Dead By Daylight Survivors With The Best Perks

Key Takeaways

  • Jonah Vasquez offers the best perks like Overcome, Boon: Exponential, and Corrective Action for a well-rounded playstyle.
  • Nicolas Cage’s Plot Twist, Dramaturgy, and Scene Partner make him an engaging survivor with game-changing perks.
  • Zarina Kassir has must-have anti-tunneling perks like Off The Record and For The People, while Red Herring falls short.



Dead by Daylight has 44 survivors and 132 perks exclusive to them. These perks can be used by all survivors only if the corresponding survivor has a prestige level. Therefore, this creates a hierarchy of survivors that needs to be quickly leveled up so that their perks are available to all other survivors.

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The survivors with the best perks in the game usually have two extremely effective and consistent perks or one meta-defining perk that warrants them a spot on this list. From the best exhaustion perks to the best anti-tunneling perks, here are the Dead by Daylight survivors with the best perks that players should prestige as soon as possible.


8 Jonah Vasquez

Mathematical Mastermind

Jonah Vasquez DBD


How to Acquire

4500 Iridescent Shards, 250 Auric Cells, or Endless Hunt Chapter Pack DLC

Overcome DBD

Overcome

The speed boost provided when injured by a killer is increased by two seconds. Overcome inflicts Exhausted for 60/50/40 seconds, during which the perk cannot be used.

Boon Exponential DBD

Boon: Exponential

After blessing a totem, the survivors within the 24-meter radius of the blessed totem gain the following benefits:

  • 90/95/100% bonus recovery speed
  • Self-recovery from the dying state
Corrective Action DBD

Corrective Action

Start the trial with 1/2/3 token(s). When achieving a Great Skill Check, this perk gains a token, up to a maximum of 5 tokens. The perk provides the following benefits:

  • If any other survivor fails a skill check, Corrective Action converts it into a Good Skill Check at the cost of one token.
  • The survivor’s aura is revealed for six seconds.

Jonah Vasquez has teachable perks that fulfill a wide range of playstyles. His best perk, by far and away, is Overcome. This is a severely underrated exhaustion perk that can make killers disinterested in chasing a survivor after they trigger Overcome. The increased speed boost can be enough to get to a promising jungle gym that can waste the killer’s time if they commit to the chase.

While Boon perks are not in the meta at the moment, Boon: Exponential can break open a game if a killer decides to slug. Finally, Corrective Action is Jonah’s worst perk. It is mostly useful for beginners, as experienced players rarely miss skill checks. Acquiring Overcome and Boon: Exponential is very worthwhile, which makes Jonah a great choice for players to prestige down the line.


7 Nicolas Cage

Trapped Superstar

Nicolas Cage DBD

How to Acquire

500 Auric Cells or Nicolas Cage Half-Chapter DLC

Plot Twist DBD

Plot Twist

This perk activates when the player is injured. Pressing the active ability button silently puts the player in the dying state and does the following:

  • Grunts of Pain are suppressed
  • Pools of Blood are suppressed
  • Self-recovery from the dying state

After successfully recovering from the dying state, the player is fully healed and gains 50% Haste for 2/3/4 seconds.

Dramaturgy DBD

Dramaturgy

When healthy, press the active ability button to use Dramaturgy, providing 25% Haste for two seconds. Additionally, players can get one of the following effects:

  • Become Exposed for 12 seconds.
  • Haste bonus is extended by two seconds.
  • Scream without alerting the killer
  • Obtain a random Rare item with random add-ons, dropping any previously held item in the process.

The same effect cannot happen two times in a row. Dramaturgy inflicts Exhausted for 60/50/40 seconds, during which the perk cannot be used.

Scene Partner DBD

Scene Partner

When inside the killer’s terror radius, Scene Partner is enabled and provides the following effects:

  • Scream and reveal the aura of the killer for 3/4/5 seconds when looking at them.
  • There is a 50% chance of screaming again, which increases the duration of the aura by two more seconds.

This perk has a 60-second cooldown.

Nicolas Cage’s perks are absolutely not beginner-friendly. However, if players are looking for good vibes, fun moments, and still have game-changing perks, then Nicolas Cage is a fantastic survivor to prestige. Mastering his teachable perks will take a bit of time, but it is a good investment.


Plot Twist is an incredible perk that can salvage players from tricky situations when executed properly. The same can be said for Dramaturgy unless players gain the Exposed debuff. Scene Partner is Nicolas’ least effective perk, as there are aura-reading perks such as Kindred, Poised, Alert, and Fogwise, which can provide information on the killer without being at risk.

6 Kate Denson

Hopeful Songbird

Kate Denson DBD

How to Acquire

2250 Iridescent Shards, 125 Auric Cells, or Maddening Darkness Chapter Pack DLC

Windows of Opportunity DBD

Windows of Opportunity

The auras of pallets, breakable walls, and windows in a 24/28/32-meter radius is revealed.

Dance With Me DBD

Dance With Me

When performing a Rushed Action to vault a window, or exit a locker, Dance With Me activates and provides the following benefits:

  • Scratch Marks are suppressed for three seconds.

This perk has a cooldown of 30/25/20 seconds.

Boil Over DBD

Boil Over

When the killer is carrying you, Boil Over provides the following effects:

  • The strength of your Struggle Effects on the killer when you wiggle is increased by 60/70/80%
  • Gain 33% wiggle progression when the killer drops from height.
  • Suppresses the killer’s ability to see the aura of hooks in a 16-meter radius.


Kate Denson has two perks that make her very appealing as a survivor that players should prestige. Her strongest perk is Windows of Opportunity, which gives so much information to plan out chases. It is incredibly effective and has no requirements to meet, making it a consistent perk throughout a match. Dance With Me is a pretty weak perk on its own. However, pairing it with Quick and Quiet makes it a pretty effective perk.

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Boil Over is her worst perk and is one of the most underwhelming in the game. The effects it provides are negligible and barely affect the killer in any way. Kate is a great option for survivors to prestige early on purely to get Windows of Opportunity as it is such a strong perk with zero downsides.

5 Zarina Kassir

Plucky Documentarian

Zarina Kassir DBD


How to Acquire

4500 Iridescent Shards, 250 Auric Cells, or Old Wounds Chapter Pack DLC

Off The Record DBD

Off The Record

After being unhooked or unhooking yourself, Off The Record activates and provides the following effects for 60/70/80 seconds:

  • Your aura cannot be read by the killer.
  • Grunts of Pain are suppressed
  • Gain Endurance. This is canceled early if you perform a Conspicuous Action

Off The Record cannot be used when the exit gates are powered

For The People DBD

For The People

Press the active ability button when healing a survivor without a med-kit, while being healthy, to use For The People. It provides the following effects:

  • Trade a health state with the survivor being healed. For The People instantly heals them to the injured state from the dying state, or if they had Deep Wound.
  • Instantly heals them to full health if they were in the injured state.
  • You become injured, suffer from Broken for 80/70/60 seconds.
  • You become the Obsession.

For The People reduces the chance of you being the first Obsession.

Red Herring DBD

Red Herring

After repairing a generator for at least three seconds, its aura is revealed in yellow. It remains revealed until it is fully repaired, you start to repair another generator, or if you enter a locker. A Loud Noise notification happens on the highlighted generator when you enter a locker. This perk has a cooldown of 60/50/40 seconds.

Zarina Kassir has two amazing perks and one terrible perk. Off The Record is the strongest anti-tunneling perk in Dead by Daylight. It makes survivors waste the killer’s time for quite a while, which allows other survivors to complete generators and heal each other. For The People is a situational but powerful perk that works well for survivors going for an altruistic playstyle. It can save the lives of survivors who are dead on hooks and has a lot of versatility.


Red Herring is an atrocious perk that no survivor should run. It can actively be detrimental to the team and get other survivors in trouble. However, Off The Record and For The People are great perks that make Zarina a strong candidate for an early survivor prestige.

4 Bill Overbeck

Tough as Nails

Bill Overbeck DBD

How to Acquire

Left Behind Half-Chapter (Free)

Unbreakable DBD

Unbreakable

Recover from the dying state once per trial. Additionally, recovery speed is increased by 25/30/35%.

Borrowed Time DBD

Borrowed Time

When unhooking a survivor, the unhooked survivor’s Endurance is extended by 6/8/10 seconds, and their Haste is extended by 10 seconds.

Left Behind DBD

Left Behind

When you are the last survivor in the trial, the aura of the Hatch is revealed within a 24/28/32-meter radius.


Bill Overbeck’s perks are all about getting out of difficult situations. Unbreakable is the best anti-slugging perk in Dead by Daylight and is a game-changer. It has been in the meta ever since its release and is unlikely to fall out. Borrowed Time used to be the strongest survivor perk in the game until it was made into a base kit mechanic. It is still an effective perk that can catch killers off-guard, but it is nowhere near its prime.

Left Behind is a very situational perk that requires players to be the last survivor alive. However, an escape is often guaranteed if this perk is equipped, as finding the hatch becomes a cakewalk. However, players should prestige Bill to acquire Unbreakable and Borrowed Time as they are very useful perks to run.

3 Feng Min

Focused Competitor

Feng Min DBD


How to Acquire

2250 Iridescent Shards, 125 Auric Cells, or Maddening Darkness Chapter Pack DLC

Lithe DBD

Lithe

Lithe activates after performing a rushed vault and grants 50% Haste for three seconds. Lithe causes Exhausted for 60/50/40 seconds, during which the perk cannot be used.

Alert DBD

Alert

Reveals the aura of the killer for 3/4/5 seconds whenever they perform the break or damage action.

Technician DBD

Technician

Gain the following effects when repairing a generator:

  • Reduces the audible range of the repair noise by 8 meters.
  • The generator does not explode and notify the killer when failing a skill check
  • The generator instantly regresses by 5/4/3% after failing a skill check, in addition to the default penalty.

Feng Min, much like Zarina, has two incredible perks and one underwhelming perk. However, Lithe and Alert are so powerful that they make Feng one of the most popular survivors to prestige early on. Lithe is the easiest and most consistent exhaustion perk in the game.

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Alert is a criminally underrated perk that provides tons of information. Knowing the whereabouts of the killers is the main benefit, but it also gives awareness of loops that are safe or not. Finally, Technician is a very mediocre perk that is a waste of a perk slot. It promotes the bad habit of failing the skill check without being discovered by the killer, which is bad for beginner survivors looking to improve at the game by hitting skill checks consistently.


2 Dwight Fairfield

Nervous Leader

Dwight Fairfield DBD

How to Acquire

Free

Bond DBD

Bond

The auras of survivors within 20/28/36 meters are revealed.

Prove Thyself DBD

Prove Thyself

Repair speed is increased by a stackable 6/8/10% per other survivor within 4 meters of your location, up to a maximum of 18/24/30%. This effect is extended to all survivors in the perk’s range. Survivors can only be affected by one Prove Thyself.

Leader DBD

Leader

Survivors within 8 meters of your location gain the following effects:

  • Gate-opening, sabotaging, cleansing, unhooking, unlocking, and healing speed are increased by 15/20/25%. This effect persists for 15 seconds after leaving the perk’s area of effect.

Survivors can only be affected by one instance of Leader.

Dwight Fairfield is an easily accessible survivor to prestige, as he is free to all players. All of his perks are not meta-defining, but they get the job done efficiently. Dwight’s perks are all about teamwork and increasing the speed of actions to escape the trial faster. Bond is his best perk. Having the ability to know where other survivors are is incredibly useful when playing in solo queue.


Prove Thyself is a decent perk that can help with generator rushes. While it is advised to split up and use generators individually, Prove Thyself can be quite helpful to get the first few generators done quickly. Leader is Dwight’s least effective perk, as most of the bonuses it provides are situational. Dwight is a good survivor to prestige to get Bond and Prove Thyself.

1 Meg Thomas

Energetic Athlete

Meg Thomas DBD

How to Acquire

Free

Sprint Burst DBD

Sprint Burst

Sprint Burst activates when players run, and provides 50% Haste for three seconds. This causes Exhausted for 60/50/40 seconds. This perk cannot be used while Exhausted.

Adrenaline DBD

Adrenaline

Adrenaline activates when the exit gates are powered, and provides the following benefits:

  • Instantly heal one health state
  • Gain 50% Haste for three seconds.

Adrenaline activates even when Exhausted, but causes the effect for 60/50/40 seconds.

Quick and Quiet DBD

Quick and Quiet

Loud Noise notifications and the sound effects are suppressed when rushing to vault windows, pallets, or entering and exiting lockers. This perk has a cooldown of 30/25/20 seconds.


Meg Thomas has been the survivor with the best teachable perks in Dead by Daylight since its release. Sprint Burst and Adrenaline are unbelievably good perks that have remained in the meta ever since its inception. While Quick and Quiet is nowhere near its level, it is still much stronger than a lot of survivor perks.

Sprint Burst is a bit hard to use, but it can get players out of many bad situations. Adrenaline, on the other hand, can completely turn the tides of the game. Meg is, without a doubt, the first survivor that every player should prestige as they start their journey in Dead by Daylight.

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