Dead by Daylight: New Update Nerfs One of the Game's Best Perks

The developer of Dead by Daylight said previously said that it was planning on changing the [...]

The developer of Dead by Daylight said previously said that it was planning on changing the game's "Decisive Strike" perk, which was introduced in the Halloween Chapter that's become an essential staple for Survivors since it was first added. With the game's latest update now on the test servers, the changes that had been previewed have indeed gone through to tone down the power of the perk. As with all test server changes, the update will be vetted by players for some time before they're released for everyone else on the game's live servers.

In the latest developer update released alongside the test server patch notes, Dead by Daylight developer Behaviour Interactive confirmed the plans to change Decisive Strike. For those who didn't tune into the dev stream that first previewed the changes, they haven't changed at all in the past month but have now been listed plainly to see what's different about Decisive Strike now.

"We've made some changes to one of the most discussed perks," Behaviour Interactive said. "Decisive Strike will now deactivate if you repair a generator, heal yourself or another Survivor, unhook a Survivor, cleanse a totem or sabotage a hook."

Explaining the reasoning behind the change, the developers said the intent was to "remove instances where a Survivor can make some sort of progress while being completely protected by the perk." Once you've activated the window in which Decisive Strike can be used as a Survivor, this change ultimately means that Survivors will have two options. You can either continue evading the Killer and use the perk as a last resort, or you can immediately get back to completing objectives as soon as the Killer leaves you alone, thus deactivating the perk.

Decisive Strike is largely seen as one of the best – if not the best overall – perks in Dead by Daylight that Survivors can use, so the changes have been met with expected resistance or praise depending on whether you're a Survivor or Killer main. The perk will undoubtedly remain a valuable pick for Survivors regardless when it's fully updated, so don't expect to see it falling out of favor anytime soon.

Dead by Daylight's Decisive Strike changes are on the test servers now ahead of their wide release.

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