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Devour Hope: Good or Bad
I run Devour Hope on most of my killers unless i dont have it or the killer doesnt benefit from it such as trapper or oni
i just want to know peoples thoughts on the perk as a whole and whether you ever use it yourself
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Use it all the time on my "fun build".
Best way i can put it to good use is to equip it and then ignore the Hex Totem completely.
If they ever cleanse it, oh well.
And of course if i see someone run to it or cleanse it, i should probably try to stop it.
But mostly ignore it.
It's true this bad boy varies depending on your Killer, but even Killers like Hillbilly & Shape can get some profit from the Exposed bonus.
Hillbillies can replace their charge time and restricted aim with a quick slap or lunge with better aim, which could mean a difference.
Shape wouldn't have to stalk to 99% first.
And then there's those on who it shines a lot more, like my man Wraith.
As long as you use the objects to sneak up on them from a good direction and they don't time their Sprint Burst exceptionally well, they're practically down.
You practically pulled off a grab.
Ahh, and then the good ol' killing.
Definitely more powerful than the Exposed bonus, cause why end chases earlier when you can just cancel any future chases, right?
Except the fact that it's behind that bonus is what makes it less powerful to me.
Once you have Exposed, any secrecy is usually out the door, unless you managed to get 2 down after you get your 3rd Token.
Everyone knows: This Perk is mighty dangerous if you let it be, and getting to 3 Tokens means they all know they gotta find it now.
Even if you're at just 1 Generator left, depending on your playstyle & Killer, you could still easily snowball.
I remember this one time on Groaning Storehouse where i got 5 Tokens, smacked a Survivor down and started the kill half a second before my Hex Totem got cleansed.
Thankfully, the kill goes through at that point, but i didn't let go of M1 at any during the kill. 😋
My other Perks are ones that can help me out greatly, with or without it.
With how RNG can sometimes treat you, if it gets cleansed early and you got something like Thrill of the Hunt on, that usually means it's a dead Perk as soon as Devour Hope gets cleansed.
Defensive builds can surely work, i acknowledge that.
But this Hex would take a lot of setup for a defensive build, and well, i don't like Trapper for that reason, so y'know. 😅
Anyway, lately i've been loving Make Your Choice a lot.
I'm usually gone from the Hook after hooking someone anyway, unless i see someone nearby of course.
So it's not like DH & MYC force me to go away, it's more like i'm getting a bonus for something i already do.
MYC also isn't a Hex Perk, and while it might only be 60 seconds, if your plan is purely to go for the unhooker, you'll usually get the hit.
It misses out on killing, can't deny that.
Its unhook range is also 8 meters further, but ehh, just take 10 more steps or so.
It's now my preferred Perk for the serious builds, and DH replaces it in my fun build.
As for slowdown, it really depends on the Survivors' personalities.
Some people need to find it once they know it exists, while others prefer to power through Generators once they know of it, in the hopes to not even suffer any effects of it.
This is of course assuming it's still up and you revealed that you have it.
I've seen quite a lot that Generators just suddenly stopped popping once i down someone with Exposed, it's pretty good.
Ehh, i think that's it?
Fun Perk, and can be very viable, but map RNG & Survivor-spawn RNG really need to be on your side.
It's a reason why Ruin is used much more: Immediate negative effects on the primary objective makes its spawn location not matter all that much.
But! I find very few things more satisfying than killing all 4 with it.
Sure, it definitely won't happen often, but that's what makes it satisfying to get, i'd get bored if i could do it every 2 matches.
Also, preventing any chase from happening whatsoever makes me feel powerful as #########.
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I don't use it personally because hex perks are very luck based and they can get cleansed immediately if you get a bad totem spawn. Devour hope can definitely work well with certain killers/builds though, I just don't want to rely on luck for the most part.
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I suspect @Boss would have a lot of opinions to share on this one.
I don't personally use it a lot, but I think it's the perfect example of what a hex perk should be. High risk, high reward. It's definitely fun to run if you don't have anything in particular to fill that fourth perk slot, especially on a map with good totem spawns or when you're not running any other perks, like Ruin, that encourage totem cleansing.
Trapper is actually a great killer to run it on, because he's a late game killer by default and also one of the best at defending totems.
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i get the whole trapper thing but the way i usually play trapper is get someone in basement then trap it to all hell and im still at relatively low ranks where people just run into traps so i generally dont get any tokens from people unhooking because if im not chasing anyone im gonna go straight to the trapped person making it basically useless the way i play trapper.
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That's fair enough. It definitely depends a lot on your playstyle which killers you can get the most use out of it with.
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It’s my favorite thematic perk to use, even if it’s the most inconsistent perk I use as well. If it’s destroyed before 3 tokens, then it’s kind of a wasted slot that game. If you get that three though, you completely change how the midgame is played. Suddenly no one wants to work on gens and saves are risky not because you’re camping, but because they know you’re close to the Mori. The totem becomes an urgent must find. In those instances I love it. Regardless of if I get the Moris off or not, 3 stacks is worth the shift to how the game is being played to me. So I guess it comes down to if you think it’s worth the risk of losing it before 3 stacks or not, because that’s the cutoff point of it being good.
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Could be good, yet since is an hex is bad. I mean, I like the point of having a bad early game, to gain a lot of momentum late game, bad if it gets cleansed instantly you just sacrificed early game to gain nothing.
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The totem has always been cleansed before it even does anything all the times I've tried to use it. I prefer Haunted Grounds.
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thats unlucky tbh id recomend using a springwood offering as the totem spawns on that map are usully really good if you want to try it out
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I like that it can create a lot of pressure if it works. However, running Ruin with it gives the survivors a 50/50 to find Devour first and if you don't run ruin, it could be quite a struggle to stack it in time if you're playing a weak killer.
And if it does work and you get to mori a bunch of survivors, you lose a lot of Blood Points for it.
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thanks i never thought of combing it with MYC ngl and i like using devour with someone like pig or plague (when people cleanse obviously) who can down people without revealing the devour is active because suddenly killing someone when they dont even know you have devour is the best part of the perk for me
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Yup, if you put both on, then you could regard MYC as the "early 3-Token Devour Hope".
There's been a few times where i managed to down 2 before getting my 3rd Token.
I patiently waited with attacking anyone until they gave me the last 2 Tokens to get to 5.
SURPRISE 1-HIT DOWN, SURPRISE KILL!
It's especially devastating if you haven't even yet hooked the one you kill. 🤭
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i feel like me and you will get along just fine
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I do like it but do I use it often? Honestly, no, I barley ever use it.
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Billy would like to have a word...
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