Forced Hesitation
Teachable by The Singularity
When a Survivor goes down, others nearby are Hindered briefly.
Description
"You have learnt the emotional weaknesses of the organics, and how to exploit them."
Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, Forced Hesitation triggers its effect:
- Causes all other Survivors within 16 metres of them suffer from a -20 % Hindered Status Effect for 10 seconds.
Forced Hesitation has a cool-down of 40/35/30 seconds.
"THE ORGANIC MIND'S CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY GOES BEYOND HINDRANCE." — HUX-A7-13
Tier values
30 secondsMore from The Singularity
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