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Lethal Pursuer Every Game?
I've been running Distortion a lot lately and literally 80%+ of games I load in and immediately lose a token.
I know people complain a lot about Distortion and I believe it needs to be tuned down slightly but you can't blame people for running the only perk that helps to counter Lethal.
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I don't blame people for running distortion, that feels like a real stretch when I see those complaints.
Lethal is a fantastic perk for building early game pressure. I've been running this in nearly every game I play for at least two years now. And it's good to know when you only see 3 auras at the start that you've got a distortion player.
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On one hand I get it, being in chase the moment the game starts can be annoying but with gen regression and delay being toned down aura reading is the next best thing so you can't blame people for running it.
I don't even think Lethal is broken at all it just lets the killer not waste time at the beginning of the game and I would think survivors would prefer that as opposed to having to wait out Corrupt instead.
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Lethal is a top 10 perk in terms of use rate according to the latest BHVR stats. Top 5 according to Nightlight. It's common, but healthy for a meta perk.
Even if Distortion gets its token recharge nerf, it'll still work amazing as a counter to Lethal.
I'd personally like to see Object buffed a bit so it's a more appealing counter to aura perks. It's way too inconsistent with it's own aura-reading timer because of it being tied to the Obsession mechanic to even function as it should. That way you'd have a good counter to aura-reading that isn't stealth focused.
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I'm not saying Lethal is OP or anything, it's a solid, useful perk, I'm just saying the only counter to it is Distortion, so it's no surprise that when it's popular, so is Distortion.
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Sure, I don't think Distortion is unfair or anything I just think it recharges too easily.
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Another perk that counters LP as well as any other aura reading is Object of Obsession. Being able to know who the killer is straight from the get go is REALLY good information, and most of the time itll take a bit for the killer to catch on that you have the perk when they have other aura readings (which most people do to take advantage of its secondary effect)
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It’s being ran more often because Gen regression got gutted. If you can’t defend gens you need to find people as fast as you can. I literally called it, LP will go up so much that it will get nerfed and then you will see Corrupt skyrocket and get nerfed again.
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Lethal is most of the time a game health perk, because it fixes the early game problem many killers have.
No wonder its seen that often.
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Distortion needs a BUFF.
OR, Killer aura perks need tokens as well.
BBQ, Nowhere to Hide, nurse calling, there's more. They need tokens too.
Unlimited knowledge of where everyone is all the time is ridiculous.
Distortion becomes irrelevant at some point during the match, but the Killer can see everyone right up to endgame with an all aura build that includes Bitter Murmur .
I constantly argue with a friend of mine who plays both roles as I do. He rage quits anytime he's found first because he won't run Distortion.
He also refuses to play killer without LP.
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I don’t know how many times I’ve seen it where a lethal pursuer nurse has already injured someone like 8 seconds into the match
There’s a reason why I’m tempted to just permanently run distortion
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the only hard counter to it is distortion, but there's another thing to consider:
The killer will see anyone not hiding their auras, meaning that they have a 25/33/50/100% chance of going after you if seen (depending on how many teammates are running distortion.)
Generally the killer can't chase multiple survivors at the same time (and if they can, the survivors need to split up,) so the killer seeing you with lethal makes less of a difference when the perk isn't in play. Who cares if the killer sees you at the start if he goes for someone else instead?
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How does distortion need a buff? You can literally run 2-3 aura related perks and distortion will counter them for the entire game. The way distortion tokens get eaten is by certain killers that have aura related addons like Myers when he stalks and can just spam auras.
As for giving killer aura perks tokens you must be having a laugh. They already have a condition that must be met to activate them. So you effectively want aura perks to have like a limited use that will literally be useless mid to end game in the same way hex totems generally are. Your suggestions would encourage killers to hard tunnel rather than pursue a new chase with another survivor because they would be running around completely blind as 3 gens pop after 1 hook in every game.
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I've been thinking I should start running Distortion just so I have a chance to play my stupid Lute for 16 seconds before being rudely interrupted by the Killer.
I'm not a big fan of Lethal if I'm honest. I don't really think perks designed to speed up the game to such an extent are all that healthy. Just knowing it might be in play makes me feel like I have to glue myself to the first gen I see or I'm throwing. If the Killer gets an early down with Lethal and a Pain Res or two follow, it's going to be a swift GG.
At least if a Killer brings Lethal then I know they came to sweat for the win (and probably have other aura perks too), so that's useful information I guess.
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Object won't be popular. The only way i can see it being popular is if they buff Mettle of man to be 3 basic attacks. if your the obsession or something.
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For sure; I made a thread saying Distortion should be nerfed/reworked, but with the frequency that people run Lethal it absolutely still needs to start with at least one token to counter beginning-of-game aura reading.
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I usually start some matches facing of a huntress, I'm directly in her Terror Radius. Then my Heartbeat icon is abnormally blurred until I get out at some point.
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