Distortion is a Unique Perk
belonging to Jeff Johansen
.
Prestige Jeff Johansen to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Distortion for all other Characters.
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura
, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 8/10/12 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State.
History
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 8/10/12 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State.
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 8/10/12 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State.
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 6/8/10 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Distortion does not activate when you are in the Dying State.
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 6/8/10 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Whenever the Killer attempts to read your Aura, Distortion activates and consumes -1 Token, applying the following effects for 6/8/10 seconds:
- Blocks your Aura from being read.
- Suppresses the creation of your Scratch Marks.
Change Log
Patch 2.5.0
- Change: updated the in-game description to reflect that it does not trigger when the Survivor is in the Dying State or caught in Killer Traps.
Patch 5.5.0
- Buff: increased the starting Tokens from 3 to 4.
- This change was motivated by the addition of numerous Aura-reading Unlockables since the original addition of this Perk, making it more likely that Tokens are used up quickly.
Patch 5.6.0
- Quality of Life: no longer loses Tokens when standing in the Area of Effect of another Unlockable that shields the Perk User's Aura from the Killer (i.e. Boon: Shadow Step
).
Patch 6.1.0
- Rework: now has the ability to recharge Tokens.
- Buff: added a new effect that recharges a Token for every 30 seconds spent in the Killer's Terror Radius.
- Quality of Life: now also works when caught in Killer Traps.
- Quality of Life: added an audio cue for when a Token is used.
- Reversal: reduced the starting Tokens from 4 to 3.
- This change compensates for the new ability to recharge Tokens.
Patch 8.3.0
- Buff: increased the Aura-shield duration from 6/8/10 seconds to 8/10/12 seconds.
- Nerf: reduced the starting Tokens from 3 to 1.
- Nerf: reduced the maximum Tokens from 3 to 2.
- Nerf: now only recharges when in a Chase, instead of when inside the Killer's Terror Radius.
Patch 8.3.2
- Buff: reduced the time required to recharge a Token from 30 seconds to 15 seconds.
Audio Cue
This audio cue was played when a Token was consumed, when the Perk was still Token-based:
Trivia
- Should the Aura-reveal duration exceed the maximum duration Distortion can shield you for, another Token will be consumed, if available, to shield you again.
- If there are no more Tokens left, your Aura will be revealed again for the remainder of the Aura-reveal duration.
- Before Patch 8.3.0, Distortion was unique amongst Perks that gain Tokens when in the Killer's Terror Radius in that it would continue to gain them mid-chase.
- The initial quote in the flavour text is a reference to "Freyja", the Goddess of love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr (magic of fortune-telling), war, and death in Norse mythology.
Video
- Note that in the Video below the Killer has Hex: Undying, allowing them to see Survivor Auras when they are close to a Dull Totem.
Therefore this Aura-reading effect is cancelled by Distortion (when it has at least 1 or more Tokens).
| Distortion in action |
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