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What is the best Killer perks tier in Dead by Daylight?
Use this Killer perks tier list to compare S through F rankings and identify the strongest current picks.
Killer perks Tier List
Patch 10.1Updated 19 Sept 2026151 ranked
S → F, patch-synced. Tap any icon to open its full page.
A31
A Nurse's Calling
All-Shaking Thunder
Bamboozle
Barbecue & Chilli
Bitter Murmur
Dark Arrogance
Dead Man's Switch
Dragon's Grip
Eruption
Help Wanted
Hex: Blood Favour
Hex: Devour Hope
Hex: No One Escapes Death
Hex: Pentimento
Hex: Undying
Languid Touch
Lay Waste
Lethal Pursuer
No Holds Barred
Nowhere to Hide
Pop Goes the Weasel
Save the Best for Last
Scourge Hook: Gift of Pain
Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass
Silent Shadow
Sloppy Butcher
Starstruck
Surge
Surveillance
Thrilling Tremors
Weave Attunement
B58
Agitation
Awakened Awareness
Batteries Included
Brutal Strength
Celestial Witness
Coup de Grâce
Cull the Weak
Discordance
Dissolution
Dominance
Enduring
Forced Hesitation
Forever Entwined
Franklin's Demise
Friends 'til the End
Hex: Face the Darkness
Hex: Haunted Ground
Hex: Hive Mind
Hex: Huntress Lullaby
Hex: Nothing but Misery
Hex: Overture of Doom
Hex: Plaything
Hex: Retribution
Hex: Ruin
Hex: The Third Seal
Hex: Thrill of the Hunt
Hex: Under Your Thumb
Hex: Wretched Fate
Human Greed
I'm All Ears
Infectious Fright
Keep Them Waiting
Machine Learning
Make Your Choice
Merciless Storm
Mindbreaker
Monitor & Abuse
No Quarter
None Are Free
Oppression
Overcharge
Phantom Fear
Play with Your Food
Rampage
Rancor
Rapid Brutality
Ravenous
Remember Me
Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage
Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds
Secret Project
See How They Run
Spirit Fury
Tinkerer
Turn Back the Clock
Unbound
Unforeseen
Wandering Eye
C29
Alien Instinct
Blood Echo
Blood Warden
Coulrophobia
Dark Devotion
Darkness Revealed
Deathbound
Distressing
Forced Penance
Furtive Chase
Game Afoot
Gearhead
Haywire
Hex: Crowd Control
Hex: Fortune's Fool
Hex: Scared to Death
Hubris
Hysteria
Iron Grasp
Iron Maiden
Shadowborn
Superior Anatomy
Terminus
Thanatophobia
THWACK!
Trail of Torment
Unnerving Presence
Unrelenting
Whispers
D18
F9
N/A0
No picks in this tier — meta shifted or data pending.
Rankings are community-curated and shift with patches. Held icons keep their rarity — the deck stays neutral so the game art carries the tier.
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Killer perks — common questions
Tier meanings, update cadence and beginner picks — ranked for the current patch.
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By effectiveness across ranks, competitive play and patch-by-patch community feedback. Tiers S through F and N/A are re-evaluated after balance updates — S means meta-defining today. Compare with survivor perks and killers to see the full meta.