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What are killers meta perks?
I have seen some talk about survivor meta perks like, DS, DH. Unbreakable, bt, adrenaline, iron will (even though I don't understand why you would consider it a meta perk but whatever) ect
But what are some killer meta perks?
Also what actually is the definition of a meta perk? Is is something we can all agree on or is it subjective?
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BBQ, especially on high mobility killers.
Then you definitely have killer-specific Meta-perks. For example Monitor and abuse for Deathslinger or I guess the BBQ+Pop combo for Freddy.
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Overall meta? Ruin+Surveillance, Ruin+Undying, PGTW, BBQ, Nurses Calling, Sloppy.
Then there’s killer specific meta which is too much to get into.
Buuut to answer your other question yes but no? Usually we can all agree DS+Unbreakable is meta but the people who love using it might say “no it’s just good.” Same could go for Demogorgon with STBFL. The definition of meta though is something (a perk) that’s used by almost everyone because it’s strong. That’s why some people say Iron will is “meta” because it’s good and it’s used a lot.
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I've never understood why STBFL is apparently so good on demo
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Mostly because no matter what you will almost never lose stacks. Demos shred isn’t a basic attack so when you hit the obsession with shred you won’t lose stacks. If you’re at 8 and down the obsession then you stay at 8.
Its pretty good if you can land your shred...I can’t so I don’t use it lol
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But shred isn't a basic attack? So it wouldn't be affected by the STBFL?
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I would say that most perks that slow down the game are meta, for example PGTW and Ruin.
BBQ, for bloodpoints and the aura reading, but mostly for bloodpoints.
And then perks that make chases easier, for example Enduring, Spirit Fury and STBFL.
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You only use shred when you’re chasing the obsession so you don’t lose stacks, everyone else you just use a basic attack
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Your missing the point:
Its good because it DOESN'T COUNT AGAINST YOUR STACKS!
This means demo can attack the obsession with impunity to losing STBFL rendering the main downside of STBFL moot while being able to reliably kill of the obsession while keeping all 8 stacks.
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BBQ, Thrilling Tremors, Whispers, Discordance, Nurse's Calling, Enduring, Spirit Fury, Save the Best for Last, Monitor&Abuse, Hex: Ruin, Pop goes the Weasel...
The list goes on for a bit. There are way more killer perks considered "meta" than survivor perks.
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Yes, you get no benefit against the obsession, but against the other 3 survivors (anyway you can also chose to eat the 2 stacks loss if you think it is worth it). Also, it is not rare that you can combine a STBFL hit with a Shred, when the survivor circles you to bamboozle or simply just gets stuck somewhere. The shred then can guarantee that the survivor will not reach the next window for example. I had several scenes already when the down happened within 3 seconds of the first hit, thanks to shred.
To the topic: I would also count Corrupt Intervention as meta, you see this pretty often. Maybe more often on Trapper and Hag than on others, but I would guess that you encounter Corrupt like the same amount as Ruin
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For killer specific meta perks (just a pick, and I'm not 100% sure if it is meta as I don't know the actual pick rates)
- Infectious Fright on Nurse, Oni and Billy
- Enduring on Billy
- Bamboozle on Bubba
- NOED on Freddy (just kidding)
- Monitor&Abuse on Slinger
- STBFL on Demo
- Thana on Legion
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Honestly, killer meta is dependent on both the killer and the players playstyle in question. The reason survivors have such a clearly defined meta is just because they have some insanely strong and very easy to force perks. The same cannot be said for killer, not in so few words.
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Obviously killer players have different preferences based on which specific killer they’re playing at the moment and what they want out of their perks. But at least at the moment Ruin plus Hex:Undying seems to be a pretty universally popular combo across all killers. Which is leading of course to more survivors focussing on destroying totems. (Which means I personally like running Haunted Ground or even Haunted Ground plus Retribution, it’s pretty much a guaranteed free down or two early in the game right now.)
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Screw the meta 🤣
I’ll stick with my:
- Coulrophobia, Deerstalker, Distressing, Sloppy Butcher, and go on a slugging spree.
- or Blood Echo + Mindbreaker combo to stop those annoying exhaustion perks, or severely limit their use.
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Bbq, nurse's, stbfl, noed, pop, corrupt, and a few more but I don't have the brain to think of more.
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^ exactly.
I am not even sure if you can really apply the concept of a Meta for Killer Perks. Probably for those which are good on the majority of Killers. But other than that, Killers have some really good Perks which are only good on some Killers and not really helpful on most of them. Infectious Fright is a prime example for that.
So I would not say that there is a Meta for Killers similar to the Survivor-Perk Meta.
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ruin, undying, tinkerer
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Regular public match meta: Corrupt, Pop,BBQ, Ruin, Undying, Haunted, Nurses, Sloppy, Tinkerer, Bamboozle depending the killer, NOED
Competitive play: standard build is Corrupt/Ruin/Undying and one of these- Surveillance, Haunted, Pop, NOED. No tracking outside of Surveillance or Undying.
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