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Dead Hard

Dead Hard

Survivor perk · Character: Smoke · Patch 10.2.2 · data from October 28, 2026

Effect

Whenever you are unhooked, while injured and running, use the active ability button: You gain Endurance for 0.5s. You gain Exhausted for 60/50/40s.

Usage rate

  • 21.07% of matches (rank 3 among survivor perks).

Builds that use it

Survivor build

MetaHigh confidence
  • Dead HardDead Hard
  • Decisive StrikeDecisive Strike
  • ResilienceResilience
  • Deja VuDeja Vu

ItemMedkitMedkit

Dead Hard (#3, 21%) is mostly run with Resilience (37.6%) and Decisive Strike (35.3%). Since 9.5.0 Dead Hard only works after being unhooked, making it an extra health state after the hook that complements Decisive Strike. Deja Vu (#4, 20.5%) helps cover gens and prevent 3-gen situations.

Survivor build

MetaHigh confidence
  • Off the RecordOff the Record
  • Decisive StrikeDecisive Strike
  • ResurgenceResurgence
  • Dead HardDead Hard

ItemMedkitMedkit

Everything to survive after an unhook: Off the Record gives Endurance and removes aura, scratch marks and grunts for 30 to 40 s, Decisive Strike stuns for 4 s, Resurgence heals 70% on unhook and Dead Hard works after the hook. This stacks with the 10.1.0 baseline (10 s of Endurance and Elusive). Off the Record is rarely played (1.2%) but rated S-tier in 2026 guides.

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