Game Afoot
Teachable by The Skull Merchant
Hitting the longest-chased Survivor makes them your Obsession and speeds your breaking.
Description
"First you pick your prey, then you pick it apart."
Whenever you hit the Survivor with currently the highest cumulative Chase time with a Basic Attack, Game Afoot triggers its primary effect:
- Causes the Obsession Status to transfer to that Survivor.
While chasing the Obsession, performing the Break or Damage action causes Game Afoot to trigger its secondary effect:
- Grants a +10 % Haste Status Effect for 8/9/10 seconds.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
"This one might actually be a challenge..." — Sonhadores Sombrios, Issue #3
Tier values
10 secondsMore from The Skull Merchant
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