Permakill abilities?

[ASpoopyPixel]

I heard of abilities that enemies can use to permanently kill a party member. My question is does it happen on normal mode or only painful mode exclusive?

[Feetlover20988]

both

[ASpoopyPixel]

Originally posted by Łenny:

both

Yep... I just experienced it....

[bawbbawbins]

both, i'm thankful the one time i saw it in game it happened to brad instead of my party

[boa]

that never happened me, even against satan

[Epic Gamer]

both, fun times really

[The Wokester]

I've heard that it mostly happens to underleveled characters. If your killing as many things as humanly possible then you'll probably be alright.

[Ajogamer]

The levels of your party have nothing to do with it. The perma-kill moves are just random chance, though only certain enemies have perma-kill moves, and the odds of them using a perma-kill move can vary between enemies. Having higher levels can indirectly reduce the chance of perma-kills happening since a stronger party will kill the enemy faster, and well, if the enemy's dead, they obviously can't use their perma-kill move anymore.

The only thing you can use to directly reduce the chance of perma-kill moves is using certain disabling ailments. Mostly stuff like stun/paralysis/fallen, since each turn they can't attack will be one less turn they have to use an insta-kill move. Another, longer-lasting way to disable their insta-kills is the p1ssed (gotta write it that way due to Steam filters) status effect, since that always lasts for multiple turns, and forces the enemy to only attack. It also buffs the enemy's crit chance by 50% though, so it can be risky in other ways (especially since many enemies with perma-kill moves will also hit hard to begin with).

[ShortBusAllStar]

Both, I had Terry get decapitated twice while I tried to get some achievements.

[LV-04 "Leelee"]

Carp's Ankle Slice can make them less likely to hit, as it reduces luck.

[Raybon256]

Originally posted by LV-04 "Leelee":

Carp's Ankle Slice can make them less likely to hit, as it reduces luck.

No. When an enemy decides to use a permanent-kill attack, it automatically hits and for 9999 damage and inflicts Dead on any party member other than Brad. There is no way to avoid it, it just happens when it happens. There are four of these moves, but they all do the same thing, in the same way (which... is kind of boring). The only thing you can do is be a cheap bastard and status lock/spam cheap moves (such as using Dirty Water to inflict poison) and kill as fast as possible. Against Joy Mutants and Bosses, just don't hold anything back. Period.