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What was the first exhaustion perk you ever used?

RyRapsYT
RyRapsYT Member Posts: 299

SB for me.

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  • supersonic853
    supersonic853 Member Posts: 5,548

    SB meg was my first surv.

  • supersonic853
    supersonic853 Member Posts: 5,548
    edited May 2021

    First game i played with sprint burst i read it and was like "so i cant run got it" guess what i did right as i spawned in lol.

  • Laluzi
    Laluzi Member Posts: 6,226
    edited May 2021

    Dead Hard - I got it fast because I wanted to level up David for We're Gonna Live Forever. It was also the most intuitive to use, since you just press a button when you want it. (Whether I ended up exhausted on the ground is another story.)

  • Adeloo
    Adeloo Member Posts: 1,448

    Sprint Burst, because it was the only exhaustion perk when the game launched and i started playing in December of 2016 ^^ (when Nurse came out)

  • GeneralV
    GeneralV Member Posts: 11,714

    Sprint Burst.

  • Clevite
    Clevite Member Posts: 4,335

    Sprint Burst, leveled up Meg to get it, on my then main Claudette.

  • Mandy
    Mandy Administrator, Dev, Community Manager Posts: 23,357

    I did the same, still do!

    It's why I never run Sprint Burst, I run around the map too much as it is.

  • StibbityStabbity
    StibbityStabbity Member Posts: 1,839

    Balanced Landing. I leveled Nea before Meg. At the time, BL was a bit more useful, and I liked the idea of being able to activate my sprint when I wanted it rather than having to blow it if I needed to run at all. Obviously, SB is actually better and using it when you aren't being chased isn't entirely a detriment, since you still get around to objectives and such faster, but I wasn't thinking that at the time.

    Now I don't use any, because I'd rather have perks that either constantly give me use or give me something during niche scenarios that I don't like.

  • HighwayCatalyst
    HighwayCatalyst Member Posts: 381

    Either Sprint Burst or balanced landing. I can't recall whether I leveled up meg or nea first.

  • Laluzi
    Laluzi Member Posts: 6,226

    I recently went back to Meg to clean out her items before I prestige her, and I'm coming to really love Sprint Burst! I don't particularly go out of my way to preserve it unless the thing I want to reach is a very short distance away. Mostly I find it useful for working on gens - I'll usually have it by the time the killer shows up, and the head start is great. It's also not a bad anti-tunnel perk because it reactivates when you get hooked, so if somebody unhooks you close to the killer, you can rocket off and the other player becomes a more appealing target. I've also had the same thing happen when being picked up from a slug. Not the most altruistic playstyle, but half the time in solo queue it's tit-for-tat with the way your teammates play, and if the other player needs to avoid being hooked more than I do, I can still bodyblock for them.

  • MadLordJack
    MadLordJack Member Posts: 8,814

    Dead Hard.

  • FFirebrandd
    FFirebrandd Member Posts: 2,446
    edited May 2021

    Lithe for me actually.

    My first survivor matches were in a KYF and Lithe sounded fantastic. Then I started out maining Claudette, so I ran no exhaustion perks for a while... then Lithe happened to show up in the Shrine shortly after I started playing so I got it. Funnily enough, 1k hours later I still don't have Feng.

  • KingFrost
    KingFrost Member Posts: 3,014

    Ever used? That'd be Dead Hard for a challenge.

    Used regularly? Lithe.

  • TicTac
    TicTac Member Posts: 2,425

    Sprint boost. I first tried to unlock sprintboost, self care and urban evasion. Im not proud of that.

  • bm33
    bm33 Member Posts: 8,274

    One of Megs, I can't remember which one but I mained her for the longest time.

  • ALostPuppy
    ALostPuppy Member Posts: 3,398
    edited May 2021

    Balanced Landing. Didn't use anything else until it got nerfed because why would you when you had essentially 2 S-Tier perks for the price of 1. Wasn't broken at all on certain maps or anything.

  • GeneralV
    GeneralV Member Posts: 11,714

    Haddonfun was EXTRA FUN when this perk came into play.

  • Kharbarg
    Kharbarg Member Posts: 126
    edited May 2021

    SB

    I really miss the original SB when exhaustion mechanic didn't exist at old.

  • ZonkyWizard
    ZonkyWizard Member Posts: 568

    Lithe.

  • Mat_Sella
    Mat_Sella Member Posts: 3,557

    I actively went against using Exhaustion perks because I always felt they were cheap even as a person that played exclusively survivor back then. Right before Exhaustion was nerfed against survivors I went Sprint Burst/Vigil on the old Badham Preschool and can remember running around the map 4 or 5 times before i eventually was caught by the killer.

    While unfair, it was an amusing time.

  • Predated
    Predated Member Posts: 2,976

    Back in the day, it was either Sprint Burst or Adrenaline. I am honestly not too sure which one I got first.

  • glitchboi
    glitchboi Member Posts: 6,023

    Balanced Landing was the first ever exhaustion perk I used.

  • Exerlin
    Exerlin Member Posts: 1,352

    Balanced Landing. Nea was the first survivor I ever played, so I used her perks a lot starting out (except streetwise that immediately got tossed aside)

  • Almo
    Almo Member Posts: 1,120

    Lithe because Feng was the first Survivor I played.

  • TheMadCat
    TheMadCat Member Posts: 2,203

    Balanced Landing, as I started to play with Nea, then I unlocked the teachables from everyone.

  • GannTM
    GannTM Member Posts: 10,893

    Dead Hard. I clicked E when it told me to and didn’t know what that did.

  • Micheal_Myers
    Micheal_Myers Member Posts: 1,147

    For me oddly enough was lithe.

  • Mistikus
    Mistikus Member Posts: 1,347

    it was spritn burs buecosue of some videos i have watched before buying dbd back in 2017

  • DistortedDream
    DistortedDream Member Posts: 672

    For me, it was Lithe.

  • Pepsidot
    Pepsidot Member Posts: 1,662

    Sprint Burst

  • Slickstyles
    Slickstyles Member Posts: 446

    Balanced Landing

  • Heartbound
    Heartbound Member Posts: 3,255

    Mine was Sprint Burst, and I mean the old Sprint Burst. Once the timer was up you could sprint again mid chase.

    How did killers ever catch us?

  • Guiltii
    Guiltii Member Posts: 32

    Mine was lithe, I got it from the shrine when I first started DBD and unlocked it for Dwight

  • humanbeing1704
    humanbeing1704 Member Posts: 8,998

    dead hard because it had the words "avoid damage" in the description

  • Darkskies
    Darkskies Member Posts: 1,158

    Lithe and it's still my fav perk to this day 🐷💕

  • JimbusCrimbus
    JimbusCrimbus Member Posts: 1,116

    I don't use exhaustion perks. I'm actually good at the video game.

  • Hannon
    Hannon Member Posts: 221

    Lithe

    i used to main Feng when I first started playing

  • CLAUDETTEINABUSH
    CLAUDETTEINABUSH Member Posts: 2,210

    Balance landing, actually. I used it before the "rip balance landing" patch.

  • Freddo
    Freddo Member Posts: 139

    Dead hard for me actually, I wanted to grind for WGLF.

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  • TheClownIsKing
    TheClownIsKing Member Posts: 6,278

    Dead Hard because I was a die hard David main when I first got the game.

  • Mooks
    Mooks Member Posts: 14,841

    First ever actually equipped and used was Sprint Burst. Didn’t like it though and didn’t play around with it much.

    First I actively used and that for a very long time was Lithe, still my favorite Exhaustion perk (if it wasn’t for the window hits.. but those got at least better again..)


    (currently I use Dead Hard and it’s amazing how much more easy and stressfree surv gameplay got due to just having it)

  • PureHostility
    PureHostility Member Posts: 708

    Fun Fact:

    Sprint Burst wasn't an exhaustion perk back then, neither was Balanced Landing.

    So technically, even for the veterans, SB or BL is a valid choice, as exhaustion perk became a thing since 1.5.0 AFAIK.

    Thank You and best regards from the Ministry of Useless Facts.