The Nurse is described as one of the most powerful killers in the game due to her phasing and teleporting abilities, with just using her blinks allowing her to teleport anywhere through buildings, elevations, and distance-wise. It is a killer you shouldn't mess with as a survivor, especially if it's a Nurse played by a pro player, where it can go down all four survivors in seconds.
Nonetheless, let the fog reveal the best Nurse Builds:
5. The Convincement of Disconnection Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by SupaAlf
The Convincement of Disconnection Build is a basic build that will cause the survivors to disconnect, especially with just simple perks, which can, in the end, turn out to be very deadly.
For instance, perks such as Starstruck allow you to catch up on the exposed survivors who might have been in the area, and therefore with the fast teleportation, the Nurse is effortless with her attacking and teleportation, allowing her to hit any survivor within her range, making it a powerful build.
What the Convincement of Disconnection Build Excels In:
- With Starstruck, you can quickly teleport to the survivor who has been affected by the perk once hooking the survivor, which is quite powerful, especially for the nurse, who can catch up on the survivor in seconds.
- The perk Lethal Pursuer will give you a great start on spotting survivors, which is incredibly powerful, especially for the Nurse, as it would require the least effort to teleport there and hit one of the survivors who come up first within her eye contact.
Build details & perks:
- Enduring: Reduces Pallet Stun duration by 40/45/50 %.
- Agitation: While carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effects: Increases your Carrying Movement speed by 6/12/18 %. Increases your Terror Radius by 12 metres.
- Starstruck: When carrying a Survivor, Starstruck activates: Survivors suffer from the Exposed Status Effect while in your Terror Radius. The Status Effect lingers for 26/28/30 seconds after leaving your Terror Radius. After hooking or dropping the carried Survivor, Starstruck deactivates: The Status Effect persists for 26/28/30 seconds for any Survivor inside your Terror Radius. Starstruck has a cool-down of 60 seconds once the Survivor is no longer being carried.
- Lethal Pursuer: At the start of the Trial, the Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 7/8/9 seconds. Extends the duration of a Survivor's Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds.
4. The Fixed Perfecto Nurse Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by SupaAlf
The Fixed Perfecto Nurse Build is a titled perfect stable build which concentrates on the surveillance and regression of generators, and the same time on the small aura appearance from the help of Hex: Undying, which is very useful as the Nurse can teleport to those survivors effortlessly.
Nonetheless, those minor perks play a huge role, especially for the Nurse, as it would make her attack completely effortless, making it a great build, especially for beginners.
What the Fixed Perfecto Nurse Build Excels In:
- With Tinkerer, it is considered to be one of the most surprising and powerful perks in terms of incognito, as it will allow you to grant the undetectable status effect and see the generator that has activated this perk, and therefore surprise the survivors by going to the generator and regress it, which is powerful with the combination of pop goes the weasel.
- With Hex: Ruin, it will be much more efficient when looking at generator regression, allowing you to catch and chase survivors effortlessly without having to patrol the generators, saving lots of time for the killer.
Build details & perks:
- Surveillance: The Auras of regressing Generators are highlighted in white. If the Regression progress is interrupted on a Generator, its Aura will be highlighted in yellow for 8/12/16 seconds. Surveillance increases the audible range of Survivors' Generator-repairing noises by 8 metres.
- Hex: Ruin: Whenever a Survivor is not repairing a Generator, it will immediately and automatically regress its Repair progress at 50/75/100 % of the normal Regression speed. Once any Survivor is killed by any means, Hex: Ruin deactivates and reverts its Hex Totem into a Dull Totem.
- Hex: Undying: The Auras of Survivors within 2/3/4 metres of any Dull Totem are revealed to you. When another Perk's Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed, its Hex is transferred to the Undying Totem, including any accumulated Tokens, disabling Hex: Undying instead.
- Tinkerer: Triggers a Loud Noise Notification for that Generator, revealing its location. Grants the Undetectable Status Effect for the next 12/14/16 seconds.
3. The Illegal Choice of Nurse Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by SpookyLoopz
The Illegal Choice of Nurse Build is illegal for the survivors. It is so powerful that it should have been illegal ages ago; however, it is still used today as very powerful builds.
Perks such as Scourge Hooks and Make your Choice will allow you to see the auras and, at the same time, down them without having to use any particular effort, especially with Devour Hope, where you will be able to kill the survivors after reaching five tokens, which is considered to be an illegally powerful build.
What the Illegal Choice of Nurse Build Excels In:
- The combination of the Scourge Hook perks will allow you to have a greater advantage of the perk's effects, which for instance, it would be towards the advantage of the generator and the aura-revealing side, making it much harder for the survivors to concentrate on those two areas, which would massively slow down the progress of the game, and therefore be at a great advantage when it comes to spotting survivors once a survivor is unhooked.
- Hex: Devour Hope is considered to be one of the most powerful perks in the game if played by its rule, and if uncleansed, once reaching five tokens, you will then have the ability to kill all the survivors by hand, which is particularly useful as it will increase the chance of winning.
Build details & perks:
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance: At the start of the Trial, four random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks: The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white. Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply: The Generator with the most Progression explodes, instantly losing 9/12/15 % of its Progression and starting to regress. Survivors repairing that Generator will scream but not reveal their location.
- Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage: At the start of the Trial, four random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks: The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white. Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply: The Auras of all other Survivors are revealed for 5/6/7 seconds.
- Hex: Devour Hope: Each time a Survivor is rescued from a Hook when you are at least 24 metres away, Hex: Devour Hope receives 1 Token: 2 Tokens: 10 seconds after hooking a Survivor, gain a 3/4/5 % Haste Status Effect for the next 10 seconds. 3 Tokens: Survivors suffer permanently from the Exposed Status Effect. 5 Tokens: You are granted the ability to kill all Survivors by your hand.
- Make your choice: Each time a Survivor is rescued from a Hook when you are at least 32 metres away, Make Your Choice activates: The Rescuer screams and suffers from the Exposed Status Effect for the next 40/50/60 seconds. Make Your Choice has a cooldown of 40/50/60 seconds.
2. The Broken Aggression Nurse Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by D3AD Plays
The Broken Aggression Nurse Build is an aggressive build which takes aggression to the next level, making survivors quit faster than ever.
It is a build that creates a massive amount of pressure, making survivors do things they shouldn't do and then causing them to get hit by the Nurse and get hooked faster than they blink, especially with the perks Infectious Fright and Startsruck which will leave them downed or injured in no time, making it a very exquisite build.
What the Broken Aggression Nurse Build Excels In:
- The perk Lethal Pursuer will give you a great start on spotting survivors, which is incredibly powerful, especially for the Nurse, as it would require the least effort to teleport there and hit one of the survivors who come up first within her eye contact.
- Infectious Fright is a very powerful perk, mainly for the Nurse, as it will allow her to snowball the survivors in her range and increase the chance of winning.
Build details & perks:
- Lethal Pursuer: At the start of the Trial, the Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 7/8/9 seconds. Extends the duration of a Survivor's Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds.
- Agitation: While carrying a Survivor, you benefit from the following effects: Increases your Carrying Movement speed by 6/12/18 %. Increases your Terror Radius by 12 metres.
- Infectious Fright: Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, all other Survivors within your Terror Radius will scream and reveal their current location to you for 4/5/6 seconds.
- Starstruck: When carrying a Survivor, Starstruck activates: Survivors suffer from the Exposed Status Effect while in your Terror Radius. The Status Effect lingers for 26/28/30 seconds after leaving your Terror Radius. After hooking or dropping the carried Survivor, Starstruck deactivates: The Status Effect persists for 26/28/30 seconds for any Survivor inside your Terror Radius. Starstruck has a cool-down of 60 seconds once the Survivor is no longer being carried.
1. The No-Counter Nurse Build
Dead by Daylight gameplay by PotatoLegion
The No-Counter Nurse Build is considered to be one of the most powerful builds on this list for reasons that it has perks that are completely balanced and powerful at the same time, which would not cause the survivors to disconnect, therefore allowing you to gain a lot of blood points and having the chance to play around with the survivors.
Especially with scourge hook perks and darkness revealed, which shows auras, which will allow the Nurse to have the opportunity to catch up on the survivor throughout the whole game, making it one of the most powerful builds.
What the No-Counter Nurse Build Excels In:
- With Starstruck, you can quickly teleport to the survivor who has been affected by the perk once hooking the survivor, which is quite powerful, especially for the nurse, who can catch up on the survivor in seconds.
- The combination of the Scourge Hook perks will allow you to have a greater advantage of the perk's effects, which for instance, it would be towards the advantage of the generator and the aura-revealing side, making it much harder for the survivors to concentrate on those two areas, which would massively slow down the progress of the game, and therefore be at a great advantage when it comes to spotting survivors once a survivor is unhooked.
Build details & perks:
- Darkness Revealed: When you search a Locker, the Auras of all Survivors within 8 metres of any Locker are revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds. Darkness Revealed has a cool-down of 30 seconds.
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance: At the start of the Trial, four random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks: The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white. Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply: The Generator with the most Progression explodes, instantly losing 9/12/15 % of its Progression and starting to regress. Survivors repairing that Generator will scream but not reveal their location.
- Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage: At the start of the Trial, four random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks: The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white. Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply: The Auras of all other Survivors are revealed for 5/6/7 seconds.
- Starstruck: When carrying a Survivor, Starstruck activates: Survivors suffer from the Exposed Status Effect while in your Terror Radius. The Status Effect lingers for 26/28/30 seconds after leaving your Terror Radius. After hooking or dropping the carried Survivor, Starstruck deactivates: The Status Effect persists for 26/28/30 seconds for any Survivor inside your Terror Radius. Starstruck has a cool-down of 60 seconds once the Survivor is no longer being carried.
