People will say, "There's no counter to decisive strike." They'll tell you that there's only certain perks that remotely help against DS, like Unnerving or Enduring, but there is no such thing as a full counter.



Those people are wrong. I am going to teach you the true counter to Decisive Strike*.






*It works a tested 90% of the time

Find and down your obsession. If you're not running any obsession perks, then this person is probably running you know what. Proceed to pick them up and get ready for the next step.



Yes, I know it's not my obsession. I'm too lazy to get an actual screenshot. Just roll with me here. Oh yeah, you don't have to slug everyone in this step.

Once you're free to move again, begin shaking your mouse VIGOROUSLY. The more disorienting you are, the better. Some things to mention are:

• If you have a gaming mouse that can increase DPI (sensitivity) with a button click, then make sure you max it out as you're picking the survivor up to fully engage your spinning.
  
• If you have a large mousepad, this also helps a lot for more "consistent" movement.

You should shake for about 3 seconds or so, until one of the two transitions occur in Step #3.

This next step will be divided into two different possibilities.


Victory! You have successfully countered Decisive Strike! Carry them to the hook and start nodding in your own contentment! Smile for the camera!







♥♥♥♥.

The chances of this working are fairly high at mid-ranks, but the chances descend as you go higher up in Survivor ranks. Usually it depends on how much of a tryhard the survivor is. If they're not a tryhard, they'll probably be confused or laugh from the tactic, resulting in a victory for you. If they're a tryhard, the extra sweat frothing on their greasy forehead will produce, as they focus all of their brain cells into hitting the skillcheck. All in all, a very effective strategy.







In all seriousness here, this guide can be seen as either a joke or an actual method, both of which I intended it to be. You can use this as an actual 'method,' or you can do it just to meme as Killer. The chances of the Survivor missing the skillcheck aren't really able to be calculated, but definitely are possible. In several games I've had, doing this strategy has actually worked, but as you go higher in ranks, the chances do decrease. Just do it everytime, that way you can at least laugh a little or a lot, depending on which result you get.

Also known as Juggling, I've decided to throw in this 'bonus strategy' into the guide. Since nobody would shut up about it in the comments.

Dribbling is a cycle where the Killer picks a survivor up, and drops them, so that they cannot hit their decisive. This is repeated until the Killer gets to a hook, or the survivor inevitably slips out of grasp.


A Killer can pick up and drop a survivor about four times in a row. On the fifth turn, the killer instantly drops the survivor (or loses them very soon as they're picked back up). This will still stun the killer, albeit shorter than decisive strike's stun.

As soon as a survivor with decisive strike is picked up (and the killer can move again), it takes a bare minimum of ~1.03 seconds for a player to complete the skill check (Suggesting that the skill check region spawned as close to the 'compass' as possible). Since this is fairly rare, it'll usually take 2 seconds for a survivor w/ DS to complete a skill check.

That being said, a dribbling Killer will usually drop a decisive survivor a little over every second (riskier players may go higher). Suggesting that the average Killer's carry speed is 3.68 m/s, a Killer can carry a survivor about 4 meters each 'turn,' up to an average of 16 maximum.

Using Agitation will increase a Killer's carry speed up to 4.34 m/s, when at Tier III. Redoing the math, you can now carry survivors up to about 4.5 meters per turn, up to 18 meters maximum.


If you're willing to go this far to counter decisive strike, just take the L, man. More than half the time, you're going to be too far from a hook to dribble someone effectively. At that point, you might as well let them stab you (instead of delaying the inevitable). Yes, it contradicts the entire point of the guide, but it's sparing you some precious time in your Killer games.

On the other hand, if you were lucky enough to down someone with DS close enough to a hook, go for it. If you have the God-given ability to predict distance in Dead by Daylight, go for it. If you need to drop that survivor to tie your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shoe, go for it.


You can't be called out for using a toxic strat, when the one you're fighting against is using an equally toxic strat. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.