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How the heck do you get a "Protective Hit"?

tippy2k2
tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,216
in General Discussions

I've been trying to do the few challenges that require a Protective Hit and I can barely ever get one, let alone two or more for some of those challenges.

Anyone have any tips on how to get these damn things? I've tried taking hits on purpose while around other survivors and I get nothing. The Internet Dot Com isn't terribly useful when I try to Google it so I'm hoping someone has some useful advice/info for me...

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  • Shaped
    Shaped Member Posts: 5,995

    Try using empathy to be close and then taking hit when killer carries a survivor.

  • Carpemortum
    Carpemortum Member Posts: 4,506

    Get hit while healing someone, or get hit while someone is being carried.

  • Mert_MK
    Mert_MK Member Posts: 674

    Easiest way to get those is to force the Killer to take a hit by blocking the hook while they‘re carrying a Survivor.

    Taking a hit while someone else is being chased works too but it‘s inconsistent and doesn‘t count sometimes like you said.

  • GoodBoyKaru
    GoodBoyKaru Member Posts: 22,929

    Whilst the killer is carying a survivor (on their shoulder), get them to hit you. If you need 2 hits make it easy on yourself and bring a medkit & styptic agent; can take 2 hits in a row.

  • fleshbox
    fleshbox Member Posts: 494

    If they are getting chased you can intervene by getting in the killers way. Most will not turn down a free hit. This is another way you can get it i think.

  • tippy2k2
    tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,216
    edited February 2020

    ...huh, that seems like an incredibly useless "protect" but that seems to be the verdict considering how many people have already said that in the three seconds my thread has been here :D

    Seems like a very useless hit to take since I'm not really protecting anyone, I'm just momentarily inconveniencing the killer while they carry someone to a hook but if that's what it takes, so be it. That does explain why some people stand on the hooks like that though, I always thought they were just being trolls :D

    Thanks Peeps!

  • Mc_Harty
    Mc_Harty Member Posts: 3,293
    edited February 2020

    The survivors have to be injured. If they're healthy, it won't grant a protection hit score. Or just take a hit while the killer is carrying someone.

    That was from my experience anyway.

  • johnmwarner
    johnmwarner Member Posts: 3,793

    I think you have to be hit within 10 meters of an injured player or something like that

  • Peanits
    Peanits Dev Posts: 7,555

    You need to be close (within a few meters) of an injured survivor and take a hit. This also works if the killer is carrying someone, so the easiest way to get them is to get in front of the killer and force them to hit you when they're trying to hook a survivor.

  • RakimSockem
    RakimSockem Member Posts: 2,002

    You can also do this at the exit gate as you're about to leave. If the killer is chasing you and other out the gate and someone else is injured, take the hit and you'll get the protection points.

  • tippy2k2
    tippy2k2 Member Posts: 5,216
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/1100497#Comment_1100497

    See, that's what I had tried at the end game and either I did it wrong or it didn't count it :(


    It seems like the only (reliable) way to get it to count is to get smacked while the killer is carrying someone. Which is kind of super annoying seeing that you're not really helping the situation (unless the survivor being carried happens to only need a few more seconds of wiggle to escape) but whatcha gonna do?