Dead Hard

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History

Version 1.6.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	60 seconds	50 seconds	40 seconds	Activate-able Perk. You can take a beating. When Injured, tap into your adrenaline bank and dash forward quickly to avoid damage. Press the Active Ability button while running to dash forward. Avoid any damage during the Dash. Dead Hard causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 secconds Dead Hard cannot be used when Exhausted.

Version 6.1.0

Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	60 seconds	50 seconds	40 seconds	Activate-able Perk. You can take a beating. When Injured, tap into your adrenaline bank and dash forward quickly to avoid damage. Press the Active Ability button while running to trigger the Endurance Status Effect for 1 second. Dead Hard causes the Exhausted Status Effect for 60/50/40 secconds Dead Hard cannot be used when Exhausted.

Change Log

Patch 1.9.1

• Quality of Life: 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.

Patch 2.0.0

• Quality of Life: 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.
• Quality of Life: removed the speed bonus while in the air. This change aims to fix a variety of game hostage issues in multiple Maps.

Patch 5.3.1

• Quality of Life: added Hit validation.

Patch 6.1.0

• 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 Dash.

Statistics

Data-mined as of Patch 5.3.1

Dead Hard has an interaction time of 0.5 seconds.

The Dead Hard Speed Curve has 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 starts 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 start the Dead Hard animation (when time reaches 0).

Trivia

• Dead Hard was originally called "Line Break", according to an interview with Mathieu Côté (Producer).
• Dead Hard can be used to dash across armed Template:IconLink or through the Killer, as it temporarily removes a Survivor's collision box.

Video

Dead Hard used to avoid a Bear Trap	Dead Hard used to avoid a hit