All 30 Killers Ranked Easiest to Hardest to Master! (Dead by Daylight Killer Tier List)

[@AZHYMOVS]

I'm gonna be playing Gartic Phone with Discord ppl tomorrow at 2pm (UTC +0), come play if you like : ) discord.gg/azhymovs

[@JeroldBoy0407]

I thought that said garlic for a solid minute XD

[@epicgamingtotally6405]

Am ironic thing is that all the killers you put in hard to master I found easy no dif so master lol.

[@lonewolffang]

Would like to see The Evil Within get a chance in DBD. Ruvik, his sister, The pastor or the photographer could be the killers.

[@ninja6245-real]

The knight’s allies aren’t stupid. The AI is quite smart and is able to do a variety of things. A good knight can just shut down a survivor team.

[@BeetleOnThatJuice]

I’m a DBD mobile main. And to be honest, I understand how you have a hard time using those killers. Which is funny since I use Trickster, Doctor, Oni, Legion, Wraith and Cenobite. Cenobite is my main and is kinda hard to learn but takes a small amount of time.

[@braytonewell]

The Huntress is an interesting one here. She is not all too hard to learn at first, but her skill ceiling is seemingly unlimited.

[@flevami]

It's funny with Huntress because whenever you feel like you are doing pretty well, a good survivor shows you what you still need to improve. It becomes rare the better you get, but there is always something. I'd say I'm above average when I play well, but I still get destroyed sometimes and notice how much better I could do. Or how well great Huntresses play. Awesome killer design imo

[@braytonewell]

@@flevami The Huntress is in just about a perfect state. She needs little, if any, change.

[@flevami]

@@braytonewell Agreed. I hope they don't somehow mess her up or any killer that feels good while also offering good counterplay

[@YJL186]

one of the most balanced and well designed killers

[@avatog6113]

Unrelated but I have an idea for some huntress Add-ons which allows you to make your hatchets able to turn in the air. And different add ons can make it go left, right, or up and then crashing down

[@zergscaper4714]

0:22 - "Be prepared to lose a part of your soul." We're playing Dead By Daylight, aren't we?

[@MythKatana]

Lol a masterpiece comment with no replies

[@Hexagonagle]

You lose the rest of you’re soul

[@user-bq5em1hu9r]

You lose ALL but a part of your soul

[@snarkbotanya6557]

As a Trapper main... yeah, "easy to learn, extremely difficult to master" definitely sums him up very well. I personally find him a lot easier than some characters who were ranked below him, but that's largely because I have an easier time with memorizing maps and planning strategies than I do with the hand-eye coordination required to play a lot of other killers. His playstyle just meshes better with how my brain is wired.

[@jordankibbee3441]

I love trapper he's a thinking man killer unfortunately games can go quick rng is a issue and luck but if you know how to heard survivor he is ok. I would like to see him start with all his traps and unlike the add on that allows that still be able to pick them up would definitely help him

[@chaosflash912]

I main Trapper too, and I have a lot of success with him despite being on Switch because sometimes all it takes is outfoxing survivors once with your traps to turn things around harder than Phoenix Wright could ever muster.

[@olivergarden0]

also trapper main here, i completely agree with this and! i find him very rewarding and im not even a great planner yet but ive learned a LOT within the past week that ive had the game (im new lol) but im doing pretty well with him i think!!

[@profitsmash672]

Trapper is one of those killers where if the survivors are all randoms you can almost guarantee a 4k but if it's a squad good luck even killing one person

[@georgialopez7717]

Pinhead is far more worthy of the difficulty hate-train than Nurse gets at this point, combined with needing the maneuverability/monitoring akin to Billy and Twins. Which is why I really hope people will have an open mind to the Knight's issues! A lot of ambition has gone into his concept and he's a killer people have always wanted in-game. His power can be polished up pretty easy I think.

[@AZHYMOVS]

I agree, the concept is super cool but it 100% needs polishing

[@adrioumario1369]

I might be the only one, but i believe that Pinhead would belong more in the "It's going to take a lot of dedication " tier since, even if he is hard, you do not need to always locate the box when starting the game and even if using his chains is tricky, if you aim right, you will mostly succeed into chaining the Survivor. I feel like people say Pinhead is hard because using his chains is a difficult concept to handle, but once you understood, it becomes easier to play him. ( Precision : I mained Myers, Nemesis and Pinhead. I let Nemesis down since his power is mostly based on RNG and i continued playing Myers and Pinhead because their power was fun to me. Today, i still play pinhead from time to time but i mostly play Myers or the killers on wich i have rituals to do. )

[@carkpop]

@@adrioumario1369 I mean, we're talking about "mastering", so to me on Pinhead, mastering is identifying the box spawn in the beginning of the game, even without Lethal persuer sometimes. Being able to identify the next spawn of the box, just based on Auras & scream bubbles consistently. Even with hundreds of hours now on Pinhead, I'm still not 100% perfect. I think I get the spawn correct 85% of the time? And that's usually helped with BBQ showing me where Survivors are running. Just that alone would put him in the "Dedication" category because that's learning the box spawns on all 40+ maps(?I think it's around 40?), and how survivors move to the box to prevent chain hunts. BUT on top of that, you also have to master his power, which is basically Nurse's power with less payoff, and positioning where the RNG chains will spawn. Idk, I main pinhead because I feel he's the only killer I still have so much to learn after so many hours. I feel like I can pick Nurse & Huntress up and after a game or two, be the stereotypical Huntress main hitting cross maps, but Pinhead I still feel is a 50/50 if I'm going to be successful or not, even after hundreds of hours.

[@Sharpefern]

@@adrioumario1369 I would agree with CarKpop. I would go further than just mentioning the box spawns on the maps but where in the tile does it generally spawn. You also need to figure out what audio cues on each map are going to mess you up example being power lines on Badham. Like the box alone has a lot of his pressure. And as for his chains its more than just landing a chain in chase, its very timing focused. There are alot of places, especially in indoor maps, where chaining is going to hurt you because of your slowdown vs help you. I have seen chains land where upon returning to pinhead all three are already off.

[@lestat305]

pin head can shut down great survivors

[@FrédéricGodbout9719]

I think sadako is actually quite hard to master since using her weaker add ons such as old journal require a bit of practice to mind game properly with it and her stronger add ons require her to be played in a completely different manner. And certain tricks such as the pallet destroy fake with the demanifest and looking at tvs to see if they are playing the tape to determine if a survivor is within 16 meters of you, require a good amount of knowledge.

[@braytonewell]

I do agree. I almost stated that she is a bit harder.

[@TheVideolover45]

I main Sadako also and I feel like a lot of players have this sentiment she's this hard to master, underrated killer, but I really don't think she is. Her power can only be used so many ways and her add ons allow for a lot of versatility that's hard to punish. I'd argue her only real playstyles are Condemned hunting, stealth and Ping-ponging between Televisions. But the thing is they're not mutually exclusive playstyles. Which imo makes her fairly simple to master in the end.

[@forsakengod3505]

Even though she's the second weakest killer she gets the most kills

[@_Lucalan_]

@@forsakengod3505 According to who??

[@levihamer8851]

@@_Lucalan_ BHVR put out an article recently that showed all the killer averages for kills and somehow sadako was second while nurse was close to the bottom surprisingly

[@imaxvi]

The Twins, Hillbilly and Trapper being in the last tier didn’t make any sense to me until I really thought about it, this list overall was full of surprises while still making perfect sense, nice! Also that missed flashlight save at 11:44 broke my heart lol

[@azozyaljohne9186]

Bro billy 6 months i still not master him

[@bamboozled614]

im surprised that you're surprised about the hillbilly

[@Toredos_4242]

@@azozyaljohne9186 Billy requires to master not just his chainsaw, but your own stress resistance and mental stability as well

[@xZOMBIECORNx]

I see why Billy and the Twins were up there. however, i personally have less trouble with Trapper.. i was surprised to see Trapper higher in the list than Nurse

[@BraidensWorldProductions]

Hillbilly’s power up is pretty bad due to how hard it is to control the chainsaw, so you have to get close to them

[@PlagueOfGripes]

After picking up killer after about 1000 hours of survivor, my personal experience is that the killers I have the most problem with are the ones with a mechanical focus: something precise to throw or shoot, an action that repositons you in a weird way, and especially anything involving making your character move very differently. I personally found Oni to be almost incomprehensible due to this, since his power controls like a train that has gotten off the tracks. Any time I see guides recommend I change my keybindings or get used to switching my dpi, I just tap out. But I'm also an older man and never liked mechanically focused games anyway. Probably way more approachable for people that like that sort of thing and can still do it.

[@RebeccaMain90]

Theres also the fact that he doesnt have to charge around all the time, if ur in a tight loop or corner, you can hold m1 to charge up a slam the same way running around would do, only its more like a leatherface chainsaw move. I see most onis just trying to charge around most of the time when they could easily just get the button held slam. The charging around i find is best for catching people off guard or in the open or bunched in a group, but in a loop the chargeable m1 attack works best

[@Guys._.]

I've been a Pinhead main since he released, and I am still learning new stuff to do with him. He is definitely rewarding to play, but you definitely need to know when to use your power.

[@BraidensWorldProductions]

And if you hate t baggers I’d recommend pyramid head, since he’s able to hit people past boards, walls, ect. So if they try to t bag you can hit them in flashlight range

[@jordankibbee3441]

I definitely agree not a main but his ⛓️ do seem to be worthless in some areas he's really good for solos and swf can be tough what is your build?

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

The biggest Daddy

[@velociraptorgod110]

@@BraidensWorldProductions nah, Nailhead is so punishing for toxicity....tbag? Chain hin and free hit. Trying to blind after pallet stunn? Just use a chain and he cant blind or make any distance...tbag in the gate? Well if the survivor is not at full health the chains will block the gate for 5 sec, enough to down and hook. 99 Sprintburst? Oh no, the chains wont let u run fast af boiii.... Cenobite punishes any action that is not Running away. But its hard to hit the cains against experienced teams

[@robynevelyn6845]

You sound like you genuinely enjoy making content again, it’s lush to hear ❤️

[@TenguOfAshina]

Finally an honest list that doesn't rank Nurse as the hardest killer to main. Thanks, we should let other people know how much they're missing out just by quitting Nurse in the first game. At least for me, it was ridiculously easy to learn to use her taking as a reference point the tremendous overvaluation that the Nurse mains give to their difficulty curve (mostly in order to justify how OP she is).

[@null10321]

Agree. She is not easy by far but she is not incredibly hard either. It tooks like 5 matches to learn the blinks and around other 10~20 to learn how to predict correctly good survivors. That's absolutely nothing compared to Billy for example.

[@iconbluesn5648]

@@null10321 also who needs that when there's a crutch addon that shows you the blinks location. although it sucks for a good nurse, it completely deletes the learning curve

[@WillowSCP]

Dredge was either surprisingly easy to play or he became my favourite killer within seconds

[@lazylee8085]

Same. I was a Spirit main and was looking for a new killer. Tried Dredge on a suggestion and instantly fell in love with it. The teleport surprises is great, and the antiloop is tricky to learn but worth it. Overall a fun time.

[@divinemenethil3593]

for real. i tried dredge out and immediately loved it. really easy to play imo. love the ability to hook a survivor and appear halfway across the map for the 3 survivors in the killer shack working on 1 generator and none of the lockers are locked. >:)

[@WillowSCP]

@@divinemenethil3593 try that with devour hope and he's even more annoying

[@divinemenethil3593]

@@WillowSCP i tried dredge with devour hope and holy hell. i got points super quick and easily 3ked with 3 gens left. i would have 4ked but i let the david leave cause i realized how op this is.

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

He is such a cutie Turkey Boi

[@chicken1453]

Amazing video. 🤭 All my mains seem not so hard to master. I think my hardest killer to play is Pyramid head. I didnt play every killer yet so it helps to know which one I need to patient with. Amazing outro, as usual. Thanks and Ok baaaaaaaiiiii

[@AZHYMOVS]

[@liandre9035]

and here i am being a freddy main XD before him it was clown and before clown when i started it was legion. So you see i like when things are easy XD but i play almost all killers and switch alot, still if i have a 4k challenge or something i always go back to freddy.

[@CybercietyYT]

As a Wesker main, I sorta agree. I personally feel like his Uroboros max infection can sound weak on paper if no one cures it, but he instantly picks you up if he collides with you in Virulent Bound. But I understand your ranking for him, honestly. He's so far the only Killer I really play, so I've mainly just focused on him over others, lmao.

[@mirage3089]

The instant down part of the infection isn't really the main threat it's more or so the -8% movement speed survivors get. You're forced to get rid of it if you even want to consider having a chase with him shame it's also a good tunneling tool

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

The "lmao" made me ROFL

[@mirage3089]

@@LeavingThisTownYT yeah I got a bit of peepogiggles from that one

[@alexwittig2760]

The Uroboros infection is actually the part that makes him so oppressive in my opinion and is the reason I would put him in the easy or perfectly doable tier. Once infected there is nothing you can do to escape him, because you can't outplay the slow.

[@sumbunniii8721]

@@LeavingThisTownYTwhy? Wtf

[@thatfishguy4991]

Plague is the basic killer I’ve struggled the most with. Like knowing when/when not to pick up your red puke, and knowing when/when not to vomit on survivors, all while giving survivors a free heal, is surprisingly difficult and I didn’t realize it until I started playing her.

[@zubadub6700]

Gotta say picking up pinhead is relatively okay, master is the hard part but with Billy the entirety of it is difficult. Both starting off and mastery which is why I think Billy is a bit harder. Also I have to agree with you on Oni. A lot of people play one match with him and hate his power but if you put in a little time his power becomes much easier to use.

[@taragnor]

Yeah Billy is without a doubt the hardest killer to use in DBD.

[@lestat305]

​@@taragnor pinhead is harder than billy lmao

[@wurewulf264]

Twins main, I think their placement was pretty accurate, if you look at different twins mains most of us play to different strengths of theirs, some people like Lynxi are very good at snipes, others are good at using victor to guide survivors towards Charlotte, and those are hard to get the hang of. I personally love using double victor alert range because survivors just don’t understand the concept of crouching, and if you put victor in a three gen you have full control of it 24/7. They have different play styles and things to learn and all of it seems pretty viable, it’s a shame people don’t like them.

[@primarch6788]

I think the 3 other twin mains would agree

[@AosorarisuUnedited]

I'm late to the game but Twins is actually on my short list of who I want to main. I'm having a lot of fun chasing survivors from one to the other. Maybe you know this, if you use Insidious perk, does it charge while you are on Victor since Charlotte isn't moving? I'm also curious if Whispers follows Victor or Charlotte for when someone is 'near'.

[@wurewulf264]

@@AosorarisuUnedited a lot of perks don’t affect/apply to victor, I don’t believe whispers works on Vic. But I do think insidious activates while Charlotte is inactive, but she loses her terror radius by default without the perk while you control victor. So you can hide her but she does make some quiet noises while she’s “sleeping.” Also good survivors won’t fall for a stealth Charlotte because while she moves they can hear the metal stuff she has on her back rattling, so it can be hard to sneak up while undetectable.

[@AosorarisuUnedited]

@@wurewulf264 Ah fair, I figured Insidous might give you more time to see someone nearby without survivors realizing she is awake, almost like the silly AFK strats. Does she do a different animation while asleep?

[@mitosis9678]

@@AosorarisuUnedited yeah her head tilts downward

[@gachispy]

Props for not putting nurse at the highest tier. People massively overestimate how difficult it is to play her

[@onlyhrts]

Are u a killer main?

[@JustMiluna]

I'm trying to play her on console, it's a damn nightmare. Its funny since on reddit players claim that she's "piss ex to learn and master" Highly disagree.

[@hypnobearcoup2505]

She’s entirely different difficulty tiers on pc and console.

[@onlyhrts]

@@JustMiluna she is unplayable on consoles

[@JustMiluna]

@@onlyhrts Eh I noticed. Right now I'm playing more Sadako, simpler and less of a pain, it's such a pity.

[@finnyb0i1]

I think sadako could either be "a challange for sure" or the previously mentioned tier, depending on what route with her you go. If you go the condemnation route, like opw, you might be more challanged. But her normal hit and run, i think is the right tier for her. Nice vid btw! Idk how you're always able to find new stuff to talk about! EDIT: accidentally put j instead of i

[@devinbuerger4192]

Billy is definitely the hardest character in the game. You literally lose chase if you miss your power, it has such a ridiculously punishing CD for missing someone, and if you hit a wall it's PAINFULLY long. Most people will literally just M1 rather than try to use his power because you actually get punished for missing unlike most killers whos punishment for missing is just well... missing. you can tell a real die-hard hillbilly from a city boy really quickly, because a real hillbilly is scary as hell, and city boys just get looped to absolute death

[@loweloking88]

If you feel so unconfident to use his power and m1 instead of a wide open hit, then you shouldn’t play Billy.

[@joellewontorcik8621]

Billy is not the hardest.

[@danielwisell3836]

As a trapper and billy main, my soul has been thoroughly crushed

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

Billy is ❤️❤️❤️

[@heroesinhoodies1210]

Trapper mains are the true heroes o7

[@codjaroman8553]

The " billy mains are the true heroes" made me tear up

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

@Codja Roman Yeah Billy is ❤️❤️❤️

[@joedapro1118]

Fellow Billy main here, it’s a ROUGH life isn’t it?

[@gotsomham]

As a nurse main, I’d definitely put her at an easier tier. You do have to change the way you play, but getting good with blinks is still based on prediction. At a certain point, the distance of blinks becomes second nature to you.

[@matthewhoye2867]

Fr I started playing her and in 2 days I was rank 1

[@ironbear2645]

Yup took me a couple weeks to get good at her but now I stomp pretty much every time. The last time I really “lost” with her was when there was 1 survivor left and hatch was closed but he was super unpredictable so he looped me till time ran out. I’ve never run into a survivor that good in all my 1k hours

[@gotsomham]

@@ironbear2645 Yeah. When I don’t want to play as an “evil” nurse, I use tracking/aura reading perks, since they help with the survivors that understand how to counter her.

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

Nurse will eat all the other Killers for breakfast! She has a league of her own and says, "F☆ck you wannabe B*ches!"😎😎😁😁😁😁

[@gotsomham]

@@LeavingThisTownYT You either hate Nurse, or are a really passionate Nurse main. There’s no in-between.

[@cuppedcup5048]

I personally think Freddy’s power is a bit underrated and underlooked. His way of placing traps in strategic positions so you can get the most out of them is riveting when it works

[@liandre9035]

I always use his dream pallets tbh. I main him but i never bothered with the snares actually. I just feel like they are not rewarding enough, they are an anti loop but its more you do the work so they can function rather than the power really asists you. Maybe im just too inexperienced with snares.

[@lussor1]

Hes very nerfed

[@irift3]

Your new outro always puts a smile on my face 🤠. Keep up the great content

[@CordyBrush]

as someone who recently picked up Hillbilly, I can say that he is also very dependant on remaining calm more than any killer, even Blight! if I relax and only go for chainsaws when I know they have nowhere to go than forward, it works! but if 3 gens fly within the first chase and I panic.. helloooo collisions on EVERY chase xD

[@deemanzini5651]

As a Legacy Billy main since 2016 i can make you an entire list of reasons why he Is far harder then any killer now, we are talking about a killer that punishes you even if you go One Meter too far with the chainsaw sprint, no wonder why you never see him anymore

[@wsawbi6402]

Something to add on to doctors skill is sanity management. Since Static blast brings you up a sanity level you can use that to knock people into tier 3 insanity which stops them from doing gens. Had a game recently where I was able to save my game by denying a survivor the ability to finish a gen

[@braytonewell]

Using a couple add-ons and perks, I found a really fun build that practically covers the entire map with static blast when chasing someone in the middle.

[@Ginamy72]

@@braytonewell enlighten me?

[@braytonewell]

@@Ginamy72 Add-Ons: "Calm" - Carter's Notes, "Calm" - Class II; Perks: Distressing, Monitor & Abuse. It brings the terror radius up to 62 meters I think.

[@Ginamy72]

@@braytonewell ok thanks I recently restarted so my doctor is only like level 10, but I’ll give it a go

[@braytonewell]

@@Ginamy72 No problem. Make sure you're chasing them first, obviously, due to the Monitor perk.

[@kriminellerbusfahrer5991]

I would put Ghostface on "Its going to take alot of dedication" because its sooooooo hard to play with him against high rank players/pros and also if u Fk up your stealth moment, ur literally just a guy with a knife.

[@seiiral]

thats just because hes weak, not because hes hard to master

[@haz525]

It took me a good few months to become scarily good with pinhead. I think part of the dedication comes from my love for hellraiser tbh

[@AC-eb5xk]

I feel this haha I am the same but pinhead’s add ons are just brutal man you can make about 3 different builds for each combination of them all haha

[@Markus-jr6yv]

Hey nothing wrong with that. It's just like me when I put alot of dedication to Nemesis, because I love Resident Evil alot, but eventually 4 months after the first Resident Evil dlc I got bored with Nemesis so decide to play a different killer, but I don't know who to go with so i ask some of my friends that plays DBD on what killer would fit me the best. And most say to try Huntress and was like, all right I give her a shot, since during that time I never played Huntress mostly do to her bad perk selection and such. So I when I played her and ever since that day I fell in love with her playstyle, it's perfect for me and never got bored of her. And of course look up as many guides I can on Huntress. And about 1 year of training with her I got really insane with her and I'm proud of it.

[@marcuscaestus3583]

Oni is a lot harder than you seem to think. For one, he plays much differently on console than PC. His flicks are limited, his hitbox is incredibly clunky, and camera angles before flicks are much more of a factor. On top of that, oni requires much more strategy in order to balance gen pressure with chase length. Choosing when to decide to continue chase on a wounded survivor, when to activate power, maintaining an awareness of other survivor locations, and how to synergize wrath power with perks (for instance infectious fright, ultimate weapon, nowhere to hide and trail of torment). There is also the threat of losing wrath, not having any blood orbs, and being stuck as an m1 killer on large maps. He's amongst the most difficult killers to master.

[@bho6007]

Deathslinger was a pain to learn honestly

[@jordankibbee3441]

I'm still learning him but have not played him a lot yet

[@mrmaskguy420]

I've got a thing for making terrible decisions, so I'm going to try and master every killer, I'm not going to have a soul by the end of my quest

[@AZHYMOVS]

Good luck, friend

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Seeing Billy on the hard to master feels like a surreal dream. He isn’t the hardest. It’s just that he is factually a worst killer after the nerfs. Instasaw and no cooldowns for chainsaw was a powertrip that had my vote for best killer behind Nurse. Now you can’t abuse cheese, but if you played addonless old Billy back in the day, then he isn’t too much different. Certain addons like going through pallets for 1 damage give him a new chance to shine.

[@hunterdrown-mansfield4746]

As a trickster main I can agree that he’s a challenge to master, I’m fairly decent with him and I’m always looking for new ways to adapt to the gameplay. His power being very good at 1v1s and camping is something that is very useful and challenging at the same time.

[@madmonty4761]

Knife just knife i am not a trickster fan in both gameplay and everything else

[@veleroxin107]

His automatic recoil is what no one told me about when trying to learn him and it threw me off a lot

[@blairwitch101]

As a trickster main myself, I completely agree. The rebound shots are always so satisfying when they hit but he can be really hard to master.

[@sumbunniii8721]

Trickster mains are gonna love toga on MHA rumble cuz it’s literally same gameplay w/ the throwing knives only u can use it to skinwalk anyone U want. Sorry I know it’s random but beta ended and I’m tryna to find a similar survivor co op game lmao 😅

[@psylina]

Ghostface takes alot of dedication considering the most efficent way to play him comes from weeks of learning map structures and stalk spots. As difficult or even more than Pig

[@Throckmongler]

interesting take on cenobite gotta say. really good video over all.

[@TheCrazedLorry98]

When I first played Pyramid head I felt underwhelmed but I went back to try again and now he’s one of my favourite killers. He takes a bit of practice, especially his ranged attack but his kit is so unique and when it all comes together it’s a thing of sheer beauty and delight. Also he’s fun to play against as survivor.

[@johnkonchinsky2282]

Trapper is the first killer I mastered and one the killers I often main. I usually use Trapper, Wraith, Death slinger, and Legion. Though I have found Legion a bit more difficult to use since their rework.

[@sharon-hm4pp]

Finally I can figure out who to have as my main, thx for the list

[@ceral1079]

What took me as a Plague main longer to master than HOW to use her powers is WHEN. Making the right strategic decision when and where to pick up the corrupted Purge can make all the difference in a game (provided you know how to hit with it).

[@caboose759]

I would pop Clown one tier up personally. Yes you can just throw purple bottles non stop but the best way to play him is balancing when to switch his bottles, spacing to gain the most advantage, and timing his yellow bottles. For example, there is a difference between just throwing purples all the time and forcing survivors to be backed against the wall while you're sped up and they're slowed down.

[@DukeIsLoud]

The oni is way more difficult than bubba

[@NotSoKevin1]

I play Huntress a lot and thought she was simple to learn, but boy learning to arc and range throws perfectly is tough. As well as that having to keep topping up axes without breaking the rhythm of hunting and chasing takes time and a bit of luck regarding lockers.

[@Harlekinks]

As a Plague main, I must say I’m shocked how far you put her, I honestly find her the easiest to play with, usually getting 3k or 4k with her most of the time, also her buff made her way easier to master. But then again, that’s me

[@radioactive.mermaid]

I’m a pretty average Plague main but I have to agree, it’s like I knew how to use her instantly and totally wipe the survivors, but I did feel like she fit into my play style quite nicely so maybe we’re just built different

[@Harlekinks]

@@radioactive.mermaid I can understand that, tho I fairly enjoy her and she was the main reason I found my way to DBD.

[@joshkeller2671]

Got a 4k with demigorgon without using his portals once in the match against a ttv, joined his stream to say gg and he was like "one thing that confused me is you didn't use his power once?" Just told him people were always near me so it wasn't needed rather than the more embarrassing explanation that teleporting is really disorienting for me. But to be fair the survivors were never outside of shredding distance from me for whatever reason.

[@damodadrugo9696]

I can confirm, I lost a part of my soul maining cenobite.

[@cartrex2437]

That's a waste of good suffering

[@zackaryscoles6839]

I spent 4 months trying to get good with demo. I came to the conclusion that he's just not for me. I think part of my problem is that I just never had fun playing him. I may pick him back up in the future but it's not going to be for a while. Right now I'm kicking ass with Myers.

[@GamingNate006]

One of my mains is trapper. Fun and simple to use but sure using trapper at peak has to involve thinking like a survivor to trap one in the snares.

[@Hydrodictyon]

Every time you make a video like this - I come into the comment section and do the same thing. As a Plague main I'm convinced that she is as simple as it gets with her actual power not at all a challenge. But she is, indeed, one of the hardest killers to learning

[@aZakthatAttacks]

Michael's variety of addons like Scratched Mirror take SOME dedication to master as they change up his playstyle from stalking & gaining power to ambushing. Since he's a weaker killer gameplay wise I'd bump him a little higher IMO.

[@user-jk5bj6gu3o]

I play pinhead alot and learning everything about where he is strongest does make for fun matches. I love the engineers fang and Iri Lambert configuration combo with him. Tie this with blood favour and you have a build that surely punish survivors include who love camping pallets to be surprised that they're injured and can't pull it down.

[@paynedowney2923]

As a hillbilly main it’s it consistently hard to use that chainsaw “correctly” but once you do it’s is the scariest thing to see

[@HaddieKaur0106]

Honestly, dredge is one of my mains (the others being Plague and Knight), and I wouldn't say I've mastered it, but I'm getting close and I hope to.

[@floperino_]

I definitely agree with nurse’s spot. nurse isn’t as hard to master as people think. it really only takes 1-4 games (one was all it took for me) and then try without it. after learning how to land precise blinks all you need to do is learn how to predict survivor jukes

[@DS-sb2cw]

Facecamping with Bubba is sure a challenge. His mains are looking for their last braincell.

[@weirdguypatrick]

The most difficult killer is the doctors add-ons someone could be born, get friends, graduate college, make a company, become rich, get old and die by the time you finish reading ONE of the add-on descriptions

[@Quick-Silver206]

My FAVORITE Shape build is tier 1 wall hax. It is like being Michael Myers for real. Definitely a gamble. Hell you could get freaking Coldwind Farm and may as well just find a corner to cry in. But in Lery's? Death in carnate. Maybe it's my long running history of just being different at games than others or maybe it's because I started off playing more technical killers like Nemmy, Pyramid Head, and Birb Lady, but when I finally started playing with Hag, I can just wreck survivors. Oh also, one of THE most satisfying things is completely closing a loop with Carmina's close ranger raven attack. Only surpassed by getting a snipe on a survivor that damages them. I absolutely LOVE her power. I will say, Dredge is one of the killers that truly makes you feel like a horror movie villain. You're EVERYWHERE at once.

[@Strongguy94]

Bruh your video endings are legendary LOL

[@BuckBlaziken]

Mastering killers and how hard it is to do so is very subjective to each person. For me, I found it pretty easy to at least play dredge very well, while I struggle with mastering Oni and Hillbilly.

[@Ehrenhaider_Akainu]

Facts i struggle really a lot with Oni while it was really easy to master Doctor for me

[@TheDominatorOfLife]

As a new survivor, I find huntress incredibly satisfying and easy to use. I practice my hatchet shots in rank matches and I know in rank I’ll get destroyed sometimes.

[@The_Silliest_Man]

As a Knight main (switching to demo soon) as soon as you master your ability theres not much else to it except learning if its a smart group of survivors or fresh group, if its a smart group looping is them escaping either way because as soon as they see a change in animation they bolt for it, if its a fresh group looping is a lot easier as they may not know what to do if you break a loop with a guard. Also using guards to their 100% is difficult but 100% worth it as a survivors can go from healthy to injured bleeding (DH) or to dying. Also please learn to block survivors so the guard can catch up (if in chase), and learn to throw a hit as SOON as you hear them yell or you see them get hit by the guard. Doing this is a good amount of pressure on survivors.

[@Mostdefinetlynotsamuel]

This guy just loves tier-lists, don’t he?

[@AZHYMOVS]

yes

[@Mostdefinetlynotsamuel]

OHTAHAGWGHWNAV HE REPLIED

[@s1storm]

@@Mostdefinetlynotsamuel chill 💀

[@redshirt49]

Trapper main here, I think Trapper isn't quite as hard and big-brained as people think. High MMR folks tend to outmindgame themselves and think a killer like this is harder and more complicated than they actually are. No, your traps don't need to be all sneaky and big brained. Obvious trap spots are obvious for reason. Just because they are obvious doesn't mean they aren't worth putting down. You should be doing both sneaky and obvious traps. No, you don't have to sacrifice your entire early game in order to get your match going. This really depends on what build you're going into the match with. It's really enough to trap the strongest loops on the map at the start, bring a strong chase build and get going. Set the rest of your traps between chases whenever you get the chance. Whenever I do this I bring the Trapper bag to make this quicker. My go-to is enduring, spirit fury, brutal strength and overcharge. I win most of my games with this build. Rare is the time I don't get at least two kills. Stop using Trapper Sack. This addon is terrible. Not being able to move your traps is debilitating, it works ONLY on basement trapper and you better hope you can actually get them there and if you do, that they'll bother with trying to save. This is an addon for meme builds. The Honing Stone isn't all that great. The only time this will be useful is if someone steps into your traps while you're busy with a chase you are confident you can win and don't want to abandon. What addons are good? Bloody Coils, Iridescent Stone are good but don't use them together. Trapper Bag is great to speed up your early game. Things that let you set traps faster are good. Fastening Tools and Bear Oil are a DEADLY combination and a frequent go-to of mine. You can set traps while chasing in a loop tile with high walls and as long as the survivor can't see you doing it, they are VERY likely to get caught if they don't leave the loop. Shoutout to fellow Trapper mains, what are your favorite builds?

[@SashaUlanova]

According to this video, my soul is totally gone. Your fellow Blight main, Twins and both PHds enjoyer.

[@Sir_Slice]

Maybe I’m just bad but, as a console player, I find Oni EXTREMELY difficult

[@jaydonarchuleta5691]

I’m console as well, tried oni one time and yeah he’s very hard, very difficult to turn and do flicks on survivors.

[@jaxinthebox1380]

Your voice is so soothing it helps me fall asleep and forget about my problems thank you for being yourself and for making this channel ❤

[@darrenblanchette]

An upgrade for the pig that may break her an iridescent helmet that allows her to guarantee one kill of match

[@OMGitsKenjii]

I once had a pinhead that instantly found 3 boxes back to back. Yeah you can predict the box with lethal but it was still impressive for me

[@kaiyacoxon5360]

As a Billy main and what I consider to be a fairly decent one I feel hillbillies placement is a surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@manicbeyond]

Now I know how hard it is to try Freddy. Not at all, perfect for me, cuz I'm just bad.

[@stargazer3759]

with Twins you even have to consider where you MIGHT get stuck on the map when playing Victor. Really adds up to the difficulty factor

[@vortexas-a-gamin]

Here's a video idea. Your own opinion on each or "Fun-based ranking" on each killer alternative play style (Normal bubba players vs the Basement bubba, bodyblock hag instead of teleport hags)

[@TreerannosaurusRex]

I was just binging your content (cause it's awesome) and then I saw a new upload!!! Very exciting

[@Dburke267]

As a Trapper main it's all about patience and planning. I've had games where I got gen rushed I was 4 gens down and I still won in one swoop it just takes one mistake and it's a snowball effect. God forbid someone gets downed near the basement it's ggs lol.

[@Being-Bob]

Tip for dredge: worry stone allows you to see a survivor when they lock a locker for 6 seconds. Got to an locker nearby and boom.

[@kazquala]

In a lot of the recent videos you sound quite happy, hope you are doing well/better. much love, cheers

[@MaquinaRara1]

I disagree with Dredge being that difficult to master. There are many things to his power, sure but all rely on the same thing, positioning. The locker teleport is to be used mostly to a destination where you know you should be. Like a gen, survivors healing, or even cutting of a survivor from a loop. When to use a teleport and where is the tricky part, but if you feed yourself with information, you know where to go. The gloaming power is to be used in 2 scenarios, to mind game or to avoid being mind gamed. For the first, you must use it when the survivor cannot see you, like in tall loops, and act accordingly. Either go back or continue. For the latter you can use it to flush out a survivor from a loop you don't want to stay, let them see your remnant and then cancel your power. You may lose distance, but a fair exchange from losing precious time. Remember, you are still a m1 killer mostly, your chase power is not the Forte, but the strategy to use the m2 button. As for the nightfall, enjoy everything at your favor, better visibility, faster teleporting and more often, and more gloaming. What you should know is to always be busy and keep injuring and hooking people. The more they suffer the more you benefit from more nightfall.

[@gabrote42]

1:41 *175 page guide on clown has entered the chat* ;)

[@alexmercer9304]

I would say "Nurse" is the hardest killer. It is the slowest killer in the game and its blink teleport doesn't work really well on maps with floors and there's a ton of them now. It involves a lot of prediction in order to surprise the survivors, to counter-loop them, to know exactly where your blinks would land. Not to mention, since you have to teleport all the time in order to do something because of your speed, survivors know where you are at all times and this puts additional presure on the killer. From my experience, with the nurse you either have your best gameplay or the worst, there's hardly a between

[@Sylaise]

I'd have to say that these reasons are really why Nurse isn't hardest ranked. Her slow speed is because of her extremely powerful blinks and they most definitely shine in floored maps (give me Meat Plant and Midwich any day with Nurse). Nurse is meant to be akin to Billy where survivors instantly know what they're facing, the only difference being that Nurse is much more capable (easier) to get knocks. I think where people struggle the most with Nurse is that she's essentially a patience and mind game killer and there's not too many killers like that. I've seen a lot of Nurses trying to chain their blinks for a quick down when the first blink should be to close in and the second to down. Quiet honestly though, its easy enough to win against an average Nurse because they make it too obvious what they're blinking too. Don't give up!

[@emilvennerberg4927]

Thank you. So many who claim that nurse is hard to learn when she is in fact not that difficult.

[@HydroTurtle]

Nemesis is actually underrated cause his tentacle can be crazy far long range when you get good at it

[@Alex-xx2xg]

11:13 I honestly think Twins are really straight foward and idk why ppl say she’s so hard to play and why she’s ranked “very hard” in Dbd🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@candiipaynt7006]

I went from playing Trapper in the tutorial, straight to maining Pyramid Head. He was a mad challenge at first, but once I got used to his mechanics and how he works, I cleaned house. I almost never hear the exit gates open in my Dorito Daddy matches anymore.

[@reductosmash2483]

Blight main here. Love and completely agree with most of this (ESPECIALLY Nurse and Huntress, because they fluctuate so much between easy and hard for me, so I appreciate their placings and you saying that you felt the same way), BUT Doctor and Bubba should definitely be in the super easy category, Pinhead should at best be in the doable category, and Hag should at worst be in the lots of dedication category. 1) My first five games with Doctor and Bubba were 3k/4k/4k/4k/3k and 4k/4k/4k/3k/4k, respectively, and I've been getting the same results as my MMR increases. The info you get as Doctor with Static Blast and the vault blocking with Shock Therapy are both a hardcore crutch for new players (myself included...I started with Doctor and when I started branching out it was DIFFICULT to be in an M1 killer situation without Shock Therapy). It's so easy to reliably get 3ks and 4ks with Doctor if you know how to take advantage of his power, and it's not difficult to learn how to do that. Bubba is easy simply because, in my experience, people (especially experienced players) get too excited/overconfident against him, underestimate you, and get risky, and it's so easy to take advantage of that early riskiness and just snowball from there using bambam. I've literally never once gotten worse than a 3k with Bubba. 2) Pinhead is only difficult while you are getting the chain down. Aura reading perks complete negate the need to learn about box spawns if you know the stats on how it spawns, which is a simple five-line section on his wiki page titled "Lament Configuration (Spawn Location Statistics)." I did have a few fairly bad games at the start because I didn't hit my chains the way I should. But after 6-7 1ks and 2ks, good chain aiming plus Franklins made it a literal joke to play this character. In fact, I don't play him anymore at all because I was plowing through games getting mostly 4ks and some 3ks after just a few practice games, and I realized that neither side was having a good time. I hate how easy, punishing, and straight up annoying Pinhead and his power is, as did the survivors I faced, I didn't enjoy playing him, and I actively got mad FOR the survivors having to face this character. A decent Pinhead is insanely annoying and frustrating, and that just grows more and more as the Pinhead gets better and better, to the point where he just doesn't seem fair...survivors have voiced to me (and I don't entirely disagree) that Franklins should be banned on Pinhead or lament config should no longer be considered an item, because that perk mixed with other aura reading perks/add-ons is RIDICULOUS. Jesus, I recently played a few games of Pinhead with Greasy Black Lens, Engineer's Fang, Franklins, Bitter Murmur, Floods of Rage, and Lethal Pursuer, and it was just upsetting. 4ks, 5 gens, no slowdown perks, and barely any progress on gens (I checked them after downing the last survivor while looking for hatch so I could give it to him). Whenever I played Pinhead after the first 6-7 games, I didn't have a challenge, and the survivors didn't have a chance. SUPER disagree that he is difficult to learn, let alone the hardest to learn in the entire game. Or maybe I just have a knack for the chain or not many people have realized how effectively you can hold the match hostage by using aura perks to locate the survivors and find the box spawn. 3) Hag took me a hot sec to start reliably getting 3ks or 4ks, especially because of the teleport range on traps. On some maps, your power just can't really be used efficiently at all with the playstyle you have on smaller maps, and it takes a LOT of skill and planning and experience to strategically and effectively place traps based on the map you are in that you will be able to get value from. Like Trapper, her success depends a LOT on the map unless you develop complex, intelligent methods to work around that. Lots of knowledge of the game and strategy is required to reliably do well with Hag. Side note: I don't have enough info to judge Knight as of now, but from what I've seen he's definitely going to be super difficult to master, requiring a lot of game knowledge, experience, and strategy. He's definitely super complex as far as potential goes, which is why people are starting to sort of write him off as bad (because we haven't seen his true potential), but I think the skill cap on him is limitless. I think the most difficult thing about him is mastering how to effectively use his followers in chase, and, considering the three followers have super different attributes, that's definitely going to take some time. But I think he is a super strong killer with tons of potential, and all kinds of crazy ways will be developed to trap with Assassin, zone with Jailer, and clear a path to the survivor you're chasing with Carnifex. I genuinely think he is going to be considered an S-tier killer a year or so from now, provided he isn't gutted in the meantime.s

[@raith9356]

I'm a pinhead main so I'm going to agree and disagree with your assessment. Engineers fang is fucking insane and really shouldn't be considered in the discussion due to how much it changes your power. Lethal is amazing on him yes but it's amazing on most killers. Knowing where to go at the start of the match is just as important for an oni or nurse as it is for pinhead. The skill in pinhead comes from knowing where the box will spawn, knowing how the chains spawn from possessed chains, understanding how they interact at loops, understanding how different builds and perks require different playstyles. There is so much game knowledge and macro skill required to play him effectively, along with all the other shit you've got to keep on top of. Sorry but 10 games sample size really isn't a large enough sample, especially when those matches are using engineers fang and wall hacks to negate looping

[@rollingsuricate6370]

My list (easiest to hardest) Super easy, no problem: Nemesis Clown Onryo Doctor Mastermind Legion Cannibal Trapper Perfectly doable but not easy: Blight Oni Hillbilly Ghostface Artist Wraith Pig Nightmare A challenge for sure: Plague Demogorgon Shape Executioner Dredge Cenobite Twins It’s going to take a lot of dedication: Trickster Deathslinger Huntress Hag Spirit Be prepared to lose a part of your soul: Nurse IDK: Knight

[@tankred_pancreas]

People in the comments saying they mastered nurse in 1 to 4 games haha. You didn’t, you learned the basics. Mastery of the nurse isn’t just “ I know the distences of my blinks ” not the hardest killer to master but not “that easy” either.

[@CEOofAutism]

oni definitely deserves to be in the second category

[@daemonhess5237]

Agreed, especially if you're on console. He's basically just an easier billy.

[@CEOofAutism]

shit i meant third

[@guy_who_writes]

That fucking outro caught me *SO* offguard! You, sir, are a master of deception for that!

[@jrowneedork]

It's better to play harder killers. That increases your ability to take a challenge. I usually use trapper and Billy for this.

[@LeavingThisTownYT]

Nurse is a Kween & Billy is just ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I just cry and run to Billy whenever I see an experienced player. I love him so much it hurts! Billy❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@LoganSewell83]

Freddy is a guaranteed 4K. Pyramid Head was a fun 4K before he was removed from Mobile. Doctor is great for farming with no guarantee of hooking.

[@BouncingTribbles]

Sounds like I might have a bit of an uphill journey playing Knight, Plague, and Dredge. Good thing I have Sadako and Clown to relax on

[@CrazyHookDBD]

As a Myers main, I agree the stalking is hard to master (especially against sweaty SWF teams) but it’s very OP once learned well. Challenging to master, easy once learned, unlimited skill ceiling.

[@alienheadbite1shot]

As Pinhead main, I completely agree that he is up there in difficulty to master. The strategy I have built up over time is ensuring survivors have as many things to juggle as possible, forcing them to not be able to put much time into gens. Totems+TotH builds + Engineers Fang and Original Pain ensures 2 well aimed chains can leave a survivor needing to mend, and potentially wanting to heal while also needing to satisfy the Box, and deal with the totems that taking 20+ seconds to cleanse. Organized SWFs can get around this with communication but being able to injure or Deep Wound survivors on demand essentially forces them to stay busy. In the end survivors tend to start being unable to juggle everything while satisfying the box. Obviously, you still need to be good in chase while maintaining the control of the game Another way to play him is to instead become extremely protective of the box and do whatever you can to pick it up. This involves knowing where survivors are around the map using perks like Lethal Pursuer, Discordance, BBQ Chili, or Floods of Rage when the box respawns to immediately find and pick up the box get chain hunts rolling while you oppressively chase survivors with addons like the Black Lens (which is buffed by Lethal Pursuer) and another addon of choice (I like Original Pain or Impaling Wire depending on map). I find this build a bit harder to master as maintaining awareness of survivors map wide is quite advanced, especially with few information perks, but can be more consistent as you are not relying on totems.

[@colorfulpaper6057]

Pinhead is easy. So many good builds that make him so easy to play and win with.

[@Mizumii25]

I had to break up this video so i don't have full memory but was bubba forgotten? If so, he belongs at the end with blight and billy. the turns man!!! Also I gotta say: My favorite part of this entire video is just the little laugh at the end!

[@peterparker0999]

Bubba is in the middle but gotta disagree Bubba is fairly easy

[@ninja6245-real]

I’m honestly a fan of how the knight works. I’m willing to put the time in for him.

[@nospeach7592]

Omg that surprise ok bye and lil chuckle at the end

[@alexwittig2760]

I like how you put Nurse and Spirit lower than most would expect, because imo they are highly overrated in terms of difficulty. However, I would put Wesker lower, because his ability is quite easy to use and his slow is an automatic chase ender.

[@LordXenith]

Dang, I thought he was gonna say “Thanks and goodbye” but nooo he went and say “OKAY BYEEEE”

[@kurtphinney4037]

I find Dredge to be a great way to bait survivors, with it’s ability to hide in lockers to just wait for survivors to either fall for it, or not

[@longlivetheknot4589]

Out of all current killers in the game, the easiest for me to play is Freddy, especially since I used to main him back when he was the worst killer lol. The hardest for me to play currently is Oni. (I think huntress isn't that hard, she just has an unlimited skill ceiling which is why she's considered the most difficult by most. I also don't own demo, so idk how hard he is.) Since Oni released, I've struggled hard with him, no matter the perks or Add-ons I use, his power is extremely difficult for me for some reason.