Is it just me or is deadlock just overrated in "slow down" unless you stack slowdown perks?

[Dewutt]

I just feel like it's way too easy to play around if the survivors know what they're doing, they can just leave a gen 99d for later and sure you can kick it but unless you have something like pop you can't really regress that gen back down, and you can't exactly just wait there for it to go down because they'll just rush the other gens

[Kettlebloke]

Dead lock is decent, guaranteed to work five times a game. If survivors are 99ing gens they are out playing you, it's that simple.

[Voidlines]

I typically pair it with Pop for what you said, or Tinkerer for my stealth oriented builds or Discordance to pressure other gens they attempt to rush. I figure if they're smart enough to leave one at 99, chances are they attempt to group on gens as well.

[Dewutt]

Originally posted by Kettlebloke:

Dead lock is decent, guaranteed to work five times a game. If survivors are 99ing gens they are out playing you, it's that simple.

its too easy to play against, as long as a they have a brain just 99% one gen and its an easy game if they don't have something like pop and that's if you hooked someone recently AND get to the gen before the other survivors do. COB and overcharge being gutted certainly doesn't help things as well

[Kettlebloke]

Originally posted by Dewutt:

Originally posted by Kettlebloke:

Dead lock is decent, guaranteed to work five times a game. If survivors are 99ing gens they are out playing you, it's that simple.

its too easy to play against, as long as a they have a brain just 99% one gen and its an easy game if they don't have something like pop and that's if you hooked someone recently AND get to the gen before the other survivors do. COB and overcharge being gutted certainly doesn't help things as well

Dead lock isn't suppost to carry you, if you are allowing survivors to 99 gens then it's GG anyways. It gives you info and blocks a gen and it does it well. Pairs well with Pop or Floods.

It just sounds to me like you played against a SWF.

[JoKeRsMiLe]

Originally posted by Dewutt:

I just feel like it's way too easy to play around if the survivors know what they're doing, they can just leave a gen 99d for later and sure you can kick it but unless you have something like pop you can't really regress that gen back down, and you can't exactly just wait there for it to go down because they'll just rush the other gens

its good early for keeping multiple gens popping and its good mid for telling you what gen to defend its solid perk i like it better than corrupt because it works all game its there just to stall a little