Overcharge

Overcharge is a Unique Perk belonging to The Doctor.
Prestige The Doctor to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Overcharge for all other Characters.

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Cost

2,500

3,250

4,000

Description

You are fuelled by your hate for progress.

Performing the Damage Generator Action on a Generator applies Overcharge:

The next Survivor interacting with that Generator is faced with a difficult Skill Check.
- Failing that Skill Check instantly regresses the Generator by 2/3/4 % of its maximum possible Progression in addition to the default Progression penalty.

After Overcharge is applied to a Generator, the following effect also applies:

Increases the Regression speed from 85 % to 130 % over the next 30 seconds.

"It is a trap, But a trap one must step in..." — Herman Carter

History

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	moderately 3 %	considerably 4 %	tremendously 5 %	You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Overcharge a Generator by performing the Damage Generator action. The next Survivor interacting with that Generator is faced with a moderately/considerably/tremendously difficult Skill Check. Failing the Skill Check results in an additional 3/4/5 % Generator regression. Succeeding the Skill Check grants no progress but prevents the Generator explosion.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	3 %	4 %	5 %	You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Overcharge a Generator by performing the Damage Generator action. The next Survivor interacting with that Generator is faced with a tremendously difficult Skill Check. Failing the Skill Check results in an additional 3/4/5 % Generator regression. Succeeding the Skill Check grants no progress but prevents the Generator explosion.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	3 %	4 %	5 %	You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Overcharge a Generator by performing the Damage Generator action. The next Survivor interacting with that Generator is faced with a tremendously difficult Skill Check. Failing the Skill Check results in an additional 3/4/5 % Generator regression. Succeeding the Skill Check grants no progress but prevents the Generator explosion. Increases the Generator's Regression speed from 75% to 200 % over the course of 30 seconds.

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	2 %	3 %	4 %	You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Overcharge a Generator by performing the Damage Generator action. The next Survivor interacting with that Generator is faced with a tremendously difficult Skill Check. Failing the Skill Check results in an additional 2/3/4 % Generator regression. Succeeding the Skill Check grants no progress but prevents the Generator explosion. Increases the Generator's Regression speed from 85% to 130 % over the course of 30 seconds.

Change Log

Patch 2.6.3

Buff: changed the difficulty modifier to tremendously across all Tiers.

Patch 6.1.0

Buff: added the effect of greatly increasing the Regression speed of the damaged Generator over a given period.

Patch 6.7.0

Buff: reduced the inital Regression speed penalty to 85%.
Nerf: reduced the maximum Regression speed bonus to 130%.
Nerf: reduced the penalty for missing the difficult Skill Check to 2/3/4 %.

Patch 7.5.0

Change: only the initiating kick counts as a Regression event, the potentially failed Skill Check will not.
- This change is due to the addition of a limit to how often individual Generators can experience a Regression event.

Trivia

This Perk was originally going to be named "Generator Overcharge".
The Overcharge Skill Check will trigger for any Survivor attempting to repair the damaged Generator before the initial Overcharge Skill Check has been dealt with.
As a result, if multiple Survivors interact in quick succession with the damaged Generator, multiple Skill Checks will appear (one for each Survivor).
The Overcharge Skill Check will also "follow" a Survivor who interrupted the Generator repair before its appearance.
That is, once the Skill Check is initiated, it will appear for the Survivor no matter what they do; failing the Skill Check will still cause progress regression, thus making it impossible to try and avoid the Overcharge Skill Check.
Overcharge ignores the effect of the Instructions Add-on, which usually eliminates Skill Checks while repairing with a Toolbox.