Isn't Overcharge outshined by other perks?

Overcharge, a Doctor perk.

As far as I understand, Overcharge can be used for 2 reasons. Those being information and regression. I feel like other perks do either of these things better, some tremendously so, if you will.

For information, it's largely knowing when a generator you've kicked is being repaired again. Surveillance does this better, and is also far more detailed in what it tells you. Surveillance tells you whether a generator is still regressing, has completely regressed, and tells you when regression has ceased.

To an extent, Trail of Torment also tells you when a generator has been touched or has regressed completely, but only works for 1 generator and generally isn't the focus of the perk anyway. This perk is not used for the information aspect of it, and yet it's more reliable for telling when a particular gen has been touched than Overcharge.

There's also Dragon's Grip, which tells you when a generator has been touched 30 seconds after you've kicked it. Although unreliable for information, since it only lasts for 30 seconds, when it DOES proc, it does the same as Overcharge in regards to the information given AND it tells you which survivor has touched it, allowing for a follow-up.

And there's Discordance, although this is perk is information only and doesn't tell the same thing Overcharge does. I only mentioned this perk for the sake of comprehension.

There's also Bitter Murmur, but this only procs after a generator has been completed, which is a different scenario altogether.

In re-reading this, I completely forgot about Gearhead, which after you've hit a survivor two times essentially tells you when a generator is being repaired for some time, regardless of the number of survivors doing so. Not exactly reliable either, as this perk is tied to skillchecks as well, which may not even happen at all. I'd argue that this perk could be on the same level as Overcharge regarding power and reliability, but once again, mentioning it for comprehension.

For regression itself, I define regression as: 'Undoing a generator's progress.' Not preventing it from happening in the first place.

For this we have Pop Goes the Weasel, which does this FAR better and more reliably so. With a guaranteed 25% regression upon kicking a generator, with the (only) requirement of having to hook a survivor.

There's also Surge and Hex: Ruin, which starts the regression of generators in one way or another.

Surge only starts regressing nearby generators when you down a survivor, applying an instant 8% regression when it procs. This is already more than Overcharge.

I think the vast majority of us know what Hex: Ruin does, so I'll leave the description alone. This perk is passive, meaning that the killer doesn't need to do anything to proc it beyond what they'd do normally. Ruin on its own already does FAR more regression than Overcharge ever could, BUT Ruin can be taken out of the game. Although by then Ruin has already slowed the game down more than Overcharge could, since survivors have to spend time looking for it. (Provided it doesn't get taken out straight away, which is the only thing Overcharge has over Ruin)

There's also perks that block generators entirely, being Corrupt Intervention and Dead Man's Switch. These perks prevent anything from happening to the generators affected entirely. Information, AND slowdown, but as I said, this is not undoing progress, rather preventing it from happening.

And then there's Oppression, which, in my opinion, does the same thing as Overcharge, but applies it to 3 other generators instead of the one being kicked. It forces an Overcharge-esque skillcheck for the survivors repairing other generators, which they most likely won't see coming. This results in information for the Killer, as well as slight regression. But even so, it's a skillcheck and is therefore unreliable.

The problem with Overcharge is that it depends entirely on the survivor missing the skillcheck. If they miss it, great, you got information about the general position of 1 survivor and a whopping 5% additional regression. If they hit it, Overcharge didn't do jack.

So, for whatever purpose you could run Overcharge, there's a better alternative. Want regression? Run Pop Goes the Weasel or Ruin, maybe even Surge if you're feeling fancy.

Want information on the gen you just kicked? Surveillance is infinitely more reliable. Want to defend this generator and this generator alone? Dragon's Grip will scare them off. Yes, Overcharge has no cooldown, but neither does Surveillance.

The only thing I can MAYBE see Overcharge do that other perks can't is in situations that have the killer go "I need this gen regressed right now", Ruin is unavailable and there's more than 1 survivor around to tap the gen. But even so, it might not even do anything if the survivors hit the skillchecks.

EDIT: I meant for this to go in General Discussion, but I suppose it can live here as well.