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Character: Jeff JohansenChapter: 10: Darkness Among Us

Breakdown

hookaurarepairunhookteamanti-tunnelaltruism
Summary

After you are unhooked, the used hook immediately breaks for an extended time and the Killer’s aura is briefly revealed to you.

Add to New Survivor build
In-game description
Effect

After you are unhooked by any means, Breakdown triggers its effects:

  • Instantly breaks that Hook.
    • Increases its Auto-Repair timer to 180 seconds.
  • The Aura of the Killer is revealed to you for 4/5/6 seconds.
Quote

Charge from the Belly of the Beast. Here's a sketch/painting on a piece of wood I saw by the side of this road. I felt like it got a story to tell. And it didn't waste its second chance.

— Jeff, ink and oil wash on slice of wood, 12x16

Breakdown Mini Guide

Breakdown mini guide: info-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

What This Perk Is For

  • After you are unhooked by any means, Breakdown triggers its effects: Instantly breaks that Hook .
  • Practical effect: After you are unhooked by any means, Breakdown triggers its effects: Instantly breaks that Hook .
  • Tier values: 180 / 4 / 5 / 6
  • Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

How To Pilot It In Match

  • Opening phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
  • Conversion phase: convert triggers into objective or survival stability.
  • If two activations are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
  • Role: Survivor (167 perks in role pool)

Common Throw + Fix

  • Throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
  • Fix: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
  • Character: Jeff Johansen
  • Chapter source: 10: Darkness Among Us
  • Tag profile: Hook, Aura, Repair, Unhook, Team, Anti Tunnel
  • Bloodpoint profile: Altruism

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