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Basic Attack Perks

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12 PERKS0 Survivor • 12 Killer
Franklin's Demise perk icon

Franklin's Demise

KillerCannibal

Basic attacks cause Survivors to drop their held item, and the auras of dropped items are revealed.

Game Afoot perk icon

Game Afoot

KillerSkull Merchant

Hitting the Survivor with the highest cumulative chase time with a basic attack transfers the Obsession to them. While chasing the Obsession, breaking or damaging objects grants a brief Haste bonus.

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Help Wanted

KillerAnimatronic

After damaging a Generator, turns it into a Compromised Generator. When that Generator is completed, increases recovery speed after successful basic attacks for a duration.

Hex: Nothing but Misery perk icon

Hex: Nothing but Misery

KillerGhoul

After damaging Survivors repeatedly with Basic Attacks, turns a Dull Totem into a Hex that applies Hindered to Survivors hit by Basic Attacks. The hex persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Hex: The Third Seal perk icon

Hex: The Third Seal

KillerHag

Hitting Survivors with a Basic or Special Attack causes the most recently hit Survivors to suffer permanent Blindness. The effect persists until the Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.

Mad Grit perk icon

Mad Grit

KillerLegion

While carrying a Survivor, removes the cooldown on missed basic attacks and pauses the carried Survivor's wiggle progress when another Survivor is hit.

Play with Your Food perk icon

Play with Your Food

KillerShape

Gains Tokens when losing the Obsession in a chase and loses Tokens after attacks that can damage a Survivor. While it has Tokens, grants stackable Haste and has a short cooldown between gaining Tokens.

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Rapid Brutality

KillerXenomorph

Prevents the Killer from gaining Bloodlust and grants brief Haste after landing a basic attack on a Survivor.

Save the Best for Last perk icon

Save the Best for Last

KillerShape

Damaging non-Obsession Survivors with basic attacks builds Tokens, while damaging the Obsession consumes Tokens. Tokens reduce the cooldown on successful basic attacks until the Obsession is sacrificed or killed.

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Sloppy Butcher

KillerAll Killers

Basic attacks apply Haemorrhage and Mangled for a duration. Haemorrhage is strengthened by increasing pools of blood and worsening partial healing regression.

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Surge

KillerDemogorgon

After downing a Survivor with a basic attack, causes nearby Generators to instantly begin regressing and lose additional progress.

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Unrelenting

KillerAll Killers

Reduces the cooldown after missed basic attacks.