Balanced Landing
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Balanced Landing is a teachable Unique Nea Karlsson Perk 
. It can be unlocked for all other Characters from Level 30 onwards:
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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4,000
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5,000
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6,000
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Your agility is incomparable.
Cat-like reflexes reduce your stagger duration from falls by 75 % and muffle your grunts from falling by 100 %. Upon landing, start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds if not exhausted. Causes the Exhausted Balanced Landing cannot be used when Exhausted. You do not recover from Exhaustion while running. "I've jumped from higher places." — Nea Karlsson |
| Icon | Teachable | Description |
|---|---|---|
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5,000
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Unlocking this Perk makes it available in the Bloodweb of all Survivors
Your agility is incomparable. Cat-like reflexes reduce your stagger duration from falls by 75 % and muffle your grunts from falling by 100 %. Upon landing, start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds if not exhausted. Causes the Exhausted Status Effect for several seconds. Balanced Landing cannot be used when Exhausted. You do not recover from Exhaustion while running. "I've jumped from higher places." — Nea Karlsson May be unlocked in the Shrine of Secrets or in Nea's Bloodweb at Level 30. |
Contents
History
Version 1.1.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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50 % | 75 % | 75 % | When Balanced Landing is active, stagger effects from long falls are reduced by 50/75/75 %.
Tier III only: Upon landing start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 2 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once every 60 seconds. |
Version 1.3.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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50 % | 75 % | 75 % | When Balanced Landing is active, stagger effects from long falls are reduced by 50/75/75 %.
Tier III only: Upon landing start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once every 40 seconds. |
Version 1.5.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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50 % | 75 % | 75 % | When Balanced Landing is active, stagger effects from long falls are reduced by 50/75/75 %.
Tier III only: Upon landing start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds. Causes Exhaustion for 40 seconds. |
Version 2.0.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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60 seconds | 50 seconds | 40 seconds | When Balanced Landing is active, stagger effects from long falls are reduced by 75 %.
Upon landing start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds. Causes Exhaustion for 60/50/40 seconds. |
Version 3.4.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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60 seconds | 50 seconds | 40 seconds | Cat-like reflexes reduce your stagger duration from falls by 75 % and muffle your grunts from falling by 100 %.
Upon landing, start sprinting at 150 % of your normal running speed for a maximum of 3 seconds if not exhausted. Causes Exhaustion for 60/50/40 seconds. |
Change Log
Patch 1.3.0
- Buff: increased the sprint duration on Tier III to 3 seconds.
- Buff: decreased the activation cool-down to 40 seconds.
Patch 1.5.0
- Mechanics Change: Balanced Landing now causes and is affected by Exhaustion
, preventing the combined use of multiple sprint-inducing Perks.
Patch 2.0.0
- Buff: changed the Stagger Effect reduction to 75 % across all Tiers.
- Buff: changed the sprint upon landing to be available across all Tiers.
Patch 3.4.0
- Nerf: changed the Stagger Effect reduction to be deactivated during Exhaustion .
- Buff: now completely muffles all grunts from falling while not Exhausted.
Trivia
- Balanced Landing's sprint can be triggered even in the Dying State
, if one falls the appropriate distance, granting a short burst of increased crawling speed. - Originally, Balanced Landing was supposed to use a different flavour text: "I've always thought of myself as a cat."
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