Albert Wesker, The Mastermind, has made his way into the Fog of Dead by Daylight. He’s joined by Ada Wong and Rebecca Chambers in the Project W Chapter which is to be released on August 30, 2022. After a strong run on the PTB, Wesker stands poised to shake things up in the live game. Here’s how to get a jump on playing the S.T.A.R.S. traitor.

Best Mastermind Build in Dead by Daylight

This build is a stealth build that plays on Wesker’s inherent strengths in clearing obstacles and chasing Survivors.

Add-ons

  • Dark SunglassesWhen a Survivor is fully infected with the Uroboros Infection, gain the undetectable status effect for 20 seconds.Lab PhotoDestroy pallets and breakable walls when colliding while using Virulent Bound.Removes the ability to vault pallets while using Virulent Bound.

Perks

  • Tinkerer (Hillbilly)When a generator is repaired to 70%, you receive a loud noise notification, and you are granted the undetectable status effect for 12/14/16 seconds.Eruption (Nemesis)After kicking a generator, its aura is highlighted in yellow.When you put a Survivor in the dying state, every affected generator explodes and starts regressing, removing the highlighted aura.Applies an immediate 6% progression penalty.Any Survivor repairing a generator when it explodes will scream and suffer from the incapacitated status effect for 12/14/16 seconds.Eruption has a cooldown of 30 seconds.Hex: Play With Your Food (Shape)You become obsessed with one Survivor. Every time you chase your Obsession and let them escape, you receive a Token (up to a maximum of three).Each Token increases your movement speed by 3/4/5%.Performing a basic or special attack will consume one Token.Play With Your Food has a cooldown of 10 seconds.You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.Hex: Plaything (Cenobite)If there is at least one Dull Totem remaining in the Trial Grounds, Hex: Plaything activates on a random Totem each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time.The hooked Survivor suffers from the Cursed and Oblivious status effects until Hex: Plaything is cleansed.For the first 90 seconds, only the Cursed Survivor is able to cleanse the Hex Totem.The aura of Hex: Plaything’s Hex Totem is revealed to the Cursed Survivor within 24/20/16 meters.The Hex effects persist as long as the related Hex Totem is standing.

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