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Killer Types(Thanks to CoolAKn)

Pierre
Pierre Member Posts: 31
edited October 2019 in Lore

Evil Beings: They kill for fun.
1. Doctor
Indebted/Driven
These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
1. Cannibal
2. Hag
3. Hillbilly
4. Nightmare
5. Nurse
6. Pig
7. Plague
8.Spirit
Natural Born Killers
They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
1. Clown
2. Demogorgon
3. Ghost face
4. Huntress
5. Legion (Frank)
6. Shape
Puppets
They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
1. Legion (Joey,Julie, Susie)
2. Trapper
3. Wraith

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Comments

  • Aviema
    Aviema Member Posts: 45

    I'd say Vengeful might be better as the name for the category rather than Wrathful.

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    edited October 2018

    @Aviema said:
    I'd say Vengeful might be better as the name for the category rather than Wrathful.

    And it Alliterates as a name.

    Post edited by Pierre on
  • Countfunkular
    Countfunkular Member Posts: 405
    You see this one thing that seems a little off about that list. It's crazy as this might sound some Killers as the devs have told us and explained in the back story our kind of forced to be there and some like the cannibal in the huntress honestly don't know any better. Seriously whenever the huntress gets hit by a pallet she goes into a temper tantrum you know like a child they are mentally Disturbed.
  • feffrey
    feffrey Member Posts: 886
    Trapper and billy were straight up murderers
  • DarkFox85
    DarkFox85 Member Posts: 74
    edited October 2018

    I agree with almost all of the OP. But not all killers who are "victims" are vengeful. Also I still feelThe Pig should be on the "tragic" side.

    I made a topic about this a while back:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/21377/what-are-the-killers-motivations-and-how-do-they-relate-to-the-entity#latest

    TLDR; Killers have (broadly) one of four motivations

    1] Forced to kill [Trapper, Wraith, Pig]
    2] Coerced to kill [Cannibal, Huntress]
    3] Exchange for kill [Hillbilly, Nurse, Hag, Spirit]
    4] Sheer Cruelty [Evil Beings] [Shape, Doctor, Nightmare, Clown]

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    edited October 2018

    Ta Da! Updated.

    Post edited by Pierre on
  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    So where should I place the Legion?
  • PigNRun
    PigNRun Member Posts: 2,428

    If we consider Legion as just Frank, then Evil Beings sounds fitting. But if we consider Legion as the combination of all 4 of them, you could place them in Puppets, though Frank will be the odd one out in that category. :P

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    I put Frank into evil beings and the rest into puppets. Any objections?
  • Crow
    Crow Member Posts: 113
    This post is great, I like that you splitted up the Legion in two.
  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    Thanks.
  • rj1567
    rj1567 Member Posts: 50

    Why is the Hillbilly indepted with the Entity? The Entity never did anything for him except for taking him.
    Also saying that the Doctor is a evil being is correct but he was also forced into working for the Entity. Why would the Doctor wear this torture gear it just hurts him and makes him more distracted? Also his head sosmetic says he is forced into a maniacal grin implying that it isn't really his choice and if you look at his base body cosmetic he has electric stuff in his arms indicating some kind of torture

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    Where do you think I should rearrange the two?
  • PigNRun
    PigNRun Member Posts: 2,428
    By indepted I thought jt referred to in general, not just the Entity. Like Rin against her father, Hag with the cannibals of the swamp, Nurse with the entire hospital life, and Hillbilly with his parents. And that Evil Beings is just people who turned evil or are evil.

    Did I get it wrong? 
  • FoggyDownpour
    FoggyDownpour Member Posts: 288
    I feel like the list should be more like this. The higher in the list they are, the more I think they fit into that category.

    Evil Beings
    It goes beyond killing, it's a primal need to cause suffering.
    1. Nightmare
    2. Shape

    Indebted/Driven 
    These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
    1. Spirit
    2. Cannibal
    3. Pig
    4. Hag
    5. Hillbilly
    6. Nurse

    Natural Born Killers
    They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
    1. Clown
    2. Huntress
    3. Legion (Frank)

    Puppets
    They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Legion (Joey, Julie, Susie)
    2. Trapper
    3. Wraith
    4. Doctor
  • PigNRun
    PigNRun Member Posts: 2,428
    FoggyDownpour said:
    I feel like the list should be more like this. The higher in the list they are, the more I think they fit into that category.

    Evil Beings
    It goes beyond killing, it's a primal need to cause suffering.
    1. Nightmare
    2. Shape

    Indebted/Driven 
    These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
    1. Spirit
    2. Cannibal
    3. Pig
    4. Hag
    5. Hillbilly
    6. Nurse

    Natural Born Killers
    They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
    1. Clown
    2. Huntress
    3. Legion (Frank)

    Puppets
    They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Legion (Joey, Julie, Susie)
    2. Trapper
    3. Wraith
    4. Doctor
    The problem with your list is that Freddy doesnt match with your definition. He kills out of revenge. While he was a pedophile (as per the 2010 reboot) while alive, he didnt want death. He falls in the Indebted category.

    I dont know about Halloween lore, but Myers was a killer since birth. Wouldnt that make him a natural born killer?

    And Doctor wasnt forced to kill. His torture techniques would lead to death, by themselves. He would better fit in any other category. He might be forced to kill following the Entity's rules, but he definitely would kill without its aid.
  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    edited December 2018
    Added some explanations and updated. Thanks to foggydownpour and PignRun.
    Post edited by Pierre on
  • AtomicCPU3
    AtomicCPU3 Member Posts: 28

    @Pierre said:
    Evil Beings: They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Doctor
    Indebted/Driven
    These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
    1. Cannibal
    2. Hag
    3. Hillbilly
    4. Nightmare
    5. Nurse
    6. Pig
    7. Spirit
    Natural Born Killers
    They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
    1. Clown
    2. Huntress
    3. Legion (Frank)
    4. Shape
    Puppets
    They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Legion (Joey,Julie, Susie)
    2. Trapper
    3. Wraith

    ya forgot my boy frank

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31
    AtomicCPU3 said:

    @Pierre said:
    Evil Beings: They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Doctor
    Indebted/Driven
    These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
    1. Cannibal
    2. Hag
    3. Hillbilly
    4. Nightmare
    5. Nurse
    6. Pig
    7. Spirit
    Natural Born Killers
    They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
    1. Clown
    2. Huntress
    3. Legion (Frank)
    4. Shape
    Puppets
    They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Legion (Joey,Julie, Susie)
    2. Trapper
    3. Wraith

    ya forgot my boy frank

    He's under Natural Born Killers.
  • ATOMIC_ACE_PUGG
    ATOMIC_ACE_PUGG Member Posts: 359
    What about freddy?
  • GHERBEARRULES
    GHERBEARRULES Member Posts: 265

    @Pierre said:
    Evil Beings: They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Doctor
    Indebted/Driven
    These killers either kill out of rage or some other emotion for a specific person or set of people, or because the Entity helped them.
    1. Cannibal
    2. Hag
    3. Hillbilly
    4. Nightmare
    5. Nurse
    6. Pig
    7. Spirit
    Natural Born Killers
    They would kill with or without the Entity, killing is what makes them feel whole.
    1. Clown
    2. Huntress
    3. Legion (Frank)
    4. Shape
    Puppets
    They have been forced into killing in one way or another.
    1. Legion (Joey,Julie, Susie)
    2. Trapper
    3. Wraith

    Nah, wasn't freddy a natural born killer?

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31

    So the plague where does she fall under the categories?

  • Hoodied
    Hoodied Member Posts: 13,022
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/348168#Comment_348168

    She kills for the entity

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31

    So Ghostface where does he fall in the categories.

  • rj1567
    rj1567 Member Posts: 50
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/508228#Comment_508228

    It would obviously be natural born killers as he killed before the Entity took him and when the Entity took him it says in his Bio that he smiled in anticipation

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31

    I was just reading my list and noticed a massive goof on evil beings. Updated description.

  • Pierre
    Pierre Member Posts: 31

    Hi guys I am back. So where does Demogorgon fall in this list?

  • Cornpopers_Evan
    Cornpopers_Evan Member Posts: 2,428
    edited October 2019
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/728452#Comment_728452

    Natural born 100% but with the exception that killing doesn't make it "whole" it literally does it just because it wants food. You can definitely make a opposite case for it though because it is a highly intelligent animal.

  • Todgeweiht
    Todgeweiht Member Posts: 3,666

    Shouldnt clown be listed in "evil beings"? He got into killing just because he likes hurting others, and laughs each time he manages to hit a survivor

  • Yung_Slug
    Yung_Slug Member Posts: 2,238

    "Evil Beings" is a bit too similar to "Natural Born Killers" imo.