Dead Man's Switch
Teachable by The Deathslinger
After you hook a Survivor, blocks the first Generator a Survivor stops repairing for a while.
Description
After hooking a Survivor, Dead Man's Switch triggers its effect:
- The first Generator any Survivor stops repairing for 2 seconds is blocked for 30/35/40 seconds
- The Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.
Dead Man's Switch cannot activate if its effect is still active from a previous activation.
"I've seen the look on a man's face when he realises he's going to die." — Caleb Quinn
Tier values
40 secondsMore from The Deathslinger
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