Deliverance
Description
After safely unhooking another Survivor, Deliverance activates: - Grants the ability to perform a successful Self-Unhook at any point during the first Hook Stage. - Causes the Broken Status Effect for 100/80/60 seconds after unhooking yourself. Deliverance cannot be used during the second Hook Stage or if you are hooked as the Last Survivor Standing. Deliverance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial after use. "I was raised by a strict man who taught me how to make the best of a bad situation." - Adam Francis
Our take
Safely unhooking another Survivor grants a successful Self-Unhook at any point during the first Hook Stage, at the cost of Broken for 100/80/60 seconds. It cannot be used during the second Hook Stage or while you are the Last Survivor Standing, and it is disabled for the Trial after one use.
How to use it Take it when your team unhooks you often enough to matter. Hold it if you are regularly the Last Survivor Standing, because the perk refuses to fire then.
Best for Borrowed Time and Lucky Break already delay a hook, and Kindred and For the People are the natural pairing. Deliverance is the pick for a survivor who treats a self-unhook as a resource worth spending exactly once.
Best synergies
Perks that pair exceptionally well with Deliverance:
- Borrowed Time - Use Borrowed Time on the rescue and Deliverance on the next hook - both are unhook perks for different scenarios.
- Kindred - Reveals hook auras so you can decide whether to use Deliverance or wait for a teammate unhook.
- Self-Care - Heals the Broken status after Deliverance unhook since teammates cannot heal you while Broken.
- Botany Knowledge - Speeds up your self-heal so the Broken status clears faster after Deliverance triggers.
- Decisive Strike - If the killer tunnels after Deliverance, DS punishes the grab and turns the rescue into a 3-for-1 trade.
Counters
Perks and effects that work against Deliverance:
- Thanatophobia - Stacked regression punishes the Broken status because you cannot heal teammates for 60-100 seconds.
- Grim Embrace - Adds regression on every hook, so the Deliverance rescue chain feeds snowball gen damage.
- No Way Out - Endgame aura reveals make the Broken status extra dangerous when you try to leave through the gate.
- Blood Warden - Endgame hook trigger locks the gate, forcing a Broken Deliverance user into a doomed endgame chase.
What wiki.gg doesn't tell you
Deliverance has been a meta perk since Patch 2.2.0 and remains one of the strongest anti-tunnel tools in the game. The trick nobody documents: Deliverance only triggers on the first hook stage, so the killer can deny it by downing you twice and skipping straight to stage two. Skilled killers do this when they know Deliverance is active, and I have watched high-rank killers bait the self-unhook by waiting near the hook. The 60 second Broken penalty at tier 3 is short enough that a Botany Know Survivor can clear it solo, which makes the perk much better than it reads. At high MMR, Deliverance is rated A tier because it breaks the killer's tunnel tempo and forces them into chase rotations. Pair with Kindred to read the killer's hook position before committing to the self-unhook.
FAQ
- Does Deliverance work on the second hook stage?
- No. Deliverance only works during the first hook stage. If you are hooked in stage two, Deliverance does not trigger.
- Does Deliverance work as the last survivor standing?
- No. The perk is disabled when you are the last Survivor standing because self-unhook would skip the killer's end-game chase.
- Can teammates heal you after Deliverance?
- No. Deliverance applies Broken for 60-100 seconds, blocking teammate healing. You must self-heal with Botany Know or a med-kit.
- Does Deliverance consume on use?
- Yes. Deliverance is one-shot per trial and is disabled after the first self-unhook.
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Source: Perk data sourced from the Dead by Daylight Fandom Wiki and Behaviour Interactive's official site. Our analysis, synergies, counters, and FAQ are original to dbdperkcombos.com.