Ok I'm starting to have a big problem with Freddy. As a new player, every time I get hooked, it's practically impossible to escape him no matter what. It's like every Freddy player face camps and makes it impossible to recover once you've been saved. I know he's considered the worst killer, but I'm finding him to be one of the hardest to play against. Tips?
Whenever I see him I want to quit the trial.
EDIT: I know how to wake up via generator, but I don't have a means to wake myself up.
The problem with Freddy as a killer is that by design, he's best played as someone who tunnels and camps. It's very hard to see survivors, his 7 second sleep transition makes it possible for any decent survivor to start looping him on most maps. Plus his best perk, Remember Me, invites you to find and tunnel your obsession. I've played the game for over 1,000 hours and I still DC 99% of the time I hear the Freddy humming or see someone else asleep. It's just not a fun experience to use him or play against him.
A determined Freddy camping you on the hook is very hard to overcome. You have to hope your team does the gen rush while you are hooked and maybe when they unhook you, you can escape a gate before he puts you to sleep and hits you. Try running Adrenaline if you've got it, once the last gen is popped you get a free sprint burst, you heal, and if you're asleep it wakes you up. So if you're on the hook or being carried when the last gen pops, once you're unhooked you're at full health and sprinting.
Outside of that, just loop him as long as you can and remember that he locks on to survivors not asleep. So if you're near one, get close, when he attacks he will likely swing at them instead of you. This works amazing at the exit gate.
Keep playing, the other killers are a blast to use and play against.
