With the best perks to help Survivors escape the determined Killers in Dead by Daylight, players can quickly advance from a beginner to escape artist. If you’re looking to improve your Survivor skills in Dead by Daylight, check out our detailed guide below.

Best Survivor Builds and Perks in Dead by Daylight

Whether players are beginning solo or staying alive as a team, these Survivor builds will help Survivors stay alive longer, counter some of the Killer’s best perks, and ultimately become impossible to hook. Here’s a list of the best Survivor builds in Dead by Daylight.

Meta Survivor Build

This beginner build helps players learn how to maneuver through each trial with success in escaping the Killer’s grasp and with staying alive longer.

  • Deliverance (Adam Francis)Activate a 100% chance to unhook yourself after performing a safe hook rescue on a SurvivorDecisive Strike (Laurie Strode)Succeed a skill check and automatically escape the Killer’s grasp and stun the KillerUnbreakable (William “Bill” Overbeck)Increase dying recovery speedTenacity (Detective Tapp)Crawl 50% faster and recover at the same time

Best Survivor Build to Counter Hex Perks

Some of the strongest Killer perks are the Hex perks. This build allows players to counter those annoyingly powerful hexes and pressure the map with aura-reading abilities.

  • Detective’s Hunch (Detective Tapp)Reveal the auras of Generators, Chests, and Totems, when a Generator is completedOpen-Handed (Ace Visconti)Increase the aura reading abilitySmall GameReceive auditory warnings, when looking in direction of Killer traps and TotemsSprint Burst (Meg Thomas)Break into a sprint at 150% of normal running speed

Unbeatable Survivor Build

The perks do their jobs in this strategic Survivor build, but the Add-ons are the essential cherries on top of this DBD sundae. Sabotage the Killer’s traps and become literally impossible to hook, severely aggravating and humiliating every Killer with this unbeatable build.

  • Tenacity (Detective Tapp)Crawl 50% faster and recover at the same timeUnbreakable (William “Bill” Overbeck)Increase dying recovery speedBreakout (Yui Kimura)Gain the Haste Status Effect, when close to a carried SurvivorBoil Over (Kate Denson)Obscure the Killer’s ability to see hook auras and to increase struggling effects on The Killer by 75%

Add-ons like Rainbow Map and Odd Stamp allow Survivors to track objects within the map and control the range of the tracking abilities. More helpful add-ons, like Alex’s Toolbox, Cutting Wire, and Hacksaw, allow players to unlock the sabotage action and tamper with the Killer’s traps.

Explore the dark side and enjoy the perks of being a Killer, with this list of the Best Killer Perks in Dead by Daylight.