How does grabbing someone off hook work?

[NoQtrGiven]

So when I first bought the game when it came out, if you hit someone who was unhooking a person you grabbed them. I came back recently and got to rank 9 killer. During that time I've hit plenty of people who were unhooking someone and they simply didn't get grabbed. Even when I got real close like could touch their butt with my deformed penis close, it still won't do it. I know it's possible because I have been able to do it 3 times...but from rank 20 to rank 9 only 3 times. So what's the deal? What are the requirements to be able to grab someone while they're unhooking sombody.

[NoQtrGiven]

Originally posted by Trintox:

u have to be very close to the survivor and hold the attack button.
thats just the same with grabbing a survivor from a gen, totem, sabotating, pallet or window.

Ohhh you have to hold....I was just pressing. Thank you!

[Axisbold3r]

RNG baby. grabs happen when the devs say so brah! i have iced someone in the back, mid hook grab, they get the guy off the hook still, while they are on the ground #nobugs #fair #mothersshowerwithbabies

[Shamo]

Originally posted by Trintox:

u have to be very close to the survivor and hold the attack button.
thats just the same with grabbing a survivor from a gen, totem, sabotating, pallet or window.

I'm fairly certain you can just click. In fact, that's what I always do so I can avoid using a lunge attack on accident.

A lot of people fake the unhook (just click to start and stop the animation) to bait killers into a hit so that they can save the hooked person with borrowed time.

[Axisbold3r]

Originally posted by Shamo:

Originally posted by Trintox:

u have to be very close to the survivor and hold the attack button.
thats just the same with grabbing a survivor from a gen, totem, sabotating, pallet or window.

I'm fairly certain you can just click. In fact, that's what I always do so I can avoid using a lunge attack on accident.

yeah (super) close doesnt matter. i port over with hag, RNG a grab here and there.

[NoQtrGiven]

Originally posted by Axis:

Originally posted by Shamo:

I'm fairly certain you can just click. In fact, that's what I always do so I can avoid using a lunge attack on accident.

yeah (super) close doesnt matter. i port over with hag, RNG a grab here and there.

Oh so it's RNG. Great. That makes the game so much more enjoyable. /endsarcasm

[79%]

Originally posted by NoQtrGiven:

Originally posted by Axis:

yeah (super) close doesnt matter. i port over with hag, RNG a grab here and there.

Oh so it's RNG. Great. That makes the game so much more enjoyable. /endsarcasm

No, from my experience you can't grab if you perform a lunge attack (hold down attack) and can only grab if you swipe (tap attack). Unless they fake unhook, I grab every time.

[Leon 'Slut' Kennedy]

It isn't RNG, actually. And to grab, you don't want to hold the attack button: that'll cause a lunge attack instead of a grab. I don't know how different it is on a keyboard as opposed to a controller, but I had to just barely tap my trigger to be able to grab someone instead of hit them. I'd recommend finding someone who'll KYF with you and let you practice on them.

[Butts McGee]

They will also try to fake you out.

This is one practical use of Unrelenting.

When going for a grab, first swing at the air and miss. They'll often try to fake you out and let go, giving you time to recover and grab them.

If they don't fake out, you recover from the miss fast enough to just whack the guy who was unhooked and trigger BT.

[Plank]

**INTERRUPTS**

Many Survivor actions can be interrupted, giving the Killer a free grab and pick up. To initiate an interrupt, tap the attack button at close range while the Survivor is occupied.

List of ways Killers can interrupt the Survivors:
--Vaulting (injured state only)
--Jumping into the Hatch
--Repairing Generators
--Unhooking another Survivor
--Cleansing Totem
--Sabotaging Hook and Bear Trap
--Entering/Exiting the Lockers
--Opening Exit Gates

LUNGE ATTACKS DO NOT TRIGGER INTERRUPTS!

*Killers can't interrupt the Survivors during the cool-down of successful attacks.

**The Survivors' health state will not change until the Killer either drop the Survivor (which will put them in the Dying State), or hang them on a Hook

[rj1567]

This post is from 2017 LET IT REST IN PEACE

[bassixjm2]

Originally posted by PLANKY:

**INTERRUPTS**

Many Survivor actions can be interrupted, giving the Killer a free grab and pick up. To initiate an interrupt, tap the attack button at close range while the Survivor is occupied.

List of ways Killers can interrupt the Survivors:
--Vaulting (injured state only)
--Jumping into the Hatch
--Repairing Generators
--Unhooking another Survivor
--Cleansing Totem
--Sabotaging Hook and Bear Trap
--Entering/Exiting the Lockers
--Opening Exit Gates

LUNGE ATTACKS DO NOT TRIGGER INTERRUPTS!

*Killers can't interrupt the Survivors during the cool-down of successful attacks.

**The Survivors' health state will not change until the Killer either drop the Survivor (which will put them in the Dying State), or hang them on a Hook

I think OP would know after 1 year and 4 months