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

Pop Goes the Weasel

Kenneth Chase

Pop Goes the Weasel

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.

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Perk 2 of 4

Corrupt Intervention

Adiris

Corrupt Intervention

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

Eruption

Albert Wesker

Eruption

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.
"It can use weapons?" - Jill Valentine

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Perk 4 of 4

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Bubba Sawyer

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

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.

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Why it works

Corrupt Intervention opens with 20s of safety to find your first chase. After your first hook, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance instantly regresses 15/20/25% of the gen's progress plus 15 seconds of regression - applied again on every subsequent Scourge Hook. 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 30% extra regression after hooking. Stack all four and a single chase that ends in a hook can lose the Survivors 50%+ on a gen. 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.