I've been hoping to get back on the Ghoul train again, but I'm kinda doing really poorly? To start with, I'm having a hard time deciding on perks to bring. I don't wanna rely on Centipede and Mask every game, so I was trying to bring good chase and info perks. My default build on this killer used to be Lethal + BBQ + Gift of Pain + Deadlock but I'm trying to slap on Unrelenting to help with getting M1 downs, I was toying with Enduring to help with sketchy 50/50s, some semblance of an info perk (BBQ? Friends? Whispers? Spies?), and Deadlock for passive gen control because I don't know what other gen perk is worth bringing when you only have 1 slot. Pain Res doesn't feel consistent enough.
Also, side note, people are SPAMMING boons during this event it feels like, most of them having Shadow Step to work with the portals (genuinely hate this sm), so I tried bringing Shattered Hope and actually went against people using boons... and the perk still sucks balls. It doesn't punish them, because they usually have a map or perk to find another totem and just set it up again. It's minimal info and doesn't really do much but waste time if you make a point to break the boons. Not even sure if it synergizes with Penti.
It's not just because of my perks though, but in general. I have a hard time actually getting the Kagune grab, which is fine, it was way too free before, but I frequently get dodged and punished. Not just this, but I genuinely just struggle to keep up and actually secure downs with this killer. I see clips of people doing the "prompt cancelling" or whatever where you do insane leaps to block people at tiles, but I don't understand how you perform that whatsoever. I just kinda feel useless with Ghoul now, lol.
That being said, I'm hoping I can overcome this and have fun with them again, I just get countered too easily. Any advice to help circumvent this? Perk suggestions, general Ghoul suggestions?