The Best Executioner Builds in Dead by Daylight (2024)
Just Bought Pyramid Head for Yourself in Dead by Daylight? Here Are All of the Best Builds for the Executioner. First Published January 18, 2024, 11:23 8...
Just bought Pyramid Head for yourself in Dead by Daylight? Here are all of the best builds for The Executioner.
First Published January 18, 2024, 11:23
8 January 2024 - We've updated the page to reflect any recent changes to perks and abilites in Patch 7.5.0 and the January 2024 Developer Update that might impact the best Pyramid Head builds in Dead By Daylight.
The popular 4v1 asymmetrical horror game Dead by Daylight includes many icons from other horror franchises, including the terrifying monster Pyramid Head from Silent Hill. Known in The Fog as The Executioner, Pyramid Head is a force to be reckoned with, given his powerful ranged attack.
Using perks can help you make the most of Pyramid Head's strong ability and down survivors relentlessly. Here are the best Executioner builds and loadout in Dead by Daylight, including which perks you should use on this killer.
The Executioner's Power And Perks
Before we delve into the best builds for The Executioner, let's look at this killer's power and teachable perks so you know what you're working with. First, here are Pyramid Head's three teachable perks:
Perk: Forced Penance
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Survivors who take a protection hit are temporarily inflicted with the Broken status effect.
Perk: Trail of Torment
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After kicking a generator, you become temporarily Undetectable. During this time, the generator’s yellow aura is revealed to Survivors.
Perk: Deathbound
- When a Survivor heals another Survivor for one Health State while away from the Killer, the Survivor performing the Healing action will scream, revealing their location and temporarily activating Deathbound.
- While it is activated, the Survivor will suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect if they move away from the healed Survivor.
Power: Rites of Judgment
The Executioner's power is called "Rites of Judgment." The in-game description reads as follows:
- Hold the Power button to activate, then move in any direction to carve a trail into the ground.
- Survivors who walk or run on the trail will trigger Killer Instinct and be afflicted with Torment.
- Survivors affected by Torment may be sent to a Cage of Atonement while they are in the dying state.
Pyramid Head also has one special attack, Punishment of the Damned:
- Press the Attack button while Rites of Judgment is active to perform Punishment of the Damned. This unleashes a wave of force, damaging any Survivors in its path.
To top off his kit, The Executioner has two special abilities, Cage of Atonement and Final Judgment.
- Cage of Atonement - Press the Active Ability button while standing over a dying Survivor suffering from Torment to send them to a Cage of Atonement where they can be sacrificed as if they were on a hook. Being rescued or rescuing another Survivor from a Cage of Atonement will remove Torment.
- Final Judgment - Press the Active Ability button while standing over a dying Survivor suffering from Torment who has already reached the struggle phase on a hook or in a cage to execute them.
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Best Pyramid Head Builds In Dead By Daylight
Pyramid Head's kit is one of the most diverse in the game, equipping him with lots of different powers and giving him the ability to pressure survivors in countless ways.
As such, there are a lot of different ways you can play this killer. Here are just a few of the top Executioner builds that you can try.
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