Gen Kick / Pain Engine

The build

These four perks work together as a gen-pressure killer setup. Each slot has a job; together they form a closed loop.

Perk 1 of 4

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Kenneth Chase

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A deep bond with The Entity unlocks great strength.
After hooking a Survivor, Pop Goes the Weasel activates for 35/40/45 seconds.
Perform the Damage Generator action while Pop Goes the Weasel is active to benefit from the following effect:
- Instantly regresses the damaged Generator by -20% of its current Progression.
Pop Goes the Weasel deactivates after the Generator is damaged or once the timer runs out.

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Perk 2 of 4

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Adiris

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Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors' chances of survival.
- At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
"It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." - (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)

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Perk 3 of 4

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Nemesis

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The NE-α parasite provides you with the intelligence and awareness needed to set a trap.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator applies Eruption:
- All affected Generators are highlighted to you in yellow.
- The next time any Survivor enters the Dying State by any means, all affected Generators explode and immediately start regressing, which removes the highlighted Aura.
- Instantly regresses the Generator by -10% of its maximum possible Progression.
- Causes all Survivors repairing the afflicted Generators to scream and reveal their Aura to you for 8/10/12 seconds.
Eruption has a cool-down of 30 seconds.
"It can use weapons?" - Jill Valentine

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Perk 4 of 4

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The Artist (Carmina Mora)

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Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.
At the start of the Trial, 4 random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white.
You start the Trial with 4 Tokens on Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance.
Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook for the first time, 1 Token is consumed and the following effects apply:
- The Generator with the most Progression explodes and instantly regresses by 10/15/20% of its total Progression.
- Normal Generator Regression applies afterwards.
- All Survivors repairing that Generator will scream, but not reveal their location.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.
"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." - Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora

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Why it works

Corrupt Intervention opens with 80/100/120s of safety to find your first chase. Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance burns one of your 4 Tokens and blows up the most-progressed Generator, regressing it by 10/15/20% before normal regression continues on top. Eruption explodes any generator a Survivor was repairing the moment you down them, causing the incredible regression plus a skill check that injures on failure. Pop Goes the Weasel lets you kick a generator for an instant 20% of its current progress, inside a 35/40/45 second window that opens the moment you hook. Stack all four and a single chase that ends in a hook can gut a Generator outright. The trade-off is no chase perk, so it relies on your Killer's base kit for chase.

Difficulty & fun

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Patch notes

Targeted at patch 10.0.0 (released 16 June 2026). The Slasher (Jason Voorhees) and his three launch perks appear in this build. We refresh this page after every major balance patch - if a perk has been nerfed or buffed since 10.0.0, the "Why it works" section is the first place we update.