All 26 Killer Backstories Ranked Worst to Best! (Dead by Daylight Lore Tier List) 

New character's backstories: "3000 pages of text explaining how they went through a psychological drama and torture" Old characters's backstories: "so uuum.. emmm... they sort of like dissapeared in the fog or something."

Technically speaking Blight is not just a great lore character, so far he is THE lore character. Every Blight skin relates to him in the fact that he actively had to fight other killers to inject that, some of those he did while he was still only a surviving human, the others after he took his monstrous form. His lore is probably the greatest overall since it clued us into the fact that there are people across the universe (universes???), that are hunting for the Entity's realm. That and every last add-on he has tells a story related to killers. The umbra salts? He planted them on Spirit and fought to get them back. The rat and the blighted crow? Test subjects he experimented on. The adrenaline vial? Forcefully taken from Legion. I think Blight's going to get more and more lore overall. (That and it would be sick to see new killers with blighted skins)

I don't think with Huntress that she doesn't "know" that the children she takes need food. I think it's that Anna like a unsupervised child just gets caught up in whatever she's doing at the time. Forgetting to feed them till it's too late.

I’m going to cry if I don’t see a trailer tier list

Oni has one of the best if not the best lore and backstory he killed anyone that dared to call him a Oni because he ultimately knew he was and eventually became the thing he hated

I’d put Legion very high because it was based on an actual murder by 4 teens in Montana back in the early 90’s. The fact that Legion is the most “realistic” killers, with a real life based lore, pushes them towards the top for me. If Clown had a lore similar to Gacy, I’d do the same with him.

I really like the long in depth killer lores. People like to say for no reason that they’re pointless, but like, nobody asked you. It’s really interesting reading a long story detailing the killer’s descent into madness. It also helps immerse yourself while playing the killer. Understanding why they use their specific powers and maybe why they perform specific animations and actions while playing them. It’s something that doesn’t have to be there, but I’m really glad that it is.

Honestly I think they all have a cool lore

I absolutely love Trickster's lore because he's one of the only original characters in this slasher game who is an actual serial killer. Arguably, Ghostface does have the better slasher lore, but I loved the creativity of Ji-Woon using his victim's screams in his songs and the dichotomy between his lore and Yun-Jin's. It was a really cool approach to the slasher archetype and I'd honestly love more killers who are just irredeemably evil in the game.

Deathslinger lore is so good, it deserves its own short film imo.

I like Artists lore BUT I totally agree, it’d be more interesting if she was supposedly part psychotic that led to her accepting being a killer

Personally, I find the Legion's lore has such incredible potential and is what drew me in to DBD. I don't play the game but Legion as a concept really interests me

2:17 Now that James Sunderland is in DbD too, he's appearance make more sense.

I had this idea on ranking the killers on who would be the most painful to go against if you were there. So like who would bring you the most pain before you got hooked 3 times. But we also gotta remember that the survivors are buffed to because who can take a huge man with a chainsaw slashing it at you at least 3 times and still be able to run

I feel that the Artist's lore needs to be fleshed out a little bit more. The crows just kinda went in and out of her life randomly, and they have no connection to her brother either. She might be heavily inspired by a real person though. Lorenza Bottner, an artist who also lost her arms.

I adore The Ghost Face’s lore, however, at risk of sounding basic, I honestly love Evan and Billy’s tome lore a lot. It just established so much for their characters. However, I know this is a base lore video so that doesn’t exactly apply here. 😅

Hey! Great video :) Blight is almost the perfect Killer, great gameplay and power, great lore, great chase music, scary and gross, great design, and honestly, after he defeat and inject his serum on Nemesis and Pyramid Head, he is the strongest killer in the lore of dbd nowadays

My friend. To avoid flashlight saves simply look at a wall when picking up. When there is no wall you can bait out survivors by standing on top of the downed person and listen for footstepts. To be extra save simply make a quick spin when picking someone up in a direction that you think the saving survivor wont expect. Its hard to see these flashlight saves from hard worked downes.

I am 100% with you on Artist's lore being *way* too much. There's a certain point of bad things happening to a character where you overdraw on the audience's sympathy. How NOT to Write a Novel calls this Compassion Fatigue; TV Tropes terms it Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy. Plague's lore is probably my favorite, because it gives her an entirely understandable motivation for being a killer. Characters like Clown and Ghostface who are "just evil" are a dime a dozen. Characters like Plague... there are *layers* to why she kills. She's not only wholly devoted to the Entity in the religious sense, believing it to be the god who answered her prayers and saved her people, but she also comes from a culture where human sacrifice was *normal.* From her perspective, becoming a killer makes absolute sense.

Most of the stories fit the list fine. Here’s my take. Ghost face, in my opinion, should be in the fine character. His story is cool in all, but the lore in DBD makes me tired to read. A prankster who is a killer is cool and he is very creepy, but the lore where he meets the entity makes me sleepy. The Huntress should be on the great list. Huntress was a girl in pre WWI who was struggling to survive with her mother. When her mother died, she did not have someone to guide her, She didn’t have anyone to teach her how to be a mother. She killed soldiers/families as a hunter because she felt a need to protect her and her mother’s lands. Which in my opinion, shows how much she respected/loved her mother. She kidnapped kids, as that was her attempt to be a mother, but she failed to realize that they needed food everyday, or they would die. This makes her character more interesting, that’s because she had no want to teach her how to probably be a mother, her attempts of being a mother were futile. I do agree, that the twins and the spirit do deserve sympathy. The Spirit deserves it a little more than the twins. Charolette and Victor had to watch as their mother was beaten with a club and taken away by the black veil as children. The reason to why they kill, makes sense as they were hunted as kids just for being the way they were, And to make things worse, a judge, had stated their mother gave birth to the spawn of Satan (referring to Victor). Rin, The spirit, was killed by her father due to his grief and him blaming the mother and the brothers death on her. Rin, did not deserve to die, as grief is said to blind a man, and unfortunately, it blinded her father. A character who is killed by a loved one, is much more likely to gain sympathy then a character whose loved one was killed in front of them. These are just my opinions. For the most part, I agree with list.

Finally someone who appreciates Blight's lore :(

I really hope my boy Evan gets some more lore in the future, I love Evan and need more. Adiris' lore is my favorite so far.

Trickster's lore is just stunningly cool. He's a diva, yes. But there's a wonderful bit of obfuscation the lore does as to whether he killed his bandmates, or just declined to save them from the fire. Additionally, he and Yun-Jin have a very interesting dynamic, wherein she is both frustrated by him AND desperately trying to trust and protect him. This, in turn, leads Ji-Woon to resent her for stifling his 'freedom'. Their lore chapter was very clever, too! The way Ji-Woon nearly got caught, but managed to twist his own crime and frame himself as the victim. That is some brilliant, quick thinking for such a narcisstic little twat. Additionally, the little touches in his design are just great. When he is stunned by a palette, he has to take the time to fix his hair. He doesn't clean his bat, he twirls it in a little flourish. Being somewhat twinkish, he practically prances around the field, and even has difficulty lifting any survivor he knocks down.

Dude I love your channel. I can always listen to your videos while doing something, and it always makes that one thing more enjoyable.

Hey Azhy, great video as always! Will you ever make a speculative video about what the killers would say to their past selves, before they were taken by the entity? Like words of advice or warning they would give? Keep up the good work, man!

Just here to drop some appreciation. Love your videos and the thought/work that goes into each one. Keep up the good work! A day with a drop from you is a good day :)

I think Spirit’s lore and Plague’s lore are the best ones I ever read. Also early congrats!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉U got to 100k subscribers!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉 Eat some Ramen noodles!!🍜🍜🍜🍜

idea: which survivors/killers 3 original perks fit them the best lore wise?

Would be neat if u ranked killers based on how much pain they feel just by existing, like myers and huntress dont feel anything, but blight and pinhead must feel so much pain just walking around

So close to 100k subs! You deserve it and then some mate!

Thank you for doing this I've been waiting not to long but thank you so much

I have an idea, how about most common survivors to run into to most rare to run into?

Great video :) much love

Yeah, Carmina's was trying a wee bit too hard. It's not implausible, but man, it's just so much. Mom left, alcoholic dad hates her and blames her for it, she lets her brother die, tries to kill herself, cult member kidnaps her and her friends, cuts her hands off and cuts her tongue out, and she kills the cult guy and her friends with crows. It feels like they were just trying to be as, "She's a tortured artist with a dark past," as possible. Would've been better, in my opinion, if they had never mentioned the parents, had made the cult just attack her because they notice her whole crow deal, and had toned down the edginess of the cultist's monologue. That way, she would still attempt suicide after letting her brother die, explaining the crow thing, she'd come out of that, revealing herself to the cult and would then get her friends killed as the cult attempts to turn her into a killer like they did with Charlotte and Victor, allowing her to keep the whole self-induced scapegoat role. It wouldn't be perfect, but it would be a bit better. As all great writers know, "Less is more."

Really happy my suggestion made it! Really wanted to know your opinion about the killer lores.

I love your videos so much! Have a good day :D

what a coincidence, this morning i was looking for this exact same video thinking you had already done it

Therapist: The Demogorgon Plague shadow isn't real, it can't hurt you The Demogorgon Plague Shadow: 1:35

Ayyy you’re about to hit 100k!

casual bit of lore, love to see it

I loved the end of trickster's lore, something about the realms being his stage and that he'll make them scream, "encore!"

This man will never run out of ideas

Some lore info on characters is so interesting.

Less than a thousand bro! Congrats ❤️

Cool video! I agree with your tier 100%!

your videos are so good I would be interested in hearing ur theories for upcoming chapters or details (for example, what do u think the Ringu is going to be like) who do you think should be added from movies or books? (I think Dracula would b so awesome)

I was gonna say a ranking for each of the killer's motives to kill in or out of the realm, but I'm not sure if that could be done for every killer. Also, love the video

NEARLY 100k LETS GO AZHY

I personally find the artists lore empowering, i recently was in an accident that mangled my foot, and it was cool seeing bhvr release 2 latino characters like me, one who had suffered like me but came out stronger from it

So close to 100k subs congrats but you deserve better then 100k you deserve 100m subs

i’m not sure if you’ve done this, but could you do which perk is the best for each survivor / killer? so for meg, it’d be either adrenaline, quick and quiet or sprint burst, and so on

Do you think you would ever look at a tier list for concept killers? 🤔

you should definitely do this for survivors!

I love this video. Can you please do a killer power noise rank list? 💜

I wonder if the entity was experimenting with the Legion and whether or not adolescent teens could have the drive to be a killer without breaking down and seeking help from others.

Kazan and Rin Yamaoka have the best lore ever. I love everything about it

Cool video dudw

Love your videos.

hey i recommended this! great vid im glad my fav killer was not last

Can we get a video on killers best and worst maps

You should do a tier list on the strongest basements in the main buildings

Allmost at 100k subs i rememberd when you only had 20k

I dont read the lore bicouse Because I'm dyslexi so thats whey i love your videos cuz u explain things so good

Can you Rank all Killers lobby standing positions?

can you do all killers vault animations ranked my favorite is Blights and Demogorgons and I kind of like Nurse and Spirits

i just now realised that we have many killers from past like oni and plague but all surviorsn are from the present day pretty much. i got an idea for a chapter that has a psychotic killer and a survivor from the same era. their stroies dont interfere until the end where the survivor kills the killer in self defense with luck and thats when the killer is drafted and the survivor dies right after in some way.

Get my man to 100k come on!

Imo opinion I would place hillbilly's backstory with leatherface, it's just fine and it talks about quiet sad story of a discormed child that was never wanted, which we can even see in real life. Anyways this is a great video, keep the hard work up 👍

singleplayer natcho made an amazing video on the doctor, and from that i would say his lore is amazing

When will you make another VS? I kinda want to see those again.

Plagues is probably my favorite & I relate to it a lot 💕

nice vid

Are you gonna do the survivor tome lore's?

Make a top for the perks icon design, a section for Killers and one for Survivors

Whait whats up with hags tome lore? Is it now good or bad in your opinion?

Cool ay really like the lore of all killers it gives them character

I think for the demo they didn’t put the lore because they don’t wan to spoil anything I think that might be with every license except for GHOSTFACE because he is not the full licensed one

Clowns backstory reads like someone wrote a serial killer character after watching one (1) true crime documentary

My God, he's right. Reading the Artist's lore was almost draining to me. It's like the creators were trying to force me to feel bad for the character. One bad thing after another. It's just...too much.

I really did love the hag and her lore maybe that’s just me

Does anyone know what is the backgruond music of the video. I have thinking that for so long

So, when's the Survivor lore tier list coming out? If Dwight's story isn't number one, I'm rioting. Like, Yui, Elodie, Felix? As if their stories can compare to, "Dwight was an absolute nerd, he got a job, got wasted, and now he's running away from Killers." It's beautifully poetic!

my favrote lore is the Cenobite, while all other killers were taken by the Entity Pinhead just went OK this looks like fun and went,

Can you rate the blight skins or moris next? You can choose one.

im glad you are still doing the stranger things people ")

You should read the backstory of trickster and tomb lore when this tomb is done

tier list for killers based on their cameos in Samination videos (which as we know are 100% canon)

Most pf the licensed characters’ lore is SO lazy, it’s sad. When Nemesis came out, I was kind of expecting to get an exact point of the plot where he and Jill were taken, instead of a vague answer.

Sheesh the hit on 8:40

Maybe this is dumb but what if you made a video playing characters based on their lore, like how you think they would act in a trial or something 🤔

I have a question, for the licensed characters (excluding ghostface), is it canon in the movies that they actually went to the realm when they ‘die’? Or is it not canon?

Already asked but can you do a chapter trailers ranked?

I always thought huntress was like a skinwalker or maybe a vampire and that’s why her eyes glow and she wouldn’t know that humans need food to survive

You should make a "Perk Icons Tier List"

I'm not sure if I've even read Hag's Tome Lore. I don't have it all unlocked yet and I only read all of the first book. I've got the second book fully unlocked and I think maybe the third, and then five. I'll have to check all the Tomes later... . I think with Huntress she might be giving the children RAW meat. That's really the only explanation I can come up with because Anna really should know that animals need food and water. I get she's not traditionally educated but there's being ignorant and then there is being dumb, and you can't survive in the wilds by being dumb.

Ideas: Most powerful killer skins Moris ranked least to most painful to go through

To be fair, you can still be a doctor without being a medical one (which is dumb to me but whatever). I agree though that we need more dialoguec especially with the Legion. I don’t care how close you are to someone, you are different in some ways. Different morals, beliefs, style, thought process, etc. Like okay, we know the main 2 Legion members are worse, but what about Joey and Susie? We know next to nothing about them. They are unironically just faceless masks. A skin, and nothing more. You could remove them and nothing would change. Which is a shame, because Susie and Joey have way cooler base costumes than Frank and Julie.

Survivor grunts tier list when ?

Wraith: wait there’s people in these cars?

My favorite lores are (not in order): Blight, Zarina, Deathslinger, Plague, Hillbilly (with tome), Twins, and Clown