Dead by Daylight: Best Builds for The Shape (2025)

This Dead by Daylight guide details optimal builds for The Shape (Michael Myers), categorized by perk type and including add-on recommendations. The Shape, while historically weaker, has received buffs making him more viable.

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• The Shape: Best Non-Teachable Build (2025)
• The Shape: Best Build (2025)
• The Shape: Best Add-Ons (2025)

The Shape, Dead by Daylight's first licensed Killer, is a formidable stalker, eliminating Survivors one by one. This guide covers both teachable and non-teachable perks to cater to various player skill levels.

The Shape: Best Non-Teachable Build (2025)

This build compensates for The Shape's lack of access to other Killers' perks. It prioritizes efficient chases and endgame dominance.

• Save the Best for Last (The Shape): Hitting non-Obsession Survivors grants tokens reducing basic attack cooldown (up to 32%). Hitting the Obsession costs tokens.
• Hex: No One Escapes Death (General Perk): After the final generator, Survivors are Exposed, and the Killer gains Haste until the Totem is cleansed.
• Bitter Murmur (General Perk): Reveals Survivor auras near completed generators; reveals all auras after the last generator.
• Sloppy Butcher (General Perk): Basic attacks inflict Mangled and Hemorrhage, slowing healing.

The Shape: Best Build (2025)

This build emphasizes generator control and early-game aggression, addressing The Shape's weaknesses.

• Lethal Pursuer (The Nemesis): Provides initial Survivor aura reading and extended aura-reading duration.
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist): Hooking different Survivors destroys the most progressed generator (25% regression).
• Deadlock (The Cenobite): Blocks the most progressed generator (25 seconds) after completion.
• Coup de Grâce (The Twins): Grants increased lunge range based on completed generators.

The Shape: Best Add-Ons (2025)

Memorial Flower

A common add-on increasing stalking speed by 11%.

Dead Rabbit

Reduces Terror Radius in Evil Within II but increases it in Evil Within III; use strategically with other perks affecting Terror Radius.

J. Myers Memorial

Provides a 25% bonus to stalking gain rate.

Hair Bow

Increases threat level during Evil Within III; effective when paired with J. Myers Memorial.

Tombstone Piece

Allows instant downs of Survivors upon reaching Evil Within III, regardless of hook state.

Lock of Hair

Extends Evil Within III duration (40 seconds) and increases stalk rate.

Fragrant Tuft of Hair

Grants infinite Evil Within III despite reducing stalking rate. Allows for consistent instant downs.