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Thanatophobia

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Summary

While at least one Survivor is injured, downed, or hooked, applies a stacking action speed penalty to Survivors. If all Survivors are in those states, the penalty increases further.

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In-game description

Their courage fades in the face of their undeniable mortality.

Effect

Whenever at least one Survivor is either injured, dying, or hooked, Thanatophobia activates.

While active, all Survivors suffer from the following primary effect:

  • Incurs a stack-able 1/1.5/2 % Action-Speed penalty per injured, dying, or hooked Survivor for Cleansing, Repairing, and Sabotaging, up to a maximum of 4/6/8 %.

If all four Survivors are either injured, dying, or hooked, they suffer from the following secondary effect:

  • Increases the penalty by an additional +12 % to a total of 16/18/20 %.
Quote

She plays with us and revels in our pain.

Thanatophobia Mini Guide

Thanatophobia mini guide: tempo-driven usage with explicit activation, pairing, and correction rules.

What This Perk Is For

  • Whenever at least one Survivor is either injured, dying, or hooked, Thanatophobia activates.
  • Real-match effect: Whenever at least one Survivor is either injured, dying, or hooked, Thanatophobia activates.
  • Tier breakpoint values: 1 / 1.5 / 2 / 4
  • Treat activation timing as the core skill check for this perk, then build around reliable follow-up value.

How To Pilot It In Match

  • Early phase: force one clean trigger before committing to risky tempo lines.
  • Mid-match phase: convert triggers into down/hook pressure.
  • If two trigger windows are missed: fallback to your safest baseline pattern and re-enter later.
  • Role: Killer (142 perks in role pool)

Common Throw + Fix

  • Likely throw: Playing this perk as passive value and never routing around its trigger.
  • Fix line: Choose one match phase where this perk is your primary decision anchor, then pivot after conversion.
  • Character: Nurse
  • Chapter: 1: The Last Breath
  • Tag set: Injured, Dying, Hook, Repair, Slugging
  • Bloodpoint focus: Deviousness

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