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The Cannibal
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Killer
Bubba Sawyer

The Cannibal

The simple, terrified son of the Sawyer cannibal family, swinging his chainsaw to protect his own.

Builds

Builds updated on .

How to use these builds

Builds 1, 4 and 5 are for public matches: more relaxed games to have fun, practise and learn.

Build 2 is for tournaments: a general competitive recommendation. Check each tournament’s bans before using it.

Build 3 is for new players: it uses the killer’s own perks, perks from the five free killers or general perks, without needing every killer at prestige 3.

Perks in each build

These are the four perks shown in each screenshot. Select a variant to compare the loadouts. The screenshots do not specify a patch; balance changes may affect their effects.

Public matches
Corrupt InterventionIntervención corrupta
Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors' chances of survival.
  • 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. "It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
BamboozleDesconcierto
You benefit from the following permanent effect:
  • Increases your Vaulting speed by 5/10/15 %.
Whenever you vault a Window, Bamboozle calls upon The Entity for the following effect:
  • Blocks it to all Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds.
    • Vaulting it again within that time resets the timer.
    • Vaulting a different one transfers the effect to it instead.
Bamboozle does not extend its effects to vaulting a dropped Pallet.
Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceGancho flagelante: Dolor retumbante
Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards. At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
  • The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Start the Trial with 4 Token. Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:
  • Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
    • Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
    • Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
  • Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
    • This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed. "The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
Turn Back the ClockRetrasa el reloj
"Resist as they might, time marches on, and your master plan comes closer to fruition." After hooking a Survivor, for 40/50/60 seconds, press the Active Ability button to make a target generator within 20 meters explode, lose -10 % progress, and start regressing. "Nothing will happen to you... Nothing that you don't deserve!" — Henry Creel
Tournaments
Corrupt InterventionIntervención corrupta
Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors' chances of survival.
  • 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. "It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
BamboozleDesconcierto
You benefit from the following permanent effect:
  • Increases your Vaulting speed by 5/10/15 %.
Whenever you vault a Window, Bamboozle calls upon The Entity for the following effect:
  • Blocks it to all Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds.
    • Vaulting it again within that time resets the timer.
    • Vaulting a different one transfers the effect to it instead.
Bamboozle does not extend its effects to vaulting a dropped Pallet.
Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceGancho flagelante: Dolor retumbante
Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards. At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
  • The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Start the Trial with 4 Token. Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:
  • Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
    • Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
    • Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
  • Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
    • This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed. "The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
AgitationAgitación
"You get excited in anticipation of hooking your prey." While carrying a Survivor, Agitation activates:
  • Increases your Carrying speed by 6/12/18 %.
  • Increases your Terror Radius by +12 metres.
"At some point, the excitement of hooking one of us becomes more important than the desire to kill us."
New players
AgitationAgitación
"You get excited in anticipation of hooking your prey." While carrying a Survivor, Agitation activates:
  • Increases your Carrying speed by 6/12/18 %.
  • Increases your Terror Radius by +12 metres.
"At some point, the excitement of hooking one of us becomes more important than the desire to kill us."
Barbecue & ChiliBarbacoa y chile
A deep bond with The Entity unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability.
  • 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 5 seconds.
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it." — Drayton Sawyer
InsidiousIndisioso
Unlocks the stealth ability.
After standing still for 3/2/1 second(s), Insidious activates for as long as you remain stationary:
  • Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
Insidious deactivates once you start moving again.
Scourge Hook: Gift of PainGancho flagelante: Obsequio doloroso
Identical to Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds. "We will tear your soul apart." — Pinhead
Public matches · variant 1
Hex: Overture of DoomMaleficio: Obertura de la Perdición
"A hex that plays on the paranoia of others." Creates a Hex Totem that curses the farthest Generator from its location:
  • The Aura of the Cursed Generator is highlighted in yellow.
When a Survivor repairs the Cursed Generator for at least 5 seconds, Hex: Overture of Doom triggers the following effects for 20/25/30 seconds:
  • Transfers your Terror Radius to the Cursed Generator.
    • This Terror Radius is set to 32 metres.
  • Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
Once the Cursed Generator is repaired, the next farthest Generator becomes cursed.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial. "From salvation's ruin, be warned/death comes from all around." — Giovanni Serrata's "Fog Hill"
Hex: Crowd ControlMaleficio: Control de masas
"A Hex that ensures those lesser than you are properly herded." Whenever a Survivors performs a Rushed Vault action at a Window, Hex: Crowd Control activates on a random Totem and triggers its effect:
  • Blocks that Window for all Survivors.
  • Increases basic-vault speed of blocked Windows by 15 %
  • Reveals auras of blocked Windows within 24 metres
Hex: Crowd Control has a limit of 4/5/6 Windows it can affect at a time.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial. "You have no control. People like you never did." — Ji-Woon Hak
Hex: RuinMaleficio: Ruina
"A Hex that affects the Generator Repair progress of all Survivors." All Generators not currently being repaired experience the following effect:
  • Causes them to automatically regress at 100/125/150 % of the default Regression rate.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial. "A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin."
Hex: UndyingMaleficio: Inmortal
"A Hex which maintains the vile powers that flow throughout the Trial." Whenever a Survivor is within 2/3/4 metres of a Dull Totem, Hex: Undying triggers its primary effect:
  • Their Aura is revealed to you for as long as they remain in that range.
Whenever a Hex Totem is cleansed, Hex: Undying triggers its secondary effect:
  • Transfers the cleansed Hex to the Hex Totem associated with Hex: Undying instead, replacing it.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
Public matches · variant 2
InsidiousIndisioso
Unlocks the stealth ability.
After standing still for 3/2/1 second(s), Insidious activates for as long as you remain stationary:
  • Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
Insidious deactivates once you start moving again.
Machine LearningAprendizaje de máquina
"Free from your shackles, you are born anew and prepared to eliminate your creators." After performing the Damage Generator action, Machine Learning activates:
  • Causes that Generator to become a Compromised Generator.
    • Damaging another Generator transfers the state to it instead.
  • The Aura of the Compromised Generator is highlighted to you in yellow until it is completed.
Once the Compromised Generator is completed, you benefit from the following effects for 40/50/60 seconds:
  • Undetectable Status Effect
  • +8 % Haste Status Effect
Machine Learning deactivates after use. "YOU WILL HOLD NO DOMINION OVER ME." — HUX-A7-13
UndoneIncompleto
"Hope is the delusion that keeps its victims alive." For every Repair or Healing Skill Check failed by a Survivor, Undone gains +3 Tokens, up to a maximum of 18/24/30 Tokens.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator consumes all accumulated Tokens and applies the following effects:
  • Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by a stack-able -1 % of its total Progression per Token, up to a maximum of 18/24/30 %.
  • Blocks the Damaged Generator for 1 second per Token, up to a maximum of 18/24/30 seconds.
  • Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing once it becomes unblocked.
Undone has a cool-down of 60 seconds. "Erratic behavior in machinery could be related to [REDACTED], further testing required." — OSS Report, 12/02/1943
BamboozleDesconcierto
You benefit from the following permanent effect:
  • Increases your Vaulting speed by 5/10/15 %.
Whenever you vault a Window, Bamboozle calls upon The Entity for the following effect:
  • Blocks it to all Survivors for 8/12/16 seconds.
    • Vaulting it again within that time resets the timer.
    • Vaulting a different one transfers the effect to it instead.
Bamboozle does not extend its effects to vaulting a dropped Pallet.

The Cannibal perks

The 3 perks The Cannibal teaches, and that you can unlock for every other killer in the Bloodweb's Shrine of Secrets.

Barbecue & ChiliBarbacoa y chile
A deep bond with The Entity unlocks potential in one's Aura-reading ability.
  • 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 5 seconds.
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it." — Drayton Sawyer
Franklin's DemiseMuetre de Franklin
Survivors hit with your vicious Basic Attack drop any equipped Item on impact:
  • The Auras of lost Items are revealed to within 32/48/64 metres.
"Sally, I hear something. Stop! Stop!" — Franklin Hardesty
Knock OutNoquéo
"The trauma caused by your brutal attacks makes crying for help painfully difficult." Whenever a Survivor moves farther than 6 metres from a Pallet within 6 seconds of dropping it, Knock Out triggers its effect:
  • Causes them to suffer from a -5 % Hindered Status Effect for 3/4/5 seconds.
"Oh, that gun's no good. The old way... with a sledge! You see, that way's better. They die better that way." — Nubbins Sawyer

The Cannibal add-ons

All 20 add-ons for The Cannibal, sorted from rarest to most common. Add-ons change how the power works, so they are half of any build.

Ultra rare2

Carburetor Tuning GuideGuía del Carburador
A crudely drawn guide to properly adjust and tune a Chainsaw carburettor. Starting a Chainsaw Dash automatically consumes all available Power Tokens, combining their durations:
  • Increases the duration of the Chainsaw Dash by +0.5 seconds per Token.
  • Reduces the Movement speed during the Chainsaw Dash by -2 %.
Iridescent FleshCarne Iridiscente
A thin slice of smooth, young flesh.
The veins shimmer with luminescent glow, as if life still flows within.
  • Instantly recharges all Power Tokens after hitting a Survivor with Bubba's Chainsaw.
  • Reduces the maximum duration of a Tantrum to 3 seconds.
"There are moments when we cannot believe that what is happening is really true.
Pinch yourself and you may find out that it is." — Pam Jones

Very rare4

Award-Winning ChiliChile de Primera
A big bowl of spicy Chilli made famous thanks to prime meat.
  • Increases the duration of the Chainsaw Dash by +0.2 seconds per consumed Token.
  • Increases the duration of the Chainsaw Dash Window by +0.2 seconds.
"The secret's in the meat" — Drayton Sawyer
Depth Gauge RakeMedidor de Profundidad
A tool that increases the angle of the depth gauge, making the chain eat more "wood".
  • Increases the Power Tokens by +1.
  • Reduces the Power Charge speed by -18 %.
  • Reduces the Movement speed during a Chainsaw Dash by -2 %.
Light ChassisBastidor Ligero
A light and durable Chainsaw chassis with a shorter guide bar.
Makes the Chainsaw easier to handle.
  • The Auras of Survivors within 8 metres are revealed to you while revving Bubba's Chainsaw.
Rusted ChainCadena Oxidada
This chain is covered with crusty and volatile rust spots that make injuries particularly difficult to heal.
  • Survivors hit by Bubba's Chainsaw suffer from the Broken Status Effect for 90 seconds.

Rare5

Begrimed ChainsCadenas Repugnantes
This chain is stained with a foul substance that debilitates anyone it touches.
  • Causes Survivors hit by Bubba's Chainsaw to drop any carried Item.
Grisly ChainCadena Horripilante
A chain with unusually hefty cutter teeth that leaves victims crippled even after being healed.
  • Survivors hit by Bubba's Chainsaw suffer from the Mangled Status Effect for 70 seconds.
Shop LubricantLubricante Común
An oil specifically formulated for Chainsaws.
A special additive prevents oil throw off.
  • The Auras of Survivors downed by Bubba's Chainsaw, if no other Survivors were within the Terror Radius, are hidden to other Survivors for 20 seconds.
The Beast's MarksLas Marcas de la Bestia
Jagged marks cover the Chainsaw's body, punishment from the dark beast that lives in The Fog.
Memories of violent reprimands fill its holder with the fear of failure.
  • Increases the Movement speed during a Chainsaw Dash by +2 %.
  • Increases the Power Charge time by +12 %.
The GreaseLa Grasa
A thick yellowish ooze, concocted by the Sawyers.
Used for all-purpose lubrication around their house.
  • Increases the threshold before Revving triggers a Tantrum by +3 seconds.

Uncommon5

ChiliChile
A big bowl of steaming Chilli to keep you fresh and strong.
  • Increases the duration of the Chainsaw Dash by +0.15 seconds per consumed Token.
  • Increases the duration of the Chainsaw Dash Window by +0.15 seconds.
"I got some good barbecue here!" — Drayton Sawyer
Homemade MufflerSilenciador Casero
A makeshift exhaust system made of black gas pipes.
  • Reduces the duration of a Tantrum by -0.5 seconds.
Knife ScratchesArañazos de Cuchillo
Scratches cover the Chainsaw's body, caused by a searing blade.
Memories of reprimands fill its holder with the fear of failure.
  • Increases the Movement speed during a Chainsaw Dash by +1.5 %.
  • Increases the Power Charge time by +10 %.
Long Guide BarEspada Larga
A sturdy iron replacement bar for long chains.
  • Increases the threshold before Revving triggers a Tantrum by +2 seconds.
Primer BulbBombilla de Combustible
Pumps more gas in the ignition system to ensure a quick and powerful start.
  • Reduces the Power Recharge time by -1 second.

Common4

Chainsaw FileLima para Motosierra
A file whose purpose is to hone Chainsaw chains.
  • Reduces the duration of a Tantrum by -0.25 seconds.
Spark PlugBujía
A clean spark plug fitted for a Chainsaw.
  • Reduces the Power Recharge time by -0.5 seconds.
Speed LimiterLimitador de Velocidad
A mechanical device that limits the amount of fuel small engines can intake at one time, forcing a constant and safe speed.
  • Grants +100 % bonus Bloodpoints for Chainsaw Hit Score Events in the Deviousness Category.
  • Survivors hit with Bubba's Chainsaw are only damaged for a single Health State.
Vegetable OilAceite Vegetal
A rancid oil used as a poor quality lubricant.
  • Reduces the Cool-down duration of Bubba's Chainsaw by -0.3 seconds.

Descriptions from deadbydaylight.wiki.gg, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.

Gameplay tips
Learn to chain chainsaw charges by counting five sweeps: on the fifth, press M2 again to extend the saw without having to watch the counter.
Don't obsess over sawing (it depends heavily on the map and the survivor): if they're about to vault the pallet, go for the M1 to end the chase sooner.
Watch out for lockers: if you couldn't stretch your charges, get into the locker and spin so they can't read which way you'll come out.
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