All 124 Killer Perks Explained & Tierlisted | Dead by Daylight

This video breaks down all Killer perks in Dead by Daylight, giving a solid understanding of the current meta (most effective tactic available) as of the 8.3.0 update. If you think I forgot some key information, be sure to share it below in the comments for others to see!

0:00:00 Intro
-- ★★★★★ 5/5 Stars --
0:00:31 Corrupt Intervention
0:02:56 Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
0:05:47 Grim Embrace
0:08:48 No Way Out
0:11:14 Pop Goes the Weasel
0:14:49 Eruption
0:17:08 Deadlock
-- ★★★★☆ 4/5 Stars --
0:21:26 Hex: No One Escapes Death
0:24:53 Hex: Pentimento
0:28:03 Hex: Ruin
0:31:19 Lethal Pursuer
0:35:48 Hex: Blood Favour
0:38:48 Zanshin Tactics
0:42:32 Tinkerer
0:46:34 Discordance
0:49:58 Nowhere to Hide
0:52:30 Barbecue & Chilli
0:55:00 Friends 'til the End
0:58:07 Coup de Grâce
1:01:42 Rapid Brutality
1:07:08 Bamboozle
1:11:33 Predator
1:13:55 Hex: Wretched Fate
1:16:58 Hex: Undying
1:20:00 Surge
1:22:35 Agitation
-- ★★★☆☆ 3/5 Stars --
1:25:12 Genetic Limits
1:27:35 Hex: Devour Hope
1:31:47 Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage
1:33:53 Weave Attunement
1:35:53 Thrilling Tremors
1:38:42 Dead Man's Switch
1:40:40 Hex: Plaything
1:42:37 Unforeseen
1:44:00 Enduring
1:46:20 Starstruck
1:48:39 Hex: Crowd Control
1:50:44 Play with Your Food
1:54:06 Sloppy Butcher
1:56:13 Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain
1:57:59 Leverage
1:59:19 Franklin's Demise
2:01:02 Mindbreaker
2:03:10 Hex: Thrill of the Hunt
2:04:48 Hex: Face the Darkness
2:06:19 Dominance
2:07:48 Remember Me
2:09:24 Rancor
2:10:58 Merciless Storm
2:13:49 Human Greed
2:15:23 Spies from the Shadows
2:17:52 Dragon's Grip
2:19:26 Save the Best for Last
2:21:57 Infectious Fright
2:23:29 A Nurse's Calling
2:25:11 Gearhead
2:27:00 I'm All Ears
2:28:54 Brutal Strength
-- ★★☆☆☆ 2/5 Stars --
2:31:16 Spirit Fury
2:34:03 Forced Penance
2:37:47 Machine Learning
2:39:34 Furtive Chase
2:40:53 Forced Hesitation
2:42:40 Trail of Torment
2:43:45 Dissolution
2:45:58 Oppression
2:48:09 Overcharge
2:49:32 Languid Touch
2:50:41 Hex: Huntress Lullaby
2:52:01 Hex: The Third Seal
2:53:20 Hex: Haunted Ground
2:54:17 Hex: Retributoin
2:55:56 Awakened Awareness
2:57:02 Bitter Murmur
2:58:11 Whispers
3:00:11 THWACK!
3:01:24 Deathbound
3:02:43 Coulrophobia
3:04:47 Surveillance
3:06:34 Monitor & Abuse
3:08:02 Blood Echo
3:09:48 Make Your Choice
3:11:58 Darkness Revealed
3:13:01 Alien Instinct
3:14:20 Ultimate Weapon
3:15:11 Dark Devotion
3:16:44 Thanatophobia
3:18:28 Game Afoot
3:20:27 Nemesis
3:21:21 Blood Warden
3:22:40 Mad Grit
3:24:11 Superior Anatomy
3:26:17 Dark Arrogance
3:27:42 Hubris
3:28:59 Lightborn
3:30:23 Knock Out
3:32:04 Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine
3:33:35 Cruel Limits
3:34:22 Terminus
3:36:25 Iron Maiden
3:37:30 Dying Light
3:39:34 Fire Up
3:40:46 Deerstalker
3:42:02 Hysteria
3:43:12 Batteries Included
3:44:51 Bloodhound
3:45:55 Unnerving Presence
3:47:28 Territorial Imperative
3:48:28 Stridor
3:49:43 Iron Grasp
3:50:39 Unrelenting
3:53:32 Hex: Two Can Play
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3:54:30 Septic Touch
3:55:11 Overwhelming Presence
3:55:55 Distressing
3:57:31 Hoarder
3:58:11 Call of Brine
3:59:26 Unbound
4:00:34 Scourge Hook: Hangman's Trick
4:01:49 Shadowborn
4:02:42 Undone
4:04:05 Beast of Prey
4:05:05 Insidious
4:05:44 Shattered Hope

Corrections:
- All 3 dracula perks are missing from the tierlist at the start of the video. Check the image version or skip to 4:06:53 to see the corrected version.

[jonahblack]

Hello Otz, thank you for uploading the four hour video 30 seconds ago. I’ve finished all of it and just want to say I think you’re wrong.

[QuizKing-UK]

Spending the last half of my shift wisely with this one, thanks Otz.

[ethan]

Definitely a fan of these shorter-form videos, i don’t always have time to sit down and watch the longer stuff

[Christoffer]

Finally a video to watch while trying to find the last two survivors on RPD.

[bogdank]

Thank you Otz, I'm still waiting for the new killer tier list after so many updates

[smokerthewhite]

seeing predator's icon that high just utterly blindsiding me, truly one of the greatest comeback stories of all time

[vlkins]

Truly one of the Otzdarva videos of all time

[michaelbaldwin]

Love from Florida bro. Milton was crazy last night but I’m grateful to have power to watch the GOAT

[minotesp]

4 hours? Otz forgot to tag this one as a short

[Casper.P]

Hey Otz, rapid brutality is (suprisingly) good on pyramidhead in my opinion. Using his trail obviously resets bloodlust but you also often get into the position where, if you zone the survivor using your power, they will force an M1. I've found that rapid speeds up my chases more than I would have first thought.

Also, clown with dissolution + rapid is an absolute menace.

[kadinraza]

Rapid is pretty good on Vecna as well. He cancels bloodlust build-up a lot with his spells and also moves super fast in fly with it activated.

[TheFirestar]

Otz:

"Beginners often spawn at a blocked gen, then go to another that's also blocked and then to another blocked as well."

Me with 2k hours doing the same thing: ...

[iamsnaper]

I love corrupt, but I'm still salty about that 1 slinger match I had where 1 dude used no mither and plot twist

[aquaimperative]

Zanshin Tactics did show breakable walls but they actually removed it with the most recent patch. Im glad because the walls added so much clutter to the screen

[datboy]

Math time
1c=1s of repair so we will convert percentages of full repair to charges instantly
There are 90c, 5% of that is 4.5c, so one kick saves you 4.5 seconds.
—Pop (-20% of gen percentage after kick):
[As a best case we will assume the gen has 89c.]
So the gen after a kick will be
89c-4.5c=84.5c
84.5c•0.2= 16.9c
Therefore at BEST Pop will give you 16.9 seconds. To illustrate how much it has been nerfed from previous patch
84.5c•0.3= 25.35c which is a 8.45 second difference.
Full formula for Ω percent of a generator when applying pop
0.2(Ω-(90•0.05))
—Pain res (flat -20% of 90c)
90c•0.2= 18c so 18 seconds of a single survivor wasted (amazing)
—Eruption (-10% per proc)
90c•0.1= 9c or 9 seconds. With 2 eruptions set before hand you will by far exceed a single use of pain res or pop
4.5c•2+9c•2= 27c or 27 seconds saved (if we include gen kick time thats -1.8 for each proc which in this scenario would give us 23.4 seconds saved)

Back to pop, lets say you run all 3 of these together. You apply eruption, then down a survivor, then get a pain res, and B line it for the most progressed gen.
0.2((Ω-9-18-4.5))
Assume gen is 89 charges (best case)
Pop saves you 11.5c or 11.5 seconds of the time of a single survivor.
Conclusion: Run eruption and pain res for most efficient gen regression.
Remark: The regression speed of generators needs a significant buff. 3 survivors on different gens will entirely undo your pain res in 6 seconds flat.

[daspfannkuchen]

thank you!!! been waiting to use this to procrastinate and fail my midterms

[redshirt]

Thing about NOED : If you see someone in your lobby has brought a map., don't bring it. In fact, don't bring Hex perks at all. They're doing a totem archive for sure. If anything, bring Pentimento.

Another killer that gets massive value out of Rapid Brutality is Vecna. Hit the M1, immediately pop fly. Rapid stacks with fly's movement speed bonus, this combo pretty much guarantees they do not make the next loop.

[spoopydeuce]

Thanks for giving me something to listen to at work and make it pass quicker <3 love you bro

[Calebe_Sagaz]

I love when Otz make tierlist videos. ❤️

[mayebeline]

2:17:35 "if you're a bit of a crow whisperer"
Lmao I love that description. That's me, I get so much info from Spies. I only use it on Ghostface and Pig though, since it's sadly a bit inconsistent when you can't shut off your terror radius, because survivors tend to stop running if they're not already in chase. It's great while in stealth though, and works perfectly on Ghostface in particular.