The best Dead By Daylight Pig build uses stealth and map positioning to take players out quickly. One of the few killers added to the game that is based on another famous series, The Pig, also known as Amanda Young, is a flexible killer with a fun power.
Some might say that the Pig heavily relies on RNG because of her traps, but killing will be easier if you know her best perks, add-ons, and tricks to use in Dead by Daylight. This handy guide will tackle everything, so read on to destroy any survivor in your way.
Dead by Daylight Pig perks
The Pig has three unique perks that can be unlocked for other killers via the Bloodweb.
Hangman’s Trick
Gain a loud noise notification whenever a survivor begins sabotaging a hook. When you pick up a survivor, you see the aura of survivors within 2/4/6 meters of any hook on the map.
Surveillance
Generators that start to regress are highlighted in a white Aura. If that generator starts being worked on, the aura will turn yellow for 8/12/16 seconds.
Make Your Choice
Each time a survivor is rescued from a hook that you’re at least 32 meters away from, this perk activates and the rescuer is given the Exposed status effect for the next few seconds.
What is the best build and perks for The Pig?
We would go with the following perks for the best possible build for The Pig:
Save the Best for Last
This perk will gain a token each time the Pig hits a survivor that is not their obsession. Gain a stackable cooldown reduction for each token (maximum of 40%).
Ultimate Weapon
Whenever you open a Locker, Ultimate Weapon activates for 30 seconds: Survivors entering your Terror Radius scream and reveal their location to you. Those Survivors suffer from the Blindness Status Effect for 30 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention
The three furthest generators to the Pig will be blocked by the Entity for several seconds at the start of the trial.
Hex: Plaything
If at least one Dull Totem is remaining in the Trial Grounds, Hex: Plaything 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. All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
Alternative Dead By Daylight Pig builds
Amanda Young, aka the Pig, is a character from the Saw series and has the speciality of sneaking up on survivors and ambushing them, trapping them with Reverse Bear Traps. These builds take advantage of her abilities.
Dead By Daylight Pig beginner build
- Jolt
- Make Your Choice (The Pig)
- Surveillance (The Pig)
- Sloppy Butcher
Dead By Daylight ultimate gen saboteur Pig build
- Nowhere to Hide (The Knight)
- Dragon's Grip (The Blight)
- Overcharge (The Doctor)
- Call of Brine (The Onryo)
This build was created by YouTuber RedsGamingGears focusing on damaging generators, making it difficult for Survivors to complete a trial easily.
Nowhere to Hide will reveal all Survivor auras within 24 metres for a few seconds, which is good for finding Survivors who are hiding. If that doesn't help, Dragon's Grip can make that do for you, revealing auras for a few seconds and getting exposed for one whole minute.
Overcharging will make it harder for Survivors to properly repair Generators as failure means regression. Call of Brine will boost that regression to 125%.
Dead By Daylight gen whisperer Pig build
- Surveillance (The Pig)
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist)
- Jolt
- Hex: Ruin (The Pig)
This particular build will give players constant information about the generators in the map. You will know which Survivors are working on a particular generator, which generators have the most progression, and have the proper perks to use to prevent that from happening.
Dead by Daylight Pig powers
The Pig’s power is called Jigsaw’s Baptism. This power gives her three special abilities: reverse bear traps, crouch, and ambush. Each of these abilities helps the Pig apply pressure on the survivors in a unique way.
The Pig starts the trial with four reverse bear traps which can only be put on survivors who are dying. These traps remain inactive until a generator is completed.
If the survivor does not get their active reverse bear trap off in time or tries to leave through an exit gate without removing it, the trap will activate and kill them instantly.
The Pig’s crouch ability works well with players who like to sneak up on their prey. When the Pig is in crouch mode, she gains the undetectable status effect but her movement speed is slowed down tremendously.
Crouch also allows the player to use the Pig’s other ability, ambush. When the Pig activates the ambush, she lets out a roar and dashes at an increased speed to attack a Survivor.
Best Dead by Daylight Pig add-ons
The Pig is a killer who heavily relies on her reverse bear traps. Also, several add-ons make her whole kit much stronger. Here is a collection of the best add-ons to use in Dead by Daylight.
Tampered Timer
Reduces the default Death Timer duration of Reverse Bear Trap by -20 seconds.
Bag of Gears
Increases the Attaching speed of Reverse Bear Traps by +50 %. Decreases the Search speed of Jigsaw Boxes by -14 %.
Crate of Gears
An add-on that increases the attaching speed of reverse bear traps by 50%. Crate of Gears also reduces the search speed of Jigsaw Boxes by 25%.
Amanda’s Letter
With this add-on, the Pig can now see the auras of all survivors within 16 meters of her location. However, Amanda's Letter reduces the available reverse bear traps by two.
Dead by Daylight tips and tricks
- Trick survivors into wasting a pallet or losing the chase by using crouch. After that, ambush them by going in a different direction than they are running to.
- Use crouch wisely. Crouching lessens the Pig's movement speed.
- Save one of your reverse bear traps for the endgame. Losing all of the bear traps will cause you to lose map pressure.
- The Pig is a versatile killer and can work with most builds compared to other characters available in the game. Don’t be afraid to try out perks that you want to give a try.
- If you’re finding it hard to sneak up on survivors, one of them likely has Spine Chill. To avoid this, try to look slightly to the right or left when going to your destination to catch survivors off guard.
- Don’t tunnel the survivor with an active reverse bear trap on his head. While it can be useful to chase survivors off Jigsaw Boxes, it defeats the entire point of the Pig’s power.
That's all you need to know about the best the Pig build in Dead by Daylight. Be sure to check back regularly to see how your build could be improved. In the meantime, check out the killers we wish to see in Dead by Daylight soon, additionally, we have a list of some games like DBD for when you need a break.
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