Surge is a Unique Perk
belonging to The Demogorgon
.
Prestige The Demogorgon to Prestige 1, 2, 3 respectively to unlock Tier I, Tier II, Tier III of Surge for all other Characters.
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State
with a Basic Attack, all Generators
within 32 metres of your location instantly explode and start regressing.
- Instantly regresses affected Generators by 6/7/8 %.
History
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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60 seconds | 50 seconds | 40 seconds | Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology.
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with a Basic Attack, all Generators within 32 metres of your location instantly explode and start regressing.
Surge has a cool-down of 60/50/40 seconds. |
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
60 seconds | 50 seconds | 40 seconds | Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology.
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with a Basic Attack, all Generators within 32 metres of your location instantly explode and start regressing.
Jolt has a cool-down of 60/50/40 seconds. |
| Icon | Tier I | Tier II | Tier III | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
6 % | 7 % | 8 % | Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology.
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with a Basic Attack, all Generators within 32 metres of your location instantly explode and start regressing.
|
Change Log
Patch 5.3.0
- Retired: with the departure of CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things from Dead by Daylight, Surge was reworked into a General Killer Perk: Jolt
.
- For Players who had owned CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things before its removal, Jolt would still show the original flavour text in the description and the Character association with The Demogorgon.
Patch 6.1.0
- Buff: removed the Cool-down from the Perk.
- Nerf: instead of a fixed penalty of -8 % across all Tiers, Surge (then Jolt) now applies a tiered penalty of 6/7/8 %.
Patch 7.0.0
- Buff (undocumented): Survivors now scream in addition to being interrupted by the exploding Generator.
Patch 7.3.3
- Reinstation: reinstated Surge with the return of CHAPTER 13: Stranger Things.
- Renamed Jolt back to Surge.
Patch 7.4.0
- Change: Surge is now once again a Unique Perk.
Patch 7.5.0
- Change: does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification if no Progression is lost on a Generator.
- This change is due to the addition of a limit to how often individual Generators can experience a Regression event.
Trivia
- The Regression Penalty of Surge is not applied on top of the default Regression Penalty of a failed Skill Check, which would be 10 %.
- This also applies to Generators that are already regressing.
- The penalty is fixed, meaning Surge will only apply its stated percentage and not stack on top of the default penalty of a missed Skill Check, as some Players believe.
- Since any affected Generators start regressing automatically, Surge conflicts with using Pop Goes the Weasel or Overcharge. It does, however, activate Surveillance on Generators affected by it.
