What's your "Can't Live Without It" Perk?

Kindred is often in my builds as well, but not always.

As for killer, none. I like using different builds on different killers.

Killer: Undying/Ruin, always. Gens are a bit ridiculous otherwise and if it holds up, it really gives you a chance to play the Killer.

Survivor: DS. Outside of that, I feel like I can switch around my build, but DS gives me a chance to play Survivor without worrying about getting tunneled out of the game too fast. DH is close to mandatory, but I have fun with other exhaustion Perks, too.

So basically, anything that keeps me in the game longer, for either side.

Kindred

Pop Goes The Weasel

Kindred is just amazing for the reverse BBQ effect on the killer. knowing where they are heading after they hook someone is incredible, PLUS you get free wallhacks on your team! and when you are hooked everyone else has that effect aswell, allowing even solo survivors to coordinate their rescue and not run headfirst into the camping bubba!

Pop is just pop, i dont think there is much to say here. Its an amazing gen slowdown perk and its incredibly good at allowing you to protect a couple of selected gens. plus it heavily rewards you for doing well. though another hot contestor for Pops place would have been Discordance, due to all the map knowledge it provides. its another one i miss dearly whenever i dont run it, however Pop usually ends up in my builds, even when Discordance doesnt, therefore i had to give it to Pop.

Killer: bbq because I love bp and when playing huntress I can try to do cross map hatchets.

Survivor: bond, the times that it has helped me loop somewhere else instead of where other survivors are is insane.

Whispers. Bet you never would've guessed.

Plunderer's instinct. I completely love getting unexpectedly nice items, and the very few amazing times where I find a key when I really need it and manage to escape by the hatch. Even when I die with a key and someone else manage to find it and use, its also awesome.

Enduring and Brutal Strength. I like having a killer that can completely disrespect pallets, and thus bait survivors to drop them early. Brutal Strength just adds to that, and makings clearing them out even faster.

Dead hard and decisive strike..

when I took of decisive i always end up tunneled and camped..

Spine Chill is definitely mine for survivor. I still look around, because if I can physically see the killer coming towards me, I know which way to run. But, like you said, there’s so many generators that are in rooms with no way to know when the killer is coming in your direction. I have the worst luck and whenever I take off Spine Chill it’s a Deathslinger and those matches are just terrible lol.

Some people see it as a perk for ‘scared’ survivors. But that’s not what I use it for. I still end up in chases and I can be a pain in the arse for killers, I mostly use it for the information it gives me. Like when I’m healing another survivor or heading to get the unhook.

My Jane currently doesn’t have Iron Will and she’s definitely a masochist. 🤣

Bond

For killer I need Monstrous Shrine.For survivor, Iron Will or Botany Knowledge.

As a lot of others have mentioned, Kindred. It is crucial to have when playing solo. It gives you the ability to coordinate somewhat with the others, you see where everyone is instantly and you can gauge what type of players you are with. I'm starting play other characters to unlock their teachable perks and until I get the ability to do Kindred it is really like playing blind at times.

Spinechill because they the early warning can be really strong, especially when paired with Sprint Burst and up against a Killer who uses stealth.

Sloppy on M1 Killers as it punishes Survivors who heal all the time and makes chases much shorter if Survivors choose not to heal.

Corrupt in general as it makes it incredibly easy to find Survivors at the beginning and puts pressure on them early on.

I feel like as survivor I have no choice in my perks. As killer you can pick 1 gen regression and you're set for the rest. As survivor I have Spine Chill for stealth killers, DS for tunnelers, Unbreakable for sluggers, and Dead Hard for extending loops. I pretty much can't take any of those off, except maybe switching out Dead Hard for BT or Inner Strength.

Bloodwarden! it’s my fave because it gives some amazing moments like catching the one that wants to bm at the exit or endgame collapse a whole team.

BBQ and WGLF, i can't imagine the additional grind without them so i use those two in every loadout.