Decisive Strike is a Teachable Perk 
unique to Laurie Strode 
. It can be unlocked for all other Characters from Level 40 onwards:
- Descriptions may vary from their in-game version for reasons explained here.
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Using whatever is at hand, you stab your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape. After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Decisive Strike activates for the next 40/50/60 seconds:
While Decisive Strike is active, the following interactions will deactivate it:
Increases the odds of being the Obsession by 100 %. |
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Unlocking this Perk makes it available in the Bloodweb of all Survivors
Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape. After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Decisive Strike activates for the next several seconds:
While Decisive Strike is active, the following interactions will deactivate it:
Increases the odds of being the Obsession. The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. "There's nothing to be scared of." — Laurie Strode May be unlocked in the Shrine of Secrets or in Laurie's Bloodweb at Level 40. |
Contents
History
Version 1.2.1
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3 seconds | 4 seconds | 5 seconds | Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
Once per Trial, when grabbed by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun them for 3/4/5 seconds. |
Version 1.3.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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3 seconds | 3.5 seconds | 4 seconds | Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
Once per Trial, when grabbed by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun them for 3/3.5/4 seconds. |
Version 1.4.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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3 seconds
45 % |
3.5 seconds
40 % |
4 seconds
35 % |
Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
Once per Trial, when the Killer's Obsession, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun them for 3/3.5/4 seconds. When not the Killer's Obsession, succeed a Skill Check when the wiggle meter is at 45/40/35 % to escape the Killer's grasp. Increases the odds of being the Obsession. The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. |
Version 2.6.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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40 seconds | 50 seconds | 60 seconds | Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Decisive Strike will become active and usable for 40/50/60 seconds. While Decisive Strike is active, when grabbed by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun the Killer for 3 seconds.
Increases the odds of being the Obsession. The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. |
Version 2.6.3
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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40 seconds | 50 seconds | 60 seconds | Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Decisive Strike will become active and usable for 40/50/60 seconds. While Decisive Strike is active, when grabbed by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun the Killer for 5 seconds.
Increases the odds of being the Obsession. The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. |
Version 4.6.0
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
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40 seconds | 50 seconds | 60 seconds | Using whatever is at hand, you stab at your aggressor in an ultimate attempt to escape.
After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Decisive Strike will become active and usable for 40/50/60 seconds. While Decisive Strike is active, when grabbed by the Killer, succeed a Skill Check to automatically escape the Killer's grasp and stun the Killer for 5 seconds.
While Decisive Strike is active, the following interactions will deactivate it for the remainder of the Trial:
Increases the odds of being the Obsession. The Killer can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. |
Change Log
Patch 1.3.0
- Nerf: slightly reduced the original stun times of 3/4/5 seconds to 3/3.5/4 seconds.
Patch 1.4.0
- Rework: Decisive Strike is now an Obsession Perk
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- No change: Decisive Strike remains unchanged in functionality for the Killer's Obsession.
- Nerf: Decisive Strike now requires non-Obsession Survivors to progress the wiggle meter to 45/40/35 % first, before receiving the Skill Check.
Patch 2.6.0
- Quality of Life: moved the Skill Check prompt to the beginning of the pick-up animation, rather than shortly afterwards.
- This causes a successful Skill Check to stun the Killer right after finishing the pick-up animation.
- This change was implemented in an attempt to mitigate the time-waste that comes for the Killer with a successful stun.
- Nerf: Decisive Strike is now only available after having been unhooked within the last 40/50/60 seconds.
- Nerf: reduced the stun time to 3 seconds across all Tiers.
Patch 2.6.3
- Buff: increased the stun time to 5 seconds.
Patch 3.0.0
- Indirect Buff: Decisive Strike's stun timer is no longer mitigated when the Killer is using Enduring .
Patch 4.6.0
- Nerf: added several deactivation conditions to prevent the use of Decisive Strike as a temporary immunity shield while progressing objectives, which was not the Perk's intended use.
Trivia
- While Decisive Strike may only be used once per Trial, one is not obligated to use it after the first unhook.
Letting the Skill Check run out without pressing the associated button is not considered a use, allowing for the Perk to instead be used after the second unhook. - Players commonly refer to the use of this Perk as "stabbing the Killer".
- Decisive Strike is often abbreviated as "DS".
History Trivia
- Between Patch 2.6.0 and Patch 3.0.0, Decisive Strike was affected by the newly reworked stun timer reduction of Enduring , which prompted the Developers to buff the stun timer to 5 seconds with Patch 2.6.3.
- Despite initial claims of reverting that change once Enduring no longer affects Decisive Strike, the reversal has not taken place to this date.
- Up to Patch 3.4.0, Decisive Strike was affected by Unnerving Presence , greatly reducing the size of the Skill Check success zone.
- Older versions of Decisive Strike, before the rework in Patch 2.6.0, were bugged and always stunned the Killer for nearly ~4.5 seconds, regardless of the specified stun time.
