What This Tag Usually Means
- Most frequent companion tags: Solo, Heal, Anti Slug, Aura
- Mixed role pool: sort by match phase value (early info, mid conversion, late closure) before committing slots.
Dying Perks
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Dying Tag Mini Guide
Dying appears on 23 perks (15 Survivor · 8 Killer). This tag is state-dependent: timing around buffs/debuffs decides whether it overperforms.
Build Pattern To Run
- Start with one dependable trigger, then add this tag for conversion instead of opening with four conditional perks.
- When two perks share the same trigger window, swap one for consistency to raise floor value.
- Plot Twist: Whenever you are in the Injured State , Plot Twist activates.
Roster Snapshot
- Most frequent characters: Ash Williams, Plague, Bill Overbeck, Cheryl Mason
- Reference perks: Background Player, Boon: Exponential, Clean Break, Conviction
- Boon: Exponential: "When it seems like your number is up, you consider ways to recalculate the odds.
23 PERKS15 Survivor • 8 Killer
Background Player
Survivor • Renato Lyra
When the Killer picks up another dying Survivor, you can trigger a short, intense sprint before becoming Exhausted.
Boon: Exponential
Survivor • Jonah Vasquez
After blessing a totem, all Survivors in its radius recover from the Dying State much faster and gain the ability to fully pick themselves up.
Clean Break
Survivor • Taurie Cain
After you finish healing another Survivor, you can activate a delayed self-heal while being healed by someone else, suffering Broken in exchange for automatically gaining a health state after some time if you are not downed.
Conviction
Survivor • Michonne Grimes
After completing a heal, enables self-recovery from the Dying State once enough progress is made, but inflicts Broken and causes you to collapse again after a short time.
Distortion
Survivor • Jeff Johansen
When the Killer tries to read your aura, consumes a token to block their read and hide your scratch marks for a short time; tokens recharge while you are chased and the effect is inactive in the Dying State.
Flip-Flop
Survivor • Ash Williams
Recovering in the Dying State converts a portion of recovery into wiggle progress up to a cap.
Mettle of Man
Survivor • Ash Williams
After taking three Protection Hits, the next hit in injured state is negated; once healed, your aura is revealed to the Killer at range, and the perk ends after you are downed.
Moment of Glory
Survivor • Trevor Belmont
After opening or rummaging two chests, the next time you are injured you become Broken but will auto-heal after a delay unless downed first.
No Mither
Survivor • David King
Permanently Broken but grants self-recovery and hides blood and grunts while injured or dying, letting you recover fully on your own.
Plot Twist
Survivor • Nicolas Cage
While injured, you can drop silently into Dying State with hidden grunts and blood and self-recover to full health for a brief Haste burst; usable once until endgame allows a second use.
Power Struggle
Survivor • Élodie Rakoto
While being carried and after enough wiggle progress, you can drop a nearby pallet to stun the Killer and escape.
Second Wind
Survivor • Steve Harrington
After healing others enough, your next unhook leaves you Broken but automatically heals a health state after a delay unless you go down first.
Soul Guard
Survivor • Cheryl Mason
After healing or recovering from Dying, grants brief Endurance on a cooldown; when Cursed, allows full self-recovery from the Dying State.
Tenacity
Survivor • David Tapp
While in the Dying State, crawl faster with quieter grunts and your aura is hidden.
Unbreakable
Survivor • Bill Overbeck
In the Dying State, recover faster and can pick yourself up once per trial.
Corrupt Intervention
Killer • Plague
At the start of the trial, blocks the three generators farthest from the Killer for a limited time. Deactivates early once a Survivor is put into the Dying State.
Eruption
Killer • Nemesis
After damaging a generator, highlights it, and when a Survivor is put into the dying state, highlighted generators explode and begin regressing. Survivors repairing those generators scream and have their auras revealed.
Forced Hesitation
Killer • Singularity
When a Survivor is put into the dying state, nearby other Survivors are hindered for a short time. Has a cooldown.
Hex: Face the Darkness
Killer • Knight
If a dull totem remains, injuring a Survivor lights a Hex Totem and curses them. While cursed, other Survivors outside your terror radius periodically scream and have their auras revealed until the curse ends or the totem is disabled.
Infectious Fright
Killer • Plague
When a Survivor is put into the Dying State, other Survivors within the Killer's Terror Radius scream and reveal their location briefly.
Surge
Killer • Demogorgon
After downing a Survivor with a basic attack, causes nearby Generators to instantly begin regressing and lose additional progress.
Terminus
Killer • Mastermind
Once the Exit Gates are powered, applies Broken to injured, downed, and hooked Survivors until a gate is opened, after which it lingers briefly.
Thanatophobia
Killer • Nurse
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.