Knowing how to drop survivors inDead by Daylightmay seem counterintuitive since one of the killer’s primary objectives is to prevent survivors from escaping the match by hooking and sacrificing them to The Entity. However, dropping a survivor can be a valid choicebased on the survivors' strategiesduring a match. Luckily, performing this action is as easy as pressing one button, but there are a few things killers should know before dropping them in a game.

Here’s how to drop a survivor inDead by Daylightbased on your platform:

Wiggle Meter in Dead by Daylight

However, remember thatdropping a survivor causes their Wiggle Meter to fill by +25% each time you drop them. In addition, if a survivor’s Wiggle Meter is already 75% or more filled, dropping them even a single time will release them from your grasp. This punishment prevents killers from ‘dribbling’ the survivor indefinitely, which can preventthe use of survivor perkslike Decisive Strike from being triggered.

SinceDead by Daylightis an interactive game, killers must always react to survivors' actions to succeed. The above example of not triggering a Decisive Strike is just one reason a killer would want to drop a survivor. However, there are many other reasons to do so.

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For example, suppose a killer is carrying a survivor and using perks like Boil Over, which causes the killer to get stuck on the terrain. Or consider a killer is being body-blocked by a survivor, and the hook they are carrying the survivor to is sabotaged by another. In either case, it may be better for the killer to drop their current survivor and go after another or stop objectives from being completed since the currently grasped survivor would probably escape anyway.

Sometimes, dropping a survivor is the best play instead of waiting for them to fill their Wiggle Meter. The killer may lose the hook but can continue to pressure the other survivors instead of letting them complete objectives or troll without consequences. Instead, a killer should consider essential facts, like how close to a hook a survivor is after being downed orwhich perks they have equippedwhen deciding to drop them.

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Knowing the proper time to drop a survivor inDead by Daylightcan amp up the pressure on survivors and allow killers to take advantage of their miscues for easy sacrifices.