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Perk builds for survivor | Dbd
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This guide will tell you about various survivor builds. If you want me to add another build / category, comment, and maybe I'll add it.


Last updated: 31st December 2023
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Mixed Builds
This section contains a mix of perks. Helping you in multiple categories. Perks may have synergy with each other, or just work independently.



Adrenaline, Any Means Necessary, Balanced Landing, Troubleshooter
This build helps you at the start of the endgame and gives you the ability to see and pick up dropped pallets, as well as to see the killer after dropping a pallet and the most progressed generator while in chase with an exhaustion perk (it can be changed).


Alert, Bond, Prove Thyself, Sprint Burst
This build gives you information on the killer and your teammates, in order to help the latter on generators by repairing them faster and getting out of there in time if the killer comes.


Babysitter, Mettle of Man, Overcome, Resilience
This build helps your teammates get away after you unhook them, while you gain information on the killer. If the killer chooses to tunnel the survivor, you can take hits for them, making them focus on you instead. If they still go after your teammate, you do generators 9% faster.
Exhaustion Perk Builds
Builds that can be used with exhaustion perks.

Here are some examples:


[Exhaustion perk], Self-Aware (Fixated), Vigil, Windows of Opportunity
Recovering fast while in chase.

[Exhaustion perk], Adrenaline, Bond, Resilience
For knowing where your teammates are and not running into them while getting chased.

[Exhaustion perk], Adrenaline, Resilience, Windows of Opportunity

Balanced Landing, Prove Thyself, Resilience, Vigil
Recovering fast and doing the objective without needing to be healed.

Balanced Landing, Borrowed Time, Decisive Strike, Iron Will.
Lithe

Lithe, Borrowed Time, Botany Knowledge, Decisive Strike
Build suggested by VerneV_TTV

Lithe, Dance With Me, Quick & Quiet, Windows of Opportunity
(Works best with Lithe)

Dead Hard, Empathy, For The People, Iron Will



Dead Hard

Dead Hard, Spine Chill, Resilience, Iron Will

Dead Hard, Empathy, For The People, Iron Will

Dead Hard, Botany Knowledge, Borrowed Time, Iron Will

Adrenaline, Dead Hard, Decisive Strike and Deliverance

Adrenaline, Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Unbreakable

Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Deliverance, Iron Will

Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Deliverance, Unbreakable

Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Soul Guard, Unbreakable
Sprint Burst


Sprint Burst, Borrowed Time, Empathy and We'll Make It.

Sprint Burst, Self Care, Decisive Strike, Adrenaline.

Sprint Burst, Self-Aware (Fixated), Iron Will, Vigil.

Lithe

Lithe, Borrowed Time, Botany Knowledge, Decisive Strike
Build suggested by VerneV_TTV

Lithe, Dance With Me, Quick & Quiet, Windows of Opportunity



Smash Hit

Smash Hit, Self-Aware (Fixated), Lightweight, Windows of Opportunity


Overcome

Bite the Bullet, Botany Knowledge, Lucky Break, Overcome
Credit: MissMewnetic

Lithe, Overcome, Vigil, Windows of Opportunity
Credit: SpookyLoopz
Altruistic builds
Altruistic builds to help your teammates and die because you're either too altruistic, or nobody is doing gens.
With some builds, I am assuming you are using an item.

Here are some examples:

Aftercare, Botany Knowledge, We'll Make it, We're Gonna Live Forever

Aftercare, Botany Knowledge, Built to last, Empathy

Borrowed time, Bite The Bullet, Kindred , Built to last

Aftercare, Borrowed Time, Botany Knowledge, Desperate Mesures

Botany Knowledge, Desperate Mesures, We'll Make it, We're Gonna Live Forever

Botany Knowledge, Kindred, No one left behind, We'll Make It

Borrowed Time, Empathy, Botany Knowledge, We'll Make it

Borrowed Time, Kindred, Desperate Mesures, We'll Make it

Autodidact, Bite The Bullet, Kindred, Empathy/ Bond.

Autodidact, Borrowed Time, For the People, We'll Make it
Credit: DeadGirlJimmie
The Gen Jockey builds
We get it, you just want to rush gens and get points, and you're too scared to get chased, or just want a break from them. I'm not judging...

With some builds, I am assuming you are using an item.

Here are some examples:

For newer players:
Prove Thyself, Resilience, Technician and This Is Not Happening

Prove Thyself, Resilience, Spine Chill and Technician

Prove Thyself, Deja Vu, Rookie Spirit / Visionary, Technician

For the others:

Prove Thyself, Better Together, Fast Track and Blast Mine

Prove Thyself, Better Together, Detective's Hunch, Resilience

Fast Track, Prove Thyself, Repressed Alliance, Stake out
Credit: DeadGirlJimmie

Built to Last, Prove Thyself, Resilience, Streetwise
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Engineer's Toolbox + Brand New Part, Wire Spool
Credit: Sweh
The Sneaky Survivor builds
These are some builds for Stealthy survivors (mostly blendettes).

Here are some examples:

Calm Spirit, Distortion, Urban Evasion and Iron Will

Dance With Me, Quick & Quiet, Fixated, Iron Will

Distortion, Urban Evasion, Resilience, Lucky Break

Alert, Urban Evasion, Iron Will, Self-preservation

Iron Will, Lithe, Quick & Quiet, Dance With Me
Sabotage Builds
You just want to sabotage hooks either that you want to be a Jake, have an archive, or just like to sabo for some reason

With some builds, I am assuming you are using one of these items:

  • 24 charges.
  • Slightly increases repair speed.
  • Unlocks the sabotage action.
  • Considerably increases sabotage speed.

  • 20 charges.
  • Moderately increases repair speed.
  • Unlocks the sabotage action.
  • Slightlyincreases sabotage speed.

Here are some build examples:

Breakout, Built to last, Empathy / Bond and Saboteur

Saboteur, Breakeout, Mettle of Man, Self Care
Build suggested by OceanBoy23.

Built to last, Saboteur, Urban Evasion / Fixated and Iron Will
To keep your item from depleting, and when it does deplete, you can sabotage without the item and do it sneaky.

Breakdown, Resurgence, Saboteur, Bond
To automatically destroy the hook after being unhooked, then being healed fast, and then continute your sabotaging.

Dance With Me, Lithe, Quick & Quiet, Saboteur
After sabotaging the killer's hooks, you make a quick escape trough a window.

Built to Last, Sprint Burst, Quick & Quiet, Saboteur
Keeping your item from depleting, and after you sabotage the killer's hooks, you make a quick escape.






Other Builds
The "I'm not dying" builds

Kinship (Camaraderie) , Dead Hard, Decisive Strike and Deliverance/ Unbreakable
To ensure you won't die.

The "Don't heal me, I heal you first" Build

Botany Knowledge, Resurgence, Solidarity, Bite The Bullet
Healing your teammates faster, and making them heal you faster.

The "Anti Slugging Killer" Build

Botany Knowledge, Buckle Up, We'll Make It / No One Left Behind, We're Gonna Live Forever.

The "Hehe, Get trolled" Builds

Dance With Me, Decisive Strike, Head On, Quick & Quiet
Calm Spirit, Diversion, Iron Will, Stake Out
Blast Mine, Quick & Quiet, Red Herring, Deception.
Troll the killer, and buy your teammates time.

Deceptions, Quick & Quiet, Head On, Dance With Me
Build suggested by Lotus

The "Chest's are mine, back off" Build

Appraisal, Plunderer's Instinct, Up The Ante, Ace In The Hole
To see all the chests closer to you, have more luck getting good items, and getting more at the same time.

You can also use:
Pharmacy
To ensure you get a medkit, unlocking chests faster and making less noise while doing so.




The "Aware of the killer" Build

Alert, Dark Sense, Spine Chill, Urban Evasion
To know if the killer's headed towards you, and to make a quick escape.

The "Making my teammate's jobs easier" Build

Leader, Prove Thyself, Resurgence, Vigil
Making your teammates do almost everything faster.

The "Bloodpoint" Build

Botany Knowledge, Self Care, We'll Make It, We're Gonna Live Forever

The "Making the most out of my item" Build

Built to Last, Prove Thyself / Botany Knowledge, Spine Chill, Streetwise
You aren't just gonna let that item drain, you're gonna make the most out of it.

The "Vault Speed" Build

Dead Hard, Resilience, Spine Chill, Iron Will
To vault windows and pallets faster.

The "Totem Cleansing" Build

Counterforce, Iron Will, Small Game, Urban Evasion
To Cleanse totems faster every time, and stay sneaky while doing so.

The "Eye" Build

Dark Sense, Deja Vu, Kindred, Object Of Obsession
Open your third eye.

The "I'm looking for hatch, bye bye teammates" Build

Iron Will, Left Behind, Sole Survivor, Sprint Burst
Why would you run this??

The "Broken" Build

Mettle Of Man, No Mither, Resurgence, Self Care
A troll build.

It is advised to run this build with the following item:

The broken key





The "Locker Op" Build

Built to last, Flashbang, Head on, Inner Healing (Inner Strength)

Credit: Schalti





Suggested Builds
Dead Hard, Borrowed Time, Decisive Strike and Iron Will
Build suggested by Kama

The "Have everything you need" Build

Borrowed Time, Prove Thyself, Bond, Adrenaline
Build suggested by Faceless

The "Ultra small pp build" Build

Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Unbreakable, Iron Will
Build suggested by Die Young

Dead Hard, Self Care, Botany Knowledge / Iron WIll
Build suggested by lentboi

The "big boy" Build

Unbreakable, Flip Flop, Tenacity, Boild Over
Build suggested by Whamett

The "Annoying prick' Build

Object of Obsession, Dead Hard, Decisive Strike, Unbreakable
Build suggested by Wajanuuwk

The "I don't trust my teammates" Build

Dead Hard, Resilience, Self Care, Bite the Bullet
Build suggested by GoodDoggo

The "Leave me alone " Build

Spine Chill, Lightweight, Quick & Quiet, Adrenaline

Build suggested by Slim Intoxicado
The "Immortal Survivor" Build

Resurgence, Solidarity, Botany Knowledge, Adrenaline
Build suggested by - Dark -
42 Comments
Clonic 15 Jun, 2023 @ 8:23am 
This guide have 2 Calm spirit Builds.
Best guide 10/10:SF6_Delta_Cat:
thefugitive10 2 Jun, 2023 @ 10:19am 
Dead hard, Spine chill, Selfcare, quick and quiet
Brock 23 Jul, 2021 @ 11:36pm 
i like spine chill
chrisowning 21 Jul, 2021 @ 11:23am 
these are good builds
Helstar 21 Jul, 2021 @ 3:53am 
al this perks doesn't matter if killer is Russian
SpacePope 21 Jul, 2021 @ 12:30am 
As a Solo Survivor specifically, I really like taking: Borrowed Time, Exhaustion Perk, Blast Mine & Aftercare. It lets me be an altruistic team player, but still protect myself. If I am doing a gen solo and people are hurt, they can either run to my blast mine or away depending on if they are still being chased. Once they are healed, we get aftercare. If I am worried about being focused out of the game, more often than not, my teammates are willing to come get me because of BT and the Aftercare / Blast Mine tech. Use your mobility exhaustion perk of choice. It really doesn't matter what.
Dark 20 Jul, 2021 @ 5:03am 
Immortal Survivor Build - Resurgence,Solidarity,Botany Knowledge and Adrenaline
Hard Boiled 19 Jul, 2021 @ 9:15am 
The "Leave me alone" build: Spine Chill, Lightweight, Quick & Quiet, Adrenaline
stone 19 Jul, 2021 @ 7:24am 
i don't trust my team build: dead hard, resilience, self-care (bring a kit, no matter the rarity. if you can't bring one, use another perk), bite the bullet (the last one is up to you, i choose this one)
antoniogang 19 Jul, 2021 @ 4:57am 
The annoying fuck build- Object of obsession, Dead hard, Decisive strike, Unbreakable