best killer to play as a beginner

I’d say Wraith or doc. Before I make builds, can I ask what killers you have?

Start with Wraith, but don't hit'n'run until you've learned how to chase. Getting a first free hit is fine, but after that you need to practice actual chases.

BBQ, corrupt, nurses and a free perk. Sloppy or pop, if you want to tryhard. I'm All Ears is a good one to get familiar with pathing.

I think Wraith or Trapper are very good for beginners.

they are essentially M1 killers so you will learn the basics.

Trapper can block some loops that may be too strong and Wraith can help finding a Surv and getting a first hit. Be cautious of survivors with flashlights though, especially for beginners they tend to lightburn you a lot

Aight I’d go BBQ & Chili, Sloppy Butcher, Devour Hope and Pop Goes they Weasel on Wraith, and BBQ & Chili, Whispers, Corrupt Intervention and Pop Goes the Weasel on Doc.

Hello there! Welcome to the killer side first off 😈 Secondly, I'd recommend Wraith to start off with. You're faster invisible to creep up on unsuspecting survivors and you get a speed boost coming out of invisibility. Since you're new to killer, you're probably not gonna know how to run loops regardless of the killer you choose to start with and that's okay, you can learn to loop and mindgame. I'd recommend both simply playing the game or there's some YouTube vids on how to run loops as killer.

Bubba, his chainsaw might be a tad difficult to use but if you're one of the lucky ones where it comes at ease, his chainsaw is an instant down. Open areas to the survivors = death. He's worth BP investment alone though for BBQ and Franklin's.

Hag will probably not be a good one to start with. She requires map knowledge to know where to place your traps, she requires a lot of thought out planning of where to put said traps; she's a defensive killer that does not chase so she could work out for you. She was actually my first killer that clicked for me that made me want to stick to killer. If you're a natural with her, you already have loads of potential. She's also worth investment for Ruin and Devour.

Clown is about aiming your bottles. He has 2 bottle sets; you'd have to remember to switch accordingly. He's not a killer in the upper tier but I personally enjoy playing him from time to time. He's simple in which he can either manipulate you to going one direction or slow you down in loops. Worth investment for Pop and Bamboozle which is a favorite to Bubba players.

Piggy is one of my mains! I love love her so much. Remember her traps are not meant to kill so much (but awesome if they do) but to slow the game. She's kinda teetering on the difficult side to master but she's great. You can use her ambush attack to either sneak up on survivors working on gens or during loops but this might not work out for you yet since you aren't familiar with running loops yet as killer. She only has two good perks imo which is Surveillance and Make Your Choice. Definitely worth investment.

Freddy is another one that I don't recommend starting with. Though if you do want to start with him, he's not impossible to learn. He's now slower placing his dream snares and I think his dream pallets are slightly limited now? Respectively ofc you can't have both at the same time. His snares can slow a survivor down or give away their location only visible when a survivor is asleep. The dream pallets also only appear when the survivor is asleep. They can be used to trick the survivor into believing an area is safe. I'm not sure what other advice to give, I'm not a Freddy main but Blood Warden is a good perk from him.

Spirit is one I'm attempting to finally learn right now. I definitely don't recommend her as beginner. She relies on scratch marks and sound to track. Blood will make it easier if they're injured. Once you get better at loops and map awareness of you can learn to land hits with her post phase aka guessing correctly, she is awesome. Her perks are also decent!

Plague can be a tricky one to play for a new beginner but at the time she's pretty simple. Puke on survivors until they've reached broken then they go down. Or puke on everything and everyone and they cleanse, you get corrupt purge and when you puke it serves as normal M1 attacks kinda. She also has good perks to want to put your BP into. Especially Corrupt Intervention.

Legion is my main. They might seem simple but they're actually kinda complex imo. Especially with their frenzy. Their frenzy creates a deep wound effect, forcing people to halt everything they're doing to mend and some people don't heal so if you learn to end chases early, those should be pretty easy downs. Their power isn't complex, it's using it effectively and winning games is since they're not top tier. But they are sure fun to play. They have good perks that can be beneficial to other killers too. Mad Grit though is very beneficial against SWFS.

Closing note: I'd still begin with Wraith. Hope this helps and good luck!

I first started playing trapper, I would recommend him. You should also watch some videos on trapper to learn how to use his power etc...

Doctor, though he does cost iridescent shards. You can shock and whatnot so it's easier to find people. I wasn't too interested in him before I got him, but dang he's fun.

Wraith is free and will teach you a lot about macro decisions and mind games. Don't start with mechanically intensive killers unless you really enjoy their playstyle.

Wraith or Leatherface (the Cannibal)

You should give the hardest killer a shot if you can master Nurse youll hands down make the others feel like childsplay

Wraith, legion or myers.

If you are absolute beginner, I really recommend you mastering some simple M1 killer first because they share mechanics with almost any other killers.

Once you are confident, you can experiment with killers with more power, like hag, spirit, huntress or just any killer you really like to play as.

Those M1 basics tho will be very good part of your killer skillset forever so do not underestimate it.

Have fun

When I started I played Doctor almost exclusively, it's very easy to find people and especially if you lose someone mid-chase with static blast.

Basically guaranteed that the first gen you find which has been worked on you just fire it off, either it shows you where they are close by or if nothing then check the most likely locker and boom you've got yourself a hook very early. If you find multiple people at any time always fire it off.

I loved his illusionary pallets add-ons as even if people are running you and dropping them it will come back and bite someone else in the ass later as they suddenly realise they don't have it. Also on this note if you know they are going to loop around a pallet and drop it then it's a great feeling when you shock therapy them and lunge through as they can't drop the pallet for a couple of seconds.

The illusionary doctors can also be great if you need help finding people, especially if you don't have BBQ, at better add-ons you can see them across the level and likely it's a giant indicator if someone is healing if it's not by anything logical. At worst if they have moved away a bit by the time you get there then fire off static blast and off you chase.

Even when gens are popping as long as you are doing OK and maddening up people then you will turn the tide, especially as new players will freak out a lot and start messing up gens often.

I normally ran BBQ (obviously), Distressing (for the extra static blast range and more bloodpoints), Overcharge (as it's a Doc perk and will def mess up lower level players), and Sloppy Butcher. Probably far away from a pro set-up but worked for me.

How Doctor is rated Hard to play as is nonsensical.