The Best Knight Builds In Dead By Daylight (Update 8.1.0)

1 July 2024 - We've updated the page to reflect the recent major changes to The Knight's power in update 8.1.0.

Here is everything you need to know about the killer The Knight, from his power to his perks, so you can play him to his fullest potential. We'll also review the best builds for this killer so you can know how to play him optimally.

The Knight Killer Power And Perks

The Knight's killer power might just be one of the most unique powers in the game, giving him the ability to control multiple Guards who can attack survivors, break pallets and walls, and track enemies' locations.

He also comes with his own three unique teachable perks, which are as follows:

Perk: Nowhere To Hide

• Whenever you damage a generator, reveal the aura of all survivors standing within 24 meters of your position for 3/4/5 seconds.

Perk: Hex Face The Darkness

• When this Hex is inactive and you injure a Survivor, a Dull Totem becomes lit and hexes that Survivor. When the Hex is active, all other Survivors outside of your Terror Radius will have a chance to scream intermittently, revealing their positions and auras for 2 seconds. Other Survivors also see the aura of the cursed Survivor for 12/10/8 seconds. When the cursed Survivor is downed or returned to full health, the Hex is lifted, and the Hex Totem becomes unlit. Cleansing the Hex totem deactivates Hex: Face the Darkness permanently.

Perk: Hubris

• Whenever you are stunned by a Survivor, that Survivor suffers from the Exposed Status Effect for 10/15/20 seconds.

Power: Guardia Compagnia

The Knight's killer power reads as follows:

• The Knight alone is a terrifying monster on the battlefield, but with his loyal Guards, he is nearly unstoppable. Together, the Guardia Compagnia fights for their own freedom, killing anyone who gets in their way.

Special Ability: Guard Summon

Press and hold the Secondary Power button to cycle through the 3 Guards.
Press and hold the Power button to enter the Guard Summon Mode.
Press the Secondary Power button to exit it at any time.

While in the Guard Summon Mode, The Knight can move forwards at 13.8 m/s while steering with his camera, represented to Survivors as a Ghostly Orb that quickly fades to become invisible after exceeding 10 metres.
Moving in this form leaves a trail known as the Patrol Path.

SPECIAL COMPANIONS: GUARDS
Each of the 3Guards comes with his own special abilities:

• The Carnifex performs a Guard Order more quickly.
• The Assassin walks faster during a Hunt and inflicts hit Survivors with Deep WoundStatus Effect.
• The Jailer walks faster during a Patrol, has a larger Detection range, and longer Hunt and Patrol durations.

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARD PATROL
While in the Guard Summon Mode drawing a Patrol Path of at least 10 metres grants the ability to order a Guard Patrol, summoning a Guard at the far end of the Patrol Path, causing him to repeatedly walk it up and down until either the Power Gauge is depleted or he detects a nearby Survivor, which will initiate a Hunt.
Additionally, the following effects apply, depending on the final length of the Patrol Path:

• Grants The Knight a +5 %HasteStatus Effect for 2 to 10 seconds.
• Reduces the duration of the Hunt Start-up phase of a Guard by -10 to -25 %.
• Increases the duration of the Hunt of a Guard by a factor of x1 to x1.5:
• 1 to 15 metres: x1.
• 16 to 25 metres: x1.25.
• 26+ metres: x1.5.

The Knight can cancel an active Patrol by hitting the Guard with a Basic Attack.

SPECIAL ABILITY: GUARD ORDER
While in the Guard Summon Mode, press the Attack button while within 6 metres of a Breakable Wall, dropped Pallet, or partially repaired Generator to initiate a Guard Order, causing the summoned Guard to perform the Break or Damage Action on the highlighted object.

A Guard Order regresses a Generator by -5 %.

Guard Special Ability: The Hunt

When a guard is patrolling, he can spot and detect survivors. If a Survivor is detected, the Guard will move to their location, leave a Standard on the ground, and start Hunting the survivor for a set amount of time. The Survivor can escape a Guard by unhooking another Survivor, grabbing the Standard, or surviving until the Hunt timer ends. If the Survivor is successfully attacked by the Guard or The Knight, the Guard will disappear. When a Guard downs a survivor, The Knight receives a Killer Instinct notification.

Best Knight Builds In Dead By Daylight

The Knight is a complex killer, given that his three Guards each have their own special abilities. As such, there are many builds to experiment with that will work well on him. Whether you want to focus on regressing generators and overall strategy or just chase survivors all match, let's help you find the perfect Knight build for you.

Beginner Knight Build

If you are just starting as a new Knight main, it might be hard to decide which perks to use. As a Knight beginner, you'll want a well-rounded mix of tracking perks and slowdown perks.

• Whispers
• Nowhere To Hide (The Knight)
• Hubris (The Knight)
• Jolt

All of the perks included in this build are general perks, meaning they either come by default with The Knight or can be found in the Bloodweb of all killers without prestiging or reaching level 50.

This build is the perfect starter kit for The Knight. Whispers allows you to locate survivors, allowing you to decide to chase them or send a Guard after them. Nowhere to Hide ensures that there is, well, nowhere to hide, showing survivors near generators after you kick them. Jolt provides extra generator regression when you down a survivor, ensuring that you don't always have to manually kick generators. Finally, Hubris turns two-hit chases into single-hit downs after a survivor stuns you, ensuring even challenging chases go your way.

Permanent Surveillance Knight Build

This permanent Surveillance Knight build allows you to see generators that are being worked on all throughout the match. This way, you can manually pressure survivors off of one generator while using your Guards to pressure others.

• Surveillance (The Pig)
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist)
• Jolt
• Hex: Ruin (The Hag)

Surveillance is the centerpiece for this build, with most of the other perks serving to activate Surveillance and ensure that you can see generators that are being worked on. Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance forces the generator with the most progress to begin regressing after a survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook; this regression will also activate Surveillance. Jolt sets off generators after a down, causing them to regress. Finally, Hex: Ruin makes all generators regress that are not being worked on until the Hex is cleansed or a survivor dies.

What are The Best Perks For The Knight?

We've given you some builds to test out on The Knight but you might be wondering what the best perks are on him.

A few of the best perks on Knight are:

• Nowhere To Hide (The Knight)
• Hubris (The Knight)
• A Nurse's Calling (The Nurse)
• Sloppy Butcher
• Whispers

We recommend mixing and matching the perks in the builds we've provided to create your favorite loadout. As you familiarize yourself with this killer, you'll determine which perks are your favorites and be able to mix and match these perks effectively.

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