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How come killers know what perks your survivors have once the match starts on any system

Silvernightwolf
Silvernightwolf Member Posts: 8
in Ask the Community

Every match I'm in on Xbox one the killer targets me and no one else I have Ds or unbreakable equipped and they come right after me but when I don't have them one I am barely bothered so I'm trying to figure out how the killers know what perks I have equipped when there not supposed to

Answers

  • Fibijean
    Fibijean Member Posts: 8,342

    There's no way for them to know what perks you have. The best they can do is guess - perhaps they've come up against you in a previous match and remembered your build, but they can't know for sure from the start of the match. It's almost certainly just a coincidence. Confirmation bias (the idea that people naturally tend to remember facts or events more strongly if they support something the person already believes) might also play a part.

  • Ivaldi
    Ivaldi Member Posts: 977
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/136760/how-come-killers-know-what-perks-your-survivors-have-once-the-match-starts-on-any-system

    If you have DS, chances are you start the match as the obsession. There is no way for a killer to tell what perks you're running unless you take no mither.

  • Falkner09
    Falkner09 Member Posts: 373

    We don't. but we do get used to seeing the same perks every match. It's not hard to figure out when the results screen shows that 3-4 survivors have Decisive Strike at the end of at least 80% of matches.

  • FireHazard
    FireHazard Member Posts: 7,314

    @Silvernightwolf

    It could be because of your Survivor, some Killers hate certain Survivors and target them more than others.

    As said above, there's no way to preview a Survivors perk selection before and during the match, only when the match ends.