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Deathbound is super fun on Legion
Just making a quick post about the new update. I'm liking the new content so far, but the game's buggy state leaves a bad taste in my mouth. But I'm not here to talk about those things, people are vocal enough as it is, and I trust that many of them will be fixed pretty soon. I'm here to talk about Legion and the new perk, Deathbound.
It is good. It is REALLY good on Legion.
Here's my experience with running this perk. Feral Frenzy stab survivors. I leave many survivors injured. I go chase and down a person while the others either attempt to heal or continue to do generators like the fools they are. I hook the survivor, proc Blood Echo (another very good perk on Legion), the other survivors go "oh shoot", and frantically heal each other to try and prevent me from snowballing (BTW, since they know I have Blood Echo now, they're going to be much more inclined to heal from this point forward, slowing generator progress and allowing easier pressure).
Since survivors will only heal outside my terror radius, because they'd be silly to try and do that anywhere closer, Deathbound will activate, and then they'll have to make a hard choice. They can stick together, which is generally a bad idea against Legion, or they can split up like they normally do, inflicting them with Oblivious. So if I run into the survivor that's affected by Deathbound, I can get the drop on them. If they're healthy, they won't stay that way for long. If they're injured, they'll be tasting the ground before they even realize something's wrong. Either way, they've become easy pickings.
Deathbound when paired with perks like Blood Echo and Thanatophobia truly create a Catch 22 for the survivors. They'll be punished if they don't heal, and they'll be endangered if they do heal. Truly, this update has been a joy for Legions like myself. Never Stop Slashing!
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Congratulations, Legion's gonna get nerfed again. Thanks a lot...
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Indeed this new chapter brought up some awesome new perks that can go in a lot of builds. Lately, I feel like they tried creating perks that work good on weaker killers (Blood Echo, Forced Penance, Deathbound, etc.)
This build, as you describe it, is kinda nasty, and I love it.
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Buff them a little, but also nerf them in another area. That's usually how it goes. In all seriousness though, Deathbound is not a overly strong perk on its own. It just happens to synergize very well with Legion's power, and that's not enough reason to nerf the perk or Legion themselves.
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Nemesis/Furtive says hello
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@Timeman63 Oh hoho what would you run as your 4th? I currently run Thana, ruin, bbq, and blood echo.
Been wanting to try out deathbound legion so bad.
Also @Poweas mind me asking your thoughts of deathbound Legion? Could be pretty good.
Same to you @FireHazard , your thoughts on deathbound legion? Im liking deathbound so far
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Is it me or does it seem like a killer's unique perks are actually better on a different killer?
Doc gets m&a but he doesnt want a smaller tr. Other killers do.
MYC is from the pig but she doesnt get as much use out of it like Hag.
Just to name a few.
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Killer perks aren't usually designed to be particularly good on the killer they come from.
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Not this song and dance. You damn well know why they changed it. Tunneling somone death walking backwards is absurd. And the real problem he had with his powers disconnecting people was overlooked because of the same whiny people.
It's not like people didn't already mix n match abilities. Devs being self aware of this isn't farfetched either.
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Thank you! I have a reason to run Legion now. 😈
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Its tradition at this point.
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Claiming Legion is gonna get nerfed is a joke. Its often times following a statement that has nothing at all to do with Legion.
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Poe's law. Without a wink and a nudge, a statement taken out of context, isn't.
I've seen too many posts taking it at face value to believe that.
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You can believe what ya want, but its a common joke at this point.
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I'm not talking about mix matching. I just find it strange most killer's perks tend to be better on a different killer than the one who unlocks it. Trapper doesn't have much use for unnerving presence but Doc sure can benefit from that. Bubba's BBQ is better on faster killers like Billy/spirit/oni.
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The build I currently run is an information/gen control build, with perks that punish survivors for not healing but also allowing Legion to capitalize on survivors who do heal.
Blood Echo, Surge, Surveillance, and Deathbound, with any addons of your choosing, although Defaced Smiley Pin and Filthy Blade make healing and mending particularly inconvenient, so I would recommend one or the other.
To slot Deathbound somewhere in your build, I would replace either Thanatophobia or Blood Echo, as either of those perks punish survivors for not healing, so you can afford to run only one of those. Pick whatever perks suit you.
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Trapper isn't a stealth killer. He's a zoning killer. His perks absolutely works to his favor. And if you're not a tunneling pig, having someone you can down in one hit is still a plus.
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I think forced penance is going to be good on them too
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I dunno bout that, the Legion pin already gives ya a reliable broken status effect.
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Yeah but those can be hard to come by and if i have this perk i can run increases to detection and length for killer instinct. It wont be as consistent but maybe useful.
...i wonder if that pin and penance stack 🤔
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Actually a great build going on here, will absolutely give this a go!
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I dont like increased detection range just because it gets hard to figure out what targets I should be chasing after. I dont wanna see abunch of targets that are too far away for me to get to for example.
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I here that. Could stack the increased frenzy too. Idk, that pin is his best add on imo but hes got others that arent bad too that id like to run without losing the broken status, even if its not quite as consistent or powerful
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I typically go with the green duration addon and the legion pin. Between the addons themselves and black wards, i dont usually have an issue.
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The perk is very good on Oni as well. Because as soon as it proc's you know where a whole bunch of blood is.
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Glad more people had the same idea of running this perk with legion.
Now if only the blood web was kind enough to give me blood echo
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While we're at it, we might have to rework Deep Wound again. sarcasm
"Nerf Legion" has pretty much become a common joke on the forums.
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I'm totally with OP about Deathbound but Also a fun thing, It turns out that the Blindness status affects survivors ability to see the yellow generator aura caused by Trail of Torment. I've been experimenting with it on Legion, using the Smiley face Pin add-on (brown), and ToT. Sure, ToT is only active for 16 seconds, but that's 16 seconds of undetectable that the majority of the team struck with blindness doesn't know you have active. So far, I've surprise attacked quite a few survivors, and its also funny to use with Feral Frenzy since you can approach survivors to chain hits on them, and they don't run away from where they are unless they hear you. Its a bit of a meme build for me so far, and it also employs Deathbound for the same reasons OP has stated, but so far I'm having a blast with it.
Originally I tried it with Hex: The third Seal instead of the Smiley face Pin, but that totem never lasted long enough to make the combo work, and while Smiley Face Pin only inflicts blindness for 60 seconds at a time, It seems to be more effective than the Hex totem, and I can consistently re-apply it. The current build I'm using is: NC, Deathbound, Trail of Torment, and BBQ. Add-ons are Smiley Face Pin, Stolen Sketch Book... But after reading this post, I will have to try trading up BBQ for Blood Echo, that sounds real fun.
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I think the devs at least intend for the perks to be useful on their own killers, but they overestimate just how useful they really are.
You can't look at the Doctor in his current state when thinking about M&A, though. That perk was useful for the old Doctor, if you were trying to shock someone into Madness 3 before downing them. That way you managed to increase the Madness of other survivors in the area at the same time.
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Thanks for the response bud, might try out your build some, then try out changing thana on my build for deathbound, as I like blood echo too much and thana has a minimal effect anyways.
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Good lord man, it's a ######### joke
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As someone who didn't even think to realize this, that is actually very sneaky!
I've Ironically been getting GREAT value on all PH perks with him, I feel like people oversimplify the reactions and how people play at a constant. Deathbound is actually pretty damn strong when you think about all the ways you can separate a group of survivors..
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Only thing bad ive noticed about deathbound on legion, is that the obliviousness effect makes them immune to the frenzy killer instinct so u dont know where they are.
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