Ambusher

> The Ambusher lies in wait for someone to approach them, known to ambush their victims, and is skilled in hiding, including hiding their evidence
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> ### Strength
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> * One piece of evidence is further away their spawnpoint
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> ### Abilities
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> * Can ambush investigators, starting an attack as soon as they walk by in order to kill them instantly
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> * Cannot move from their spawnpoint until line-of-sight is made to at least one investigator
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> ### Evidence
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> * Strong Flashlight
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The Ambusher is one of 26 killers in Killer Scavenger Hunt.

## Behavior

The Ambusher will start at their spawnpoint, and will not be able to move from this location until they make line-of-sight to any investigator. They are also unable to attack until they make line-of-sight with at least one investigator.

Once the Ambusher has reached 50% anger, its attack threshold, and has no attack cooldown at the time, they have a chance to hide and wait for an investigator. Once they wait there for the duration of the grace period, the Ambusher will kill any investigator that passes by them if they are able to tag them, respawning and resetting their kill cooldown as normal, with the normal 30 second kill penalty. They can cancel this ability at any time without penalty, except for their grace period resetting. If an Ambusher fails to kill an investigator when they pass by, they can initiate a full-length attack from this location without a grace period. Ambushers will not shout whilst ambushing as it would reveal their location. As they do not have Electronic Interference as evidence, they will never perform electronic interference during an ambush unless they proceed to attack when failing to kill an investigator.

In order to hide their identity, they can also attack normally.

Ambushers will always have one evidence far away from their spawnpoint, including on difficulties where evidence is not given. If two pieces of evidence are not given, Strong Flashlight will always be one of the hidden pieces of evidence, and the remaining evidence will always be far away from their spawnpoint.

## Notes

> Strength: Investigators report struggling to find some of their evidence
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> Weakness: **Ambushers** don't move or attack if they don't see any Investigators
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## Strategies

Since the Ambusher cannot attack until line-of-sight is made to an investigator, if a killer that is seen moving or attacking before line-of-sight is made, Ambusher can be ruled out. Ambusher is implied if the killer refuses to attack once reaching 50% anger, but it is not guaranteed.

If Crystals or Blood are found far away from their spawnpoint, Ambusher can be implied, however, the Cold-Blooded Killer may have blood somewhat far away from the spawnpoint, as they spawn at their crystals rather than their evidence center. In addition, Trickster may choose to imitate a killer which is able to spawn far from their evidence, and shares Blood and Crystals as evidence. However, Trickster will have additional abilities and will have guaranteed fake Radiation as evidence.

Hermits may seem to be Ambushers, as their Crystals can be up to twice as far away from a normal killer and they tend not to roam, suggesting the Ambusher's ability to ambush. However, Ambusher can be tested by measuring the distance the killer roams from their spawnpoint.

The most reliable test for Ambusher is to see if they move or attack before line-of-sight is made to investigators, which rules out Ambusher. However this cannot always be achieved. The next best way is to make sure they have evidence far away from their spawnpoint.

Since Ambushers' ambush ability is very dangerous, players should avoid possible ambush locations, and should instead stand out in the open if Ambusher is suspected. Since Ambushers have the normal minimum 60 second attack cooldown even on their ambush ability, investigators are safe from Ambushers ability for 60 seconds after an attack ends.

The Spoon of Doom is the most crucial tool for investigators in dealing with Ambushers as they can easily be identified with their hidden ability without being killed.

## History

 May 1, 2022
 0.0.1
 Ambusher's hidden ambush ability has been reverted to not being a rare ability.