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Suggest your killer builds

I've been playing DBD for 5 years and for the first 2 years played mostly killer. For the last 3 years I've played survivor maybe 90/95% of the time and pretty much only played killer when a new chapter released to test them out or the odd challenge here and there.

The reason I mention this is because I have all killers unlocked and have almost every perk for every killer.

With that being said, I want to get back into killer and would love to try out some builds. They don't need to be meta or OP builds, I just want some variety so I can start getting better.

Please suggest the killer, 4 perks and add-ons if necessary.

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  • FilthyLegionMain
    FilthyLegionMain Member Posts: 1,148

    Legion, Mural Sketch and Never-Sleep Pills, Rancor + Nemesis with BBQ and Iron Maiden. No one can hide which means you'll be able to get constant frenzy downs if you're good enough. It doesn't guarantee a down like some have said a long while ago when his add-ons were reworked. It takes skill when people split up. Though if a map was allowed, I'd suggest The Game.

  • TheGentlemen
    TheGentlemen Member Posts: 198

    Sadako, this build isn't meta at all but it's centered around trying to condemn survivors.

    • Save The Best For Last - helps in chases
    • Fear Monger - keeps sprint busters down if they touch gens
    • Call of Brine - Gen regression
    • Discordance - helps in the early game especially

    The two addons I use are

    • Iridiscent Video Tape - allows you to spam condemn with one tv if you demanifest and hit a survivor
    • Tape Editing Deck - all survivors start with tapes

    You can swap the addons out, but it'll be a lot harder to condemn survivors

    Even if you don't go for condemnation, this build is still solid on her in my opinion, though she is very weak so take that as you will.

    Try to avoid The Game if you can though because it's so pallet heavy. I've ran brutal and enduring in this build at some point to combat that.

  • BringShaggytoDBD
    BringShaggytoDBD Member Posts: 412

    Thanks both, got them both set up and ready to go. Appreciate the suggestions, especially because some of these perks I rarely use or have never used.

  • Marc_go_solo
    Marc_go_solo Member Posts: 5,327

    A mess-about build, but one which just occured to me on my randomizer:

    Build: The Power of the Punch

    Infectious Fright, Jolt, Devour Hope, Forced Penance

    One for wanting a satisfying knockdown feel.

  • Bot_Salvo88
    Bot_Salvo88 Member Posts: 1,230

    I use a stealth trapper build with:

    -dragon's grip: when you kick a gen and survivors touch it for the next 30 seconds they get exposed;

    -insidious: when you stand still for 2 seconds you get undetectable until you move. I stay hidden near the gen to get value from dragon's grip;

    -dark devotion: when the obsession steps on a trap or when he gets hit, my terror radius is on him for 30 seconds. I can use this to be sneaky around the map while placing traps;

    -play with your food; when you start a chase with the obsession and you lose chase, you get a 5% extra movement speed for each token (up to 3). Since you may hit the obsession to lose terror radius, you will gain a token and get a 5% extra movement speed to place traps faster and sneaky.

    It's very situational but it's funny when it works.

  • BringShaggytoDBD
    BringShaggytoDBD Member Posts: 412

    Nice thanks. I'm guessing this would be ideal on a killer like Oni.

    Perfect thanks. Got him set up and ready!

  • dugman
    dugman Member Posts: 9,713

    Coincidentally Otz just this morning posted a spreadsheet with multiple builds he recommends for every single killer in the game. Probably a pretty good place for ideas.


  • RaSavage42
    RaSavage42 Member Posts: 5,549

    Pig: Combat Straps and Last Will

    STBFL, Eruption, Corrupt and Whispers

    STBFL: Chase perk

    Eruption: Gen Regression

    Corrupt: Early game slowdown

    Whispers: For knowledge

    Huntress: Both handle addons to decrease cooldown on thrown hatchets

    Iron Maiden, Discordance, Corrupt, Whispers

    Iron Maiden: For faster reloads

    Discordance: For knowledge

    Corrupt: For early game slowdown

    Whispers: For knowledge

  • xni6_
    xni6_ Member Posts: 505

    for m1s with some type of chase ive been running surge, surveillance, pain res, shadowborn

    for m1s with no chase power ive been running call of brine, eruption, stbfl, shadowborn

    for killers who primarily m2 ive been running deadlock, eruption, no way out, shadowborn

    for chainsaws ive been running bamboozle, deadlock, eruption, shadowborn

    for plag and leg ive been running call of brine, eruption, terminus, shadowborn

    for huntress its been lethal, iron maiden, darkness, shadowborn

    for nurse its been lethal, floods, agi, shadowborn or floods, pain res, monstrous, shadowborn

    what do you mean im addicted to shadowborn? i just like seeing forearms is all

    ive only been using brown and yellow addons since anything rarer is impossible to get in bloodwebs now

  • TatsuiChiyo
    TatsuiChiyo Member Posts: 712

    I run a generic build across all my Killers

    Devour Hope- Its my favorite Killer perk, and even if its cleansed oh well I just keep going.

    Agitation- Its just a helpful perk, and one I can always rely on to give value

    Call of Brine- Its ruin in my pocket, enough said.

    4th perk I generally switch around depending on the circumstances. Lightborn for flashlights, Franklins for full items, STBFL for killers like Wesker or Plague. Ive also started using Starstruck more, as well as Awakened Awareness.

    Or classic Spies from the Shadows

  • Zeidoktor
    Zeidoktor Member Posts: 2,065
    edited September 2022

    My favorite Freddy meme build

    Distressing, Infectious Fright, Dark Devotion.

    Add-ons can be whatever, I used to use BBQ as the 4th perk and haven't decided on the one to replace it yet. I'm going towards Unnerving Presence.

    It's not a build to win, but I've managed it nonetheless and it's always funny to me when I get Infectious to work.

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    One I've tried with Artist, in an attempt to not use Dead Man's Switch:

    Pain Resonance, Ruin, Surveillance, Flex Perk

    It occurred to me the Ruin/Surveillance combo gets unique use from Artist. Only won one game with her but honestly I think that's more due to me not being very good at Artist. The one game I did win was in Haddonfield and I was getting loop snipes with the crows and such so I did much better there.

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    One I came up with when people were up in arms on Plague with buffed Thanatophobia:

    Gift of Pain, Floods of Rage, Lethal Pursuer, Flex Perk

    Addons: Black Incense

    Gift of Pain and the Iri addon are the stars of this show. Floods of Rage and Lethal Persuer are there to work with them.

    Idea is get them on a Scourge Hook and either they heal and get the progression penalty or stay hurt and/or sick, giving Black Incense value. I was using Devour as my fourth perk for the heck of it. I like how it works with Plague's catch-22 aspect.

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    A solid Pig build

    Plaything, Deadlock, Monitor and Abuse, Flex Perk

    Addons: Ruleset No 2, Face Mask

    One only used this build twice but got a single head pop both times. Though I think one came from smacking someone off hook and they didn't have time to mend and get the trap off.

    Plaything is probably the only truly critical perk. The rest are just what I used (don't recall my fourth offhand). The idea is get the trap on them and hook them. This forces them to choose between finding the totem, whose aura will be blocked by the face mask addon, search for the jigsaw box, which they won't be able to easily do until the trap is active, or work a gen, which will start their traps.

  • TotemSeeker91
    TotemSeeker91 Member Posts: 2,358

    Doctor; iri king, high stims, lightborn and any other 3 perks

    Why use anything else but lightborn? Lol

  • TotemSeeker91
    TotemSeeker91 Member Posts: 2,358

    Ah, a fellow addict, except mine is lightborn, which is better so there, lol jk

  • BringShaggytoDBD
    BringShaggytoDBD Member Posts: 412

    Thank you everyone for these. Some amazing suggestions and loving the variety of killers.