Decode Type: This type of Survivor excels at decoding Cipher Machines quickly, thus reducing the time it takes for the Team to activate all of them.
Weakness: Poor self-defence and relies on the protection of Teammates.
Among the Survivor Types, the characters within this category specialize in Decoding and completing Cipher Machines as fast as possible. To balance them, they tend to have containing debuffs, which make them more vulnerable against Hunters during chases. However, recently, Decoders have been receiving buffs that reduce or even remove their containing debuffs, making them harder chase targets while they maintain their imbalanced decoding ability. As they are key to completing the main objective within a match, they are high priority targets for elimination.
The following table lists each of the decoders, and a brief overview of how they work.
Survivor | Decoding Specialty | Unique Ability | Debuff |
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The Mind's Eye | Fastest decoder among the survivors. | Reveals the location of Hunter to team and reduces the Hunter's interaction speed. |
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Mechanic | Can decode 2 cipher machines/exit gates at once (using Robot Doll). | Robot Doll acts as fifth survivor (not limited to only decoding and opening exit gates) |
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"Prisoner" | Can link the progress between 2 machines | Short Electrical Stun Ability that ignores Stun Resistance. |
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Explorer | Can dig up pages with his book that add 50% (35% in Duo Hunters) progress to a machine | Can shrink using his book, does not trigger notifications when vaulting |
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Lawyer | Increases decoding speed by 1% for every 5% decoded for a total of 20% decoding speed buff | Cannot be Terror Shocked and reveals the Hunter's location for himself.
Vaulting and Movement Speed increases overtime. |
N/A |
Composer | Make stacks of Tonal Sensation from Tuning Calibrations to increase decoding speed | Increased 50% movement speed within the Tuning Area when using Tuning Fork. |
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