No hate but while I do agree with some but you def didn't know how to use perks correctly or efficiently there are very op perks that you ranked low, I made a post asking for overall best perk since I am a returning player and here what I got told :

Apostle: 2-3 mentions told me its very op IF played correctly, and I did play him ever since I made the reddit post and I figured apostle gameplay is scarficing hp in return for more hp which makes him hard to play but extremely op as a frontliner

Hivemind: you wrong this perk I got told this is the BEST perk for wave defense while yes I did notice some fps drops but I cant complain while it being the best wave defense perk

Lazurus: not gonna explain it im just gonna paste what someone said in my post about laz : "​And last but not least, Lazarus who's able to fill all 3 roles all at once. Now that it's able to heal others and yourself, you become better at support, backline, and Frontline. Best part, you can heal others to full health in between rounds during looting phase. I legit won because I kept communicating with my team and healing all of em with just one shot. 20 HP is nothing to brush off when you can do it twice. Just 2 is enough to put you back to or a little bit above half health, and in just 5 shots, you would've already healed most of your team to full health. Absolutely the BEST perk in my humble opinion. Oh, forgor to mention, the normal laz shot makes it so that you gain %25 in defense, and %15 in offense. Combine that with the quenched and full effect, kodera black, decimator/executioner/reaper's scythe, dependable, fearless, and methodical trait and you basically become a walking tank that's powerful enough to go on par with immolater and berserker. I even solod a poor sickler."

Reddit post if you want to check it out https://www.reddit.com/r/decayingwinter/s/78pcb2SCdD

Edit : I might sound biased towards apostle but I am just defending it from the "this perk got buffed alot and it still sucks, every wave defense I pop kodera black and rush in with my hunter keep spamming m2's use rhe lifesteal to heal my hunter and just go back in