The new killer from Dead by Daylight has been revealed. “The Spirit” is a pretty creepy figure and also has some powerful perks.
A few days ago, Dead by Daylight unveiled the trailer for the new chapter “Shattered Bloodlines”. Now the PTR for this update is live, providing a first look at the new killer: The Spirit.
As many expected, this is not the samurai from the cinematic, but rather his victim. Rin is the daughter of the murderer from the video and is depicted in the game in a gruesomely macabre way. She is a walking corpse that has been hacked into several pieces. Her body parts are loose and sometimes fall apart. Additionally, she twitches and spasms convulsively – a gruesome sight that strongly reminds one of horror films like “The Grudge”.
The abilities of The Spirit
The Spirit has a unique ability that resembles the traits of the Wraith and the Nurse. With a right-click, she can switch to spectral mode. After a brief channeling, she enters the spirit world and leaves her body, which remains in place. She can move freely around the map and reappear at another location with a button press or when the timer runs out, striking instantly. Survivors do not see this “spirit run”.
However, there is a catch (Haha, pun…): The killer cannot see the survivors during the spirit run either. Only after appearing are the survivors visible again. Only scratch marks can be seen in the spirit world. He has to guess where the survivors are – for example, at a generator.
After the ability has been used, it has a medium cooldown of around 15 seconds.
In this video, you can see some gameplay of The Spirit:
The killer comes with three of his own perks as usual:
- Hex: Haunted Ground: Two active totems appear on the map. If one of the two totems is cleansed, all survivors are inflicted with the “Exposed” effect for 40 / 50 / 60 seconds, causing them to go down with a single hit. The other totem immediately becomes an inactive totem.
- Rancor: One survivor becomes the killer’s obsession. Each time a generator is fully repaired, the obsession sees the killer for 5 / 4 / 3 seconds. Each time a generator is fully repaired, the killer sees all survivors for 3 seconds. Once all generators are repaired, the obsession receives the “Exposed” status effect (goes down with a single hit) and can be killed by the killer (Memento Mori effect).
- Spirit Fury: Each destroyed pallet increases the power of the Entity. After 4 / 3 / 2 pallets have been broken by the killer, the next pallet that stuns the killer is instantly destroyed by the Entity. The killer is still stunned.
The new survivor perks of Adam Smith
The new survivor is Adam Smith. He also comes with three of his own perks.
- Diversion: The perk activates when the survivor stands in the killer’s terror radius for 45 seconds and is not in a chase. Once the perk is fully active, the survivor can throw a stone to a location within a radius of 10 / 15 / 20 meters. The stone creates a loud noise that is shown to the killer. After that, the perk becomes inactive and needs to be recharged.
- Deliverance: After the survivor safely rescues another survivor from the hook (meaning they do not go down again within 20 seconds), the perk activates. The survivor now has a 100% chance to free themselves from the hook the next time they are hanged. However, this triggers the “Broken” effect for 100 / 80 / 60 seconds, preventing the survivor from being fully healed.
- Autodidact: The survivor starts with a penalty of -20% on progress for a successful skill check when healing other survivors. Each successful skill check grants a token, up to a maximum of 3 / 4 / 5 tokens. Each token grants a bonus of 20% on progress for a successful skill check when the survivor heals other players. Great skill checks are not possible with this perk.
Overall, the new chapter is quite creepy, gross, and really atmospheric. If the balancing is right, “The Spirit” brings a really cool killer to us.
There is still no release date for “Shattered Bloodlines”.
How do you like “The Spirit”? Cool abilities and nice perks? Or way too strong or too weak?
