Experienced Legion Tips

Hey guys! I just started playing Legion again for the first time in forever. I'm doing alright, but I wanted to know what tactics, addons, and perk builds work best for them in the current game.

I only ask because I haven't played him in a while, and plenty of reworks and perk changes have come and gone since then, and I'd like to get the most of Legion.

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  • Theres not really many in depth tactics that you can do as Legion, but theres a few things that come to mind

    -Swing through a pallet during Feral Frenzy when you know a survivor likes to camp them, this way you get the hit and reduce the normal 4 second fatigue time to 3 seconds, you can also use Enduring the cut the stun even more

    -If some one just got rescued with Borrowed Time hit them in Frenzy, you would of gave them Deep Wounds anyway with a basic attack and now you know where the others are

    -If ever you see a survivor who likes to blind you at pallets, activate Frenzy and wait a bit, right before youre blinded vault the pallet. Blinding a Legion in Frenzy cancels it but does not send Legion into fatigue, so youre able to do a basic attack right after vaulting the pallet

  • @Shroompy said:

    Theres not really many in depth tactics that you can do as Legion, but theres a few things that come to mind

    -Swing through a pallet during Feral Frenzy when you know a survivor likes to camp them, this way you get the hit and reduce the normal 4 second fatigue time to 3 seconds, you can also use Enduring the cut the stun even more

    -If some one just got rescued with Borrowed Time hit them in Frenzy, you would of gave them Deep Wounds anyway with a basic attack and now you know where the others are

    -If ever you see a survivor who likes to blind you at pallets, activate Frenzy and wait a bit, right before youre blinded vault the pallet. Blinding a Legion in Frenzy cancels it but does not send Legion into fatigue, so youre able to do a basic attack right after vaulting the pallet

    These are good tips, thank you!

  • There isn't such a thing as an experienced Legion. They don't have a skill cap.

  • Legion doesnt need tips. Playing them is auto win. Strongest killer in the game. No perks and no add ons just to have a semblance of difficulty in the game.

    Only killer to be near as strong is Trickster. In fact i think he is a pseudo member of the gang.

    I like standing by a generator with insidious and pretending to fix it to lull survivors into coming to help me.

    All in all legion is my no brain auto pilot killer.

  • @csandman1977 said:

    Legion doesnt need tips. Playing them is auto win. Strongest killer in the game. No perks and no add ons just to have a semblance of difficulty in the game.

    Only killer to be near as strong is Trickster. In fact i think he is a pseudo member of the gang.

    I like standing by a generator with insidious and pretending to fix it to lull survivors into coming to help me.

    All in all legion is my no brain auto pilot killer.

    Funny, but ultimately not what I'm asking for.

  • If you see a survivor with killer instinct, but you know you cant reach him, cancel your power. When you then reach the survivor, you can use your power again.

  • Don't be afraid to use your power on a injured survivor. Especially if they are in a strong spot.

    They can waste time mending while you find a weaker/closer to death target

  • @[Deleted User] said:

    • How to cancel Frenzy Effectively : Pick up a survivor in frenzy, end frenzy right before getting stunned (this replaces the fatigue with the stun instead, enduring is recommend if you have it).
    • Add on recommendations : The ones that refill the power gauge faster and increase the duration. Iridescent button is a great add on that breaks pallets after vaulting them, but ultra rare.
    • Perks : Generic : Sloppy butcher, whispers, bitter murmur. Teachable : BBQ and Chili, Bamboozle, Surge, Thanataphobia. Discordance is also very good on legion, but it's level 3 version covers the entire map whilst lvl 1 covers half of it from where you are standing.

    Finally, some perks and addons to work with! Thank you.

  • Terror radius perks with his iridescent button work pretty well I like too run something like

    coulrophobia - thanatophobia - ruin - undying.

    Aslong as you have a perk that will force pepole to heal and something that regress gens while they do so ur good. Blood echos another good option bc it can deny those ded hards pepole try to cancel ur frenzy with and forces a survivors to heal.

    Legion is also great at slugging.

    Too any one who says legions bad. ill see you next time you rage bc your tired of healing and I won't end my toxic frenzy.

  • @UncleStabby said:

    Hey guys! I just started playing Legion again for the first time in forever. I'm doing alright, but I wanted to know what tactics, addons, and perk builds work best for them in the current game.

    I only ask because I haven't played him in a while, and plenty of reworks and perk changes have come and gone since then, and I'd like to get the most of Legion.

    I love playing legion, i play him at r1 all the time and can do ok versus decent teams.

    1) the biggest mistake I make is over estimating my ability to get to the next person. Just because you can see them with killer instinct doesnt mean youll get there. If someone is injured and out of position dont be afraid to cancel your power and chase them.

    2) because of that messing with legions terror radius isnt a great idea. M&a or distressing, tinkerer, these all seem like good ideas, theyre not.

    3). Dont forget that legion can run. If you need to get to a gen to pop it, you can literally run. I hear people say to not do that, theyre wrong. It just depends on the situation but usually by the time youve popped the gen and caught back up your powers back anyway.

    4). One of the biggest advantages legion has over other killers is you can very quickly find out who the weak link is on the team because youre chasing them all early on, dont be afraid to use that to your advantage.


    Oh, just to add, a great build is surge, pop, thrilling tremors and enduring. Run double duration add ons. Believe it or not enduring is his best perk. You can stab someone with feral frenzy then bait the pallet stun and vety wuickly down the survivor not expecting it

  • @nutmilk420 said:

    Terror radius perks with his iridescent button work pretty well I like too run something like

    coulrophobia - thanatophobia - ruin - undying.

    Aslong as you have a perk that will force pepole to heal and something that regress gens while they do so ur good. Blood echos another good option bc it can deny those ded hards pepole try to cancel ur frenzy with and forces a survivors to heal.

    Legion is also great at slugging.

    Too any one who says legions bad. ill see you next time you rage bc your tired of healing and I won't end my toxic frenzy.

    Mindbreaker is also a great perk on him. Sometimes ill run pop, thrilling, mindbreaker and blood echo and it works pretty well. Its funny watching the dead harders have no idea what to do without their crutch

  • @Edgars_Raven said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2285756#Comment_2285756

    Mindbreaker is also a great perk on him. Sometimes ill run pop, thrilling, mindbreaker and blood echo and it works pretty well. Its funny watching the dead harders have no idea what to do without their crutch

    Ya I love that it forces survivors to chose between doing gens or being exaughsted and more often then not I find survivors waiting out the blood echo exaughston well all there freinds die. Another great build! XD

  • @UncleStabby said:

    Hey guys! I just started playing Legion again for the first time in forever. I'm doing alright, but I wanted to know what tactics, addons, and perk builds work best for them in the current game.

    I only ask because I haven't played him in a while, and plenty of reworks and perk changes have come and gone since then, and I'd like to get the most of Legion.

    Use your ability on ash player so you can blind them right when they get someone off hook🤭

  • View Tatariu stream on twitch. He's a Legion main, and painful to play against.

  • legion is good at few things, injuring survivors quickly so making them 1 hit, you however have many downsides to your ability and since you are a M1 you are loopable, but that's why these perks help your weaknesses and help your strengths, you injure many survivors at a time, ruin, they have to mend, they waste time mending and ruin does it's job, enduring, you'll often hit survivors on pallets and get stunned, if you are lucky when you'll get stunned you'll be at the same side as them and you can grab them when they vault the pallet, spirit fury, you never respect pallets because of enduring and you constantly get stunned because of it, so you remove their only defense against you, your last perk is up to you but I use bbq to know where to go to hopefully make ruin do it's job even more, and if they heal they lose gen progression and you just use FF again to remove all the healing progress they made and so lose even more time on the gens, and for add-ons if you plan to use this build you use the fatigue add-ons, but it's up to you to use anything else.

  • @UncleStabby said:

    Hey guys! I just started playing Legion again for the first time in forever. I'm doing alright, but I wanted to know what tactics, addons, and perk builds work best for them in the current game.

    I only ask because I haven't played him in a while, and plenty of reworks and perk changes have come and gone since then, and I'd like to get the most of Legion.

    #1 tip, dont expect legion to be strong. They arent. They can be exploited very easily. This does not apply to low level survivor play, but halfway decent survivors can punish their lack of lethality. Point blank- I play them a decent amount because I like them. Dont worry about the kills. If you are worried about kills, you should find a killer that is stronger in chase and has more lethality/pressure.

  • @Dodgingbears said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/258873/experienced-legion-tips

    #1 tip, dont expect legion to be strong. They arent. They can be exploited very easily. This does not apply to low level survivor play, but halfway decent survivors can punish their lack of lethality. Point blank- I play them a decent amount because I like them. Dont worry about the kills. If you are worried about kills, you should find a killer that is stronger in chase and has more lethality/pressure.

    Understood. Thank you

  • I was kinda of saying it in a playful way. I think legion is fun, but I dont expect the same result if I play them for 20 games, that I would if I played Nurse, blight, spirit, huntress, or someone I was strong with.

  • Don't chase people in frenzy if they have just entered your terror radius. You won't get close enough in time to hit them with frenzy.

    Use frenzy to keep location on survivors. This means sometimes use frenzy on an injured survivor just to locate the others.

    Get good at judging how far away someone is with killer instinct. There's no point in frenzy sprint when they are to far away to hit them. Use frenzy to locate them, then walk closer, then frenzy again to hit them.

    Don't frenzy swing at walking survivors. There's a huge chance they have sprint burst and will cause you to whiff and end your frenzy.

    Good teams will remain spread out as much as possible, which considerably cuts down how useful you power is. There's not much you can do about this other than making your fewer frenzied count as much as possible and get good at m1 chasing.

    Be mindful of lockers during frenzy. Cheeky survivors are good at predicting when you'll lunge and will fast enter a locker to make you whiff. Be a bjt patient and instead of whiffing you can pull them out instead.

  • BBQ, Blood Echo, Bamboozle and Ruin or Corrupt. And the addons i use are the ones that increase feral frenzy duration and the ones that reduce the fatigue after feral frenzy ends.

    Legion is my pick when i just want a fun match and loots of BP. Have fun stabbing people 🤟

  • If person is going to unhook someone hit with frenzy to interrupt and hit second time to interrupt again. After second hit you'll get fatigue and person with 50% chance will start mending instead of unhooking since they share one button

  • @Tatariu apologies on the tag, but I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this.

  • @Almo said:

    View Tatariu stream on twitch. He's a Legion main, and painful to play against.

    As it's kinda related I just heard killer instinct doesn't proc in frenzy if the survivor is oblivious, is this intended?

  • @Dodgingbears said:

    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/258873/experienced-legion-tips

    #1 tip, dont expect legion to be strong. They arent. They can be exploited very easily. This does not apply to low level survivor play, but halfway decent survivors can punish their lack of lethality. Point blank- I play them a decent amount because I like them. Dont worry about the kills. If you are worried about kills, you should find a killer that is stronger in chase and has more lethality/pressure.

    Bingo. Legion is the only killer that can't down survivors with their power. Adding insult to injury is the painful treatment you get for missing an attack. Not only do you lose your entire power bar, but you endure a stun on par with DS.

    Playing Legion can be fun, but it's also painful.

  • @[Deleted User] said:

    I have been summoned...

    Here are some tips for playing as the Legion:

    • Use Frenzy often throughout a match. Feral Frenzy is not just for injuring people. It's a navigational, and an informational tool. Plus the slowdown is helpful.
    • If a survivor is healthy, always use Feral Frenzy to attack them when available. As a general rule of thumb, only use basic attacks on survivors who are injured.
    • Avoid perks/add-ons that deter healing, but instead promote it. Things like Broken and Mangled will actually work against you as Legion. You want people to waste time healing, and they won't/can't do that if it takes longer or is impossible.
    • While in Feral Frenzy and nearing the end of the power gauge, perform a lunge attack to get some extra distance out of your power.
    • If a survivor drops a pallet and is healthy, rather than breaking the pallet, vault it instead then apply Deep Wounds onto them.
    • If a survivor is further away, end your power and get closer before reactivating Feral Frenzy.
    • Contrary to popular belief, Save the Best for Last is actually a really terrible perk to use on the Legion.
    • Avoid Corrupt Intervention. It will spread the survivors out and hurt you greatly as the Legion.
    • If a survivor is blinding you at a pallet/window, enter Frenzy and vault. If they keep blinding you, they will end your Frenzy by being blinded, however you won't be fatigue. This means you can immediately attack, or down them. This is referred to as "Legion Tech".
    • The best chase perk for the Legion is Enduring, it is a teachable perk from the Hillbilly. This is because pallet stuns cancel Frenzy, and bypass the fatigue state. You can have essentially a 1 second stun, rather than a 4 second fatigue. Enduring also allows you to perform "Pallet Tech". This is tech requires you to lunge through the pallet while they're dropping it, hit the survivor, then be clipped onto the same side as them, and down them. It's easier to perform with Enduring.
    • Be patient near lockers. Wait and see what the survivor does. They will try to make you miss by jumping inside at the last second. You can grab survivors out of lockers, which makes your power lethal.
    • If a survivor stuns you with a pallet and is running away, you can activate Frenzy and vault the pallet, then immediately end your power. This allows you to keep pace with the survivor.
    • You can bodyblock pallets and windows in Feral Frenzy. Use this wisely!
    • Oblivious and Undetectable do not synergize with your power. They will remove Killer Instinct highlights.
    • If a survivor you just hit in Frenzy is running towards a hooked survivor, wait until they attempt an unhook. While they are unhooking, hit them in Frenzy to cancel their animation and to end your power. You will have spared yourself enough time to seal a down.
    • Bamboozle is one of the Legion's best perks.
    • Hex: Ruin is nasty on the Legion (because of Mending and Deep Wounds).
    • The Legion's best add-ons are the duration series, Iridescent Button, and the higher rarity fatigue add-ons (when combined). Mend time and power recovery are also quite nice.
    • Frank's Mix Tape and Stab Wounds Study are really... really... really bad. Don't use them unless you are just joking around.
    • If you ever lose track of a survivor in Frenzy that you were just chasing, immediately end your power so you can see their scratch marks!
    • Sometimes survivors are a bit too scared of you. If you're at a harder loop and the survivor tends to panic-drop pallets, enter Frenzy to hit them and cause them to drop it (even if they already have Deep Wounds).

    Hope this helps! :>

    This is excellent advice! It really helps to get these specific types of tips, and I'm very grateful.

  • @[Deleted User] said:

    I have been summoned...

    Here are some tips for playing as the Legion:

    • Use Frenzy often throughout a match. Feral Frenzy is not just for injuring people. It's a navigational, and an informational tool. Plus the slowdown is helpful.
    • If a survivor is healthy, always use Feral Frenzy to attack them when available. As a general rule of thumb, only use basic attacks on survivors who are injured.
    • Avoid perks/add-ons that deter healing, but instead promote it. Things like Broken and Mangled will actually work against you as Legion. You want people to waste time healing, and they won't/can't do that if it takes longer or is impossible.
    • While in Feral Frenzy and nearing the end of the power gauge, perform a lunge attack to get some extra distance out of your power.
    • If a survivor drops a pallet and is healthy, rather than breaking the pallet, vault it instead then apply Deep Wounds onto them.
    • If a survivor is further away, end your power and get closer before reactivating Feral Frenzy.
    • Contrary to popular belief, Save the Best for Last is actually a really terrible perk to use on the Legion.
    • Avoid Corrupt Intervention. It will spread the survivors out and hurt you greatly as the Legion.
    • If a survivor is blinding you at a pallet/window, enter Frenzy and vault. If they keep blinding you, they will end your Frenzy by being blinded, however you won't be fatigue. This means you can immediately attack, or down them. This is referred to as "Legion Tech".
    • The best chase perk for the Legion is Enduring, it is a teachable perk from the Hillbilly. This is because pallet stuns cancel Frenzy, and bypass the fatigue state. You can have essentially a 1 second stun, rather than a 4 second fatigue. Enduring also allows you to perform "Pallet Tech". This is tech requires you to lunge through the pallet while they're dropping it, hit the survivor, then be clipped onto the same side as them, and down them. It's easier to perform with Enduring.
    • Be patient near lockers. Wait and see what the survivor does. They will try to make you miss by jumping inside at the last second. You can grab survivors out of lockers, which makes your power lethal.
    • If a survivor stuns you with a pallet and is running away, you can activate Frenzy and vault the pallet, then immediately end your power. This allows you to keep pace with the survivor.
    • You can bodyblock pallets and windows in Feral Frenzy. Use this wisely!
    • Oblivious and Undetectable do not synergize with your power. They will remove Killer Instinct highlights.
    • If a survivor you just hit in Frenzy is running towards a hooked survivor, wait until they attempt an unhook. While they are unhooking, hit them in Frenzy to cancel their animation and to end your power. You will have spared yourself enough time to seal a down.
    • Bamboozle is one of the Legion's best perks.
    • Hex: Ruin is nasty on the Legion (because of Mending and Deep Wounds).
    • The Legion's best add-ons are the duration series, Iridescent Button, and the higher rarity fatigue add-ons (when combined). Mend time and power recovery are also quite nice.
    • Frank's Mix Tape and Stab Wounds Study are really... really... really bad. Don't use them unless you are just joking around.
    • If you ever lose track of a survivor in Frenzy that you were just chasing, immediately end your power so you can see their scratch marks!
    • Sometimes survivors are a bit too scared of you. If you're at a harder loop and the survivor tends to panic-drop pallets, enter Frenzy to hit them and cause them to drop it (even if they already have Deep Wounds).

    Hope this helps! :>

    Thank you for that <3

  • @[Deleted User] said:

    I have been summoned...

    Here are some tips for playing as the Legion:

    • Use Frenzy often throughout a match. Feral Frenzy is not just for injuring people. It's a navigational, and an informational tool. Plus the slowdown is helpful.
    • If a survivor is healthy, always use Feral Frenzy to attack them when available. As a general rule of thumb, only use basic attacks on survivors who are injured.
    • Avoid perks/add-ons that deter healing, but instead promote it. Things like Broken and Mangled will actually work against you as Legion. You want people to waste time healing, and they won't/can't do that if it takes longer or is impossible.
    • While in Feral Frenzy and nearing the end of the power gauge, perform a lunge attack to get some extra distance out of your power.
    • If a survivor drops a pallet and is healthy, rather than breaking the pallet, vault it instead then apply Deep Wounds onto them.
    • If a survivor is further away, end your power and get closer before reactivating Feral Frenzy.
    • Contrary to popular belief, Save the Best for Last is actually a really terrible perk to use on the Legion.
    • Avoid Corrupt Intervention. It will spread the survivors out and hurt you greatly as the Legion.
    • If a survivor is blinding you at a pallet/window, enter Frenzy and vault. If they keep blinding you, they will end your Frenzy by being blinded, however you won't be fatigue. This means you can immediately attack, or down them. This is referred to as "Legion Tech".
    • The best chase perk for the Legion is Enduring, it is a teachable perk from the Hillbilly. This is because pallet stuns cancel Frenzy, and bypass the fatigue state. You can have essentially a 1 second stun, rather than a 4 second fatigue. Enduring also allows you to perform "Pallet Tech". This is tech requires you to lunge through the pallet while they're dropping it, hit the survivor, then be clipped onto the same side as them, and down them. It's easier to perform with Enduring.
    • Be patient near lockers. Wait and see what the survivor does. They will try to make you miss by jumping inside at the last second. You can grab survivors out of lockers, which makes your power lethal.
    • If a survivor stuns you with a pallet and is running away, you can activate Frenzy and vault the pallet, then immediately end your power. This allows you to keep pace with the survivor.
    • You can bodyblock pallets and windows in Feral Frenzy. Use this wisely!
    • Oblivious and Undetectable do not synergize with your power. They will remove Killer Instinct highlights.
    • If a survivor you just hit in Frenzy is running towards a hooked survivor, wait until they attempt an unhook. While they are unhooking, hit them in Frenzy to cancel their animation and to end your power. You will have spared yourself enough time to seal a down.
    • Bamboozle is one of the Legion's best perks.
    • Hex: Ruin is nasty on the Legion (because of Mending and Deep Wounds).
    • The Legion's best add-ons are the duration series, Iridescent Button, and the higher rarity fatigue add-ons (when combined). Mend time and power recovery are also quite nice.
    • Frank's Mix Tape and Stab Wounds Study are really... really... really bad. Don't use them unless you are just joking around.
    • If you ever lose track of a survivor in Frenzy that you were just chasing, immediately end your power so you can see their scratch marks!
    • Sometimes survivors are a bit too scared of you. If you're at a harder loop and the survivor tends to panic-drop pallets, enter Frenzy to hit them and cause them to drop it (even if they already have Deep Wounds).

    Hope this helps! :>

    I do not agree about corrupt and bamboozle at all. Also no words about thana

  • Must admit, I am loving Lethal Pursuer on Legion right now...the ability to know exactly where survivors are at the start of the match really helps a lot, as I know what direction to run in to get as many injured as possible. I'm a big fan of information perks as that's what works with my playstyle.

  • @Mandy said:

    Must admit, I am loving Lethal Pursuer on Legion right now...the ability to know exactly where survivors are at the start of the match really helps a lot, as I know what direction to run in to get as many injured as possible. I'm a big fan of information perks as that's what works with my playstyle.

    I've started to use less location perks, just because I've begun to kind of work out where survivors are spawning most of the time, and the rest of the time I'm usually in a chase.

    I have a friend who exclusively plays Traffic Cone Head, and he uses three different location perks, and only one perk that isn't. I just feel like that can take away from a build.