Tips for new Dead By Daylight survivors
I wanted to start out by saying that, in the end, there are really three different versions of Dead By Daylight, there's swf DBD, there solo DBD, and there's potato DBD. And each version has its own things going on and what you can and can't get away with. And you have to learn how to identify which version you're in and alter your gameplay accordingly.
When you're starting out solo q DBD, you get the double wammie of being solo q (which is hell anyway) AND playing potato Dead By Daylight. In potato land, playing with inexperienced or bad teammates, you're absolute main goal is to get out those exit gates. Leave the endgame heroics to swfs or players who are experienced enough to loop well and do hook trades. In fact, if you see that the last gen is going to pop, go to the exit gate early, pop it when it does and leave. Don't wait for the killer to run over and don't get hooked or risk dying so you're inexperienced teammates can leave while you die.
Because, in low MMR there's no real reward for dying on hook so other people can escape. Your MMR just stays low and potato DBD continues longer than it should. The higher your MMR, the better chance you have to get better teammates. And the more opportunities you have to make more complicated plays and do more complicated things.
Also, if a teammate misses a skill check on a generator, just leave. Don't hang around to take a hook for that person. And avoid doing generators with them the rest of the match if they continually miss. Again, the MAIN goal in low MMR is getting your ass through those exit doors.
When you're just starting out, I strongly suggest using the perk technician to learn how to do skill checks without the killer whacking you every three seconds because you fail. This is so you can stay in matches longer to begin with. Again, this is a way to learn, and not a perk I would suggest to always run. I know people get mad about technician and call it a crutch perk, but if it helps you learn early in the game, it has it's value. And I don't care who wants to cry about it.
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Another tip that changed my gameplay from night to day was hugging walls as Survivor. I didn’t know that it was an intentional mechanic. I thought that it was just the older game code being exploited into normal gameplay.
Hugging corners turned me from getting downed in 5-10 sec to being able to make the Killer drop chase sometimes.
The importance of hugging walls cannot be overstated.
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