Need help being a survivor

justadreampallet

I transitioned from being a killer main to following the Bp bonuses but I only escaped once, I play immersed cause I can’t loop. I started maining Adam cause I thought diversion would be useful. So is there any way to get better. (Btw I’m on switch so I can’t do to many things like 360)

CountOfTheFog

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/415613/need-help-being-a-survivor

You can absolutely 360 on Switch. I do it daily. Change Survivor camera sensitivity to 55%

Also, don't use a characters personal perks. Killers expect newbies to have their own perks and play according.

Always use Kindred.

My SoloQ build is Kindred, We'll Make It, Distortion, and Resilience. 3 are going to be in any bloodweb and you just need to Prestige Jeff for Distortion.

justadreampallet

https://forums.bhvr.com/dead-by-daylight/discussion/comment/3729760#Comment_3729760

I was planning on getting Jeff next either way cause I like his metal head style so now I got a better reason. Thanks a lot for all the tips as well

Marc_123

Kindred is very good - also Dwight´s Bond. With this you see your teammates in a range.

Very good for information, you see if somebody is chased or reparing nearby.

Important for chase is to look behind you if possible. Sometimes stopping to see where the killer is, is better than running.

And a dumb trick is to just run straight forward when you see the killer coming. Unless it is a fast one like Nurse, Blight or Legion, simply catching up take some time.

HerInfernalMajesty

As others have said, Kindred is very good. Also, make sure that when you loop a structure as a Survivor, that you loop it as tight as possible. Lean your character into the wall as you run forward. They will maintain speed while using a leaning into the wall animation. If you do this you can actually make some time and distance around corners since Survivors have the ability to turn corners sharper than the Killer can.

Beaburd

I play exclusively steallth/support as survivor without any exhaustion or second chance perks because I prefer positioning and disappearing over looping (despite being on PC). If you want to play immersed, you can do that successfully and hit very high point thresholds and even escape pretty consistently. My tips would be:

1. Realize that stealth is just a survival tool for yourself - it contributes nothing to the team, nor the game state as a whole
2. To utilize your stealth in a positive manner, pick an aspect of the game you initially want to focus your contribute on:
   1. Generator repair
   2. Boon Totems
   3. Altruism
3. Run 2 stealth perks and 2 support perks to start that emphasizes your desired method of contribution. Here's some builds I used when learning to stealth as examples:
   1. Calm Spirit + Light Weight + Hyperfocus + Stakeout (stealth + gen repair)
   2. Fixated + Light Weight + Boon: CoH + Boon: Shadow Step (stealth + boons)
   3. Distortion + Empathy + Empathic Connection + Autodidact/Botany Knowledge
4. Strongly consider Fixated + Light Weight for a few games to better understand scratch marks, and how to use them in a chase
   1. Fixated also teaches you how to walk away from hot zones so you don't leave scratch marks, and rotate around trees and other obstacles better
5. Until you're comfortable with looping, focus on maximizing your distance from the killer and just sprint away from allies doing generators when you get seen
6. If you can break line of sight with the killer, especially with the Light Weight perk, you can often just run away to a nearby obstacle to hide or book it entirely for either huge distance or to lose them
7. Don't be afraid to use lockers and thick brushes to hide periodically, unless the killer saw you beforehand

After that it's mainly practice.

But I want to emphasize, stealth by itself can be disastrous for your team if you become so immersed you don't do anything. The best (and most exciting) way to play a stealth game is to be efficient with objectives without being caught, and that's what you'll need to really practice.

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Also one last tip:
If you run Light Weight, your scratch marks are only visible for ~4 seconds, and ~9 seconds without it (technically 5 and 10, but the first second of the scratch mark spawning is barely visible).

If a 36m terror radius killer walks at you at the standard 4.6m/s, it will take them ~8 seconds to reach your position from the moment you hear the edge of their terror radius. That's twice the amount of time your scratch marks will be visible with Light Weight, and gives you ample time to run without leaving tracks.

EDIT:
I will also mention that as you improve as a stealth player, you will notice you get hooked less than others - sometimes not even hooked at all until end game. Deliverance and learning how to body block for people on death hook are amazing tools for this play style. Something to keep in mind as you get more used to it!

tjt85

I don't think it's possible to loop all that well on the Switch. i don't think the frame rate is stable or smooth enough to judge your distance from the Killer most of the time. That said, I'm a poor looper on PC too, so maybe this has nothing to do with the Switch and more to do with my lack of skill.

In either case, I think playing safer is usually a better choice. Pre-run from gens and pre-drop pallets if you feel you have to. Since you get Kate for free with the Switch, unlock Windows of Opportunity at the earliest opportunity so you always know where the safest parts of the map to run to are. I like to use Meg's Sprint Burst in my main build (just this perk alone can be enough to discourage a lot of Killers from chasing you).

Ace is the stealthiest free Switch Survivor and has a perk called Open-Handed that I think is kinda slept on. You can use it to extend the aura reading of bond and Kindred. Pair it with Feng's Alert or the general perk Dark Sense and you'll pretty much see everything that's happening most of the time. Of course, if the Killer brings something to cause blindness like Hex: Third Seal, you'll have zero perks (but that's pretty uncommon). Your teammates might hate you for not taking aggro, but it's a fun and surprisingly effective build to try if you like to sneak around and evade the Killer.