers.

"9k hours..." Got me haha They must LOVE going against 100 hours killers and see them disconnect, too bad they don't see them feel bad after the match But bad for them, BH listened the wholesome part of community and gave killers more fair power in chase

That was just such good amount of plays that game against a really insane team Otz you are my favorite and most fun to watch streamer/content creator to watch by far

I love rewatching this video. It reminds me how many quality of life changes have happened in the last year or so. No more spam clicks, no more locker saves. It's wonderful.

Amazingly, I had a bully squad just like that yesterday. Clown on Eerie Of Crows, 3 flashlights and 1 sabo toolbox, all taking hits for each others, 2 boons (healing and exponential), Flip Flop, Boil Over, all that good stuff. I tried to keep clear-minded, tried to analyze how they were playing (I had 3 or 4 around me at all times), and tried not to rush or fall into dumb traps. They tried CJing twice, in a row (guy got hit after the pallet, vaulted back, pretended to run away only to vault it back once more), and Locker-CJ about 4 or 5 times, as much as just jumping into lockers to force the flashsaves from their mates. I was legit happy when I got one to die on their third hook, 2 others bled out and the last one got hooked in Basement. The worst part about this is : I used NVidia's software to record the match after it ended, and I couldn't even get the full match because the soft only records the last 20mn, and I missed about 5mn of the beginning. Absolutely crazy stuff

Some people form bully squads because they got bullied by the killer, some killers bully teams because of having dealt with bully squads, it is just an unending cycle that affect solo Q and killer mains who are not toxic. I am glad there are people like otz who is a good role model to the DBD community, keep up the great work!

Otz, this is prob one of the best formulas for a video, short explanations in texts while the gameplay is going on showing us an example of said explanations, the cherry on top being the destruction that type of squad

They were absolutely outclassed to the very end of the match very well played Otz!

Props for being so patient and understanding the right plays, loved it. Wraith is especially tricky with that many flashlights and builds

I don't think there's many things that can give me the same satisfaction as watching a calm killer absolutely destroy a team of toxic idiots.

First ever video I watched about dbd, it helped me a lot. Didnt went through the pain most would if they dont have tips and tricks like these, thank you otz

imagine being this bully squad and then seeing yourself in an Otzdarva video 😆

I still remember that someone still tried the locker flashy saves on Dead Dawg when I was playing Trapper. I just ate all the DS and Head On until two of them are left. I still dont know what they were thinking

I remember dealing with a group like this back before the Doc rework. We were on the plague map and they spammed flashes and tbags the usuals. I 3 gen'd the map and then proceeded to drag the game out to a miserable hour and a half. Tight 3 gen with a doc build that forces the terror radius to almost the entire map. I just kept whackin till they ran out of endurance to play optimally anymore. Got so much bm in the post game about how i made the game so miserable etc etc. Its alright for you 4 to make a game miserable but its no fun at all when someone does it back

This legit just saved my game! I was playing clown for a daily so I was already not super confident going in. Then I saw the 6 second switch and loaded in with a full squad at dead dog begging me to go to main. I immediately thought of you and destroyed them slowly but surely. My favourite moment was when they realised I wasn’t going in and came out in the open to taunt and I got a 3 person slug. It was extremely satisfying and I can’t thank you enough for all the tips in this video!!

Had to sub after watching this. Never played the game till about a month ago and I've learned a lot just watching this. The patience is unreal.

In my experience, teams like this almost never win their games. They're too focussed on being the epic trolls they _think_ they are, as opposed to doing gens and just playing the game. Coincidentally they're also the people I've gotten the most angry messages/hackusations from.

I was paired with a bully squad on solo queue survivor and I put a stop to it. It was a SWF of 3 people and all they did was mess with the killer. I finished 3 gens all by myself while they were getting hung. When it came down to me saving them, I didn’t. I revealed myself to the killer and made it clear I was not a part of the bully squad. Theres being a sweaty survivor in order to win then theres being an asshole survivor for some giggles ..

Man, thats why Otz is my favorite content creator in general, although he is really good and could trashtalk on the people who are assholes in the game, he always stays calm and shits on them in a respectfull way, althought sometimes he really shits on people its not very common for him, i inspire on him a lot

Thank you for this. I just started and this type of shit happens to me so many games... im literally a new killer and yet im being bullied over and over because its obvious im new.

Problem I have with people who say that no one should complain about being bully squaded is just that they don't consider the killer's experience in it. Sure, the survivors are having a blast being absolute dickheads, but the killer is having a miserable, demoralizing match for a good 15 minutes or so. Then again, the same thing applies to omegablink Nurse, just for the survivors instead.

Otz forgot a very important thing. In some of these "bully squads" there is a cheater that will prevent any killer presure from going out of hand. Had this happen way to many times when a bully squad was losing and suddenly other survivor wants a chase and i can't catch them even with BL, they disappear or have no scratch marks in a open area. These types of people don't cheat unless they feel they need to humiliate the person playing the killer. My advice if you think you're going against these people is to check their steam profiles and dodge if you notice anything even mildly suspicious also i would dodge if they had a legacy skin equipped.

This is one of the reasons I had to stop playing as Killer. I just couldn’t have fun anymore. Glad to know there’s vids like this that give me hope.

OH I CAME ACROSS SOME THE OTHER DAY, So I was playing wraith and had Iron Grasp thankfully, they were three man body blocking and instant healing anytime I hit one, they kept rotating perfecting like clockwork, they were so busy with me that they didn't notice the No Ed pop and I slugged them all and 1 hooked each of them... Most sastifying win I ever had. and it wasn't them being really good, they just didn't hit a single flashlight but landed damn near ever pallet. Thank you for this kind of content Otz this is why your the best DBD streamer/youtuber

These squads can be annoying but it’s always good to keep your cool because they’re usually not focused on doing gens

As a survivor main, I thoroughly enjoyed watching you destroy this toxic bully squad. Toxic players make this community exponentially worse (survivor and killer alike). Good shit Otz

I watched my 11 year old bro play against a SWF head on flashlight bully squad as Bubba and he made 3 of them DC and got a 4k. Funny how confident they were at first

just first thing i see from you, and in the first 2minutes i had to give you sub and like, bro you are so strong. Your senses in this game are above unbelieveble, gj.

otz called every move like he's dealt with these squads a thousand times before, and probably has. he knows they'll blind every chance they get, click their flashlight to confidently get attention, knows they'll pull off techs to look flashy and upset their opposition, take advantage of tactics like locker blinds. seen it all a thousand times and just coldly delivers the masterpiece line "i'm sure you're used to doing this to people with less"

I've had arguments where survivors justify these bully squads as "they are just playing to have fun. Why are u so angry." Remember that survivors fun not equal killer fun. Likewise killer fun not equal survivor fun(nurses, blights, iri huntress etc). I don't care if I lose or win,but to have fun. I would rather lose against 4 swf playing the game optimally than these SWF going out of their way to make the game miserable. In the end it's a matter of respect for the people you are playing against. Treat the person u are playing against as a human being.

Thanks for this, I am fairly new and I was able to get 4K even going Main where 3 of them entered lockers and since this was my first time, I didnt know I was being bullied. Luckily I was able to turn my head and avoid flash sometimes and eventually started to win. Awesome stuff.

I think this is the video I found Otz with. Really good advice. Learned a lot.

Seeing Otz embarass them puts a smile on my face.

I remember a few months ago I went against a bully squad as a “pre-nerfed”spirit. I had only had a few games experience with the spirit and it was exactly around the time I first started playing. And boy was it rough. They all had flashlights and were constantly clicking at me. I had watched a couple of your videos and basically all I did that entire match was moon-walk lmfao. Ended up winning and getting called a hacker bc of my hours. When I tell you by the end of this game my head was throbbing and sweat was actually DRIPPING off of me like I had went for a run in the desert. I stopped playing killer after that one… 😭

Otz I appreciate the vids and streams where you give tips and how to deal with certain players, in the small amount of hours (compared to most hardcore players) I play in the game I have grown decent in playing both sides of this game. (I prefer Killer) So thanks for the tips and tricks.

this was an absolutely fantastic demonstration on beating them at their own game

I'm not experienced enough at killer to deal with this sort of stuff totally. I got a bully squad and killed two of them the other day. From what I could gather, there's two key issues with them: 1) they're heavily reliant on a particular place on a particular map so they tend to almost always 3-gen themselves in the process, 2) two or three of them are usually wasting time trying to meme, so they're usually pretty slow to do gens. And 3) there's always a weak link and also a ringleader-idiot you can freely ignore, which seems to always make them angry. These kinds of teams make me realize why the game is so antagonistic towards solo queue, when you have to balance things to counter what are effectively pro tourney teams queuing up in the hope of thrashing someone with 100 hours in the game. The main counter just seems to be thousands of hours worth of experience.

This was so satisfying to watch. I would have tilted off the planet and quit for a month on this game, but Otz came in and asserted dominance on these clowns. You love to see it.

My goodness, this gameplay was nearly flawless. Constant pressure, avoided basically all cheese, hooked efficiently and I don't feel like there was even any tunneling. And playing as wraith of all characters, what a cracked game

i love how the guy says 9k hours as if Otz isn’t a) a full time content creator and b) one of the most known, loved, and respected members of the community who has gotten thousands of players into this game

Oh how I love bully squads 👹

I remember having a bully squad that was holding me in hostage because they weren't doing any gens... For almost 2 hours, I had to deal with them, being very patient and chill... Starting at a certain time, they ended up starting to cumulate mistakes which led to an end I was using trickster, starstruck was my ally in all this 😅

Ran into a similar bully squad SWF today, coincidentally also as a Wraith. Watching all those JRM, Ayrun and Otz videos sure paid off. Wrecked them with great prejudice and moral satisfaction. :)

I do not play killer seriously, I let people go more often than not so my 'mmr' is low. I usually get about 1/8 games or so being a smurf bully squad like this. I often find being absolutely unpredictable helps. You see them all running as a group towards shack? run away, a couple will always follow you into a dead zone. Slugged someone and started chasing another because they look easy? start chase and find a random 3rd on their way to pick up the slug. Act like you are gonna face camp then start dancing with someone while they get the save, they dont body block for the unhook then. Waste time picking up, then randomly dont, even with pallets. Most of all. Act like they are your real life good friends. It makes it 10000% more enjoyable. Like verbally compliment yourself and them when a good play happens.

One of my favs you have done! In my first month of playing I had this happen as Wraith no less and almost gave up playing killer cause it was so unfun. The locker grab flashie saves got real old real fast, thank you for doing the entity's work milord.

Aww you turned them into the victim squad 😢

Otz: talking about avoiding certain pallets and windows me playing legion: *I don't have such weaknesses.*

That was so pleasing to watch. i ALWAYS run lightborn because i cant stand flashlights (who can) but props to you for just playin it out. i remember the first bully squad i went against when i first started. i ended up giving up and rather than doing gens they all circled me and repeatedly blinded me while i was on a rock. Ashamed to say after that match i literally cried and went to bed.

The salt in the end-game chat is exactly what we were all expecting 😆

This actually taught me alot about being a better @ both role so thank you!

Still one of your best dbd vids. I remember when I was first starting and this video dropped

At least a good squad tries to be efficient and make it less of a torment for the killer, like complimenting the killers efforts at the end or simply not waiting at the gates with everyone. But this kind of team that whines at the end for losing and spamming the flashlight all game are the worst. Like literally no reason to do any of that but to diminish the killers mood even further.

*My bully friends and I couldn't win the game even though we had everything stacked in our favour* Better call out Otz's hours like that is some big own.

I love revisiting this gem of a video now and then ^.^

And is for that reason that i have 2 layouts, one that is exactly the same as the first but with lightborn, and let me tell you, its so good to see 3 people constantly trying to flashlight save while you "skillfully dodge the beam" and then scoring a 4 kill with 5 gens because they were too focused on sweating over the hooks.

As a survivor main, I love seeing groups likes these getting screwed over

Actually never knew the burn happened twice as fast with two flashlights.

The Fact that you smoked them with Ghost is even funnier. Great vid

I just started running Lightborn.. It brings me a lot of joy to watch them waste time trying to bully me and just ignore everything they’re doing because of a perk or two. Especially the ones that don’t catch on

Usually when i see 4 flashlights and matching nicks i use this: mad grit, iron grasp, agitation and lightborn, these perks almost always give me 4k against such survivors

Killer: *brings Lightborn* Survivor: "That is toxic"

First bully squad I went against was toolbox and hook denial focused. Unfortunately for them the one actually good perk I had at the time was Iron Grasp and they were particularly reckless B3 Got down two at their first attempt to block and sabo the hook. The one on my shoulders got away but I got two survivors out of it for free. Rest of the game was like a puzzle of seeing which stereotype theyd fill next, and thanks to videos like these, I was more then ready.

I love the last second item switch. Oh wow, you sure fooled me.

This was such an entertaining match, you really read all their plays like a book. Incredible skill, wow.