Exclusive

Exclusive
General Info
Character(s)	Journalist
Unique to Character	Yes
Statistics
Gameplay Impact	Switches camera angles that generate different illusions
Amount of Uses	3 (For Containing Angle) 1 (For Rescuing Angle)
Cooldown	6 seconds

Exclusive is an External Trait that belongs to the Journalist. As an external trait, it is a passive ability that the character starts the game with.

Official Details

Description

The Journalist carries a camera. She can switch between camera angles and generate illusions under different angles.

Containing Angle
The illusion will move to a pallet that hasn't been knocked down. When the Hunter is in a position that can be hit by the pallet, the illusion will pull down the pallet and disappear. The recovery speed of the Hunter stunned by the illusion increases by 30%. When the pallet is pulled down early, the illusion will also disappear. The Hunter will take 20% longer to destroy the pallet that was pulled down by the illusion. When the distance between the illusion and a teammate is less than 12 meters, the illusion's depletion speed is increased by 50%. When the illusion is active, casting this ability again will make it disappear. If no selectable pallets are nearby, the illusion will continue forward in a straight line until it collides with an obstacle.

Rescuing Angle
When a teammate has been tied to a Rocket Chair and is less than 25 meters from the Journalist, the illusion will move to the closest Rocket Chair and rescue the teammate. If the teammate on the Rocket Chair is rescued by another Survivor, the illusion will disappear. Under this angle, when the illusion is less than 20 meters from the Hunter, its outline will be shown to the Hunter.

How to Use
Generates an illusion in front of you. Press and hold to charge up and generate an illusion at a specified location. Under the Rescuing Angle, illusions cannot be generated within 8 meters of a Rocket Chair that has a Survivor on it. When only illusions are left under the Rescuing Angle, you may switch to the illusion's angle via Photo Mode.

Statistics

• Cooldown: 6 seconds
• Quantity (Containing/Rescuing Angle): 3/1
• Duration (Containing/Rescuing Angle): 14/14 seconds

Gameplay

The Journalist can use her Camera to generate an Containing Angle illusion that can move at a straight line or a selected pallet and automatically knock down the pallet and disappear when the Hunter is close, Hunters who got pallet stun by the Illusion will recover faster but will take 20% longer to destroy the pallet. If the Containing Angle Illusion is near the other survivors, the illusion's duration will last shorter by 50% (7 seconds).

Should the Journalist runs out of all the Containing Angle Illusion but still has the Rescuing Angle left, she can exchange the latter for the former to extend her kiting potential.

Both the Containing and Rescuing Angle Illusion can be manually canceled by the Journalist to refresh the cooldown if not needed.

The Journalist can also generate a single-use Rescuing Angle illusion that can rescue a selected teammate on a Rocket Chair. If the teammate on the Rocket Chair is rescued by another Survivor, the illusion will disappear.

Other Details

• Illusions are vulnerable to the Hunter's Control Effects such as stuns.
  • Depending on the Hunter, the Illusion may disappear if they are effected by Control Effects that blocks their ability to drop pallets or rescue such as Siphon Soul.
• Rescuing Angle illusions cannot rescue survivors who are incapacitated by "Undead" due to his unique way of elimination through Surrogate.

Journalist's Tips:

• While in chase, stay as close as possible to your Illusion as with her Surveying Angle, it will increase your movement speed and lets you reach to your kiting spot faster and safer with your illusion protecting you.

Hunters' Tips:

• Know your Hunter's hitbox well as you can exploit them to get a better chance of hitting Journalist without hitting her illusion.
• You can use Journalist's Rescuing Angle to your advantage to get an early down on a recently rescued survivor to prevent them from wasting your time and get to the next rocket chair phase quickly.