
The Hag, AKA Lisa Sherwood, has the power to “shape mud to her will”, drawing Phantasm Traps into the ground. While both are “very hard” according to Behaviour’s rating, we consider The Hag as slightly easier thanks to her teleportation ability, Blackened Catalyst. Popular choices among long-time players of the asymmetrical horror game, these two are hard to escape when controlled by the right player. If you play as a survivor regularly, two terrifying killers you’ll come up against frequently are The Hag and The Nurse. The Huntress is limited to five Hatchets in hand at a time (unless you have the Leather Loop add-on), so be sure to regularly restock your hatchets from lockers. The greatest benefit to a ranged attack is the ability to hit a survivor with a pallet or window between you, but be careful not to run out of hatchets. Injuring with the first hatchet will also slow a survivor’s movement speed as normal, so you can then go after them with your basic melee attack instead. You still need to land two hits to down a player, but there is only a slight cooldown between throws and this can be reduced with add-ons. This power makes for a truly top-tier killer, as an eagle eye and a sharp shot can down survivors within seconds of starting a match. While every other S-tier killer is a close-range melee attacker, The Huntress stands out with a ranged weapon, her Hunting Hatchets. Also, don’t get tripped up by not holding the action button long enough to uncloak, as this will give your location away, but you still won’t be able to attack. While The Wraith is a superb killer for sacrificing survivors quickly, the trick to mastering the killer comes with knowing exactly when to cloak and uncloak. To do so, you must first uncloak, which slows The Wraith’s movement speed back down slightly. The caveat is that he’s unable to injure or down them while cloaked.

While cloaked, The Wraith also has increased movement speed, making it easier to close the gap on wily players. If you’re paying close attention to your surroundings, he can be vaguely made out as a blur, but this means he can easily sneak up on players engrossed in repairs or healing. Using his Wailing Bell power, The Wraith becomes almost completely invisible to survivors. One of the easiest killers available, and yet still used by professionals and long-time players, The Wraith really is a jack-of-all-trades killer, and incredibly popular to boot. TierCharacterSThe Wraith, The Huntress, The Hag, The Nurse, The SpiritAThe Trapper, The Blight, The Hillbilly, The Ghost Face, The ExecutionerBThe Trickster, The Shape, The Doctor, The Nemesis, The Artist, The PigCThe Legion, The Dredge, The Plague, The Deathslinger, The Oni, The TwinsDThe Cannibal, The Nightmare, The Clown, The Demogorgon, The Onryo, The Cenobite Here is our Dead by Daylight killer tier list: Killers’ individual perks have only slightly been taken into account, as they can be unlocked and used interchangeably with any killer build.

In the hands of a DBD veteran though, they’re among the best characters available. For example, The Hag and The Nurse are in S Tier, but these won’t be great picks for beginners thanks to their difficult abilities and attacks.

The tier list below considers Behaviour’s difficulty rating for each killer, their unique power, and the strength of that power when played well. But which is best? Find out with our Dead by Daylight killers tier list. Every one of the following DBD killers has their own terrifying unique power, from ranged axe throws, to infectious bile and close-range chainsaw attacks. While there’s certainly something thrilling about putting yourself in the shoes of a survivor (there must be a reason we all wonder how we’d do in a zombie apocalypse, right?), nothing gets the heart racing like shirking the lawful-good responsibilities of real life and taking on the role of a blood-thirsty killer. The joy of an asymmetrical horror game has always been the ability to be the bad guy. Combined with the July 2022 overhaul of 40 killer and survivor perks which has completely shifted the game, and there’s even more to consider. Thanks to that huge list of names, it’s certainly difficult to keep track of who you should main.

>Updated: >Dead by DaylightOn the prowl for a DBD killers tier list? Six years in, the Dead by Daylight character roster is bigger than ever, boasting a massive 28 killers at the time of writing, and a further 31 survivors.
