Hex builds and Houndmaster
So recently I saw a thread describing a combo involving Houndmaster, Thrill of the hunt and the add-on Fatty Meat.
Basically when running this combo, it makes it impossible to actually cleanse totems. Thrill of the hunt increases the cleansing speed by roughly 70% per token which means cleansing takes forever. Fatty Meat makes survivors scream periodically every 15 seconds when afflicted by houndsense. When cleansing a totem, a survivors progress is reset entirely if they stop at any point. This includes screaming. So if someone has houndsense it is physically impossible for them to cleanse the totem until houndsense ends but the killer can spam the dog almost every second.
Combo with other hexes and it's certainly a nightmare for survivors. Pentimento is guaranteed 30% slowdown for any hex or dull totem cleansed, and Undyne ensures that if a hex goes down, it's transfered right over no harm done. Lastly is Devour Hope which ties everything together. Once survivors know what you're doing, it becomes really difficult to ignore the totems.
The downside is that to actually get value, you do need to end chases and hook survivors, all the while making sure to keep the survivors in check with houndsense which limits Snug in chases. Its not as hard as it sounds, but it requires some multitasking and keeping tracks of survivors. I'm running this with Trainers book as well to keep houndsense on the survivors for longer as well.
If you can't get momentum though and really struggle to down anyone, then the build does fall apart