I need advice for a 4th perk slot on Survivor to replace Distortion. Please help 🙏

of the record, killer dont see you but only after hook.

or boon: shadow step

Windows. Since the Killer will now be able to see you more often, making you vulnerable for chases, Windows shows you resources around you, which works as a compensation.

Also, may I suggest you to test out the new Lucky Star instead of Kindred? It may seem even stronger than Kindred in it's current state and is really good for solo.

Empathy is an underrated info perk, and can inform you of where the chase is happening via the injured survivor aura, so you can avoid it. As well as being more efficient at healing team mates and getting more out of your WMI.

Alternatively Renewal/Second Wind pairs great with WMI too, giving you another heal automatically for the price of one faster heal, up to twice per match.

Id personally use Sprint Burst, but if youre adament on keeping Resilience then Id say Dead Hard. Would make it safer to stay injured to take benefit from it

Resurgence. So much value every match.

I am and always will be an unironic pebble advocate. Especially because it plays into a more stealthy playstyle like Distortion otherwise would, even if it isn't so much enabling it as it is giving you a new option through that playstyle. Otherwise, Plot Twist is good.

Object of Obsession

A few choices:

OTR: great anti-tunnel

WOO: great for looping

Reassurance: very useful against tunneling & camping (I suggest you look for CopeDBD on youtube. His last video is a brilliant demonstration)

Iron Will: great to dodge killers (no sound is very disturbing)

Bite the bullet: silent healing (it's part of my main build)

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Instead of one perk, here is a fun build suggestion (from a Blendette)

note: the idea isn't mine. Some streamer had a few matches with it and I thought is was a lot of fun.

Reporting is great.

I've been griefed against once or twice in more than five years (Once the killer joined it with the 2 jerks. All reported with video evidence).

As killer, I rarely see griefing. Maybe once every few months.

So rest assured that, in the grand scheme of things, it's not that common.

There is no 1:1 ratio but the closest perk to Distortion available now is possibly Shadow Step and as you know that has several drawbacks.

I would not run Sole Survivor because it only blocks auras within a limited range after other survivors begin to fall.

I wouldn’t run OoO unless you’re keen on looping or comfortable with learning how to loop.

Alert a solid perk as it provides valuable information at a reasonable price. Beyond that… maybe Premonition? You’ll get an audio cue when you’re facing the killers direction (kind of like Small Game but with the killer). Since there’s no reliable sufficient countermeasure to blocking aura reading perks you might try perks that at least give you the jump on a killer who has seen your aura, so you can pre-run from them.

Distortion’s nerf was so awful the devs basically have to try to fix it in a hot patch but it still won’t be what it was. Eventually they’ll nerf down killer aura reading or give survivors more perks to block it, though, so hold on for a bit.

Try to have fun with the event mode by trying to farm smoke bombs and pull off Were Gonna Live Forever plays or something

But for an actual perk replacement, I think you'd appreciate Poised, Count. Its new ability to detect killers sounds like it'd help you start matches on the right foot

You need to eat only peas for the whole day and wait - smoke will come out on it's own.

Wait you haven't tried to use a smoke bomb against killers yet? :D

You should.

Edit: You need to collect void energy by SMASHING THOSE PUMPKINS OR KILLER'S HEADS WITH THE PALLETS, or doing gens… Then interact with the void well in the void. That's how you get them.

I love Lightweight. Granted, doesn't stop aura reading but makes tracking harder for a killer

There's a couple good options available to you with that basic shell, I think.

If you want a flat replacement for Distortion, your two options are Off The Record and Shadow Step. Both are viable and good, but have different upsides/downsides, so consider carefully.

If you want other stealth perks, Iron Will works very well with your Resilience for good stealth while injured, and Lucky Star got a very nice buff recently, as others have pointed out.

If you want to lean into chase rather than stealth, you could run Lithe to pair with your Resilience, Finesse to give you vault speed when healthy as well, Champion of Light (+ a flashlight obviously) to gain tons of distance at every pallet, Sprint Burst to just delay chases entirely, or Dead Hard if you're confident you can time it.

If you want general all-rounder perks, Deja Vu will fit in every build and always excel, Empathy is great tracking and will slightly combo with your We'll Make It, Resurgence is good survivability, Strength in Shadows is exceptional reliable healing, and Alert is fantastic tracking that also helps out in chase.

If you're open to full builds, I'll recommend something like Overzealous, Inner Strength, Counterforce, flex pick with a map for tracking totems. Surprisingly consistent and pretty fun, it has a built in side objective that actually rewards you.