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Is Hex:Ruin or Pop Goes The Weasel better?

WishIcouldmain
WishIcouldmain Member Posts: 4,082
edited February 2021 in Polls

Yeah I go with the killer they're best for. If I bring Doctor or Hag I bring Pop. If I bring Billy or Oni I bring Ruin. But what do you think?

Is Hex:Ruin or Pop Goes The Weasel better? 46 votes

Hex: Ruin
30%
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Go of the killer
28%
SnakeSound222Demon_Swords[Deleted User]musstang62Grim_GrimzAwkward_FiendMadLordJackAzxx93NoOneKnowsNovaWishIcouldmainRK67IWasLeft2DieShulkydence 13 votes
Pop Goes The Weasel
41%
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Comments

  • boostedsurvivormain
    boostedsurvivormain Member Posts: 399
    Hex: Ruin

    Ruin is incredibly strong compared to pop (as long as you bring undying). But ruin on its own, Pop is better.

  • musstang62
    musstang62 Member Posts: 517
    Go of the killer

    Ruin is stronger in the early game, but is capable of being deactivated (and almost requires a protection perk). Pop isn't as good in the early game, but can be devastating in a 3 gen situation, and it also can't be deactivated.

    I guess I would recommend switching it up depending on the killer, but in general, if you have 2 perk slots available, ruin + a protection perk is most times going to be better. If you only have one slot, pop will generally be better, in my experience

  • Yords
    Yords Member Posts: 5,781
    Pop Goes The Weasel

    Pop is good mid to late game and is consistent whereas ruin is very flimsy when it comes to surviving past 2 minutes.

  • Demon_Swords
    Demon_Swords Member Posts: 68
    Go of the killer

    Pop is better on mobile killers while ruin is much better in early game on everyone else. If you were wanting to run a build with survivalance then running pop with oppression can be better then ruin + undying.

  • Crowman
    Crowman Member Posts: 9,553
    Hex: Ruin

    Overall, Ruin is much stronger. The main problem with Ruin is that it's inconsistent so even though it's a strong perk you could easily lose it before getting any value from it.

    Still if Ruin does manage to stay up then it'll do far more than pop ever could.

  • then4321
    then4321 Member Posts: 234
    Pop Goes The Weasel

    Ruin is not great on its own, so you have to bring undying. That means you only get two other perks and it's only effective if you're patrolling gens... when you should be getting downs and hooking survivors. After all that, it can still be taken away from you.... but hey, if you like ruin, run it.

    Oh, to help anyone decide, ruin is better at lower ranks, but less effective at higher ranks.

  • vacaman
    vacaman Member Posts: 1,140
    Pop Goes The Weasel

    Ruin is godly if it can last, the thing is it can't last so it's basically useless by itself. Pop is not very good but it's what we have.

  • NoOneKnowsNova
    NoOneKnowsNova Member Posts: 2,785
    Go of the killer

    Ruin is great on killers that have either mobility or the ability to pressure survivors easily (Billy, Oni, Spirit etc).

    Pop is great on killers that either don't have mobility or struggle putting pressure on all survivors (Clown, Trapper, Bubba)

  • Blueberry
    Blueberry Member Posts: 13,671
    Pop Goes The Weasel

    Ruin is pretty trash. It was only held up by Undying before. It’s just too unreliable for an effect that isn’t that overbearing.