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2021 killers has really good perks
While some people may argue that the killers of 2021 could have been better, nearly all of the perks they had to offer allowed for great synergy and new meta.
Trickster: has starstruck which is a good perk to decentivise body blocking and with some killers can be a good aggression perk, also no way out is a decent end game perk to buy you extra time.
Nemesis: probably the weakest of the bunch but lethal pursuer is amazing with killers with mobility to get that early hit and general map sense. I for one also find hysteria enjoyable
Pinhead: hex plaything is a useful interesting hex that has nice effects just for hooking people and can help slow the game through totems. Also scourge gift of pain imo is a better sloppy and makes anti heal/ anti gen games easier
Artist: overall all of her perks are great. Probably best perks on a killer(sorry plauge). Scrouge hook resonance is a God send with gen pressure. Pentimento can have good synergy with totem build like with plaything, and grim embrace is overall helpful imo.
I hope we get as good perks this year as well
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I kinda like Eruption too.
What "new" perks are good: Starstruck, No Way Out, Lethal Pursuer, Eruption, Deadlock, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance.
Hex: Plaything+Hex: Pentimento is decent combo.
Hysteria might be decent, but CoH just ruins hit&run playstyle. It's sad that it doesn't work on Legion... It would also be decent on Deathslinger if he wasn't nerfed that much.
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Honestly, for the most part they did do pretty well with the perks this time around. Killers and Survivors both got some powerful and some just fun new options. There definitely have been years where the perks were really lacking cough cough 2020 cough cough so I'm glad to see a year that did pretty well with perks.
Note: 2020 did have a few good additions to the game such as Hex: Undying, I'm just talking over all many of the perks were either boring or underwhelming.
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Idk why ppl ignore erruption so hard, this perk is beyond slept on its just insane, thats what I call true perk racism
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Problem is that base kicking a gen just sucks.
It's really good on Wraith with kicking speed addon tho.
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Its amazing in combo with pop, I use it since it came out and it carried me through the games way too often already.
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It's not that good, because you usually can't get Eruption active along with Pop, because it's often on cool-down at that moment, but it will let you know where to go kick a gen, so it kinda works like pain resonance.
I have played it on Legion and Wraith mainly. Usually something like Eruption, Surge and Pop, but Eruption got kinda overshadowed by pain resonance lately.
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Yes, I like most perks here.
I bought all the Trickster perks from the shrine. Hex: Crowd Control is pretty sweet for Hillbilly, Bubba, Oni and Spirit; No Way Out fits Myers perfectly and encourages good gameplay with the stack mechanic and Starstruck went on my Ghostface because it fits the character so well. (It is also a good perk...yeah, yeah...)
Nemesis bought us Hysteria which my friend enjoys very much on Plague and Legion, Eruption which I wish I had for Ghostface or Oni and Lethal Pursuier which is one of the easiest, simplest but best perks of the year. Especially for new players this perk was a good thing on Nemesis and for Killers like Oni and Ghostface it is very sweet.
Cenobites Hex: Plaything is very good for fun builds, I use it on Spirit and Cenobite himself. Together with "Hex: Thrill of the Hunt" it makes a descent slowdown and offers a "side-objective" which makes it overall a good design for me. The scourge hooks are...okay. Not the best but okay. However Deadlock is a nice perk to have and prevented the feeling of seeing 3 generators pop during the first chase with ease.
Finally we got Artists...yes, her Scourge Hooks are a thing...very strong in my opinion, maybe a tad too strong. Grim Embrace is something I have yet to try but it is overall a good idea to give the Killer breathing room in the middle of the match as a reward for playing with all survivors. Also they put some mind into this: Seeing the Obsession gives you a target. I will slap this onto my Ghostface soon. And Pentimento is just Exodia. This is the wonky perk I love...
Overall, yes, a pretty good perk year for Killers.
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Lethal Pursuer is the only one I use. Don't care about the other ones at all when I could just run stronger perks. We only have four slots, fam.
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