Perk Replacements

Missing a perk? Swap by job, not by random similarity. This matrix keeps your build intent intact while making tradeoffs explicit.

How to Use

Use Replacement A when you want the closest behavior match.
Use Replacement B when you want easier, more consistent value.
Read “What you lose” before swapping multiple slots.

Rules

Swap one slot at a time so you can measure actual match impact.
Do not stack four perks that trigger on the same exact window.
Always preserve one consistency slot and one fallback slot.

Survivor Replacement Matrix

Anti-Tunnel

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Borrowed Time	Babysitter	Off the Record	Anti Camp + Endurance	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Off the Record	Babysitter	Borrowed Time	Endurance + Exit Gate	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Babysitter	Off the Record	Borrowed Time	Altruism + Haste	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Breakdown	Babysitter	Borrowed Time	Repair	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Decisive Strike	Off the Record	Borrowed Time	Obsession + Skill Check	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Resurgence	Off the Record	Decisive Strike	Heal	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Dead Hard	Off the Record	Borrowed Time	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.
Deliverance	Borrowed Time	Slippery Meat	Broken	Best when killer pressure centers around post-unhook focus and second-hook conversion.

Anti-Slug / Recovery

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Soul Guard	Plot Twist	Unbreakable	Endurance + Cool-down	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
Plot Twist	No Mither	Soul Guard	Heal + Exit Gate	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
Boon: Exponential	Soul Guard	Boon: Circle of Healing	Altruism + Bless	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
No Mither	Plot Twist	Soul Guard	Broken	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
Unbreakable	Soul Guard	Plot Twist	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
We're Gonna Live Forever	For the People	Soul Guard	Endurance	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
Buckle Up	Babysitter	No One Left Behind	Anti Slug + Heal	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.
For the People	We're Gonna Live Forever	Invocation: Treacherous Crows	Broken + Deep Wound	Best when matches frequently snowball through slug pressure or chained downs.

Information / Tracking

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Diversion	Deception	Lightweight	Directional Info + Terror Radius	Best when clearer reads convert directly into safer rotates and cleaner decisions.
Invocation: Treacherous Crows	Invocation: Weaving Spiders	No One Left Behind	Terror Radius + Altruism	Best when clearer reads convert directly into safer rotates and cleaner decisions.
Quick Gambit	One–Two–Three–Four!	No One Left Behind	Aura + Terror Radius	Best when clearer reads convert directly into safer rotates and cleaner decisions.
Red Herring	Deception	Déjà Vu	Aura + Generator	Best when clearer reads convert directly into safer rotates and cleaner decisions.
Scene Partner	Red Herring	Deception	Terror Radius	Best when clearer reads convert directly into safer rotates and cleaner decisions.

Chase / Looping

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Quick & Quiet	Dance With Me	Deception	Pallet + Loud Noise	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Smash Hit	Exultation	Hope	Haste	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Dance With Me	Quick & Quiet	Deception	Scratch Marks	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Exultation	Quick & Quiet	Smash Hit	Stun + Item	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Last Stand	Head On	Smash Hit	Vault + Terror Radius	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Lithe	Quick & Quiet	Hope	Haste	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Windows of Opportunity	Quick & Quiet	Any Means Necessary	Aura	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.
Adrenaline	Plot Twist	Hope	Boldness	Best for extending first and second chase without over-spending map resources.

Stealth / Evasion

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Deception	Dance With Me	Cut Loose	Pools Of Blood + Loud Noise	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Teamwork: Toughen Up	Babysitter	Come and Get Me!	Blindness + Pallet	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Babysitter	Come and Get Me!	Borrowed Time	Anti Tunnel + Haste	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Come and Get Me!	Babysitter	No One Left Behind	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Dance With Me	Deception	Quick & Quiet	Vault + Window	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Low Profile	Deception	Parental Guidance	Hook	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Lucky Break	Off the Record	Deception	Pools Of Blood + Boldness	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.
Parental Guidance	Deception	Low Profile	Stun	Best when you need to break contact and re-enter objectives on your timing.

Gen Tempo / Objective

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Potential Energy	Hyperfocus	Resilience	Generator	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Déjà Vu	Potential Energy	Resilience	Aura	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Fast Track	Potential Energy	Resilience	Hook + Team	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Hyperfocus	Potential Energy	Stake Out	Terror Radius	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Resilience	Potential Energy	Déjà Vu	Bless + Chest	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Rookie Spirit	Potential Energy	Déjà Vu	Aura	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Blast Mine	Repressed Alliance	Déjà Vu	Blindness + Bully Squad	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.
Friendly Competition	Resilience	Teamwork: Full Circuit	Altruism	Best for objective races where uptime and sequencing beat hero plays.

Support / Team Utility

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Desperate Measures	Leader	We'll Make It	Solo	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
Leader	No One Left Behind	Resilience	Cleanse + Sabotage	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
No One Left Behind	Leader	We'll Make It	Aura	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
We'll Make It	Desperate Measures	No One Left Behind	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
Aftercare	No One Left Behind	We'll Make It	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
Autodidact	Hyperfocus	We'll Make It	Altruism + Team	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
Babysitter	Off the Record	Borrowed Time	Altruism + Haste	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.
Better than New	Leader	Resilience	Bless	Best when coordinated resets and rescue timing are your win condition.

Endgame

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Clairvoyance	Resilience	Boon: Illumination	Hatch + Aura	Best when your plan is to spike value after gens are completed.
Extrasensory Perception	Resilience	Off the Record	Hatch + Aura	Best when your plan is to spike value after gens are completed.
Sole Survivor	Off the Record	No One Left Behind	Hatch + Obsession	Best when your plan is to spike value after gens are completed.

Killer Replacement Matrix

Tracking / Info

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Hex: Face the Darkness	Deathbound	Hex: Overture of Doom	Terror Radius + Dying	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Phantom Fear	Hex: Face the Darkness	Eruption	Cool-down	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Rancor	Friends 'til the End	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Loud Noise + Exit Gate	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Call of Brine	Eruption	Oppression	Loud Noise + Skill Check	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Deathbound	Hex: Face the Darkness	Rancor	Oblivious	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Discordance	Call of Brine	Bitter Murmur	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Eruption	Call of Brine	Oppression	Scream + Cool-down	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.
Friends 'til the End	Rancor	Hex: Fortune's Fool	Hook + Tunneling	Best when quick target acquisition drives your down tempo.

Regression / Gen Control

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Call of Brine	Eruption	Oppression	Skill Check + Loud Noise	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Oppression	Call of Brine	Eruption	Cool-down	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Eruption	Call of Brine	Oppression	Cool-down + Dying	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Hex: Ruin	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Call of Brine	Totem	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Overcharge	Call of Brine	Oppression	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Call of Brine	Eruption	Camping + Deviousness	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Undone	Oppression	Call of Brine	Heal + Tokens	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.
Pop Goes the Weasel	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Overcharge	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when hook/down conversions need objective denial behind them.

Snowball / Pressure

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Forced Hesitation	Eruption	Thanatophobia	Hinder + Slugging	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Thanatophobia	Terminus	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Slugging + Repair	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Hex: Devour Hope	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Hex: No One Escapes Death	Exposed + Haste	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Hex: No One Escapes Death	Hex: Devour Hope	Hex: Haunted Ground	Aura + Exit Gate	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Infectious Fright	Eruption	Forced Hesitation	Slugging + Terror Radius	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Knock Out	Forced Hesitation	Lethal Pursuer	Pallet	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Terminus	Thanatophobia	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Broken + Exit Gate	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.
Unbound	Bamboozle	Fire Up	Haste + Injured	Best when one down should threaten immediate follow-up pressure.

Anti-Heal / Injury Tax

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
No Quarter	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Sloppy Butcher	Broken + Skill Check	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Blood Echo	Haemorrhage + Heal	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Sloppy Butcher	Undone	Surge	Haemorrhage + Mangled	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
A Nurse's Calling	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Hex: Face the Darkness	Hunter	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Blood Echo	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Exhausted	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Hex: Blood Favour	No Quarter	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Chase + Pallet	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Remember Me	No Quarter	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Exit Gate + Obsession	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.
Terminus	Thanatophobia	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Broken + Exit Gate	Best when you want survivor reset windows to feel expensive.

Hook Control

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Scourge Hook: Hangman's Trick	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage	Carry + Hunter	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Starstruck	Scourge Hook: Hangman's Trick	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Cool-down + Deviousness	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Friends 'til the End	Rancor	Furtive Chase	Hook + Tunneling	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Furtive Chase	Friends 'til the End	Leverage	Haste + Undetectable	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Leverage	Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Furtive Chase	Very little direct value loss; mostly trigger and uptime differences.	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage	Scourge Hook: Hangman's Trick	Friends 'til the End	Tunneling	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Call of Brine	Eruption	Camping + Hook	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.
Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Leverage	Tunneling + Haemorrhage	Best when hook-state planning and rescue punish define your win path.

Endgame

Missing Perk	Replacement A (Closest)	Replacement B (Easier)	What You Lose	Best Use Case
Rancor	Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance	Friends 'til the End	Exit Gate + Obsession	Best when final-gen and gate control are your strongest closure windows.
Remember Me	Dying Light	No Quarter	Exit Gate + Haemorrhage	Best when final-gen and gate control are your strongest closure windows.

FAQ

Is the closest replacement always a true 1:1 swap?

No. Closest means highest functional overlap. Always check the “what you lose” column before finalizing.

What if I do not own either replacement perk?

Use the same job section to pick another option, then preserve build balance with consistency and fallback slots.

Should I replace more than one perk at once?

Usually no. Swap one slot at a time so you can measure if the replacement actually keeps match performance stable.

How do I choose between closest and easier replacement?

Use closest for ceiling, easier for consistency. In solo queue or high-variance lobbies, easier options are often better.

Do these replacement suggestions account for role differences?

Yes. Survivor perks are only matched to survivor, and killer perks are only matched to killer.