Dead by Daylight: Best Builds for The Skull Merchant (2024)

As a seasoned survivor of countless terrifying nights in the foggy realms of Dead by Daylight, I can confidently say that these new add-ons for The Skull Merchant are nothing short of diabolical.

A menacing new character known as The Skull Merchant, armed with deadly drones, has made his chilling entrance in Dead by Daylight. Equipped with the Tools of Torment DLC, this formidable Killer can deploy lethal drones strategically across various maps. As a territorial Killer, he possesses the uncanny ability to detect and injure Survivors from afar if they linger near one of his drones. To excel in The Entity’s challenges within Dead by Daylight, players should consider using perks that synergize well with The Skull Merchant’s gameplay style.

As a seasoned Dead by Daylight player with countless hours under my belt, I can confidently say that this guide is designed to provide you with optimal builds for playing alongside The Skull Merchant. Whether you’re a fresh recruit or a battle-hardened survivor, there are perks tailored to suit your skill level in this terrifying game. This guide covers both teachable and non-teachable perks, ensuring that every player can find something useful for their next encounter with the sinister entity known as The Skull Merchant.

The Skull Merchant: Best Beginner Build (2024)

The Skull Merchant’s standard abilities offer some intriguing gameplay options, but they are quite specific to certain situations and playstyles. The perks that work best with her power primarily focus on keeping Survivors injured, by slowing their healing rate for each hooked Survivor. With Whispers, you can detect nearby Survivors and possibly surprise them with your drones. Additionally, Hex: No One Escapes Death adds an element of unpredictability during the End Game Collapse.

Leverage (The Skull Merchant) – Whenever you hook a Survivor, you gain a token, up to 30. For each token, slow down healing speeds by 5% for 30 seconds after you hook a Survivor.
Sloppy Butcher (General Perk) – Basic attacks inflict the Mangled and Hemorrhage status ailments for 90 seconds, slowing down healing by 25% and regressing healing progress when left unfinished.
Hex: No One Escapes Death (General Perk) – After the final generator is completed, all Survivors suffer from the Exposed status ailment, and you gain a 4% Haste effect until the Hex Totem is cleansed.
Whispers (General Perk) – This perk icon will light up, and you will hear The Entity’s whisper when within 32 meters of a Survivor.

The Skull Merchant: Best Build (2024)

The power of the Drone Dealer primarily lies in arranging drones on circular paths to prevent Survivors from escaping unharmed. Consequently, the most flattering playstyles involve potent Scourge Hooks and aggressive slows. Additionally, the Drone Dealer effectively employs The Dredge’s perk, Dissolution, by inflicting injuries on Survivors through remote drone attacks – this can be utilized to restrict resource collection.

Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist) – The Killer starts with four tokens. For each different Survivor hooked on a white Scourge Hook, lose one token and explode the generator with the most progress, causing it to lose 20% of its progress.
Dissolution (The Dredge) – 3 seconds after injuring a Survivor by any means, this perk activates for 20 seconds. While active, any pallet that a Survivor fast vaults over within your Terror Radius will immediately break; this perk then deactivates.
Corrupt Intervention (The Plague) – At the start of the trial, the three generators furthest from the killer’s starting location are blocked for 120 seconds or until the first survivor is downed.
Pop Goes the Weasel (The Clown) – 45 seconds after hooking a Survivor, damaging a generator will remove 20% of its current progress.

The Skull Merchant: Best Add-Ons

As a longtime survivor of countless nightmarish encounters, I can confidently say that The Skull Merchant’s add-ons are not to be underestimated. In my years of playing this grueling game, I’ve found that these add-ons can truly make or break a trial. That’s why I always make sure to carefully study the list of The Skull Merchant’s top-tier offerings, meticulously arranged according to their rarity on the Bloodweb. These precious items are the key to turning the tide in your favor, giving you that extra edge you need to survive another day in this terrifying world.

Ultrasonic Speaker

Dead by Daylight: Best Builds for The Skull Merchant (2024)

Perhaps The Skull Merchant’s best-in-slot add-on, this Common Ultrasonic Speaker decreases Survivors’ immunity to drone scan lines by 25%. This effectively means that you can more quickly injure them from afar, better enabling the popular Laser tag playstyle that sees players rapidly toggle the rotation of drones to tag Survivors.

Supercharge

As a gamer, I find myself in a tricky situation when I lay down Claw Traps. These nasty traps hinder survivors from healing, slow them down when scanned by drones, and even let The Skull Merchant track them with his Radar. However, the Supercharge add-on extends the misery for survivors, making them stuck in these Claw Traps for 15% longer, turning it into a sly yet effective upgrade.

Stereo Remote Mic

survivors can make The Skull Merchant’s drones malfunction by getting close and engaging in a quick-time event mini-game. Although it is often more advantageous to restore disabled drones to maintain control over an area, if you are not around, it can be beneficial for the drones to reactivate slightly quicker, causing trouble for Survivors by wasting their time and potentially putting them in danger during a chase.

Adaptive Lighting

The essential toolkit of the Vendor of Skulls, called Undetectable, significantly alters her combat capabilities and allows her to catch unsuspecting Survivors off guard. Moreover, the Adaptive Lighting add-on extends the duration of her Undetectable effect by 20% when she deploys a drone, making her an even more formidable stealthy Killer.

Vital Targeting Processor

When survivors caught in traps are observed by a drone, their movement becomes sluggish, and the Killer Instinct activates at their location. The Vital Targeting Processor enhances this hindrance by 3%, providing you with more opportunity to track them down.>

Infrared Upgrade

As a devoted fan of “Dead by Daylight,” tracking down a Survivor’s whereabouts often feels like winning half the game. Mastering aura-reading skills becomes crucial in this pursuit. With the Infrared Upgrade equipped, whenever I disarm a Claw Trap, it temporarily reveals the Survivor’s aura for a brief 4 seconds, offering an invaluable advantage in the chase.

Brown Noise Generator

The Brown Noise Generator keeps Trapped Claw Survivors unaware until their predicament is resolved, making it a great companion for the Adaptive Lighting add-on and other covert abilities, boosting fear and causing Survivors to blunder.

Randomized Strobes

Similar to how the Vital Targeting Processor amplifies its capabilities, the Randomized Strobes enhance The Skull Merchant’s ability to prolong the hindrance of Claw Trapped Survivors by an additional second on the drones’ impediment effect.

Geographical Readout

When you utilize The Trapper’s Brutal Strength, the Geographical Readout temporarily boosts your ability to perform break actions by 20% for an 8-second duration following the deployment of a drone. This enhancement is significant, but don’t forget to retract any drones situated far away after using this power.

Advanced Movement Prediction

If you’re still honing your tracking skills like me as a fan of The Skull Merchant, the Advanced Movement Prediction add-on is a game-changer! It temporarily shows the location of survivors who get ensnared in a Claw Trap for six seconds. Pair this with The Nemesis’ Lethal Pursuer, and you can predict survivors’ movements even behind walls, giving you an edge in outsmarting them.

Iridescent Unpublished Manuscript

Disabling drones in the game ‘Dead by Daylight’ provides a unique opportunity for survivors to disrupt The Skull Merchant’s network of traps. By employing the Iridescent Unpublished Manuscript, a deactivated drone temporarily expands its Fear Aura to 32 meters, lasting for 15 seconds. During this period, you become invisible to the enemy’s detection systems. This ability can significantly confuse survivors and is particularly effective on smaller indoor maps.

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