Killers, what are the killers you recommend to new players to prestige first?

Otzdarva has a great video on this that he did just recently. I'd check that out as a place to start.

https://youtu.be/B0t6am0Mz74

pinhead for deadlock/plaything

nemo for eruption/lethal

sadako for call of brine/floods

i think the default perks can fill out the gaps that those perks leave

My advice when deciding which killers to buy is always buy the ones you think will be fun to play, don't buy a killer just because it has a perk you like. You'll get way more bang for your buck getting a character you actually enjoy using versus one that sits on the shelf that you spend 1.5 million bloodpoints just to unlock their teachable perks on the killer you really use.

Of course if you already have all the killers you like to play and don't care about playing the rest, there's nothing wrong with prestiging the ones you don't play to get their perks unlocked. But especially starting out you shouldn't be worrying about buying characters for perks, buy the characters you will play first.

If you don't wanna pay any money? Trapper since Brutal Strength and Agitation are both decent perks.

If you want the actual good ######### though? Nemesis for Lethal Pursuer and Eruption or Cannibal for BBQ and Franklin's. The Cannibal suggestion might seem strange but people underestimate how game changing good items are and the aura reading is always good unless you're playing Trapper or Hag.

Assuming basekit killers and no DLCs, I'd say probably Trapper. Unnerving Presence might be bad, but Agitation and Brutal Strength are both perfectly serviceable perks that'll help pretty much any future killer they play.

Assuming all DLCs... probably Nemesis. Lethal Pursuer is incredible for new players and pretty damn solid for everyone else too, and having Eruption unlocked later on for when you're more comfortable with managing it would be a nice bonus.

Partially it does depend on what killer that new player likes playing since they'll want teachables that synergise well, but those are pretty solid options for most killers.

Oh (bad word) I didn't get the notification that you had answered me

Well let me further explain what I mean

Say you are playing the Killer you like well.... by all means get them at least to P3 (if not more) so you have addons and offerings to use while you work on other Killers

1) Find what perks you would want (which at this point is all of them... LOL) and get the Killer to P3 as well... I would start with the perks you want first then go from there

2) If you like more then one Killer then again get them up to P3 (no more then that... unless you want to get more addons and offerings)... but as you get more prestige you do kinds need to think of how you are spending your BP

3) Save at least 250,000 to 500,000 BP as an emergency... cause you never know what might happen (also save all of your Survivor Puddings until you figure out how to play the Killer and what perks you want)

ALL OF THIS IS BASED ON THE BP CAP THAT I REMEMBER (1,000,000)... I don't know if that has changed

TL;DR

1) Find a Killer to play... get them to P3 while saving all of your Survivor Puddings (and Bloody Party Streamers)

2) Figure out what perks you want... then get those Killers up to P3 (without worrying about addons and offerings) and of course if you like more then one Killer then repeat the process on the ones you like first

3) Save at least 250,000 to 500,000 BP

If you're just starting, whatever the current meta is. By the time you finish unlocking it, half will be gutted and replaced, so if you're grinding more casually you'll never catch up anyway :)

As a new player your gonna have to spend money or grind for hours to get the best of the perks that are locked behind a pay wall. Right now if you want to secure a 4k almost every game go for any perks that slow down generators. Onryo has a few good ones like call of brine or merciless storm.

Among the basekit Killers, I'd argue Hillbilly for Tinkerer and Enduring, both solid and reliable perks, or Wraith for Bloodhound (a solid "training" perk given how it lights up and prolongs blood on the ground).

Assuming any Killer at all, my first thought goes to Pinhead. All 3 of his perks offer a pretty good benefit that most any other Killer can make use of.

Artist - 2 meta perks and her 3rd one is still very usable

Blight - Undying is good in any hex build and blood favour/dragons grip have their moments

Sadako - Call Of Brine is good, Floods is viable and Merciless varies from eh to amazing depending on the skill of your oponents

Pinhead - Plaything sorta needs perks to play around but can still get some value, Deadlocked is just great passive slowdown and info, Gift of Pain is also a decent passive slowdown

Those would be the top ones that have at least 3 usable teachable perks

In terms of killers you shouldnt level

Freddy - 3 awful perks, Bloodwarden can be funny sometimes at least but the other 2 are pretty dreadful.

Wraith - Bloodhound can be alright for learning how to track blood, Predator is awful and Shadowborn is just QOL perk

Nurse - Nurse's Calling is pretty ######### against the current run away to COH to heal gameplay, stridor is useful on 1 killer. thana is useful on 2 killers

Doctor - Overcharge is good but pretty much a worse Call Of Brine, Monitor can be alright and useful on some killers but overall just not worth the slot and overwhelming is just underwhelming

Pig - MYC is fun on certain killers, Dragons Grip and Call of Brine do Surveilance's job better, hangmans trick is just #########

Twins - When Oppression is your best teachable it says a lot. Their teachables are almost as unloved as them :)

Demo - If for some reason you have demo as a new player he literally has 0 teachables dont make my mistake and prestiege him hoping for jolt on everyone.

Oni - Windows of Opportunity on the side that doesnt need it, an obsession switching perk thats useless on its own and exhaust injured survivors. Not good

Pyramid Head - Once again his best teachable is already a bad perk

The rest have 1 redeeming perk or 2 okish perks that save them from being in the dont level category but dont have quite as good of a complete set as the previously mentioned ones you should level.