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The Demogorgon
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Demogorgon

The Demogorgon

An interdimensional beast from the Upside Down that opens portals to hunt through the Void.

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
Forced HesitationDuda impuesta
"You have learnt the emotional weaknesses of the organics, and how to exploit them." Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, Forced Hesitation triggers its effect:
  • Causes all other Survivors within 16 metres of them suffer from a -20 % Hindered Status Effect for 10 seconds.
Forced Hesitation has a cool-down of 40/35/30 seconds. "THE ORGANIC MIND'S CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY GOES BEYOND HINDRANCE." — HUX-A7-13
Dark ArroganceArrogancia oscura
"When everything is going right, you are an inescapable inevitability." Whenever you are vaulting a Window, you benefit from the following effect:
  • Increases the Vaulting speed by 15/20/25 %.
Whenever you are stunned with a Pallet or blinded by any means, you suffer from the following effects:
  • Reduces the Recovery speed from Pallet Stuns by -15 %.
  • Increases the duration of Killer Blinds by +15 %.
"Run all you want. I will not be denied." — Vecna
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
Lay WasteDevastación
Damaging a Generator makes it regress +2 % faster for each Charge it has. This perk has a cool-down of 55/50/45 seconds after damaging a Generator. "They built hypercomputers and skyscrapers and quantum networks, but all of those things trembled and fell under the power of Judgment’s light." — (Witness to Koenrad, ch. 8)
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)
EruptionErupción
"The NE-α parasite provides you with the intelligence and awareness needed to set a trap." Performing the Damage Generator action on Generators highlights their Auras in yellow.
Whenever a Survivor enters the Dying State by any means, Eruption triggers the following effects on all highlighted Generators:
  • Causes them to explode, damaging them.
    • Instantly regresses them by -10 % of their total Progression.
    • Causes them to start regressing afterwards.
  • Causes all Survivors currently repairing them to suffer from the following effects:
    • Causes them to scream.
    • Their Auras are revealed to you for 8/10/12 seconds.
Eruption has a cool-down of 30 seconds after triggering its effects, which also resets the highlighted Auras. "It can use weapons?" — Jill Valentine
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
Pop Goes the WeaselPim pam pum
"A deep bond with The Entity unlocks great strength." After hooking a Survivor, Pop Goes the Weasel activates for 35/40/45 seconds.
While active, manually damaging a Generator triggers the following effect:
  • Increases the regression amount by +15 % resulting in 20 % regression.
Pop Goes the Weasel deactivates after use or once its timer elapses.
New players
EnduringResistente
"You are resilient to pain." You benefit from the following effect:
  • Reduces the duration of Pallet Stuns by 40/45/50 %.
    • This effect does not apply when stunned while carrying a Survivor.
"He stops at nothing."
UnrelentingImplacable
"You recuperate faster from missed attacks made with your main weapon." Basic Attacks benefit from the following effect:
  • Reduces the Cool-down time of missed attacks by 20/25/30 %.
Cruel LimitsClaustrofobia
"Your ties to the otherworldly manifest when your prey attempts to get away." Whenever a Generator is completed, Cruel Limits triggers its effect for 20/25/30 seconds:
  • Blocks all Windows for all Survivors.
  • The Auras of the Blocked Windows are revealed to you and highlighted in yellow.
"The specimen seems to be able to affect the state of nearby objects, as if they existed in some other form within a dimension alternate to our own." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Scourge Hook: Monstrous ShrineGancho flagelante: Santuario mostruoso
"Your fervent care of the Hooks found in the Basement has aroused The Entity's interest." At the start of the Trial, the 4 Hooks located inside the Basement and an additional 4 Hooks located throughout the Trial Grounds are all changed into Scourge Hooks:
  • The Auras of Scourge Hooks are highlighted to you in white.
Whenever you are farther than 24 metres from a Survivor hooked onto a Scourge Hook, the following effect applies:
  • Accelerates their Sacrifice Process by 10/15/20 %.
"Then you will know that there is no escape. When hanging in the depths, you face the dark one."
Public matches · variant 1
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: 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: Thrill of the HuntMaleficio: moción de la caza
"A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors fills you with excitement and strengthens your Totems."
Start the Trial with 5 Tokens, one for each Totem located in the environment:
  • Reduces the Action speeds for Blessing and Cleansing by a stack-able 8/9/10 % per Token, up to a maximum of 40/45/50 %.
Hex: Thrill of the Hunt loses -1 Token whenever a Totem is cleansed. The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
Hex: PentimentoMaleficio: Pentimento
"You reveal the true power of the Totems, hidden within their remains." Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:
  • The Auras of cleansed Totems are revealed to you in white.
Press the Interaction button over the remains of a cleansed Totem to resurrect it as a Rekindled Totem.
For each Rekindled Totem, Hex: Pentimento gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens:
  • 1 Token: Reduces the Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by -20 %.
  • 2 to 5 Tokens: Increase the strength of the Action Speed penalty by a stackable 1/2/3 % per Token, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
  • Survivors cursed by Hex: Pentimento see the Auras of Rekindled Totems within 16 metres.
Once Hex: Pentimento has reached its limit of 5 Tokens, it calls upon The Entity for the following effect:
  • Blocks all Rekindled Totems for the remainder of the Trial.
Totems may only be rekindled once per Trial, with The Entity consuming the remains of Rekindled Totems once they are cleansed. The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial. "Though a pentimento is an inherently concealed piece of art, there is something to be said of the desire to discover that which is beyond." — A Guide to Art & Process (1961)
Public matches · variant 2
UnboundSeparación
"Pain lingers in the air, an alluring aroma that excites the impulses." When a Survivor becomes injured by any means, Unbound activates for 24/27/30 seconds:
  • Vaulting a Window while Unbound is active grants a +7 % Haste Status Effect for 10 seconds.
    • This effect cannot stack with itself.
"I heard it. Running. It was getting closer!" — Anonymous Testimony, 09/09/1979
Grim EmbraceAcogida nefasta
Your act of servitude to The Entity has not gone unnoticed. Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, Grim Embrace gains +1 Token and activates once you are at least 16 metres away from the Hook:
  • 1-3 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 6/8/10 seconds.
  • 4 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 40 seconds and the Aura of the Obsession is revealed to you for 6 seconds.
"Are we nothing but prisoners to our sorrow?" — Carmina Mora
Dead Man’s SwitchInterruptor del hombre muerto
After hooking a Survivor, Dead Man's Switch triggers its effect:
  • Blocks the first Generator any Survivor stops repairing for 25/30/35 seconds.
    • The Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.
Dead Man's Switch cannot activate if its effect is still active from a previous activation. "I've seen the look on a man's face when he realises he's going to die." — Caleb Quinn
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

The Demogorgon perks

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

Cruel LimitsClaustrofobia
"Your ties to the otherworldly manifest when your prey attempts to get away." Whenever a Generator is completed, Cruel Limits triggers its effect for 20/25/30 seconds:
  • Blocks all Windows for all Survivors.
  • The Auras of the Blocked Windows are revealed to you and highlighted in yellow.
"The specimen seems to be able to affect the state of nearby objects, as if they existed in some other form within a dimension alternate to our own." — Hawkins National Laboratory
MindbreakerQuebrantamente
"Your distressing presence drains and weakens your prey." While repairing a Generator, Survivors suffer from the following effects:
  • Incurs the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects.
    • Both Status Effects linger for 3/4/5 seconds after ending the interaction.
Mindbreaker cannot be used to override an existing Exhausted Status Effect, but pauses its timer instead. "The specimen's apparent telepathic ability can evoke feelings of dread and fatigue in nearby individuals." — Hawkins National Laboratory
SurgeSacudida
"Your eerie presence charges the air and interferes with technology." Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with your Basic Attack, Surge triggers its effect:
  • Causes all Generators within 32 metres of your location to instantly explode and start regressing.
  • Instantly regresses all affected Generators by 6/7/8 %.
"The creature appears to have some unknown influence over electricity and nearby electronics." — Hawkins National Laboratory

The Demogorgon add-ons

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

Ultra rare2

Leprose LichenLiquen Leproso
A potent lichen that grows like dust on the rocks in the Upside Down.
  • The Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you while traversing the Upside Down.
    • This effect lingers for 3 seconds for all Survivors within 16 metres of an active Portal.
"One small dose can cause severe hallucinations." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Red MossMusgo Rojo
A psychedelic moss that grows on tree barks in the Upside Down. After traversing the Upside Down, the following effects apply:
  • Extends the Undetectable Status Effect gained after emerging from a Portal by +8 seconds to 13 seconds.
  • Suppresses all noises related to emerging from a Portal.
  • Increases the time required to emerge from a Portal by +15 %.
"Consuming its leaf enhances athletic performance and causes euphoria." — Hawkins National Laboratory

Very rare4

Lifeguard WhistleSilbato de Salvavidas
A rusty, metal whistle that once ruled the Hawkins public pool. You benefit from the following effect:
  • Increases the number of available Portals by +2.
"Emits a strong electromagnetic field: it must have come into contact with the Upside Down." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Unknown EggHuevo Desconocido
A large, warm egg coated in gruesome webbing.
  • Reduces the Recovery time of Of the Abyss by -2.5 seconds.
"A large egg was sighted in the Upside Down, but no sample survived the trip to the lab for proper examination." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Upside Down ResinResina del Otro Lado
A sticky, flammable sap that fortifies the gateway to the interdimensional tunnels.
  • Increases the Sealing time of Portals by +20 %.
"A sample taken from the bark of the tree once used as a gate. So far our conclusion as to its effect are inconclusive." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Vermillion WebcapHongo Bermellón
A bright red poisonous mushroom from the Upside Down. After traversing the Upside Down, the following effect applies:
  • Extends the Undetectable Status Effect gained after emerging from a Portal by +3 seconds to 8 seconds.
"Still experimenting with this specimen, so far our results are inconsistent." — Hawkins National Laboratory

Rare5

Brass Case LighterEncendedor de Latón
A lighter used to ignite trouble.
  • Survivors suffer from the Blindness Status Effect while closing Portals.
    • This effect lingers for 60 seconds.
"Emits a strong electromagnetic field: it must have come into contact with the Upside Down." — Hawkins National Laboratory
Deer LungPulmón de Ciervo
A raw, rubbery lung that reinvigorates The Demogorgon.
  • Increases your Teleportation speed by +30 %.
  • Reduces the number of available Portals by -2.
Eleven's SodaSoda de Once
A soda can charged with psychic energy.
  • The Auras of Generators actively being repaired by Survivors are highlighted to you in yellow while traversing the Upside Down.
Thorny VinesVides Espinosas
Thick, thorny vines that stretch and reinforce the interdimensional tunnels.
  • Increases the Area of Effect of active Portals by +1 metre.
  • Increases the Sealing time of Portals by +8 %.
Violet WaxcapHongo Violeta
A dark fleshed mushroom from the Upside Down that allows The Demogorgon to telepathically distort the senses in its prey. After traversing the Upside Down, the following effect applies:
  • Extends the Undetectable Status Effect gained after emerging from a Portal by +1 second to 6 seconds.

Uncommon5

Barb's GlassesGafas de Barb
A broken pair of glasses that travelled to the Upside Down.
  • Reduces the Attack cool-down of successful Shred Attacks used to break Breakable Walls or Pallets by -10 %.
Mew's GutsTripas de Mew
The tasty guts of an unfortunate victim.
  • Reduces the Attack cool-down of missed Shred Attacks by -11 %.
  • Increases the number of available Portals by +1.
Rotten Green TripeTripa Verde Podrida
Rotten tripe that fuels The Demogorgon.
  • Increases your Teleportation speed by +15 %.
Sticky LiningMembrana Pegajosa
A fetid, viscous layer that covers and expands the interdimensional tunnels.
  • Increases the Area of Effect of active Portals by +2.5 metres.
Viscous WebbingTejido Viscoso
Wet, elastic webs that broaden the interdimensional tunnels.
  • Increases the Sealing time of Portals by +10 %.

Common4

Black HeartCorazón Negro
A black fermented heart ripped from the chest of a tentacled creature in the Upside Down.
  • Reduces the Attack cool-down of successful Shred Attacks used to hit Survivors by -10 %.
Rat LiverHígado de Rata
A soggy pile of salty, soft liver.
  • Increases your Movement speed while holding Of the Abyss by +3.5 %.
Rat TailCola de Rata
A chewy rat tail for The Demogorgon to consume.
  • Increases the Opening speed of Portals by +50 %.
Rotten PumpkinCalabaza Descompuesta
Pumpkin flesh infected by the rotten soil in Hawkins.
  • Causes the Portal from which you start your Teleport to seal automatically.
  • Grants +200 bonus Bloodpoints for Interdimensional Travel Score Events.

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

Gameplay tips
Use M2 (Shred) constantly rather than M1: you clear obstacles sooner, slow down less and give up less distance; spam it at windows, pallets and in the open.
Don't waste time placing portals (they're the weakest part of the power): set one or two central ones to funnel survivors towards the edge of the map.
Use M2 from height to travel: you cover far more ground and move faster than walking.
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