I Buffed The Skull Merchant

In this video, I show you a build that buffs the new killer "The Skull Merchant" by making her drones, stealth, and tracking much stronger in Dead By Daylight!
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[@SpookyLoopz]

Who would you like to see in the 7 year anniversary chapter? 😬😬😬

[@ethanwroten5955]

spring trap or xenomorph for sure

[@LazySoysauce]

Agreed

[@touchinggrass1740]

Underrated but honestly the Bates motel would be cool

[@BlackDawn1738]

Definitely xenomorph tbh

[@gitbitgoo3262]

An SCP could be cool

[@SlamBaron]

The extended screaming of the survivors is the best part of this patch...uh...I mean chapter. Hearing Leon scream for a stupid amount of time is hilarious.

[@richardcarter8751]

It's such a double edged sword, it's so so so annoying on some survivors but it sounds funny and cool as heck

[@disgruntledmanlet]

A lot of her add ons should be base kit

[@lord0772]

L

[@lord0772]

L

[@MassM8]

It makes my ears bleed

[@notgabriel8624]

I really wholeheartedly believe that skull merchant would be a way more fun and beloved killer if her stealth aspects were enhanced.

[@mrsnips2759]

I completely agree, I saw the undetectable on her drones and her green oblivious addon and just immediately knew playing her on the stealthier side would be a blast.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

I'd love it if they buffed the stealth aspects of her but nerfed her 3-gen potential. Having a stealth killer who can place "zones" of undetectable that are also hazardous to survivors is a pretty unique idea. Instead we got a thirst trap who's almost as good as Knight at stalling games out.

[@SpankyM3Wanky]

I feel like if they update her again in the future they should update her stealth and also redo ↪️ her mori, cause I think of a lot of things she can do to mori someone with her drones

[@blckorb6322]

@@Seoul_Soldierthe only way to do this is to give people more incentive to chase. They need to buff her drones much more in a chase and make them weaker if they are just used to cover gens. For instance, one nerf would be if you decide to do a gen while a drone is active your aura will be revealed to her but you won’t be exposed. HOWEVER if you are in a chase the expose mechanic is activated and if that bar fills boom now you can insta down someone and makes her more scary in a chase. I think its a good way to slow down her strong three gen while also not just completely gutting her

[@MasterMike_]

Spooky's laugh always sounds like the mocking laugh of a super villan

[@ricardosuarez6024]

He tries a lil to hard with his fake laughs lol

[@onyxfelix1876]

I think the aura reading addon should be in her base kit.

[@noatak6852]

Nope. This bitch is fucking broken with camping gens. Its a huge issue… so no buffs needed for a shit chapter like this

[@teodordimitrov7758]

I like that even though he doesn't like the new killer, he makes effort to sell it to the audience. Keep it up!

[@MassEffectFan113]

bruh he has to stay in BHVR's good graces, of course he's gonna kiss their ass upon patch release.

[@XxBollWeevilxX]

@@MassEffectFan113 Proof?

[@captainkaboom5516]

@@XxBollWeevilxX Most of the time that a Fog Whisperer or content creator has criticized BHVR they get punished

[@turntyle]

SpookyLoopz literally just put out a video criticizing the patch direction not too long ago. Y'all wildin

[@odinfury9273]

@@captainkaboom5516 that's false, i seen alot of Fog Whisperers even us DBD players complained. That's why they did that little rework.

[@alexicon18]

I have not enjoyed any of my matches playing against The Skull Merchant, mostly because the way I've seen it played is just use the 4 drones to guard the last 4 gen. But watching SpookyLoopz's playstyle here actually makes her look fun, while still being challenging to go against

[@ehoffart529]

I mean Loopz is obviously playing her this way to be more entertaining and have a unique playstyle. It'll probably never get picked up cause people will always take the best option to ensure the win. Not saying it's good this is the state of the characters but it doesn't surprise me.

[@jsj0520]

This is my first stone seeing this skull merchant skin, her weapon is literally just a Mantis Blade from Cyberpunk 2077 lol that’s actually really cool.

[@Seoul_Soldier]

I wish she had them on both arms.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Man we must have played very different games then lol

[@Sceneric_]

“I am a true predator” I will always put that out of context

[@Makedeth]

SpookyLoopz drone is endearing and terrifying at the same time.

[@KnightSlasher]

Skull merchant seems like a jack of different traits but a master at none, it seems like other "bad guys" (thanks KZbin) are better at doing what she does, glad they are improving her at least

[@brysonemery9232]

I agree I’m going to try her out today and from what I have seen she seems fun to play if you don’t play against super sweaty good survivors.

[@alexbrantley8934]

Well ussually a jack of all trades is better then a master of 1

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

I wished she was kinda like Twins… sending out a military drone kinda like Victor to go around really fast injuring and downing survivors. Maybe it should be survivors within sentry drone locations only idk 😂 just seemed like the best idea in my head

[@clocked0]

@@alexbrantley8934 Not necessarily

[@alexbrantley8934]

@@clocked0 in this case specifically I will confirm this to be untrue but I was just finishing an incomplete quote

[@AG1990DC]

The intro of you as a drone fucking cracked me up, brilliant edit

[@Himawari575]

That was a nice game. New to this killer and that window vault man ! Incredible. Gg ! (I was with Showmon, he said we would be on the next video lol)

[@Vasotha]

The loopz drone is the most intimidating thing I’ve ever seen, a disembodied head talking to you upside down is haunting. 👍

[@mannysanfeliz9872]

That stealth play was incredible. Watching them come up on you not knowing..never saw it coming.

[@k_bosh0256]

I've played a few games with her now after buying her with shards and ngl she's pretty fun. It feels like you're everywhere at once. I do agree with the majority of the backlash bhvr are getting for her but I do think if you save up the shards to buy her it's definitely worth it

[@lucaguida4286]

Thats what it feels like as survivor too. Seeing those drones light up whole areas is definitely cool to see.

[@realquestforgreatness]

Yeah I don't get the hate she's dope

[@mcahtme2977]

@@realquestforgreatness because killer mains like loops & otz & others made lengthy videos basically complaining about the killer and everyone followed.

[@notrichrd4412]

@@realquestforgreatnessprolly cause you haven’t played against top tier survivors, unless you run a whole chase build (which still has no gen blocking potential) you will not get a single hit and if you do it’s by surprising them or at the end of the game when 4 gens are done and they used every pallet on you because with a killer this ass all you have to do is hold W while ur team does gens

[@realquestforgreatness]

@@notrichrd4412 I did tho I am iri 1 with high tier mmr. I didn't get any 4ks but I get reliable chases and kills

[@Annoymous753]

Spooky loops really made skull merchant look like a A Teir

[@TophatlarryOG]

Dude played a match of killer what are talking about this what happens when u play killer

[@Paul.-.]

​@@TophatlarryOGok larry

[@dairyfarmer5519]

A- tier against bad players

[@mrzerofox294]

ending sums it all up perfectly lol. this stealthy build gave em both "myers strached mirror on building map type of jump scare" at the end. Renato purely paniced dead hard after watching nea go down lol. he coulda got out if waited the killer swing cooldown and then "E" but perfectly showing off the build haha great build

[@hainseyhockey]

Thank you for this video, earned a sub. Haven't seen much content on YT released about Skull Merchant so thank you for pulling through!

[@dragonflameinferno]

I was dreading trying her after the first announcement but after playing a few games with her I can honestly say she’s a ton of fun to play, the lack of chase abilities doesn’t feel bad when you seem to always know where a survivor is

[@antoniohagopian213]

She really does have a superior anatomy

[@marsh6486]

I tried this build && actually LOVE it! I swapped out trail for brutal strength just to tear through pallets / walls and it is working really well!

[@plaguedcrow333]

she has a add on that makes survivors break pallets if they vault them while having a claw trap on them. makes loops so much easier to handle

[@MinecraftLovesSteve]

You make the skull merchant seem so fun 😭

[@whickwhacksmacker]

So happy with the changes to background player- it’s actually a good perk now that works well with saboteur

[@shyowl3453]

“They clutched defeat from the jaws of victory” seems to be appropriate for that last match lol, he just wanted a hug it seems

[@realrockie]

SPOOKY LOOPZ THE ONLY CONTENT CREATOR I VIBE WITH

[@thealpha3016]

Mothers Dwelling and those drones at the end clutch got me two fist pumps in the air for excitement! GG's SL!

[@migueeeelet]

Good lord her attack animation is vicious, I like it

[@ther1ngwraith]

I've been running Agitation, Discordance, Call of Brine and Devour Hope on this killer. Works absolute wonders.

[@ainzooalgown9136]

What i think would be great is that. When a survivor is in the drones radius, and healthy, he gets the exposed status. Is the survivor injured and in the drones radius, he gets another status (maybe slowed down, or maybe oblivious.. who knows). This way the drones "effect" wouldn't be rendered completely useless.

[@pookiipower435]

You actually made the killer look fun! :D

[@Created.Figure]

Trail of torment & no where to hide looks decent to run together

[@Demonsouls1993]

we need a fill video of spooky switching his webcam for the drone with his face upside down on it lol

[@loximillion_gaming7423]

Love your content bro, gotta catch your dbd streams

[@ProtocolDroidHK47]

Spooky out here making the Skull Merchant look S-Tier.

[@RottingJohn]

At 6:30 You can distinctly hear Rick Sanchez tell his drone good job 😂

[@theanimevampire2122]

@SpookyLoopz, what I found to be really good with her is Hex: Retribution, Lethal Pursuer, Thwack, and Nowhere to Hide

[@theanimevampire2122]

I find it enjoyable. Just want to share my thoughts on her😅

[@FoxExcess]

6:13 "ooh rigga tay roo retain pressure here"

[@drgiggles2252]

I've been playing her since release she's amazing especially with nowhere to hide and trail of torment it's a deadly combo but I run pretty much the same add ons except one I use the one that gives you haste by 5%

[@Drthulhu]

Imagine if the drones had guns that injured the survivors with the claw trap as a bullet if they got in range. Then they would have to commit to a health state trade to disable the area denial or let you have control of one zone but they stay healthy and not marked.

[@FoxExcess]

I mean thats a bit much

[@realquestforgreatness]

Or even a tranq that makes them exhausted (will counter dead hard and 1 ((or 2)) sprint bursts)

[@geemail369]

That final play was fire! 👌🏻

[@SpookyLoopz]

Got super lucky on that one!

[@geemail369]

@@SpookyLoopz True. But you had the balls to go for it ... and got rewarded!

[@BStar870]

The upside down, floating head of SpookyLoopz is going to haunt my dreams and become my official mania demon. Thank you.

[@Vulpecula-Enfield]

For the main room in R.P.D, I place two drones on the second floor near the stairs. For the other drones, I place them at areas of high traffic. The outdoor staircase by the front, the library, near the Unicorn statue, records room, hallways by the office and move them around to confuse Survivors. I admit, I use to place near gens, but I'm now focusing on being more tactical. Any good suggestions?

[@Araphex]

I found that she is really effective on indoor maps, especially maps with 2 floors.

[@SuperTurboPOP]

The RPD map when theres 2 gens in the center is hell.

[@Mr_Mistah]

Yeah like RPD

[@SirGlacius1]

Stinky nea goes: "really?!?!" LMAO Awesome video!!

[@outsiders2171]

Got a fun build idea for you to try. Game afoot with rancor in an endgame build. If you keep your chase times close, it can lead to a 4 man rancor.

[@user-rj6cz4wl7w]

love the new intro animations like the gravestone

[@Zer-yz2br]

DBD discovers cyberphychosis and added in, honestly a fun idea.

[@WinterCody]

Love the sound effects

[@Alfred_the_wise]

I would personally run Fire up instead of Trail of Torment I think. Helps make her be able to make more aggressive plays as the game goes on.

[@twisted_bambi32]

Ty for always showing there are other ways to win/play dbd other than the current meta!

[@ryspider]

I used a similar build, and got two back to back 4K’s with it. I actually posted a video about it too. I like her more than I did when she was first introduced for sure!

[@FMJRaven]

Get this man to 600k. The only dbd KZbinr I actively watch

[@mashpotetatez4730]

I’m kinda coming around to this killer I mostly think it comes down to how you play a killer also trails and nowhere are my favorite combination

[@BungarangYT]

this build looks fun!

[@mollsisbored]

can't believe you actually managed to make the skull merchant interesting

[@DARKOWNAGE97]

The new Mother's Dwelling is a Trapper's wet dream

[@sigmundphelps7959]

I actually still like eruption even though it got nerfed. Honestly, I kinda consider it a buff with the aura effect to it

[@Brisingr73]

Not really a buff since you could see what gens people were working on with the scream notification

[@Flamebun454]

Personally, I enjoy using Hex: Blood Favor and brutal strength. Survivors are starting to learn that being exposed from the drones is sometimes not bad enough to deter them from gens, so when I go to chase them, they like to predrop pallets, which is where brutal strength comes in. When chasing a survivor who's not exposed, they like to be greedy and not throw pallets, which is where Blood Favor comes in. You can even monitor Blood Favor with a drone, often with a gen. My slowdown perks are Overcharge and Jolt. I got a win streak of 11 with this build and I do not just hold a 3 gen unless the survivors put me in that situation.

[@Piromysl359]

Legends say James is still screaming.

[@jacobjackson610]

3:05 that scream tho 😂😂

[@HoIlowtree]

God james 😅

[@xsselb]

I love your upside down M.O.D.O.K.

[@BunnyBoyUk]

seems like Spooky is really getting aHEAD in his gameplay :O

[@flame1t]

Left us hanging with that endgame chat dude 😭😂

[@IshDaBoi]

Those add ons should be base kit, that aura reading one really makes her feel like s predator style killer.

[@bellou9726]

I think play with your food is rly good on her

[@NerdySatyr]

Very cool alt skin, but so much of this killer reminds me of Bloodharvest, one of BHVR's previous games

[@romanblaunt]

I don’t think anyone is doubting her ability to be a lethal killer- she’s just not a fun killer to go against. Kind of like the Artist and Knight, all she’s good at it zoning. 🍅

[@mcahtme2977]

She’s not suppose to be fun to go against… she’s a killer lol wtf

[@nathangothan601]

Yup. Super boring. Just plants drones on gens and tunnels.

[@mcahtme2977]

@@nathangothan601 tunneling is part of the game, get better at looping that’s part of the game too. Can’t tell the killer how to play there’s no rules 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@nathangothan601]

@@mcahtme2977 I never said it wasn’t. Just that it’s boring to go against. I loop just fine, I’m usually the last alive when I solo lol

[@nathangothan601]

@@mcahtme2977 meanwhile I bet you’re part of the crowd screeching about DH needing a nerf 😂

[@cryst4l_clear456]

Not here for the video *yet*, will watch it later. However, I am here to say auto generated captions say spooky lips and I love it

[@PickleHeroYT]

YES a fellow Trail of Torment user, the perk is so much fun \o/

[@AidaraRose]

The spooky drone. I can’t.

[@shiroyasha9623]

Never ceases to amaze me how weird is her hand-weapon position on first person

[@Bexar2204]

That´s a mean build!

[@blytepyrtle6260]

The killers ears must be blown out with the screams I know mine are. We use a build close to this. Works well.

[@jasbell2527]

If you were going to do a kit based on at least one or two of her perks what would you go with?

[@allylee3024]

I don't know if I've ever witnessed a game with more perk/power value than in that red forest game

[@kadenellingson8141]

Don’t know what was faster, me getting here to see this or how fast I fail out with the new killer. Oh no, hope she doesn’t catch me. 👀

[@nathangray3614]

I loved the pokemon line haha

[@gahrdz]

holy shi- that vittorio is cracked, the dead hard into the hatch

[@martinrudd5534]

Stand by her power is just tinder and stealth peaks are nice on her

[@myrowexx8571]

They should make those Add-Ons basekit

[@andrewneal5312]

Almost 500k!!!!!! I remember 100k!!!!

[@richt7525]

Nowhere to Hide seems unnecessary, but Trail of Torment is surprisingly legit on Skully. Turns out people don't wanna step in your drones when they don't know where you are. Go figure.

[@LazySoysauce]

These intros are top tier ngl

[@puppetandfriends1476]

I'm gonna say it so you guys remember, this happened before, having 2 bad chapters back to back happened when Silent hill got released, that year had twins, trickster and blight at release, let's not forget the past, and hopefully it won't repeat again

[@mcahtme2977]

From the killer side of last 2 Chapters, they aren’t bad but survivors got more bitchy & entitled and want killers to play by an invisible set of rules.

[@Mr_Mistah]

Actually the killers haven't gotten worse the knight and skull merchant are OP

[@levimariz1252]

The endgame chat lmfaoo

[@pokabewrastlin]

All they need to do is make the drones able to shoot something when survivors are revealed in their radius or travel the map or something along with making the mori actually good and it's a good enough chapter

[@fnatic474]

"I buffed the skull merchant" loved the title xD

[@Riley-Goodboy]

since release of her all i find is killers playing as her camping the last 3 gens turning it into a 30-50 min match

[@kennythemasseuse]

The skull merchant makin me act up

[@Blackheartgamer1]

My best set for Skull merchant is Addons: Adi Valente 1 / Shotgun speakers Perks: Distressing, unnerving presence, oppression, and overcharge. Expect a huge slow down on people doing gens.

[@wonsterchan]

spooky you just gave me an idea that I think would be a nice buff to her! I loved the playstyle you did with her! but what if she had a secondary power? that would have to charge up (like dredge's nightfall, when his power is the remnant/teleport) which could be charged up by the amount of time people stay inside her drone's area, and with it completely charged, she can go invisible, (or semi-invisible I dunno) that would be not only just a nice extra thing for her kit, so she's more encouraged to catch people off guard somewhere, and that even indirectly makes the drones useful for when someone is hurt, they will get exposed which doesn't matter, but they would be charging your stealth power if they choose to dance inside the area!

[@KarlDelaney99]

Honestly I wish the aura reading perk was base kit

[@Pineapal]

"Fine, I'll do it myself"

[@nelsal6416]

The main man is back!

[@Crow-wv6if]

This was beautiful

[@ajphoenix216]

I have a skull merchant build for you where u don't rely on 3 gens Add-ons iri unpublished manuscript and shotgun speakers Perks Distressing, overcharge, coultophobia and unnerving presence with Iri um ur drones will have a 15 second terror radius and it works with unnerving and phobia and shotgun speakers givers them no notification of a skill check

[@wolfhavok3081]

Lmao, Spooky buffing the new killer and I can barely do a 10 sec chase with her

[@Callmestripes69]

Glad you thought that first survivors dead hard was good too. I was impressed