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What are some second-chance killer perks?

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  • Swiftblade131
    Swiftblade131 Member Posts: 2,051
    edited May 2020

    Both sides have their variances of second chance perks, you have to change the definition for both roles though.


    That being said, there is a power gap between one sides second chances compared to the other. I think that's pretty self explanatory.


    You really can't compare them so easily. It would get very nit picky.

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    Who said anything about comparing them? (Yeah, I know, half the comments here are trying, but I just wanted to know people's opinions, not communally-agreed facts and catagories)

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    Because of Unrelenting Tech: the most skillful and op technique in the game that works every time and always gets a hit!

  • NursesBootie
    NursesBootie Member Posts: 2,159

    If the survivor don't got a brain and not just starts predropping of course.

  • Theetis
    Theetis Member Posts: 153

    I think that killers don't really get "second chance" perks. A more fitting term would be "training wheels", and I honestly can't really find any example of those other than NOED and moris.

    It's just kind of sad to see a killer that just isn't particularly skilled at the game get a 4k because he morid people off hook, or relied on NOED to do the job. It's kinda a pet peeve of mine, because I just don't view this game as competitive material, so using second chance perks on survivors or steering wheels on killers just seems redundant.

  • Malkhrim
    Malkhrim Member Posts: 985


    MIssing a hit is a mess up you can usually recover from. Unrelenting just adds a number value that makes this time slighly longer, because you recover a bit faster. If the survivor was too close to a pallet for you to recover in time, unrelenting usually won't stop them from dropping it either way, unless you bodyblock it, but then unrelenting is irrelevant. It rarely makes any real difference on your ability to recover or not, might only situationally make it a little bit easier, but doesn't really create a second chance.

    With Dead Hard it's another story, because you pretty much ignore a hit. You can get mindgamed into running towards the killer on a loop and deny the consequence, because you avoid the hit and reach a pallet or window. You can use it when you're about to be downed and gain enough distance to reach a pallet or window while being impossible to hit. This specific situation doesn't even have a counter, since the only counter for DH that doesn't require specific powers, perks or add-ons (like instadowns and exaustion do) is waiting for the survivor to use it, and waiting would allow you to reach the pallet either way. It makes you succeed on situations you would fail otherwise.

  • 28_stabs
    28_stabs Member Posts: 1,470
    edited May 2020

    Bitter Murmur - Losing gens reveal survivors.

    Cruel Limits - Losing gens block windows.

    Nemesis - failing to dodge a pallet stun punish survivor.

    Nemesis + Play With Ur Food - speed boost for taking a pallet to face.

    Rancor - almost a free kill. One survivor can be left for the end.

    Tinkerer - Losing a gen highlights it and removes killers terror radius.

    Spirit Fury - no, because killer doesnt have to be stunned to charge it.

  • LordGlint
    LordGlint Member Posts: 8,508

    Just wanted to correct something here...Tinkerer doesnt activate when the gen is DONE, but rather when its CLOSE to being done.

  • Cheers
    Cheers Member Posts: 3,426

    Thing is endfury needs you to break 2 pallets, and good loopers can extend that. Yes it rewards you for failing, but atleast you have to do something that wastes your time to activate it.

    As for BT, DS and DH, you don't need to do anything to activate them except using them in the right scenario.


    Regardless, none of them need a nerf imo.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    And BT, DS, and DH are all powerful individually. Endurance and Spirit Fury (let's not call the combo "endfury" to make it seem like it's a single perk) take up half the killer's perk slots.

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    I feel like you have touched upon the difference between killer and survivor second-chance perks: survivor perks aren't earned, they activate. (There are exceptions - Deliverence, for example, but people consider Deliverence to be an extremely weak perk compared to other second chance perks - almost like the Lithe of 1-use perks. Coincidence?)

    Killer second chance perks, however, tend to be less powerful and/or more active in their activation requirements (with NOED being the clear exception). And on top of that, they don't work so well together even if someone was to consider all endgame perks to be second-chance perks as well. That is the gist of what I have learned in this discussion, at least.

    Also, people REALLY don't like it when you don't clarify what you consider a second chance perk even though you asked for THEIR opinions, but that's neither here nor there I guess.

  • emptyCups
    emptyCups Member Posts: 1,262

    Not enough perks mitigate or save killer mistakes

  • Cheers
    Cheers Member Posts: 3,426

    To me, second chance perks are perks that help you for failing, with having little to no activation. An example would be Devour Hope vs NoeD. Devour Hope requires you to get hooks while NoeD doesn't.

  • IamDwight
    IamDwight Member Posts: 236
    • Spirit Fury + Enduring
    • NOED
    • Blood Warden
    • Devour Hope
    • Rancor
    • STBFL
    • Unrelenting
  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    How is Save The Best For Last a second-chance perk? It rewards you for doing well and punishes you for making a mistake.

    Devour Hope as well, I'm curious about that one. Is it because it encourages killers to go for hooks instead of snowballs?

  • IamDwight
    IamDwight Member Posts: 236

    stbfl rewards you for: missing ... counters body blocking by getting super-quick successive hits etc.

    devour hope can 360 a game very quickly for a tryharding killer, especially if the map has good totem spawns. Plus I hate any forms of "unworked for" insta downs, it just feels downright cheap.

  • Demonl3y
    Demonl3y Member Posts: 1,416

    learn the definition of SECOND CHANCE


    Devour hope doesnt activate if you fail only if you do well.

  • IamDwight
    IamDwight Member Posts: 236

    I'm apparently not allowed to share an opinion, nice.

  • Orion
    Orion Member Posts: 21,675

    If I said 2+2=5 and someone else corrected me, would they be trying to shut me up, or just correct a faulty assumption on my part?

  • IamDwight
    IamDwight Member Posts: 236

    Make me puke

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814
    edited May 2020

    STBFL only effects hits

    Unrelenting effects misses

    Edit: also, STBFL countering bodyblocking isn't giving the killer a second chance, that's giving the killer an initial opportunity

  • Mew
    Mew Member Posts: 1,832

    Noed, rancor, spirit fury with enduring

    thats really it

  • CosmicParagon
    CosmicParagon Member Posts: 1,070

    Keep in mind that literally all of those perks are considered mediocre at best with the exception of Spririt Fury. Hell, only Tinkerer is considered mediocre, the rest are considered trash except under very specific builds

  • CosmicParagon
    CosmicParagon Member Posts: 1,070
    • SF+Enduring literally only works once against good survivors, they'll drop future pallets early, forcing you to play with 2 perks. It also generally requires both together to be good, taking up an extra slot that could be used for a better perk
    • NOED I agree with
    • Blood Warden requires you to get a hook AFTER the gates are open, and any competent solo survivor will leave immediately if somebody goes down with open gates, ESPECIALLY against a Freddy, Billy, or other mobility killer
    • Devour Hope is as far from a second chance perk as you can get. You need to get 3 unhooks from a considerable distance away to get any value, with it glowing like a christmas tree the entire time. 99% of the time, you will never see your 5th stack
    • Rancor is incredibly easy to counter, as the Obsession sees the killer's aura after every generator. All they need to do is stay immersed until a gate opens, since they get notified of being Exposed upon the 5th gen popping(BHVR should make NOED do that too tbh)
    • STBFL needs you to hit somebody who isn't the obsession EIGHT TIMES to reach its full potential, and downing the obsession cuts its power in half at max level if you don't have an M2 or instadown
    • Unrelenting is a massive meme, especially since it doesn't affect misses that hit props, which I'm fairly certain are the majority of missed swings
  • MojoTheFabulous
    MojoTheFabulous Member Posts: 2,015

    Aside from NOED i'm not really sure there is any perks that could be considered a second chance. Although weak I suppose Unrelenting would count.

  • 28_stabs
    28_stabs Member Posts: 1,470

    Usually, Spirit Fury can be used only once per survivor. I dont say that the perks are strong. Its only my list of perks that I believe apply to the topic

    Yes, killer perks are not as game changing as survivor perks.