Sprint Burst is the biggest balance problem on either side of DBD. But it's so endemic to the game that it's likely impossible to fix gracefully. The way it smashes low tier killers into the dirt and is largely ignored by the strongest killers is very unhealthy.

Ghostface snuck up on me now I'm Exposed? Doesn't matter! I have Sprint Burst! 🤪 I got caught hiding in a bush? Doesn't matter! I have Sprint Burst! 🤪 I'm in a deadzone? Doesn't matter! I have Sprint Burst! 🤪 What? SB is OP?? Smh, you killer mains are insufferable!! 😒

exactly, great explanation? then you play against the blight, and he says “what’s a sprint burst?”

totally agree with the thesis of this video but I can't help but notice in the background footage how much vigil destroys sloppy butcher omg

true… but i covered vigil already

I dont really see how SB is a problem when you have ranged killers like Artist, Huntress, Sadako who can teleport. Its not that strong

none of those killers even do anything against sprint burst…?

I do it with artist all the time with the crows and sadako you can cut their path from the tvs...its not hard

I think all exhaustion perks that give haste should be reduced to 33% or 25% or something. Exhaustion perks are one of those things that are so stupidly strong it gives the excuse for unhealthy perks like Blood Favor and Dissolution to also exist.

i know this is a really bad idea as a fix fundamentally and it’s going to get me booed but some perks REALLY just need a “Cannot be used with (X)” modifier. Like you can’t be affected by Vigil if you’re running sprint burst, or you can’t use ruin with TOTH.

Why do we wanna kill everything fun for survivors bc a low percentage of the roaster is poorly designed ?? Makes no Sense to me

The nurse is the biggest balance problem on either side of dbd, but it’s so endemic to the game that it’s likely impossible to fix gracefully. The way she smashes low tier survivors and is largely ignored by the strongest survivor perks is very unhealthy.

Is this supposed to be some sort of gotcha? I agree with this, it’s true lmao

Finally SB slander on my timeline

Its a shame that Dramaturgy was created because the best rework I could imagine for Sprint burst is to get into a runners stance and have charge up before taking off.

I dont agree with this, the counter play is way to easy, killer sees u use sprint burst off gen so he just smacks gen goes to the next one then comes back because he knows u A. Dont have ur exhaustion and B. Are going to still be trying to do that gen

We’re seriously complaining about sprint burst now? You’re constantly in an exhausted state, which makes a lot of other perks, including iron will unusable. Has no real effect on killers like spirit, blight, nurse and hillbilly. And there are LOADS of killer builds to counter it.

i feel called out by the pyramid head comment 💀

Sprint Burst change idea: Whenever the killer misses a basic or special attack on you, the next time you run, you get 3 seconds of 50% haste and 40/35/30 seconds of exhaustion. This means actual interactivity in Chase and keeps the perk in line with its theme.

Definitely not the strongest. It’s far more easier to waste a SB than it is a Lithe also vaulting a window the killer already has to waste time also vaulting the same window or go around which wastes time in itself but to get speed boost on top of it is why lithe is so busted.

I like that it screws specific strong killers as well unless they meet the mobility check it’s sick

I can only see 2 way of fixing Sprint Burst and other 50% haste perk 1. Make 50% haste to 30% or lower. 2. Make Exhausted 40s to 60s or more. It the only 2 thing I can think of but yeah I agree.

Sprint Burst is good against every killer because it's just free uncounterable distance. Pair this with perks like Urban/Fixated, Ghost Notes, Vigil etc and it becomes incredibly easy to proc mid chase I think a rebalance of ALL exhaustion perks to 125% haste is a good start

It’s the most gratuitous exhaustion that remains however with the history of exhaustion it’s in the most “balanced” state it has ever been. I’m in agreement that there’s no real change that can be made without gutting it completely.

It's not even just Sprint Burst. Lithe is also more or less just as problematic.

not long enough exhaustion they just walk it off

I recently tried to come up with some ideas to make exhaustion perks more interesting/balanced and Sprint Burst was the only one where I couldn't come up with a good idea that would work for both sides without some kind of pitfall in design. It's such a poorly designed perk.

Even so, supposedly those who complain the most about Sprint are the ones who use it the most.

Crazy idea is to change it to a teamwork perk and when you unhook a teammate you can activate it on them?

Oh my fucking god bro do u do anything other besides complaining

I think it should be put basekit in a weaker form bc the game is pretty much designed around it and low tier killers should get buffs that directly counter it in some form. i/e getting their exhaustion addons basekit.

Sprint Burst is probably the biggest problem perk in the game (outside of maybe vigil), but I think fixing/removing sprint burst reduces how ubiquitous vigil is, and it needs touched less as a result.

MAke it so they dash forward and not just give Haste, similar to Demo' dash, they cant like move freely

My Pyramid Head game tonight, literally had 0 chases till 3 gens were done with all the pre running it’s so demoralizing i just sat at the exit gate and waited because I didnt want the dc penalty but really unfun. Maybe sprint burst that has like last stand build charge?

*applies the stamina bar to all exhaustion perks when they are exhausted *

Ranged killers exist. They can easily hit you even with sprint burst if they are even decent. Im not agreeing with you on this cause it’s BS that dash and ranged killers can exist but sprint burst CANT. Naw dude.

The problem with perks like this is that they are just a completely free giant buff to you for the match. To use ds you have to risk getting tunneled out after, to use balanced landing, dh, head on, even lithe you have to do SOMETHING for it to activate. But sb is just free