The Story & Meaning Behind the Killer Moris (Dead by Daylight)

[@Mer_Lover.]

Dracula's Mori has indeed a reference to a castlevania scene, specifically the "What is a man?" One with the way he throws the glass being pretty much the same way he does before saying "But enough talk, have at you!" And Merchant's is a reference to her lore, since in the lore it shows her doing the exact mori, but in the lore she cuts her victim in half at the end instead of just dropping them

[@thatfishguy4991]

that’s pretty scary to think Merchant is psychotic enough to dismember someone

[@Mer_Lover.]

@thatfishguy4991 I mean, it goes above dismemberment, she cut through the guy clean, like, he just wasn't parted in two because she started the cut from his middle back

[@bluephantomfoxy3372]

The fact that skull drops the survivors implies she might seem them as lower than human and not worth putting in so much effort. She does love going for the highest of highs and while she can still kill freely, even some powerful people, most are average joes so she might not care as much, which could also explain why she seems so emotionless, she doesn’t care as much for randoms over people like Jane or Felix

[@laskodramo]

@@thatfishguy4991 Uhhh, you know how she makes her drones, right? Don't forget that the skulls on her drones are REAL, and she gets them from her victims. I don't even want to imagine how this happens... So yeah, this girl is crazy af.

[@Jasoncx]

@@laskodramo let's just pretend she grave robs the skulls, which doesn't sound much better either 😬

[@alph8587]

The Nanomachine Gel addon for Singularity implies that what he is injecting in his mori is actually that! As it says Nanomachines were used for healing, but some cases had them hacked and inflict harm on people

[@sonicexer1856]

Nanomachines son!

[@Hux-Lee]

I never thought of that. Good find!

[@TurbulentEitri]

At least it's quick. Possibly painless.

[@dylanlin8828]

@@TurbulentEitribut do they harden in response to physical trauma?

[@TurbulentEitri]

@@dylanlin8828 Yes

[@henrysheridan9571]

Vecna's mori is a reference to Critical Role, where he summons Skeltons to grab Pike- as the Skeltons begin tearing at his flesh-, as The voice actor for Vecna is the DM of critical role- its most certainly a reference to that

[@NicxCoay]

That’s an incredible catch!

[@joshuabrysmt-wells4276]

I don't know if someone has said yet or not, but for wraiths, mori, it's implied that's how he killed his boss, by the name

[@ZoedgeBlock]

I think Portia's line about taking fingers for a friend might be for Snug, since we see in Lobby animations that he seems to like hands.

[@georgialopez7717]

The hand animation added to SM's Mori was a step in the right direction imo. It represents how she approaches CEOs in a classy manner but ultimately backstabs them. Also, I never thought there would ever come a time where Ruin and BT weren't meta, and yet here we are. So maybe 2025 will turn Adriana around for the better. Happy New Year, Azhy. I love being a part of your community and seeing comments from Mario, Cylon, Michelle Rahe, and everyone else. Cheers! 🥂❤️

[@SeanJacobs-p3v]

I want to point out for ghostface mori he lifts the knife over his head, which was the signature move of Stu Macher the first Ghostface. So while Danny is showing his journalist side I like to think he’s honoring the originals 4:59

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

I would of talked about Naughty Bear's Mori, as it's technically a reference to his game. In that game, when he weakens a bear enough, he can either do an execution or scare them. He has hundreds of different executions for different kill methods with creative titles from the Narrator, while the "Boo" at the end is his signature line, a cry he makes to scare the other bears. In a sense you can say Naughty Bear's executions were inspiration for Dead by Daylight's Mori's

[@ZoidiusPlasmaReaper]

It's probably just a coincidence that it looks like this but the thing I like about Bubba's mori is at the end when he holds his chainsaw up and does his funny shriek. It reminds me of Tusken Raiders from Star Wars where they do a similar thing, holding their weapons above their heads and screaming an animalistic-like chant.

[@birbbabybirb]

Dracula's Mori is a specific reference to the prologue of Symphony of the Night, where he throws his wine glass onto the floor before fighting Richter.

[@ethanle2901]

Castlevania Fan here, it is correct that Dracula's Mori is a reference to the iconic "What is a Man?" line but another thing to note is the major differences between regular and True Form Drac's moris. When Drac is in Regular Form, he barely puts in effort, hence why it's a quick mori. The only reason Drac would turn into the True Form is when his opponent is someone he shouldn't underestimate, hence why the mori is much more brutal. The only times he ever uses the True Form is whenever he gets bested by the Belmonts

[@ZoedgeBlock]

Thanks for clearing that up! I've never seen the show so this is a super useful explanation as to why he's so nonchalant in his normal mori!

[@mirzapramudya1580]

​@@ZoedgeBlockCastlevania is a game series...

[@Silent.Heaven]

Pyramid head's "Final Judgement" is the exact same animation as his heavy attack from Silent Hill 2 (2001) where his overhead swing will instantly kill James, regardless of health.

[@TheMrJediSith]

Bubba’s Mori feels more of a reference to his Mortal Kombat X fatalities in a way.

[@Lusius8879]

I saw Carmina's mori as something slightly. I saw it as Carmina intentionally trying to get rid of the entity influence inside her by putting it in the survivor. Hence also the crow bursting out to return to Carmina. Notice also how she almost looks shocked and then tries to wave the crows (aka the entity influence) away from her. To me it is Carmina trying to rid herself of her demons, only for said demons to come bursting out towards her again. This also extends to her power I think, where the ink crows are the entity influence (hence why they can ignore standard trial rules) to cleanse herself, only for the crows to come back and infect her still.

[@Dr_Xavier]

7:49 you were very close with this one, but it's a different death animation for jill that dbd based the mori off, one where he stomps, and then actually smooshs his foot around. ( and I think the first tenticle part of the mori is a reference to brad's death in the original RE 3 )

[@pokeaust7800]

I have a theory that Unknown’s mori is how it steals the identities of its victims. It places special interest in the Survivors’ faces with the tentacles, like it’s analyzing and absorbing the aspects of their being it can use to further lure future victims.

[@GhostCatKiller]

Dracula’s mori is a reference of the game castlevania Symphony of the night with his encounter with Richter in which he finishes to throw his glass on the ground after saying his famous quote “what is a man” (the full quote is on dbd and it makes me smile everytime I hear it)

[@northernmask6096]

1:58 I remember when I first started playing dbd when it came to ps4. I had been playing for around a month, and had no idea killers could actually kill the survivors with a mori. This was the first one I ever saw, preformed on me as a survivor, I was shocked to say the least.

[@finnroumanos710]

Pyramid head’s final judgment is a direct reference to the way he attacks James in their first boss fight in SH2, with big, overhead swings

[@avian1799]

To add to Vecna‘s Mori, it may be a direct reference to one of his signature Spells, Rotten Fate. The Survivor is „engulfed in necrotic magic“, represented by the skeletons, and are then literally pulled apart, which very well could be the result of a failed constitution saving throw. The remaining skeleton is very similar to the Necrotic ones, so its not a stretch to say that they are added to his undead forces in some way (normally by becoming zombified, the DbD version more likely just another skeleton to shoot)

[@romanblaunt]

I find it interesting how you didn’t mention the Twins having 2 separate moris or any of the legendary ones.

[@spengler2258]

It isn’t a mori, but Pyramid Head’s Final Judgment animation is a reference to a move he does in the first Pyramid Head boss battle in the OG Silent Hill 2. He does a big overhead swing down onto James, which kills him in one slice- just like how it works in DBD.

[@Esskay_]

The Nurse's mori is a reference to the fact she strangled all of the patients in the asylum in her base lore

[@thechummypnda432]

I feel like it's worth mentioning that the Cenobite, Dredge, and Unknown all don't leave bodies behind after their mori.

[@Tak0m_9]

i think that artist's mori is most likely a reference to chest poppers and face huggers. face huggers will hold onto the face of its victims and lay eggs and then when the eggs have hatched the chest poppers burst out of the well chest of the victim

[@Frost_Winterfall]

on Legion's mori, a cool thing to point out is that they do 4 attacks before the survivor dies, the first misses the neck and they do a flourish, then a stab to the arm, a stab through the ankle, and finally, once in the chest for the actual kill! Sadly, they missed the chance to make all the knife attacks be where the Legion members stabbed the janitor, but its still pretty neat

[@benjaminbonin]

Hey just wanted to let you know I really appreciate your videos. You got me back into dbd multiple times just cause of the lore videos. Keep up the great work my man👍

[@neonoah3353]

Draculas one does references a castlevania cutscene, in most of his boss fight intros he throws his glass to the ground, shattering it. Also, if he kills the belmont, he will have a different line, if im not wrong.

[@DiablitoKawaii]

They are carefully and left a lot to the imagination on mori's but after SkullMerchant they took more creativity adding some gore, my favorite mori is Ghostface and Freddy because of how bloody it is

[@megalabite1013]

Chucky’s mori is exactly that he’s reenacting some of his OG kills, the hammer is the one he threw at aunt Maggie making fall out the window and land on a car, the baseball bat is the one he used to knock out Andy trying to transfer his soul into his body and he would end up using to beat detective Mike with, and the yard stick is the same one he used to kill the teacher in the second film, and of course the knife he uses can be a reference to any of his knife kills but the ones I think they reference most are the ones from Curse of Chucky the sixth film which he uses a knife that looks like the same one he uses here. Another thing I’d like to point out also is it shows he’s clear enjoyment of what he does and the fear he puts into others taking a line from the films “I love being me and I love my job, especially the look on my victims face when they realize it’s all really happening, a children’s toy is actually beating them to death with a yard stick, or setting them on fire, eviscerating them, all actually explains” these are lines said by the three chuckys in Cult of Chucky which like the mori shows chucky’s love for what he does and the fear he causes when people see a living doll is trying to kill them.

[@berdlyvr9258]

In my opinion the xenomorph's Mori is my favorite because you get a face to face with the survivor before killing them and I think that's another level of disrespect.

[@Master-yodas]

Bubbas mori is a reframce to kirks kill cuz he also hits kirk on the head with the hammer

[@ericbotondbatternay8452]

Will you be covering the tome of the woman within the Dredge?

[@WMB-brent]

Can you do a video talking about all the maps and their backstories with the killers?

[@Orthane]

I always thought it was weird that the Oni gets upset when people call him, well, an Oni. That was a pretty common way to describe a fearsome warrior in Japan. For example there was a general who served Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and fought in the major conflict of the time, named Ii Naomasa who was nicknamed "The Red Demon" for his striking red armor and he actually embraced it, his helmet was made to have giant horns on it, I seriously recommend you google his armor to see just how wacky it was. There's a lot of other examples as well, most Samurai seemed to embrace it as it was an acknowledgement of how unbelievably terrifying they are to fight in battle.

[@zeporion6091]

Pyramid Head’s mini-mori is a reference to how he attacks in his first boss fight from the original Silent Hill 2. It even transitions to a similar fixed angle. It’s an overhead strike that, in-game, was an instant kill. However in keeping with this new variant of Pyramid Head who is consistently more powerful; the overhead slam is a lot faster.

[@MistarZtv]

Does anyone get the feeling that the obsession with fingers and what clown does to them, has a very creepy and phalic implication given his very abusive childhood and some of his lore being pulled from youknowwho?

[@rainond.cooper2971]

I really hope that the mobile exclusive mori's come to the main game since it is shutting down. Especially Trapper, Hillbilly's and Huntress' are better Also I will note that I think Wraith's and one of Plague's mobile mori's do have some symbolism Wraith's doesn't look that special at first, but when you think about it, it's pretty similar to how he executed his boss. A very slow death that eventually popped the spine or neck Meanwhile one of Plague's has her gouging out the survivor's eyes, which could be in reference to her own blind devotion to her faith

[@Blight_main]

I noticed something about Blight's mori, usually everyone who injected that serum would become a monster mutant, but as we saw in mori, he only had bubbles come out of his body, which means Talbot he may have managed to get two versions of the serum, I think he tried to develop more lasting power without mutating (my theory) Maybe that's why the entity was not happy with his impression and threw him into the void 🤷

[@rogueone5711]

The Dracula Mori I believe is a reference to the intro of symphony of the night. Where Dracula is drinking from a wine glass and then throws it on the floor, causing it to shatter

[@beefymight362]

I think more specifically for the wraith, he seems to attack right in the center of the spine almost the length of this weapon but of coure due to the restrictions the doesnt actually sub-zero them and pull out their skill and spine, but it could be what he did to his boss.

[@theronin9471]

My glorious king azhy dropped again 🔥🔥🔥

[@glendepoorter1493]

You forgot naughty bear

[@doomerzoomer]

you put it in the text but yes wesker's mori is a 1:1 to when excella get infected prior to her boss battle.

[@jacobpainter1962]

Leatherface's Mori is probably a reference to one of his fatalities in Mortal Kombat X

[@disfiguringthegoddess1102]

ngl, the censoring is putting me off.

[@Couch_potato513]

He has to for youtube he doesn't really have a choice

[@therpderp]

Blame youtube.

[@connorm6888]

you already know what the mori’s look like 😭

[@therpderp]

@@connorm6888 it's still obscene that youtubers NEED to censor this stuff in a video game to make the money they might need to pay rent. youtube has youtube kids for a reason.

[@connorm6888]

@@therpderp i know, i think it’s silly that you have to censor it. i’m just saying everyone already knows what they look like so him censoring them isn’t a big deal

[@EvilsDeathAzul]

To confirm, the stabbing of the tentacle is a reference to the scene where Nemesis both kills some people with his tentacle, and also infects Jill with the T-Virus at the church.

[@Zimzi]

4:26 iirc the Entity prefers when the killers do sacrifices and doesn't particularly like when they kill by their own hand. Perhaps the Entity sees that the killers are about to take the kill for themselves so it takes away its magic to make them momentarily weaker so the survivor has more of a chance to get away and its a punishment of sorts?

[@TheRealSavageSlayer]

Sounds good but as stated in the video, Vecna gets stronger in his mori

[@Zimzi]

​@@TheRealSavageSlayer fair point, perhaps he gives the survivors a brief stint of hope by fighting back against some of the killers since the Entity feeds off of all emotion and not just fear, btw love the pfp ❤

[@gustavolimasilva5690]

make a video ranking the most painful (that would cause more physical and psychological pain for the survivors) killers to face, considering their weapons/strenght/power and their effects on the survs bodys, big fan :)

[@Phoenix-nz4bj]

as a legion main i view the mori as them being sloppy bc they are just a group of teenagers after all they arent efficient killers

[@Aya-Aya-Aya-Aya]

I wished Xenoqueen had her own mori. Something to do with facehuggers would had been nice

[@dragonballradiant2744]

Hopefully there’s a tome lore. Explaining what happens after your absorbed. By unknown. Similar to dredge. Because the entity still has to get you back to the campfire. I’m expecting other people to be in there.

[@NurTimothy]

Nemesis reference is as when he pulled Victor at the Train with the Bomb aswell

[@ahollingsworth457]

✨Thank you so much for all your hard work this past year. I can’t wait to see what the new year will bring✨ 🍾🥂Happy New Year to everyone who makes this channel possible🥂🍾

[@owenwalker1774]

I just want to say I love your unique and creative video ideas.👍

[@CarBroke.PhoneYes]

How likely are we to get a Killer Lore tier list?

[@sinisterhistory8801]

Love the concept behind this video.

[@brais5001]

Im curius about one thing,what plague says in her mory?I renember heard something like*this is a sacrifice for him*

[@DrHooks]

Dude, whenever you post, it makes my day, just getting the notification brings a smile to my face, keep up the good work. Definitely top 3 best dbd youtubers, no doubt

[@duckgames2538onxbox]

YES HE FINALLY UPLOADED ANOTHER BANGER!

[@shannonxpennywise]

"Taking fingers for a pal" is probably referencing her dog, not the Clown.

[@CccxCe]

I doubt that as I don’t think she would refer to snug as a pal

[@thehamburglar2420]

They both: - Have pets - Like/carry fingers - Laugh a lot - Hinder survivors - Speed themselves up - Slay Idk man the facts are right there

[@BasementDweller_]

Bruh you should mention all the legendary skin moris. It was just 2 more to talk about. At least Naughty Bear with the narrator being the influence .

[@Bli22]

When are we getting more content for Azzzhymovs, is the channel being abandoned? I really enjoyed watching those videos while I fall asleep so that would be quite sad

[@5ghastlysplash551]

Naughty Bears Mori references the way he kills the other bears with his machete, stabbing them through the chest. Him easily picking up the survivors with one hand could also be a show of his strength, showing he isn't just some teddy bear, but a monster, then ending with his signature "Boo"

[@braytonewell]

3:11 really shows off Houndmaster's current power if played well... 😵‍💫

[@vinnie4609]

I just hate how moris are in third person. A setting in the options wouldn't hurt

[@samueljibodu475]

What are the heights of the killers

[@sinisterhistory8801]

No Naughty Bear?! Best Mori in the game

[@Sir_Slice]

I really like Knight’s Mori because it really shows what the Ghost Gang is capable of, and what makes them unique. The Assassin just stabs the Survivor, very calm, collected but efficient. The Jailer burns the Survivor, and laughs, which shows how he enjoys harming his foes. The Carnifex slams the Survivor down with his huge blade, so strong that it brings the Survivor to their knees. And lastly, Knight finishes off the Survivor brutally. It’s just a really good bit of subtle storytelling/character building. It gives you a good look at who they are, even if Knights lore doesn’t cover them that much.

[@Offcialhardyman]

does anyone happen to have a list of killer moris that are in 1st person? i wanna play them

[@Khaled-eb8zw]

NEW YEAR TOMORROW!

[@NotThatGuy35]

Expired by the time before the sun rises

[@HOMOGRIMOIRE]

rip to all the Dwights that died for this video 😔

[@alexrosas4007]

what about naughty bear

[@bubba8751]

Bro will have a whole aaa book of lore to go to when fnaf comes out

[@mahihoque4598]

they don't allow game violence seriously

[@Jonah0531]

AZHY is the top Deeee beeee deeee KZbinr

[@Th3_Traitor]

No Dwights were harmed in the making of this video.

[@CccxCe]

U forgot naughty bear 😭

[@benncool1606]

WHERE WAS NAUGHTY BEAR?????????/?

[@EricRodriguez-dm5mc]

Wraith actually smacks the hell out of survivors's spines precisely, i wonder why 👁️👄👁️

[@michellerahe4853]

Ghostface: ...... WaaAaZzzuPpp Survivor: WAAzzuuuPpp

[@cupidbirds]

ace visconti

[@Ryoshi-mp3xs]

That pore Dwight

[@samueljibodu475]

Can u do that a video on it

[@rogiertp]

The Story & Meaning Behind the Killer Moris (Dead by Daylight) AZHYMOVS

[@rogiertp]

Favourite mori will always be Pinhead for me, straight to hell

[@NoxyNugYT]

Smash, next question

[@xenoshadow7575]

I see you everywhere

[@NoxyNugYT]

@xenoshadow7575 I'm in your walls

[@TheSeltzerMan]

Dracula’s true form has a separate mori that’s even better than the base one

[@Tossedtie]

One minute ago is crazy

[@IamKang2009]

No skin moris?

[@youtubecommenter_]

Oni=ogre in Japanese so really the lord did insult kazan cuz my generals could refer to there troops as demons i imagine due to them being full of rage and power but due to the diffrences in demons characteristics change meanwhile oni while having similarities being full of rage and power another key feature is that they are ugly. In conclusion the lord called kazan ugly

[@Atmisevil]

Lisa Sherwood

[@SeeNogDBDYT]

Moris can have meaning? You mean it's not just wham wham bam and you're dead??? 😮

[@ethands2828]

The clown mori difference explanation has no merit to it? Why don't all survivors get the finger that's taken for female survivors taken?

[@mk-ru2hy]

Dead by Dwight

[@MoTheGuy]

Sprit is just,,,,sad man :(

[@Eli_gamecreator_TufFnarc]

Hey, could u do a live stream for a dbd gartic phone?

[@TurbulentEitri]

Censored by Daylight

[@AlliedX]

I always loved the backstory behind Wraith's mori despite how much it sucks. I like the leg-pull.