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What are you're 4 favourite non meta perks.

Perks that arent really meta that you like.

My personal 4 are

Iron Maiden - Been playing a lot of trickster lately and I honestly cant stand watching reloads at normal speed it feels like watching them in slow motion

Surveilance- I know its kinda meta with ruin but honestly its louder gen noise is extremely underated and saves me a lot of time since I can hear if a gen is being worked on from muuuuch further. Only bad thing is when 2 like 70% gens are close it is way too loud to hear anything.

Bloodhound- Just because of maps like midwich, hawkins and swamp. Their is either so much blood that is just part of the map or the color is so simalar I have a hard time spotting it.

Agitation- Again it saves a surprising amount of time and honestly is the best counter in the game to flashlights since they just feed soooo many free hits.

These two I like but I haven't ran in a long time just cause I am hooked on trickster:

MYC- only on high mobility killers/hag

Starstruck- Its meta on like nurse but even on like doc its pretty fun

Comments

  • Northener1907
    Northener1907 Member Posts: 3,012

    For Survivor:

    Diversion - Empathy - Lithe - Inner Strength


    For Killer:

    Blood Warden - No Way Out - Make Your Choice - Sloppy Butcher

  • glitchboi
    glitchboi Member Posts: 6,023
    1. Mindbreaker - An easy no. 1, it eliminates exhaustion perks when chasing survivors off gens. Heavily underrated.
    2. Stake Out - It gives lots of progression on skill checks and is a very fun perk to use.
    3. Fast Track - Same as above, but a lot more rewarding!
    4. Autodidact - A very fun healing-based perk. When you get value out of it, it's SUPER satisfying.


  • Phasmamain
    Phasmamain Member Posts: 11,534
    1. Gearhead
    2. Autodidact
    3. Mettle of man
    4. Solidarity
  • Micheal
    Micheal Member Posts: 288

    Mettle of man

  • dspaceman20
    dspaceman20 Member Posts: 4,699

    1. Detectives Hunch

    2. Alert

    3. Autodidact

    4. Wake Up.

  • Bwsted
    Bwsted Member Posts: 3,452

    Mad Grit, Agitation, Iron Maiden, Detective's Hunch.

  • Friendly_Blendette
    Friendly_Blendette Member Posts: 2,923

    Why gearhead? I personally find it super unsatifying as sometimes it will proc but then nobody gets a skillchecks or something

  • Zayn
    Zayn Member Posts: 365

    Second Wind, Desperate Measures, Agitation and Infectious Fright.

  • chargernick85
    chargernick85 Member Posts: 3,171


    Mine our Lullaby, agitation, Brutal, PWYF. Sloppy and Infectious are perks I really love but I consider them meta. Also if I could choose a fifth would be fire up. Reason it was not in top 4 was because it's suited for certain killers IMO. I really love this perk on Mike as I tend to lose some gens stalking and his vault in tier 3 with fire up is OMG.

    Survivor - For the people, Fixated, Botany, and Lightweight which i find to be so underrated.

  • EvilJoshy
    EvilJoshy Member Posts: 5,295

    Whispers because it doesn't require any conditions to activate and you can't hide from it

    Blood Warden because it's just pure payback. Anyone who falls for it deserved it. If the gates are open you should have left.

    MYC because it adds a fear factor and it's technically not tunneling :P

    Trail of Torment. I kinda like the losing your TR on a killer that isn't stealthy and sneaking up on someone.

  • Baal
    Baal Member Posts: 14
    1. Autodidact
    2. Aftercare
    3. We will make it ( not sure if that is meta or not? )
    4. For the people!
  • JHondo
    JHondo Member Posts: 1,174

    Stake Out

    Brutal Strength

    Third Seal

    And I don't really have a 4th because almost everything else I run can be considered meta (BBQ, STBFL, and Pop on m1 killers: Lithe, BT, Inner Strength on survivor)

  • xenotimebong
    xenotimebong Member Posts: 2,803

    For killer: Surge, Thrilling Tremors, Trail of Torment, and my favourite ever and most crutch perk, Save The Best For Last.

    Survivor: Alert, Kindred, Fixated, Second Wind.

  • DoritoHead
    DoritoHead Member Posts: 3,546

    Mindbreaker- I don't like Sprint Burst. I use this perk on Freddy, Demo, and sometimes Ghostface.

    Surge- very quick and easy gen regression. I use this on any m1 killer.

    Hex: Crowd Control- I don't see a lot of people running this, surprisingly. It prevents a lot of really good loops.

    Haunted Grounds- Really helps with a sudden snowball, plus it helps me defend the totems.

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  • APoipleTurtle
    APoipleTurtle Member Posts: 1,274

    fKiller: Forced Penance / Dark Devotion / Nemesis / I'm All Ears

    Survivor: Aftercare / Detective's Hunch / We're Gonna Live Forever / Head On

  • umad
    umad Member Posts: 57

    For Killer: Hoarder + Franklins Demise

    Absolutely no one expects this.

    For Survivor: Plunderers Instinct + Appraisal

    I've pulled 3 keys in a single match with PI + Appraisal. I just have to beg people to let me open the chests.

  • SkeletalElite
    SkeletalElite Member Posts: 2,713
    edited April 2021

    I'd have to say repressed alliance and soul guard

    Not sure for killer, I think the meta is to variable from killer to killer to say any given perk is "not meta" except for the really really bad ones. I love monitor on nurse if that counts. I never see anyone saying its good for nurse but I think it's one of her best perks.

  • notstarboard
    notstarboard Member Posts: 3,903

    Survivor:

    • Autodidact
    • Aftercare
    • Distortion
    • Break Out

    Killer:

    • Spies
    • Devour Hope (although it's borderline meta now)
    • The Third Seal
    • Monstrous Shrine (for the memes)
  • Thr_ust
    Thr_ust Member Posts: 481

    Make your choice

    dark devotion

    knockout

    franklins

    for survivor:

    auto didact

    calm spirit

    distortion

    vigil

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,347

    For survivor:

    • Deja Vu: this has been so efficient in avoiding 3-gen scenario and works with a strong, tactical build.

    • Lightweight: has saved me a few times when seeing killers approach from a distance or escaping risky situations.

    • We'll Make It: get the troops back quickly into action, or healed in time before the killer tries to get a quick down. Also, can quickly turn around an injured group in a jiffy.

    • Empathy: great to use not just as a quick way of helping those in need, but also seeing what the killer was doing.


    For killer:

    • Lightborn: people armed with torches are no longer a problem. Plus, with good bluffing, survivors can be tricked for quite some time.

    • Spies From The Shadows: exceedingly underrated scouting perk that's helped reveal survivors many times. Those crows work hard for me!

    • Forced Penance: not so sure why I like it so much, but it seems to be rather effective in making survivors more cautious. Games appear slower with it, for some reason.

    • Mad Grit: just mad fun!

  • Friendly_Blendette
    Friendly_Blendette Member Posts: 2,923

    Isnt opression always considered a great skillcheck which gearhead doesnt proc on anymore

  • TheWarNung
    TheWarNung Member Posts: 794

    Some of these could be argued to be meta, but here goes:

    Survivor: Kindred, Windows of Opportunity, Alert, Breakout (Breakiut needs an entire build based around it if you want to do sabo plays, but it's fun)

    Killer: Discordance, Dark Devotion, Blood Echo, STBFL, Surge

  • MrDardon
    MrDardon Member Posts: 4,039


    • Iron Maiden (It counters BBQ's biggest counter, lockers, feels nice to have on Huntress and Trickster and I get quite a few oneshots since the buff)
    • Starstruck (I really like this Perk especially on Nurse, though I could say it is a bit broken on Nurse)
    • Agitation (Combined with Startstruck and even on it's own, it always feels nice to get to hooks faster, even though I have the feeling that you aren't as fast anymore. Once you were able to catch up with Survivors but not anymore.)
    • Monitor and Abuse (It is my personal favourite Perk on most Killers. I don't wanna use Shadowborn for the extra FoV but Monitor kinda works with myself. The extra FoV outside of a Chase gives me the ability to look around more, be more aware of my surroundings and during a chase I am usually focused on my prey with my vision so the switch to normal FoV doesn't really bother me. And the reduced Terror Radius helps of course.)


    No Survivor Perks in that part really since the ones I use are either meta or used more often than not, but I will still write down my Survivor build.

    • Borrowed Time
    • We're gonna live forever
    • Spine Chill
    • Kindred