Questions about Executioner.

TwitchyMike

Executioner is what I call a very fun killer to play as. Though I don't really know where he stands on the tier list. Just want to have a decent and fun build on him. Also does BBQ n Chili, POP, and do survivor perks work with the cage?

Marigoria

BBQ, POP, I'm all ears and something else

GoodBoyKaru

@GoodBoyKaru said:

So a few attentive people may recognise this from a comment I made yesterday (technically it was 24 minutes into today but let's not talk semantics). A couple of people suggested I make it a real post because "That's an excellent guide, very well put together." So, here I am. I've added a few more things so it's still worth a read.

This will cover what is, in my opinion, his best build and why, as well as a few tips on playing him & a few videos.

So hey, it's me- GoodBoyKaru, your friendly neighbourhood Pyramid Head main- here to give some swift Tips and Tricks(tm) to help make you a better Pyramid Head player!

For the record, this was made during DBD Patch 4.7.2

Build

PERKS

My personal favourite and imho strongest build is this:

• Corrupt Intervention

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Crucial early-game slowdown on a killer without mobility, allows him to stall the game massively because survivors know that if they get found they're doomed.

• Pop Goes The Weasel

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It's the second best gen regression perk in the game, Ruin is too volatile to be anywhere near reliable on him because, again, no movement speed, he needs gen perks because he cannot move around the map quick enough, 11/10. "But you don't hook pe-" WRONG. You should be getting plenty of value out of PGTW and if you're overcaging then you're taking your map pressure and throwing it out the window.

• Barbeque and Chili

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Now, you could obviously put other perks here like Infectious Fright (amazing snowball), Tinkerer (Undetectable is nice and it helps tell you where to go but again no movement speed) or Discordance (amazing info, can sometimes do nothing about it). However I say BBQ because I like the perk and also because bloodpoints.

• I'm All Ears

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Hands down the best perk in the game for Pyramid Head, that's six seconds of wallhacks. I cannot stress how valuable this is with his power- that is a guaranteed free hit in 9/10 situations. To show what I mean, I've linked a timestamped video below of where IAE comes in so clutch- continues to 5:16 in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJs4rvkppqs&t=296s

(you can watch the whole thing if you really want I'm proud of the game).

An honourable mention here goes to Ruin/Undying over Pop/Corrupt. As I've mentioned before, Tinkerer isn't a great perk on him due to his lack of speed, but the same goes for Ruin/Undying. You don't have the map mobility to defend your totems, especially if they spawn further away, and you'll probably end up losing two perks before 2 gens go. Corrupt/Pop is just more consistent in my experience.

ADD-ONS

So, his add-ons aren't great. The best ones, by far, are range add-ons which, when combined, extend his POTD by up to 2.5m (10.5m total). These are Burning Man Painting (Rare), Wax Doll (Uncommon), and Black Strap (Common), which ass +1.5m, +1m, and +0.5m respectively.

tips

Okay so rule number one is to not break pallets. Sounds weird but, just trust me.

His power is incredibly strong in a chase- so much so that if a survivor commits to an animation they die. If you don't break pallets (with some exceptions like God pallets) you can do amazing things. Because who doesn't want more opportunities to win a chase, like, instantly? It turns incredibly safe pallets into death sentences

To show what I mean, here's another timestamped clip. Ends at 10:58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu3X5o9GpjY&t=646s

Learn the range of the power. 8m is specific and sometimes you think you can hit things and you can't. You need to be very careful, especially when playing with range add-ons for so long, because it can and will screw with your perception.

Adapt to the survivors you're facing. A lot of players will fake taking an animation, go to the side slightly to bait your POTD or your cancel, and then commit to the animation. If you turn to the side and release, you'll catch a lot of these survivors out and get a hit. It's really satisfying to do. Alternatively some survivors will commit to the animations regardless, in which case you'll know to aim in the centre. Other survivors will just hold W and pre-drop pallets, in which case you know to leave them because you'll really struggle catching up, or do not use your power.

I cannot stress that enough. If a survivor is pre-dropping W key gaming, do not use your power. M1 killer them.

Don't overcage and don't stress about torment. If a survivor loops you, they'll get tormented. That's just kinda how it works- you stick your knife in, follow them around a loop, and release your POTD after tracking their movements.

To see what I mean we return to the first video, again timestamped. Clip ends at 1:36.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJs4rvkppqs&t=83s

See how I hug the car, turn the camera and use the power to hit him out of animation lock? Had he kept running, easy torment too.

In my opinion, only cage someone in one of four scenarios:

• You're afraid of a DS (just please don't tunnel I'm begging you)
• You're afraid of an Unbreakable (much more likely)
• You can immidiately get into another chase
• It would place you into a Pressure Point Of No Return (name pending).

What I mean by that last point is that there comes a time in a DBD game where the killer will hit a Pressure Point Of No Return, where the survivors physically cannot come back from the amount of pressure and momentum you're building. The best example of this as Pyramid Head is where you split the map through cages. You have two downed survivors. Cage one, hook the other. Nobody is on a generator, you have a BBQ proc to interrupt the person saving the cage or the hook, and now the last person must save both people. On especially large maps, like Mother's Dwelling, or multi-storied ones, like Midwich, this can force people into second stage and you've won the game at 5 gens. It's more common than you'd think.

If you cage at other times you're probably wasting pressure you could've gotten from a hook.

Learn where you can and can't lay trails. In front of totems and lockers? Amazing. In front of a gen? Not at all, it becomes a Restricted Trail Element and disappears after a few seconds. The DBD Wiki has a section on this which I'll just paste below.

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I'd highly, highly suggest reading the wiki page on his power as it's really useful in understanding the fundamentals and giving actual values to words. Here it is:

https://deadbydaylight.fandom.com/wiki/Pyramid_Head

Finally, learn where you can and can't use POTD. It sounds like a simple thing but learning where you can and can't use it, however there's a lot to it. For example, learning how vertical changes affect it. Did you know if you release his power on a slope going up it'll fail, same with releasing it on a slope going down. However, if you're barely off of the slope it'll travel down it, but only if it isn't too steep.

It's nuts but knowing where you can and can't actually have an ability is, funnily enough, pretty important.

A few more quick-fire tips:

• Don't just go for animation lock shots. People expect these and adapt. Be unpredictable to catch them off guard and get easy hits. Like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U1k10I-zG4&feature=emb_logo

Bet they didn't expect that one :p

Needless to say that was where I hit a Pressure Point Of No Return and poor Jakey couldn't pick up the scraps.

• Don't spam his power. You waste too much time. Be precise, predict, and adapt to your opponents.
• Don't spam his trails. You move at 110% and you already lack a movement ability, you waste too much time.
• Tunneling isn't the best strategy. I know it seems like it because cages but again, you do not have a movement ability. Survivors can and will facefuck generators and ruin your day substantially.
• Dead Dawg Saloon and Hawkins are both maps you never press M2 on ever. Play like a default M1 killer because the map design prevents you from using your power. They're pretty much auto-loss maps, ngl, unless the survivors really badly mess up.
• Play survivor. Learn where survivors move and how they path, shoot POTD to hit them. That's what I did in that last clip.

And, yeah, that's about it. If people have any questions please let me know and I'll try to answer them as best I can, though I think this is comprehensive enough.

I made a guide!! I think (and so do other people) it is very good!! It covers this!! :D

TwitchyMike

Does Cage of Attonment work with BBQ n Chilli

GentlemanFridge

@TwitchyMike said:

Does Cage of Attonment work with BBQ n Chilli

No. No perks related to hooks work with his cages, also including survivor perks.

TwitchyMike

@GentlemanFridge said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470253#Comment_2470253

No. No perks related to hooks work with his cages, also including survivor perks.

So that means, POP and BBQ don't work with his cage? Interesting. I guess it's a double edged sword. Does BT work when freeing a survivor from a cage?

chargernick85

@TwitchyMike said:

Does Cage of Attonment work with BBQ n Chilli

No. I prefer BBQ, IAE, Corrupt, and STBL on him. There are other combos as well but this one off the dome.

TwitchyMike

@GentlemanFridge said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470253#Comment_2470253

No. No perks related to hooks work with his cages, also including survivor perks.

So in all reality it looks like perks associated with hooking isn't that great on him. I've also realized that cage of attonment counters FL

GentlemanFridge

@TwitchyMike said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470261#Comment_2470261

So that means, POP and BBQ don't work with his cage? Interesting. I guess it's a double edged sword. Does BT work when freeing a survivor from a cage?

I must admit that I'm not 100% sure about BT specifically, but I don't think it works, no.

GoodBoyKaru

@TwitchyMike said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470261#Comment_2470261

So in all reality it looks like perks associated with hooking isn't that great on him. I've also realized that cage of attonment counters FL

But you don't want to be caging a lot of the time. Doing so is taking the map pressure you gain from a hook and shitting on it, before throwing it out of a window. You have no movement ability, remember that. You're better off hooking in a lot of situations and saving torment for Final Judgement.

MrDardon

I use Corrupt, BBQ, Monitor & Abuse, I'm all Ears. I usually don't run Add-ons but sometimes I use 2 specific ones. Burning Man Painting (extra range) and Tablet of the Oppressor (extra zoning duration).

• Corrupt (helps alot since he doesn't have extra mobility or any built in slowdown so Corrupt helps to hold those early gens for a bit longer)
• BBQ (you could use other Perks tbh but I am glued onto this Perk. I love the BP and I value the information it gives me. But you could use Pop, Whispers, Stbfl, Nurse's Calling, Tinkerer, Discordance, Infectious, Thrilling Tremors, Surveillance, Zanshin Tactics. They work quite well for him. I wouldn't use to many M1 Perks on him because you'll often have to use your special attack instead. And no Ruin because it doesn't work quite well with Corrupt.)
• Monitor and Abuse (This Perk [on any Killer] gave me so many free hits and it's so good on PH because it really midlens his biggest counter, which is holding W. Hide behind cover while approaching a gen, look away to fool Spine Chill and you'll get close to the Survivors. Also the fact that his distant Terror Radius is quite quiet helps to get even closer than 24 metres to a Survivor. It's really underrated.)
• I'm all Ears (straight forward. You can see people trough walls and hit them with the Aura Reading. Shame it has a 40 second cooldown.)

Edit: Oh and also. Any hooking Perk (either Survivor or Killer side) DO NOT work on cages. That is a thing for all hooking Perks.

TwitchyMike

@GoodBoyKaru said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470270#Comment_2470270

But you don't want to be caging a lot of the time. Doing so is taking the map pressure you gain from a hook and shitting on it, before throwing it out of a window. You have no movement ability, remember that. You're better off hooking in a lot of situations and saving torment for Final Judgement.

So when should I use cage?

GoodBoyKaru

@TwitchyMike said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470338#Comment_2470338

So when should I use cage?

I mean, I sent the post earlier for a reason.

TwitchyMike

@GoodBoyKaru said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470758#Comment_2470758

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I mean, I sent the post earlier for a reason.

I didn't see this earlier. Thank you though I like it.

GoodBoyKaru

@TwitchyMike said:

https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/comment/2470773#Comment_2470773

I didn't see this earlier. Thank you though I like it.

No worries