Dead Hard is a Unique Perk
belonging to David King
.
Prestige David King to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Dead Hard for all other Characters.
History
You can take a beating.
After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Dead Hard activates whenever you are injured and running, and allows you to tap into your adrenaline bank to avoid taking further damage:
- Press the Active Ability button to trigger the Endurance Status Effect for 0.5 seconds.
Dead Hard deactivates after use.
Dead Hard causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 seconds.
Dead Hard cannot be used when Exhausted.
You can take a beating.
Whenever you are injured and running, Dead Hard activates and allows you to tap into your adrenaline bank to quickly dash forwards and avoid taking further damage:
- Press the Active Ability button to perform a Dash and trigger the Endurance Status Effect for 0.5 seconds.
Dead Hard causes the
Exhausted Status Effect for
60/
50/
40 seconds.
Dead Hard cannot be used when
Exhausted.
You can take a beating.
Whenever you are injured and running, Dead Hard activates and allows you to tap into your adrenaline bank to quickly dash forwards and avoid taking further damage:
- Press the Active Ability button to perform a Dash for 0.5 seconds.
- Grants the ability to ignore any damage taken during the Dash.
Dead Hard causes the
Exhausted Status Effect for
60/
50/
40 seconds.
Dead Hard cannot be used when
Exhausted.
Change Log
- QoL: adjusted the speed curve of Dead Hard to have it match the animation.
- This was step 1 of 2 steps to make the use of Dead Hard more visible to a Killer.
- QoL: added a new animation to indicate that the Perk is active.
- This was step 2 of 2 steps to make the use of Dead Hard more visible to a Killer.
- QoL: removed the speed bonus while in the air. This change aims to fix a variety of game hostage issues in multiple Maps.
- QoL: added hit validation.
- Rework: reworked Dead Hard to remove the problematic aspect of gaining distance upon activation, which could not be countered by the Killer and removed skill as a factor from the Perk's use.
Now, Dead Hard's sole intended use is to dodge hits by timing its activation correctly.
- Change: Dead Hard now triggers the Endurance Status Effect when activated.
- Nerf: removed the forward dash.
- QoL: adjusted the activation animation to fit the Endurance bonus duration.
- Nerf: now requires that the Perk user is unhooked or unhooked themselves for it to activate and it deactivates after use, effectively limiting it to 2 uses per Trial.
Speed Curve Statistics
- As of Patch 6.1.0, Dead Hard no longer features a Dash.
Dead Hard had an interaction time of 0.5 seconds and the speed curve for its Dash had the following values:
Elapsed Animation Time
(in %) |
Elapsed Animation Time
(in seconds) |
Movement Speed multiplier
(in %) |
Interpolation
|
| -0.09 % |
-0.000457 seconds |
100 % |
Cubic
|
| 20 % |
0.1 seconds |
250 % |
Cubic
|
| 31 % |
0.155 seconds |
200 % |
Linear
|
| 88 % |
0.44 seconds |
200 % |
Cubic
|
| 100 % |
0.5 seconds |
100 % |
Cubic
|
Note: the Dead Hard Speed curve started at a negative time value.
A possible interpretation of this is that having the Speed Curve apply its mathematics (technically) before the animation itself begins (from -0.000457 to 0 seconds) results in Survivors benefiting from an immediate (albeit slight) boost to their Movement speed the very moment they started the Dead Hard animation (when time reaches 0).
Trivia
- Dead Hard was originally called "Line Break", according to an interview with Mathieu Côté (Producer).
- Cages of Atonement
can render Dead Hard completely useless, as being freed from a Cage does not count as as being unhooked.
History Trivia
- Up to Patch 6.1.0, Dead Hard was used to dash across armed Bear Traps
or through the Killer, as it temporarily removed a Survivor's collision box.
Video
| Old Dead Hard's effect (pre-6.1.0)
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| Dead Hard used to avoid a Bear Trap |
Dead Hard used to avoid a hit
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