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Pack Hunter
A strong (meta) Dead by Daylight build for The Houndmaster · playstyle: Slowdown · synergy score 85/100 · patch 10.2.2b
Perks
Lethal Pursuer – At the start of the Trial, the Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 7/8/9 seconds. • Extends the duration of all instances of a Survivor Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds. Lethal…
Grim Embrace – Your act of servitude to The Entity has not gone unnoticed. Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, Grim Embrace gains +1 Token and activates once you are at least 16 metres away from the…
Pop Goes the Weasel – After hooking a Survivor, Pop Goes the Weasel activates for 35/40/45 seconds. While active, manually damaging a Generator triggers the following effect: • Increases the regression amount by +15%…
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance – Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards. At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks: • The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white. Start the…
Killer & add-ons
The Houndmaster
Gunpowder Tin – Useful for all manner of explosive schemes. • Increases the Action speeds for the following interactions by +30% for 20 seconds after a Survivor becomes…
Spyglass – Used to spot what one is looking for, no matter how far away. • The Auras of Survivors affected by Houndsense are revealed for 3 seconds after it ends.
Why it works
Strong all-round slowdown: Grim Embrace and Pain Resonance trigger on hooks, so you keep chasing instead of kicking gens.
How to play
Send the dog to find and catch survivors.
How this score is made
Score 85/100 = rules 84 + 1 from NightLight community stats. The rules part is calculated by this site from the perk descriptions; only the community part comes from real match results.
| Part | Points | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Synergy | 34 / 50 | Known strong perk pairs (13 each) and purposes shared by 2+ perks (4 each), max 50. |
| Balance | 50 / 50 | Basic needs: killers want gen slowdown (−20 without) and info (−10 without); survivors want a chase or second-chance perk (−20 without) and something for the team (−10 without). −10 per empty slot. |
| Conflicts | 0 | Penalties: the same perk twice (licensed copy, −15), two Exhaustion perks (−15), 2+ hexes without Undying or Thrill of the Hunt (−6). |
| Community stats | +1 | NightLight: how often these perks win compared with the average perk of their role, corrected for small samples (−10 to +10). Only when stats are imported. |
NightLight numbers per perk
Kill rate of each perk vs the average killer perk (49.98%). Strength = difference × games ÷ (games + 300); perks under 100 games count 0. Build points = 0.6 × sum of strength, at most ±10. Source: NightLight.gg, 17 Oct – 14 Nov.
| Perk | Kill rate | vs avg | Games | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lethal Pursuer | 46.7% | -0.4 | 0 | -0.4 |
| Grim Embrace | 46.1% | -0.9 | 0 | -0.9 |
| Pop Goes the Weasel | 50.9% | +3.9 | 0 | +3.9 |
| Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance | 47.0% | -0.1 | 0 | -0.1 |
Rating details
- ✓ Both trigger on hooks: gen slowdown without walking.
- ✓ Hook-based slowdown that stacks.
- ✓ Multiple slowdown perks keep the gens under control.