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Are survivor meta perks wasted in solo queue?

kyogul
kyogul Member Posts: 491
in General Discussions

This is something I've been thinking about lately, that for the most part survivor meta perks are useless and to an extent detrimental to use in solo queue. I'll explain below.

There are some meta perks that have an all-purpose use whether you be in a SWF or solo queue, such as Sprint Burst/Dead Hard or Iron will, but in my head the majority of survivor meta perks are more geared towards SWF instead of solo queue to be used effectively, sometimes if at all to get consistent use out of it instead of RNG value since you can't control when you get to use many of the meta perks in solo queue, unlike the control you have when in a SWF.

Pretty much all of the survivor meta perks I can think of tend to be really wasted in solo queue and/or just have very inconsistent use and RNG value in solo queue, such as: Adrenaline, We're Going To Live Forever, Unbreakable, Soul Guard, Deliverance, We'll Make It, and to many extents even Decisive Strike

I've tried using meta perks in solo queue, but I often find that many times the perks end up not being useful and almost always in games the majority of the build goes unused or is ineffective, compared to when I run information perks it allows me to make better decisions because of the lack of organisation in solo queue, and subsequently such information perks promotes better organisation

Comments

  • odra
    odra Member Posts: 369

    actually the rule of solo survivor for me is think everyone as dumb. prioritize your own survival than others, since many people will do stupid stuff ex most of time blowing gen in red rank. not doing bones when theres ruin. always turn up gen on same area resulting 3 gen deadlock. thats why enjoying the match is better with that mind you rescue me in the front of killer i will do the same. doing kobe means i will turn back and not rescuing you. etc

    this will make your solo survivor experience better

  • th3
    th3 Member Posts: 1,846

    We’re gonna live forever actually has a bit of use in solo queue. You can sneak in quick rescues off the ground when the killer sweats and tries to snowball. It’s really good since most killer games are full of slugging all the time especially in solo queue.

  • Zaytex
    Zaytex Member Posts: 841

    They're still as good since these perks save you from dying early on.

    I'd argue there more important since you can't trust solo survivors to help you if it compromises their own safety.

  • Aven_Fallen
    Aven_Fallen Member Posts: 16,343

    IMO the only thing which might be questionable is Adrenaline, since you cannot really be sure that you will get any use out of it. But this goes for all games, but especially for Solos.

    Other than that, I think especially in Solo Queue you should bring the best stuff possible. And you also need to be way more efficient, you cannot trust random players at all.