The Shape is a killer that specialises in the sneakiness of the game, enabling it to scare you without having to move a single inch, stalking you until the moment you will have no way out. Its Tier 1 power allows him to find and scare survivors with his incognito presence flawlessly, increasing the chances of grabbing the survivors off generators or any other actions which would make it much easier to win the game for the killer.
Nonetheless, let the fog reveal the best builds for Michael Myers:
5. The Myers No Escape Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by King Wolfe 2
The Myers No Escape Build is a build that focuses on the universality of hunting and stalking.
It contains a variation of aura revealing and generator regressing perks which are important tools for the killer, and on top of that, it includes the perk Brutal Strength, which allows the killer to increase the action speed of breaking objects which is quite useful, and recommended build for average beginner-like players.
What the Myers No Escape Build Excels In:
- The combination of Corrupt Intervention and Lethal Pursuer allows you to maximise the possibility of finding survivors at the beginning of the match; with the aura reveal and smaller space, it will be much easier for the killer to find the survivors.
- With Hex: Ruin, it will be much more efficient when looking at generator regression, allowing you to catch and chase survivors effortlessly without having to patrol the generators, saving lots of time for the killer.
Build details & perks:
- Lethal Pursuer: At the start of the Trial, the Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 7/8/9 seconds. Extends the duration of a Survivor's Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds.
- Brutal Strength: Increases the Action speed of breaking Pallets and Breakable Walls and damaging Generators by 10/15/20 %.
- Hex: Ruin: Whenever a Survivor is not repairing a Generator, it will immediately and automatically regress its Repair progress at 50/75/100 % of the normal Regression speed. Once any Survivor is killed by any means, Hex: Ruin deactivates and reverts its Hex Totem into a Dull Totem.
- Corrupt Intervention: At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds. Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
4. Myers' Disconnection Mindset Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by King Wolfe 2
Myers' Disconnection Mindset Build is a build that is shown to have effective chemistry between the perks such as Barbecue & Chilli and Play with your food, allowing for a greater chase speed and better control over the killer without having to lose much time.
Nonetheless, it also contains Corrupt Intervention that allows him to get a headstart on the survivors, and Hex: Ruin takes this advantage to the next level, as there would be more pressure, the survivors would be unlikely to stay on the generators, therefore taking them longer to complete and finish.
What Myers' Disconnection Mindset Build Excels In:
- With Hex: Ruin, it will be much more efficient when looking at generator regression, allowing you to catch and chase survivors effortlessly without having to patrol the generators, saving lots of time for the killer.
- The combination of Play with your Food and Barbecue & Chilli allows for a more efficient chase, allowing the killer to see the aura of the survivors, and enabling him to catch up much faster with the stacked haste status, allowing him to travel up to a maximum of 15% faster, taking on a huge advantage.
Build details & perks:
- Corrupt Intervention: At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds. Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
- Hex: Ruin: Whenever a Survivor is not repairing a Generator, it will immediately and automatically regress its Repair progress at 50/75/100 % of the normal Regression speed. Once any Survivor is killed by any means, Hex: Ruin deactivates and reverts its Hex Totem into a Dull Totem.
- Barbecue & Chilli: After hooking a Survivor, all Survivors who are at least 60/50/40 metres away from that Hook have their Aura revealed to you for 4 seconds.
- Play with your Food: Each time you chase your Obsession and let them escape, Play with Your Food receives 1 Token, up to a maximum of 3 Tokens: Each Token applies a stack-able 3/4/5 % Haste Status Effect, up to a maximum of 9/12/15 %. Performing Basic Attacks, or Special Attacks that can damage Survivors, consumes 1 Token. Play with Your Food has a cool-down of 10 seconds on Token-accumulation. You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
3. The Infinite Pain of Myers Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by SpookyLoopz
The Infinite Pain of Myers Build mainly focuses on the attacks and chasing in the game, where its main advantage comes to vaulting windows; where Myers can vault a window up to 75% faster, which is insanely fast and very difficult to overcome as a survivor because at this speed, he vaults nearly as fast as a survivor.
Nonetheless, it is a great build when it comes to chasing because there are no flaws as a killer, as he walks and now vaults as fast as a survivor, and nonetheless, other perks help in terms of attacking, overall making this build a great build for annoying and pressuring survivors.
What the Infinite Pain of Myers Build Excels In:
- With the perk Coup de Grace, it will allow you to lunge further, which is very effective, especially in stage 1 of Myers, where the lunge is very small, and therefore, you will be able to increase your lunge and use it within add-ons such as scratched mirror, which will allow you to have a similar lounge as to a normal another killer.
- The combination of Superior Anatomy and Bamboozle takes vaulting to the next level, allowing him to vault much faster, up to 75%, especially once the survivor has performed a rush vault, which as an advantage, would overcome the loops, and at the same time block the very powerful window.
Build details & perks:
- Superior Anatomy: When a Survivor performs a rushed vault within 8 metres of you, Superior Anatomy activates: Increases your Vaulting speed by 30/35/40 % the next time you vault a Window. Superior Anatomy deactivates after vaulting. Superior Anatomy has a cool-down of 30 seconds.
- Bamboozle: Performing a Vault action is 5/10/15 % faster and calls upon The Entity to block that Vault location for Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds. Only one Vault location may be blocked this way at any given time. Bamboozle does not affect Pallets.
- Fire Up: Each time a Generator is completed, Fire Up grows in power. Gain a stackable 3/3.5/4 % Action Speed bonus to picking up and dropping Survivors, breaking Pallets and Breakable Walls, damaging Generators, and vaulting Windows, up to a maximum of 15/17.5/20 %.
- Coup de Grace: Each time a Generator is completed, Coup de Grâce grows in power and gains 1 Token. Consume 1 Token to increase the distance of your next Lunge Attack by 70/75/80 %.
2. The Myers Terrifying Environment Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by SpookyLoopz
The Myers Terrifying Environment Build is a build that expertise in the radius category, allowing the killer to play with his radius and make it very unpredictable for the survivors; for instance, the combination of Furtive Chase and Monitor & Abuse make it very advantageous when in and outside of chase, which would basically cancel out any terror radius when in the chase, and decrease massively when outside any chase with the survivors.
Nonetheless, other perks such as Nemesis and Hex: Plaything focuses on the Oblivious effects, which would make it impossible for the survivors to predict the presence of the killer, making a Tier-1 Myers into all tiers, which overall is a very powerful build deserved in the top 2.
What the Myers Terrifying Environment Build Excels In:
- With Monitor & Abuse, you will have a great advantage when it comes to controlling the terror radius and being very unpredictable for the survivors, making it very hard to focus on the tasks such as repairing generators.
- With perks such as Hex: Plaything, it can be very annoying for the survivors, as its effect comes to blinding and making survivors oblivious once of the hook, which is very powerful, especially when they cannot find the hex, which would usually be in enclosed maps such as Midwich.
Build details & perks:
- Monitor & Abuse: Your base Terror Radius is increased by 8 metres. Whenever you are outside a Chase, your Terror Radius is reduced by 16 metres while your Field of View is increased by 3/5/10 °.
- Nemesis: Any Survivor who blinds or stuns you become the Obsession. Anytime your Obsession switches to another Survivor by any means, that Survivor then suffers from the Oblivious Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds, and their Aura is revealed to you for 4 seconds.
- Hex: Plaything: The perk activates on a random Totem each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time: The hooked Survivor suffers from the Cursed and Oblivious Status Effects until Hex: Plaything is cleansed. For the first 90 seconds, only the Cursed Survivor can cleanse the Hex Totem. The Aura of Hex: Plaything's Hex Totem is revealed to the Cursed Survivor within 24/20/16 metres. The Hex effects persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed.
- Furtive Chase: Each time you hook your Obsession, you gain 1 Token, up to a maximum of 2/3/4 Tokens: While in a Chase, your Terror Radius is reduced by 4 metres per accumulated Token. When a Survivor rescues the Obsession from the Hook, that Survivor will become the new Obsession.
1. The Pressure Monitor Myers Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by D3AD Plays
The Pressure Monitor Myers Build is a build that is built for the powerful universality of the killer, focusing on chasing and surprising at the same time, making it one of the best chemistry builds for Myers on this list.
It is a build that will allow you to increase the chance of winning, especially with the combination of aura revealing, blocking, chasing, and pressuring, which would make any survivor go crazy, and of course, most importantly, these perks are reliable and don't consist any hex perks which can be at a disadvantage once cleansed, therefore making this one of the best builds for this killer.
What the Pressure Monitor Myers Build Excels In:
- Perks such as Infectious Fright makes it easier for the killer to catch other survivors nearby within a close radius, which is very powerful, especially when Myers is in stage three, allowing him to snowball the other survivors.
- With Monitor & Abuse, you will have a great advantage when it comes to controlling the terror radius and being very unpredictable for the survivors, making it very hard to focus on the tasks such as repairing generators.
Build details & perks:
- Infectious Fright: Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, all other Survivors within your Terror Radius will scream and reveal their current location to you for 4/5/6 seconds.
- Bamboozle: Performing a Vault action is 5/10/15 % faster and calls upon The Entity to block that Vault location for Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds. Only one Vault location may be blocked this way at any given time. Bamboozle does not affect Pallets.
- Monitor & Abuse: Your base Terror Radius is increased by 8 metres. Whenever you are outside a Chase, your Terror Radius is reduced by 16 metres while your Field of View is increased by 3/5/10 °.
- Corrupt Intervention: At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds. Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
