Overcharge

Overcharge is a Teachable Perk unique to The Doctor . 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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Icon	Tier I	Tier II	Tier III	Description
	4,000	5,000	6,000	You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Damaging a Generator overcharges it: The next Survivor interacting with it will be faced with a difficult Skill Check . Failing the Skill Check results in an additional Progression loss of 3/4/5 %. Succeeding the Skill Check does not grant any bonus Progression. "Its a trap, But a trap one must step in..."

Icon	Teachable	Description
	5,000	Unlocking this Perk makes it available in the Bloodweb of all Killers You are fuelled by your hate for progress. Damaging a Generator overcharges it: The next Survivor interacting with it will be faced with a difficult Skill Check. Failing the Skill Check results in an additional Progression loss of several percent. Succeeding the Skill Check does not grant any bonus Progression. "It is a trap. But a trap one must step in..." May be unlocked in the Shrine of Secrets or in The Doctor's Bloodweb at Level 40.

History

Version 1.5.1

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.

Version 2.6.3

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.

Change Log

Patch 2.6.3

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

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.