The Jerk's Guide To The Unknown | Dead By Daylight

[@emberthefox4951]

Insidious Unknown feels like a match made in Heaven. It's the world's cheapest jumpscare build, and I can see it being far more viable than any other since it makes survivors afraid to counter your map presence. Once somebody gets jumpscared, the whole swf is paranoid. If it's a solo que, someone still gets paranoid, so it's still a win. Funny and effective.

[@TheReZisTLust]

Insidious & Lightborn else you'll just get blinded and spotted

[@DoctorTheo]

​@@TheReZisTLust They'll still hear the burning sound, even with lightborn

[@evilyoshimaster]

Works better on Doc, since people just ignore his hallucinations at this point

[@pokeaust7800]

@@evilyoshimaster the thing is that people are encouraged to approach The Unknown's hallucinations. A bunch of times today I got hilarious scares on people trying to "Dispel" me before they worked on the gen I was standing by.

[@anap1680]

I've been doing the same, cept I stand in a hallucination so it looks like I have an aura to really sell the lie

[@OfficialCLX7R]

I can hear the coms now, “Oh shit he’s edging he’s edging”

[@__-be1gk]

"Check out this new killer design" "What power should he have?" "a grenade launcher" These fucking devs

[@tangiblenoah2035]

He’s pretty strong though

[@blueboy1958]

While his power doesn't exactly fit his initial vibe, it's still a damn fun and unique power

[@galaxycamerata]

@@blueboy1958 It doesn't fit the initial vibe, but it fits the vibe of "What the fuck ARE you?!" since it's a mystical-science thing waving around a fire axe and morphing into a mobile artillery cannon while pretending to be someone from the cast.

[@YaboieatToast]

@@galaxycamerata I agree, it fits but doesn't fit. He was advertised as mimicking and crawling not fleshly grenade launcher

[@Xehyna]

@@YaboieatToast it isnt a grenade launcher, the fleshy thing is his cock. The unknown is shooting exploding splooge at you.

[@evilyoshimaster]

I think the idea is since visualizing him is what makes him come for you, his power and aesthetic is a fusion of every single urban legend ever told about him. To be an SCP nerd, he's a Keter Class Memetic Anomaly.

[@kallekant2989]

Yes, the Unknown is definetly a Memetic Hazard, but I'm not sure if it would classify as Keter. Since the Unknown relies on people to be aware of it's existence, the SCP Foundation could keep it somewhat at bay by censoring media and by using amnestics on possible witnesses. If they could manage to do that, the Unknown could possibly be classified as Euclid, since it doesn't pose a "great" threat (anymore) but can also not be entirely contained. On the other hand, if the existence of the Unknown would be exposed globaly... if might cause billions of deaths if not dealt with in time. Maybe even an end-of-the-world scenario. But hey, I'm no expert in that. I'm just sharing my thoughts on this. Let me know what you think :)

[@iliketea4443]

which is why, even tho he is fused from like 10 different aspects and ideas, he is still very much scary and I think his power feels overloaded but not unfitting of the character. He's the Tactical Skinwalker with a Gun leaving scary talking after images ( I mean, first time I saw them i had a heartache when they started talking ☠)

[@alsenddrake7764]

Yeah, love the theory I read The Unknown is basically a Tulpa

[@SolaireofAstoraFH]

He reminds me of the chicken people. scp 3199 i think

[@randorookie8587]

And that means we’re all kinda fucked

[@davinpaz1871]

"I won't recommend hysteria" *recommends insidious*

[@TrueMiz]

Insidious is BONKERS on The Unknown

[@davinpaz1871]

@@TrueMiz he was right about hysteria too, still criminally insane recommendations

[@TrueMiz]

@@davinpaz1871 Let me clarify, I think Insidous is *good* on The Unknown. Kicking a Gen with Pop, or Dragons Grip. Or Whatever you want? Then stand near it, boom. Alot of people pre-run, so they don't even see you kick and leave, they just come back, and see its kicked, and there is a Husk. They fall for it alot

[@davinpaz1871]

@@TrueMiz I'm agreeing with you, but the idea that we live in a time where insidious is even 1/4 viable is, like I said, criminally insane

[@pheonox7197]

Try to make a habit of leaving hallucinations near generators and then run trial of torment to make people question everything.

[@bigchungus1783]

Bruh if you really get everybody to call a tech edging then you really are the greatest youtuber ever

[@theskelebro8013]

I can't stop calling it that, help me

[@arthurlepy3203]

I think coconutRTS used this name in his tech video

[@blazichaos7181]

Tbh theres worse, such as a Zelda: TOTK tech which is called "Tulin pumping".

[@whoisezekiel2099]

do i have news for you

[@celticbear714]

Bro that VHS diss had me coughing

[@thekingpotato346]

VHS could have been good sad to see it die

[@atmosdwagon4656]

@@thekingpotato346"Killer stunlock simulator" was not a good basis for any game, let alone a competitor to a genre-defining game.

[@thekingpotato346]

@@atmosdwagon4656 I found it fun

[@raccoon.legion]

I tried so hard to love it, sadly after the first month all the Teens had the best broken weapons and no matter how good I was at Werewolf it was never enough. Such a shame as it was fun while it lasted

[@thekingpotato346]

@@raccoon.legion ya

[@arandoml0gan117]

The ball doesn’t just hit through walls, it hits through FLOORS. Badham basement in shambles

[@Andrey3oo7]

i did that in Midwich. jeez it's amazing when they panick and let go of the gen and so happens to be right when a skillcheck spawns

[@RRed19]

0:00 “You aren’t cool enough to make a jerks guide to the unknown” No Rowby, you are cooler than that.

[@yolo4796]

Loved the reveal that he was waiting on the stairs for you guys at 10:47

[@joshprice4855]

I think one of the funniest things about the Unknown was when his power was revealed everyone I saw kinda squinted at it and said "why, it doesn't fit at all" but everyone has been having so much fun with it that it didn't end up mattering.

[@RealGhostface-y9b]

Unknown lore: Dwight overcame his locker addiction...at a cost

[@RealGhostface-y9b]

Skins: idk some random entity bullshit i didn't think this part through

[@jakebissell7930]

Slap undone with impossible skill check Doctor and watch what happens.

[@netherdragon1643]

Pop better,

[@absolutecreature7217]

Unfortunately I have experienced this :)

[@Youhadabadday2021]

Even better, slap Unforeseen onto Killer Queen Doctor and you have just opened up a whole new world of strategic play.

[@Bionicbutter43]

I run this. Its so good

[@gremlinwc8996]

It works best with doc but it's still bad. Just run pop or overcharge or something else

[@BasementDweller_]

“The Jerks Guide to the Unknown” sounds like some epic space adventure comedy film.

[@aquilage]

i like the fact that most of the perk explanations just go for the funny perk. makes me as a memelord happy

[@merozero2818]

Unknown is such a fun killer. And i absolutely love running off-meta perks on him. just pure oblivious/undetectable. and not commiting to chases to harrass other players is very, very fun. Personally, i'm a big fan of not running slowdowns, at all. Chase and weird perks is where it's at. And yes. Hysteria is absolutely monstrous on him.

[@retrohero5475]

Perfectly aiming a shot that goes through someone and then bounces back to hit them plays the TF2 double donk sound in my brain and I think that's the really important part.

[@avocadothecat]

pfff I am glad I'm not the only one that saw her backstory and thought "ah, they made My Immortal canon did they?"

[@GwyndOwO]

R.I.P to the voice actor for the unknown. May she rest in peace

[@DegeneratesLikeYou]

Aids is a dangerous disease, hope people are more careful from now on

[@sortofadm4764]

4:29 "Unless a curse has been put upon you!" 💀 im rolling

[@SparkBolt120]

I just want it known that I intentionally wait to learn anything about new killers until Rowby covers them. Hands down the best way to find out new stuff coming to dbd

[@DecisiveHard]

LMFAO I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT IT WAS A VHS REF/BURN

[@redultra4324]

The thumbnail is cool and all, but have you considered perhaps an underwhelming grenade launcher instead?

[@zlaggaming68]

I swear once people started looking at the grenade launcher they completely forgot about his mechanics and it really frustrates me. That grenade launcher isn’t just to deal damage but to also spawn your hallucinations faster and allow you to reset the teleportation cooldown faster. Also just pulling out the power will move the hallucination generation meter down so you can be precise on where you want to place it.

[@worldofoblivion977]

Teleporting Grenade launcher Honestly that sounds scarier than the unknown

[@dr.stronk9857]

@@worldofoblivion977reading this I just imagine an automated grenade launcher on a tripod stand that teleports around and that’s a pretty terrifying thought

[@pq44animations56]

​@@dr.stronk9857 like the singularity

[@dimitricandeiracistaro4543]

Definitively not underwhelming, but id like real grenades instead

[@joodasia]

I’m definitely going to call that edging now. I’m glad I’m not the only person who learned how to edge as the unknown.

[@SarcasticPossum]

That thumbnail.I never would've made that reference.

[@parrotapocalypse]

Probably my favorite killer guide yet! Informative, fun, and the script worked really well. I look forward to edging.

[@Shleepykkkkk]

U and otz are the single handedly the reason why i keep installing this game again and again

[@1ChoiceMuzik]

Clicks on notification: “I’ve been waiting for this one!”

[@bunibel]

thanks for your videos, out of all the people i regularly watch, you're the one i get most excited about, no matter what the topic i actually held off on watching this video until i had dinner and was comfortable, and looked forward to it all day like some sort of movie premiere and i have to say, i was not disappointed. your work is more appreciated than you know

[@monkeybusiness17]

I don't get it: He can teleport wherever he wants pretty fast without needing to put down anything. Hag left the chat. Dredge left the chat. Sadako left the chat. Freddie left the chat.

[@SiegeMusicProductions]

Yea but Hag has up to 10 of her teleport traps, and they can't be removed by just poking them. Hers also function more as map control than mobility

[@skullkurr5724]

​@@SiegeMusicProductions "can't be removed by just poking them" crouch up to one and be amazed by the prompt that pops up

[@holyw5478]

This was one of your best videos yet! Love the thought you put into the perk combos and perspective

[@GhostofBigBoss]

3:08 Cross progression baybeee. Your entitlement was rewarded.

[@Xenomorphmaindbd999]

The chestburster mortar launcher comes to dbd with the power of basketball

[@Dysmorphan]

I love the intro to this video already, you're the best video essay writer (un)known to man..!

[@chuchu4559]

im so happy with the positive reception to this chapter! it's such a good one with lots of love put into the lore, power, map, characters, and voice acting

[@P.H691]

Seeing Rowby having fun playing as an artillery cannon is way too funny.

[@Bodyknock]

Personally I would always run Distortion with the new Invocation since the killer seeing your aura in the basement is the biggest risk factor to finishing it. The new survivor build I’d love to see is Distortion, Invocation Weaving Spiders, No Mither, and a perk that works while injured or that uses Broken (e.g. Resilience, Deliverance, etc) plus a basement offering that lets you know exactly where the basement is at the start of the match. Then you just head straight for the basement and do the Invocation right away, hopefully getting it to trigger on as many gens as possible. With any luck the Distortion will keep you concealed while it’s happening and you can finish. Since you’ll then be Broken most of the match afterward you may as well get the benefits of No Mither too and some other perk that makes use of being injured or that has a Broken penalty as well.

[@sociallifeofafemboy]

The Alan wake perk that makes extra skill checks appear when injured might pair well

[@el_chapolman5023]

I liked the edging part Rowby!

[@connormcconnell7805]

I started menichly laughing for a second when you mentioned insidious.

[@greybigfoot1722]

you're so close to 100k dude. keep up the good work

[@Mrbearandme]

will always love the approach you take to these

[@Laversian_Knight]

such an amazing video rowby, giveing me the joy on how a killer is played, and the reason that i quit dbd for 2 yeara and still havent picked it up with that 10 perk line (14:59)

[@echoiette2292]

I feel like a cool feature they could add is that the survivor you mori the most you'll start mimicking there voice

[@jakecross6212]

BRUH THE MY IMMORTAL REFERENCE FUCK

[@grimreaper8575]

One of the funniest builds I've gotten my friend to try was anti-loop Bubba. Crowd control, blood favor, cruel limits, and he choose ultimate weapon so he could find people.

[@strangepickles863]

I will always take rowbys perk suggestion to the highest degree because instead of typical meta builds, he recommends unpopular perks that have a surprising amount of synergy with that killer

[@alcatraz8694]

This video is pure gold for my favorite scary eldritch horror

[@despairblitz6105]

I actually love Sable cus I think The Unknown is meant to be DBD's take on internet horror like creepypastas. Which is played completely straight. On the other side, Sable is an over the top parody of the kinds of people that READ internet horror stories. Looking at it from that perspective imma be real she's one of my favorite survivors in the game lmao

[@johnfortnite4624]

I’ve been playing him with unbound, rapid brutality, superior anatomy and either dissolution or thwack! With his purple game cartridge add on and it’s been a fucking blast

[@radiantarchives]

If you want a usage for Undone, I'd look on the same page of perks it's on. Undone + Unforeseen + Unnerving, specifically. Sure it takes 3 perk slots and isn't good but it gives all of these weird perks an additional purpose, and it makes me happy seeing perks I like getting some sort of synergy

[@flavior0k]

Undone is meant for the skill check doc build

[@CultofBingBong]

Commentary is S tier glad i stumbled onto your vid looking for unknown stuff

[@kylelunarioum4197]

I have gotten so much from unforeseen. Hit a gen teleport to the other side of the map never letting know we're I truly am

[@brickhammer04]

That title sure does make this sound a lot cooler than it actually is. It's still cool, mind you, but much like all the teasers for the Unknown it hypes up a weird flesh man who isn't at all what you think

[@loafylovebit9964]

I think that was the idea. For a creature that verbally states that it prides itself for being unintelligable and anamonous, itd only be thematically accurate that his gameplay screwed over all expectations.

[@totallyrealcia]

@@loafylovebit9964If that was the idea it still sucks lol

[@xD4rkSoundx]

I'm so glad I found your channel, seriously relatable and helpful for losers like me who can't remember shit about this game

[@Lilrol99]

So a fun little note about unforeseen and trail of torment is that you can apply both at the same time and have two separate terror radius and it does exactly what you’d expect on doctor

[@UltiNateum]

Can confirm it is indeed called "edging" now 😭😭😭

[@kingofrats4944]

I'm so glad Rowby still makes vids, I always enjoy watching them

[@onion_hq1589]

I remember when they first invented chocolate

[@mewhunter27]

Rowby being generally excited about an edition to the game is really nice to see; actually happy to see your just generally pleased with an addition from time to time. Def have to agree, The Unknown feels very inspired, and has a simple power that can be used for some crazy technical feats; with fantastic zoning opportunities. Weaving spiders is hilarious however

[@MohgwynEnvoy]

Well this one appeard rather quickly

[@dracog0322]

9:10 NO WAY THAT'S A MY IMMORTAL REFERENCE

[@floofyloofy]

I miss VHS man qwq

[@JayplayZ-co9vw]

I like to sleep with my tv on so when I heard “edging” I rosed up so fast it looked like a damn Glitch

[@theskelebro8013]

Love scoliosis monsters in my media- no i'm not autistic why do you ask

[@TheBlobManGuy2]

my favorite jerks guides are when it’s obvious how much fun he had playing them

[@Broskeezy]

VHS did make me realize how bad I want an original designed puppet master killer

[@dimitris598]

Half a minute in, you got me with your Sable joke. :>

[@taurioDBD]

i refuse to ignore the "AHH!!!! OH MY GOD!!" comedy gold

[@komodogaming9598]

“A jerks guide to the unknown” does sound like a good movie tho ngl 😅

[@quisquiliarum7710]

10:44 love that background footage

[@rickypedia999]

There's just something satisfying about a survivor trying to greed a pallete and never quite realizing that i can just keep shooting them with UVX if they don't move. Same if they are standing in a corner with an obstacle between us they can run around and they still dont move for fear that I'm going to smack them when they do commit to a direction... which I will. Also, random tip: if you're opponent is an Unknown and you're on Hawkins, do NOT try to hang out in one of those rooms with a single entrance and a second floor that goes nowhere with a wrap around scaffolding. The UVX can and likely will hit you there and youll be trapped until Unknown lets you go or downs you. There is no running, no escaping, no hiding and if they are any good at shooting, you're not dodging because they can literally just make it explode on the wall beneath you and you get hit by the AoE. A competent Unknown player in those two rooms has already caught you and you're only hope is to charge straight ahead at full health and use invincibility frames to get out of the room. Just eat the hit and you at keast have a chance

[@Sylvan404]

I think Hawkins is one of my fav maps for Unknown, because of wall shots and the general vibe.

[@rickypedia999]

@Sylvan404 it also seems lore accurate, considering one of the possible origin stories was "government experiment." Unknown is 100% something they'd have studied there

[@Sylvan404]

@@rickypedia999 Agreed.

[@IntrovertedCanine]

Unforseen is another perk that basically turns the Doctor into Killer Queen.

[@GrandmaJesus]

i don't even play dbd but i like watching these lol. but bruh the desert map with the black goop dripping into the sky makes me want to play fable 3. iykyk

[@davidhuston282]

Thank goodness they changed Invocation: Weaving Spiders its much shorter now

[@Ddelsol47]

I find a fun dose of irony that some of the best perks for the unknown have *"in"* in their names. *In*sidious Batteries *in*cluded

[@perfectbrunnetdoll]

I love playing really creepy killers in dbd. I loved when the dredge came out and have it's doll skin.

[@Bonghitsandchill]

Entertaining video and I'll be sure to try out some of the perk strats you brought up to spice up the DBD gameplay, thanks again.

[@blueboy1958]

I swear I remembered some killer concept ideas from like 2020 where they had a pirate killer that shot a grenade launcher esque canon. Acting similar to this guy's power.

[@Zandet-tr3wj]

Fun fact from the future: the Invocation perk now only takes 60 seconds, and drops at 1 charge per second

[@spiritupgrades]

4:29 LLEERRRRYYSS is more of a blessing for me

[@gaster42]

Soft counter to the basement perks: Is territorial impairment.

[@hasechoward2928]

I feel like now that everyone has gotten over the second bait of a disguise killer, he seems fun

[@justinterrell7020]

Thankfully, Invocation had its time needed cut in half, and doesnt immediately regress to 0 in 3 seconds anymore!

[@DillonMeyer]

Read all the way through for the Neck Tech. No one usually plays PTB beyond day 2. This one lasted 8 days. They extended it beyond the normal week, which has never happened before aside from needing to test things that have been gamebreaking and they wanted more time to pinpoint it. The reason this time was purely because of the positive reception on the update. Anyways, here's the Neck Tech: Tap the power button (M2) and then IMMEDIATELY do a basic attack or lunge. You will cancel UVX, but the animation of the tube coming out of your neck and the sound effect of it coming out will still play, allowing you to trick survivors into walking directly into your murderous arms.

[@djandjb1]

I feel like your one of the only players who actually understands how to play this killer. In Scott Jund’s video on him, he said the killer only had a limited pocket to go for the other shot because of good survivors looking behind them, disregarding the fact you don’t have to take shots from LOS and can just hide/TP and keep venom on them for pressure or an unexpected snipe from the other side. Good guide video!

[@sonofsparda657]

fiddlesticks called.... he wants his kit back.... and his lore

[@lilnoah3915]

We got rowby lowkey edging and I’m all here for it

[@chilljelloton2089]

i love doing weaving spiders asap with reslience with it, deja vu or this is not happening are good pairs as well

[@StopWhiningManguideCultists]

Fun fact: if you start the invocation, get off, amd get downed, youll be put ti injured as it ends even if you're on the floor

[@pristinepastel]

my favorite part of the unkown is the sound effects it uses

[@FayWiz-]

The pause at 10:45 when he got done and saw The Unknowns aura😂😂

[@widgetfilms]

They could make invocation weaving spiders viable if they either removed the progress loss entirely, or made added a delay so you weren't punished hard for trying to ESCAPE FROM THE BASEMENT OR HIDE WHEN THE KILLER IS COMING.

[@TheRealMycanthrope]

Forgot VHS existed til you mentioned it. Says it all really.

[@dimitricandeiracistaro4543]

unknown has like the best power ive used in dbd for a while, im happy af

[@nicholasscott8]

Not the marble hornets reference. Core memory unlocked

[@justinterrell7020]

“Survivors won’t use the tools against the killer even if it shoots fire” man I may be new but playing Xeno I constantly eat fire turrets

[@kikata7604]

3:27 Fuuka Jumpscare!

[@nickferrio1316]

Awesome video. I was struggling till I watched this. First game after watching I went merciless and they only repaired one gen. 🎉

[@NunyaBusiness-b4n]

I learned how to edge on the first day of the ptb and its pretty fun, edging is a great way to get my hallucinations in good spots :3