What was the most hated perk (both sides)

I’mma agree on Eruption and Dead Hard. Though I disagree DH was “overhyped”. Its pickrate was unrivalled for good reason.

As honourable mentions, I’d also add og Mettle of Man, Boil Over in combo with og RPD, Adrenaline (admittedly a personal pick) NOED, Pain Res when it didn’t have its 4-token limit, and old Ultimate Weapon.

By the very nature of perks giving value to each side, they will likely most of the time annoy or not be loved by the other.

Almost every perk on the killer side which I don’t like, I can see why it enhances the game and provides challenge (not always with the right balance and that will always lead to debate and sometimes rebalancing by the game).

However the one perk on the killer side which I REALLY dislike more than any other and not just for the sake of my own preference is KNOCKOUT.

In soloq, it is almost impossible to counteract this and I personally feel it is an unhealthy perk for this reason.

Gen slowdown? Totally understand

Auras? Don’t like (actually very much so) but I can understand.

Hexes and their various abilities, understand.

I do believe auras need to be toned down a little as it is a level of complexity that newer players won’t be able to grasp. I think newer plays can understand the concept of gens slowed down and having to figure out how to do them while taking longer for example but some (←some) auras will not allow newer players to understand without putting them off and providing too much of a steep learning curve.

However, Knockout is probably the only one which is far and above damaging without co-ordination in my own experience anyway.

I wouldn't at all be upset to see Boil Over sent to the Gulag...

Dead Hard and Eruption. I absolutely hated the DS that worked in endgame too but i hated DH even more. As soloQ enjoyer i hate knockdown but its rare..thankfully.

For Killer I'd have to say I really disliked Nowhere to Hide, coupled with the Overcharge and Eruption meta around the time Knight and Skerchant were released…yeah there was a reason Distortion became a staple in, not just my build, but a lot of builds until Overcharge and Eruption were nerfed.

As for Survivor, I'd have to say old Circle of Healing. Don't get me wrong, it was and still is a handy perk to a lesser degree, but it was too OP. Set it up on a specific totem of certain maps and you'd have near map-wide coverage. Not to mention, the fact it can be re-booned as many times as the survivor wants (not to mention boon stacking IIRC), when Hexes are pretty much rendered useless after they're broken just allowing the survivors to be too independent, was a bit of a kick in the teeth.

Dishon mentions: Eruption/Overcharge/Call of Brine…Nuff said. Sprint Burst, I've been screwed over by teammates who play very selfishly with their 99ed Sprint Bust, so they can high-tail away from the killer, with their 0 hook states, while I, on first or death hook, have to try and juice the killer at a tile where the pallet is already gone from an earlier chase. Boilover, while not as powerful as it was, is still annoying to deal with on ceratin maps.

As an OG player from the early days I would have to say either old decisive strike or old balanced landing. And for killer, pre hex noed

Eruption and Circle of Healing

Boil Over on survivor side, because I usually only see it when they try to abuse heights like Eyrie of Crows.

It's kinda hard to say for killer side, but I guess old eruption is a good contender.

Surprised to have not seen Object of Obsession mentioned as that was ridiculous in its original state.

Boil Over for me as playing on console it’s impossible to counter the effect where PC players it barely affects them unless heights aren’t involved.

Circle of Healing was also a nightmare completely negating all the pressure you gained through injures.

On killer side it’s probably original Ruin for me, it made the game such a slog in solo queue if you had someone who couldn’t hit the skill checks or everyone was looking for the totem etc.

Also don’t think anyone likes seeing NoeD pop at the end.

NOED Because it rewards failure And Champion Of Light because of the stupid hindering effect

I think the reason is that while there's been a lot of hated survivor perks, MFT and Buckle Up/FTP and CoH and Mettle of Man… their reign of terror is just too short in the collective lifespan of obnoxious perk PTSD when Decisive Strike lasted in a state every killer despised for close to half DBD's existence, and Dead Hard held that title for even longer. It's hard to compete with that level of entrenched loathing.

Killer perks have been more subject to a whack-a-mole meta and there aren't as many contenders for ones that remained meta forever, though Old Ruin is up there, and NOED is probably the king of lifetime survivor rage.

Reminder, DS and DH actually made all killers change their fundamental playstyle just to manage

OoO, Ultimate Weapon, Dead Man's Switch and Buckle Up are probably it for me.

Funnily enough I didn't mind Eruption; 6.1 forced Survivors to be efficient and gogogo, and Eruption was such a laughably overpowered perk that I took bring Incapacitated as an excuse to just walk around and bask in the Dbd atmosphere.

I've played this game since 2018, and when I think about perks that have been quite universally hated, I think of old DS, old Dead Hard, original Mettle Of Man (was a ######### horrid experience btw), Made For This before the nerf. A honorable mention would be the old Object Of Obsession. On killers side, I think of Pop Goes The Weasel before all the nerfs, Eruption obviously, original Hex: Pain Resonance & Dead Mans Switch combo. Old Hex: Ruin. If I had to pick the most hated survivor perk, it's definitely Dead Hard. Most hated killer perk, it's probably the old Hex: Ruin. Great skillchecks would be count as good, and just good skillchecks would regress the generator a bit, and stop progressing it for a few seconds. Good times.