Updated:
22 Nov 2022
[Top 5] Dead By Daylight Best Nightmare Builds
5. Map Control Freddy
https://youtu.be/tqbqt6vVhjc
This build utilizes Freddy’s ability to teleport to generators so that you can control the map much easier and much faster than other killers.
- Freddy is an interesting killer and very different than other killers because he has traps as well as the ability to teleport.
- The Nightmare is a powerful yet tricky killer to play because to use your dream snares you have to make survivors fall asleep.
What Map Control Freddy Excels In
- You’ll be able to control the game and the map much easier as you zoom across the map by teleporting to the generators.
Build details:
- For add-ons take Nancy’s Masterpiece and Sketch to decrease the cooldown for your generator teleport ability.
- Take Hex: Undying from the Blight to make sure your other Hex doesn’t get destroyed and know when survivors are messing with them, next take Hex: Ruin from the Hag to slow generator repairs and make them regress automatically.
- Bring the perks Surveillance from the Pig to know whenever a survivor is working on a generator that was regressing and lastly Tinkerer from the Hillbilly to see if a survivor fixes a generator to 70% and to make you undetectable.
4. Save The Best For Freddy
https://youtu.be/5TBR_jTnYvs
This is a fun build that works around the perk Save The Best For Last from the Shape to be able to hit survivors much faster and have a much smaller attack cooldown.
- For killers, it’s annoying how long it takes to swing again after hitting a survivor so this build seeks to fix that with Save The Best For Last.
- With this build, you’ll be able to strike survivors down quickly and get them onto hooks as you teleport across the map and ensnare them in a nightmare.
What Save The Best For Freddy Excels In
- This build capitalizes on attacking survivors quickly by decreasing the cooldown of your basic attacks as the game progresses.
Build details:
- To start obviously you’re going to need is Save The Best For Last from the Shape to decrease your basic attack cooldown, next bring Barbeque & Chili from the Cannibal to see survivors after hooking one.
- The last two perks that are needed are Pop Goes The Weasel from the Clown to do more damage to generators after hooking a survivor, and Corrupt Intervention from the Plague to keep generators from being repaired.
- Add-ons for this build aren’t necessary but to make it stronger bring ones that decrease your cooldown for teleporting to generators.
3. Slowdown Freddy
https://youtu.be/gSZCOICeJ-A
This is a very basic but strong build that utilizes perks that either slow down generator repairs or allows you to make them regress for much more or inadvertently disrupt survivors.
- Survivors who do nothing but rush generators or loop are the most annoying players to go against so this build makes it less costly to chase a survivor.
- Two of these perks are from killers that are unlocked for every player making it much easier to use than others because it doesn’t rely too heavily on DLC perks.
What Slowdown Freddy Excels In
- Survivors won’t be able to do as much as fast because of the perks in this build making the game drag out a little longer making it easier for the killer.
Build details:
- To start you’ll need the perks of Thanatophobia from the Nurse to make survivors receive a penalty for anyone injured, dying, or on a hook, next bring Pop Goes The Weasel from the Clown to do more damage to generators after hooking a survivor.
- The next two perks you’ll need are Dying Light from the Shape to make survivors who aren’t the obsession receive a much harsher penalty to repairing and healing, the last perk you’ll need is Hex: Ruin from the Hag to regress generators automatically.
- Add-ons needed to make this work are Swing Chains to decrease the action speeds of survivors and Jump Rope to decrease it even more.
2. Freddy Mindset
https://youtu.be/lOUB4X1qVTE
This is one of the absolute best builds for Freddy to get into the red ranks as a killer, as long as you have a deep understanding of his abilities and drawbacks.
- The best way to get a red rank is to get into the mindset of your main killer and learn how survivors think so you can win game after game.
- To get into the mindset of Freddy you have to be in control of the map and know the most likely places survivors will be.
What Freddy Mindset Excels In
- This build is powerful to climb into red rank as a killer with the Nightmare as your main killer to play because he’s a very versatile killer.
Build details:
- The perks you’ll need are Thanatophobia from the Nurse to slow generator repairs as you injure survivors and Dying Light from the Shape to make it harder for survivors to repair, next bring Barbeque & Chili from the Cannibal to see survivors after hooking one, and lastly Pop Goes The Weasel from the Clown to deal more damage to generators after hooking a survivor so you can control the map easier.
- The add-ons needed to slow down action speeds for survivors when they are in the Dream World, Freddy’s passive ability.
1. Your Best Nightmare
https://youtu.be/qO_xJFqGuNs
This is by far the best and most rounded build for the Nightmare because it capitalizes on his Dream World and Dream Snares as well as his ability to teleport to generators.
- Freddy is somewhat scary to play against because he’s able to teleport to generators across the map and come at you completely unexpectedly.
- The Nightmare is counterable but not as easily as other killers such as the Wraith or the Trapper because he is an unpredictable killer.
What Your Best Nightmare Excels In
- With this build, you’ll be much stronger than the base Freddy is because of how this build rounds out his strengths and weaknesses making him a much better killer.
Build details:
- The perks needed are Pop Goes The Weasel from the Clown, Thrilling Tremors from Ghost Face to block generators after picking a survivor up Discordance from the Legion to know if more than one survivor is working on a generator, and lastly take Save The Best For Last from the Shape to make this build the best for Freddy.
- This is the best possible build for Freddy with the add-ons Nancy’s Masterpiece and Nancy’s Sketch to get the most out of Freddy.
