Who is Dead by Daylight’s Scariest Killer? 

Scariest thing is the bunny feng with background player

The trailer for the unknown with the tent still scares the shit out of me.

I disagree with the Legion. Nothing scarier than walking past a group of teenagers.

I think characters like Clown, Legion, and Ghostface are a little more scary because they are partially based on real serial killers. Like, legitimately, it's scary to think about evil people like that getting free reign to do whatever they want.

I personally find psychological horror to be vastly more terrifying than monstrous abominations or jump scare tactics. So Dredge pulling you kicking and screaming into his void of a body, and the Unknown's origin and purpose being a mystery, down right terrify me.

It depends on what you’re afraid of. I’m not afraid of clowns but if I was he’d be terrifying. The only scary thing in the game is my own survivor gameplay. I’m cheeks

Unknown. It’s the only character that I physically am scared to be chased by cause it’s just so disgusting and creepy

What's crazy about Vecna planning to usurp the Entity is he might actually be capable of it. Vecna is a character who has had a few iterations in DnD lore across different realities but basically every one of them eventually ascends to godhood.

I find Dredge and Unknown are pretty freaky and unsettling personally

I personally think that unknown is terrifying. That fact it looks semi human alongside it being very mysterious and, well, unknown.

For design, it's the unknown but for gameplay it's definitely Michael Myers. Having a tombstone add-on with perks that remove your terror radius turns the game into an actual horror movie. Being stalked from far away, constantly having to check over your shoulder, not knowing where he might pop out from and the fact that he instantly kills you are all terrifying.

For me, personally? Michael, man. The jumpscares. THE JUMPSCARES.

If I was being chased by one, probably the Xenomorph. In concept? The Trickster, its scary to think he got away with murder using his wealth and fame

I really wish that Hunk had his own voice lines, maybe we’d be able to see a little more into what he’s thinking about this whole thing. If he can’t have a voice of his own, I almost wish they would’ve left him completely silent, I think that would honestly make him scarier.

Another thing I would have liked mentioned when talking about Trapper is how he behaves in the trailers. In the 2016 launchtrailer the current trailer and the one for Nicolas Cage we see multiple times how he takes his time playing with his victims because he knows he will get them, he doesn't need to hurry which shows how confident he is. This is also observable ingame how he doesn't even run he just walks fast and in the description Benedikt Baker game him how he on purpose approaches trapped victims with loud footsteps to scare them.

My head canon is that The Entity from DBD is The Narrator from Naughty Bear. In fact, I believe that The Narrator was always The Entity. Since both games were made by the same people I think this is possible.

hunk is shown in the re2 last survivor mission that he cared in some way about his teammates, telling his ride to leave him even if he could die.

Naughty Bear seems like something you'd be scared of as a small child. Still love him though. ❤

What I find scary about pyramid head is he is unstoppable. Silent hill changes the way it looks depending on the person who ends up their. Pyramid head was meant to hunt James and James ALONE. Yet when James left silent hill, pyramid head has served his propose and it was time to disappear, BUT IT DIDN'T DISAPPEAR. Silent hill COULD NOT GET RID OF PYRAMID HEAD. So now we have this unstoppable monster that has outlived it propose just wandering silent hill.

3:33 i felt your pain on this clip xP

I think you hit the nail on the head with Legion. I often see people saying that Legion are not scary at all as it’s “ Just teenagers with knives “, but that is the exact type of horror they are meant to represent; realism horror. There’s not anything supernatural like Dredge or something shocking and horrific like Wraith crushing his boss in a car compactor. They’re not even especially complex characters, just average people that bonded over the shared desire to cause chaos. It doesn’t take more than a resentment for the world for a real person to be like the Legion, and that’s the horror they’re meant to invoke; everywhere you go, there _could_ be someone like the Legion. Their broad character(s) and motives make them easily applicable to just about anyone. Someone like them could be all around you and you’d be none the wiser as, from a first glance, they are “ just normal people “. You’re afraid of something like The Unknown because it’s a mysterious and horrifying creature that hunts down those who try to make sense of it. You’re afraid of someone like The Trapper because he’s an imposing and infamous killer responsible for the death of a whole mine’s worth of people. But you’re afraid of The Legion because you never know when they are and aren’t there, nor who is and isn’t part of them.

Scariest killer is usually Meg on your team. But Vecna is a good bet. In D&D he's a moral who ascended into godhood. That's quite something on its own.

Unknown takes the cake for scariest bar none. -Twisted abomination of unknown origins. -Incredibly strong and agile -Inhuman, therefore impossible to reason with, bargain with or understand and predict. -Mimics voices to lure you. -Can seemingly instantly teleport to places near you (shown out of the game through its bios where it just appears inside the Olivia's bathroom). -Will likely brutalize you rather than kill you quick, then goes on to wear your skin/body. That thing, the nameless legend

I respect your first choice. Whether you're being chased by a man swinging a chainsaw or you feel doomed because there's no milk for your cereal, horror can be found in anything and anyone. There should be no limit to it. I'm happy BHVR made a post about Zoey Alexandria on their Twitter. She brought Unknown to life brilliantly. P.S. - Jeryl was quite a frightening creature to lay eyes upon too. Thank you for the video. ❤

Personally, I would have added dredge up with the unknown. It’s a universe of its own much like the entity, but probably not as refined as it. Nonetheless, once inside it, I don’t think you can escape it.

I love stealth killers but I’ll tell you this: most people were really scared of my dredge. I understand why. One moment you see a teammate getting hooked on the other side of the map, the other moment dredge is rushing out of a locker near you and immediately in chase with you.

Skull Merchant made many people feel many things, but much to the entities dismay, almost none of it was fear 😏

The Skull Merchant is the least scary because she's my type.

Even as a kid Myers never scared me in the movies, but in dbd even after all these years i still get a small panic attack when i look behind me while doing a gen and he's just standing there, and also wesker's grab is a little jumpscare if youre not looking at him

Honestly if I were to pick which one I'd least wanna be trapped in a room with, its a x way tie between Clown (you just know he likes torture), Trickster (Likes torture), Unknown (who knows what it likes or will do), Knight (def will torture you), and Doctor because he will absolutely torture you

Me: *sees the title* Me not even 1 second later: “The Spirit”

As a Dredge main, I'm biased. But, I think he is the scariest. Unknown can have 2nd. I actually put HUX 3rd.

Michael with his blank ghost white face and heavy breathing just stalking people and taking enjoyment in murdering them will always be the most terrifying.

1 min into the video, and I gotta say Twins is not bottom tier. If I saw a demon baby pop out of someone’s chest I’d probably shit my pants

I stumbled on your channel when I started getting back into the game and let me tell you I do not regret it. Amazing content!

4:43 yeah but you ever hear the song where they say “teenagers scare the livin’ shit out of me”?

Billy: Disfigured, abused, Wants freedom. Very scary. Bubba: Eats people, makes masks out of victims skin. Kinda scary I guess.

I am a fellow small DBD youtuber and I just love seeing people actually cover the lore of the characters, helps me to understand and love these characters more. Great video overall

No matter the killer, they’d all be scary if you were a survivor in the game. Even Legion or Trickster could be scary because of their absurd strength from the entity.

Also, with Trickster, he likely has millions of fans across the world, many of them likely have merchandise of him. And the thought of a serial killer both having merchandise to buy, and that people most likely have bought it, is equally disturbing.

To me, an Ada with many prestiges and the coat skin ._.

Every killer is scary when you first come across them HOWEVER my big twisted toddler unknown is my type of horror. Unknown creature, body horror, legends. It's a great design and love him so much. I'm a Jake main but he's my go to killer

Pretty spot on. My top 5 scariest is Unknown, Doctor, Dredgie, Oni, and Were elk. Unknown and were elk have the same fear factor of mimicking humans, making you believe you might have found another person, only to be trapped by them. Dredgie and Oni are just horrifying. And Doctor really embodies just how scary humans can be

Artist is scariest to me, because back in 2016-2019, I would have these awful nightmares where I would see a cretaure that looked similar to her, bird like, a beak for a nose and mouth, (later it appeared as if she ripped her beak off and sewed her nose and mouth shut), bleeding eyes, and feather looking hair. I even saw her during sleep paralysis behind my dresser, at the foot of my bed, or in the corner of the room. My family has history of witchcraft and dark magic, so I really do believe I had an evil attachment. After I bought a bunch of Buddhist trinkets and medallions, I had a dream where I pushed her off a cliff into the ocean. I never saw her again, but before she went under she warned me something worse than her would come.

I think for the aspect of a killer who is beyond our knowledge i agree unknown or dredge takes it easily maybe demo too, but for those that represent humanity id have to give this to knight or doctor as they represent what humanity is when there is no humanity left

In the Resident Evil manwha, the Nemesis is actually revealed to be a former boxer that, after suffering a devastating loss in the arena that leaves him physically broken, is approached by Umbrella executives who essentially propose that he take part in medical trials. He is told that the trials are essentially for helping people like him, and Umbrella would even sweeten the deal by paying him a large sum of cash. He agrees, because even if he doesn't get to box again, at least his kid wouldn't have to worry about paying for college. He wakes up, feeling... odd. He reaches to touch his face, but it feels different. Almost like... Growing pains. The scientists don't look at him, and that's all he needs to see to know what's happened. He's not boxing anymore. He passes out from the pain. He come to, seeing a pair of familiar faces. His wife and daughter, tied to a pair of chairs. The Umbrella executive, the bald bastard, a giant shiteating grin on his face. His wife and daughter beg for mercy, but the Executive simply draws a hypodermic needle. The boxer watches as his daughter and wife, whom he only ever wanted to provide the best possible lives, turn into zombies and are euthanized. He lunges for the Executive, but can't reach him. And then he loses consciousness. The manwha is cool, Nemesis fights Birkin.

Image we have the smile demon from smile

2:35 damn Azhy, why are you running such an op build on Blight?

Dredge and unknown are the most terrifying I’ve seen in my opinion.

Could you make a video on what survivors you think die in their cinematic intros? Like how Dwight gets caught by trapper, or when Dredge is behind Haddie, and so on

you keep showing up on my recommended and honestly i might just get the game so i can enjoy your vids more

I honestly find Doctor the most scariest. With his Lore and pure evilness, its a scary thought of his experimentation that he did to patients for his own personal goals.

Vecna is also depending on time and domain, a demigod. Also, its not like this is Vecna's first time entering a dark domain governed by an omnipresent dark entity x,D... I mean, he was actually imprisoned in a demiplane of shadow and imprisonement, then eventually broke out, proceeding to reshape the cosmos and multiverse for a good while before being stopped. And then as Vecna always does, he came back, again, in his current form their using for 5th ed dnd, and thats the model they used for dbd as well. So like, it makes total sense that Vecna is not only not concerned about the entity, but also likely isnt even impressed, just sees another possible tool.

Love that video how about a video with survivors least to most scariest?

The doctor. His appearance, sound design, lore, everything about him is terrifying

I absolutely love Unknown as a killer, his design and mystery actually scare me. "Obviously when assesing any future threats, there is that which we know and that which we don't know. But it is always that which we don't know we don't know, that poses the greatest danger"- Harry (Rainbow 6 Seige)

Fun fact, the Minotaur and Billy are even more alike, as they were both meant to have names, but then raised as nameless monsters. I don't think Billy's real name was ever definitely confirmed, but the Minotaur's real name was Asterius.

I feel like it will be pretty hard to beat the Unknown in terms of fear factor from now on in my opinion.

i like to think that only three eddie outfits are actual eddie forms or clones the dredge cosmetic is just the dredge that might've absorbed other eddie forms or disguised itself as eddie

I feel like nemesis should be higher just because of the fact that he is designed to never stop coming for you until you die. Having that constant presence chasing you is what would scare me the most personally.

i like that you also count ultra rare skins. its cool

On the lead up to the Unknown when it was being teased, I genuinely looked back over my shoulder while walking home from work at night because of it I have NEVER done that for a DBD killer before, its The Unknown, easily

Myers, Pinhead, and Pyramid Head are the most terrifying/creepiest to me. They just suddenly showed up in the realm and decided to stay. Like, they're literally just there, staring, menacingly. Afaik, they literally just do whatever they want and are not really controlled by the entity. It just so happens that what they want to do at the moment suits what the entity wants. Imagine the chaos and horror they can create should they just go "fck everything and everyone"

When it comes to trickster, while it's not murder, I always think of the real world incident that happened in Korea called 'Burning Sun' I think it was a whole bunch of difference kpop idols from different groups who were drugging women and basically selling them to important people who came to this club one of them owned. They were event beating men half to death in the streets for trying to uncover what was going on. I watched a video on it from Rotten Mango. It was a while back though so some of my details may be off, but I suggest giving it a watch. I think in the end the place got shut down, but the idols involved only got a slap on the wrist for it.

I remember seeing look see on crypt tv and was hooked on it immediately. I loved the lore behind it. I remember watching it with my girl and she was beyond scared of it.

What if the were elk isn't anna but her mother that the entity merged with the deer that killed her to create a new killer

You should make an informative video explaining why every clear inspects their weopon after hit. İt could be intresting (maybe)

The unknown, because it is a sort of pseudo roko’s basilisk. Knowing about the existence of the unknown, would lead you to subconsciously define it. Causing your death.

I literally started playing again after seeing The Unknown. When I played last it was 2018 so I’m rusty and despite him not being one of the easiest to kill with I’m gonna main him.

Trickster gameplay in the background hurt like hell

The unknown at lest he design in the trailer

In my opinion, hillbilly would be scarier, just imagine walking in a forest, hearing the gnawing teeth of a chainsaw quickly cqtching up to you

For me its the Blight. Let me remind you, I'm a 5'1 17-year-old girl who has asthma and can barely run. he's going to get me in an instant!!!!! Also, his design is creepy too. especially his mouth. in addition, his Mori is sticking that serum into you and popping you like a balloon, like no thank you. I would rather die by MICHEAL MYERS HIMSELF than take the blight.

It's easy to say that some are scarier than others, but if we were in the trials, we'd all be scared regardless of which killer is present. You're being hunted by a killer and can't fight back in any meaningful way, just delay them while you try to escape.

I’m afraid of horror characters that look more like possessed like beings with black eyes so I’ll say the artist even though she’s my favorite killer in the game lol she would be my fear if I was taken by the entity sent to the realm

I beg to differ with Xenomorph considering that if you’ve played Alien: Isolation, you KNOW how terrifying running for your life is from the Xenomorphs and also the fact that one chestburster that grew into a Xeno doomed the entire Sevastopol Station with Ripley being *the only survivor*

Its between dredge or cenobytes ngl. The rest will u give u a quick death or a slow death. But dredge is a manifestation of bad thoughts with its own entity-like realm within that fog. True unimaginable fates. Cenobytes is essentially hell but where pain and pleasure are intertwined.

Seriously? The Twins before Trickster? Bro is actually genuinely scared of a twink k-pop star.

Any chance we can get the background of the thumbnail? It looks like a very decent parody of the Brady bunch. Would like it as a wallpaper.

I’m curious, are survivors brought here to be in an everlasting loop of pain and torture? Meaning when they are sacrificed, they’re brought back to another trial to survive and be tortured once more, or do they just fully die and disappear from the realm?

Good video. First things first, feedback. I agree somewhat with all of what you said though I was surprised by alot of the placements. This is probably pretty normal considering how fear is subjective. I'll just list what I was thinking. First thing that admittedly bugged me somewhat was the Alien being so low. The Xenomorph... I can understand why it was placed so low honestly. It's threat level on a planetary level is rather low compared to other entities of god levels of power such as dredge, pyramid head, and others and it seems like you were basing the fear ranking more so off the story and backstory/lore. Which the Xenomorph sorta lacks. Still I feel it should have been one level higher, and for mainly one reason. Having watched the first movie recently and being a avid alien isolation fan. Sure the Xenomorph isn't that scary on paper. But in practice. It's an nearly unstoppable killing machine. A organism is unrivaled hostility. Being hunted by it is undoubtedly terrifying and you can never really know when it'll strike or when your next. In most ways, the fear is nearly apocalyptical, as you really will find yourself feeling like there's nothing you can do against it. No matter how hard you try or what you die. It will kill, it will hunt, and you will find yourself dead or minutes away from death. That d*mn creature walking around with it's thudding footsteps and the sound of it's tail dragging against the ground... From experience, I'd atleast rank it as Extremely scary. Considering that the experience I had was in a game, I can't imagine how blood curdling and spine chilling seeing and facing that "thing" would feel in reality. I understand that's it's threat level is low compared to like the dredge or pyramid head... and other otherworldly entities. Still I'd atleast rank it as scarier than Birkin. Not because Birkin isn't scary, it's just if I had to compare my experiences with both from their respective games. Birkin felt like a threat... but that wasn't particularly scary even if he was disturbing. While the Xenomorph's Alien Isolation genuinely took me years of improving my fear resistance to even beat the game on it's recommenced difficulty. I had to do multiple playthroughs just to stomach it and beat it once. As for others, nothing else really came to mind except one who I thought was criminally low. The Cenobite. I don't know much about them admittedly. I do know they are all about torture and pain. (And pleasure? ugh...) Anyway, a creature that intentionally tortures you, just to inflict hellish pain on you. I don't understand how that isn't atleast at Extremely scary from that alone. And considering that if I recall directly, his mori is to send you directly to his realm... out of the entities realm... where he presumably proceeds to torture you for all eternity... It shows a higher level of threat than most other killers here and the prospect of suffering eternal suffering and agony... makes my blood run cold. I'd rank him as terrifying at bare minimum if not way higher. The idea of that would directly give me nightmares if it weren't for the fact that I don't get nightmares very easily. Anyway, other than finding these two to be way off, and others to be a little strange being so high or so low, I don't think I have any problems with those so good video again. Now, just to specify, I'm not complaining, after all, fear is subjective and I'd be stupid for me to consider everyone to think of this the same way I do. I'm just sharing what I think. Thanks for the video and have a great day. And if anybody else doesn't mind, considering you might have taken the time to read all of this, why don't you share what you think about the placements?

I just had a video idea: What is the scariest thing about each Killer? Like their intelligence or appearance.

The Trickster is someone I can see existing irl.Edit: Forgot about the Legion...

I believe once castlevania comes out Dracula will own the spot of scariest and for a number of reasons. 1. Dracula is not a regular vampire, although vampires of themselves are terrifying, he is the chosen dark lord of Chaos, meaning he can’t be ‘killed’ by regular means & even if he is, will resurrect after 100 years, meaning even if you ‘win,’ he will hunt down your entire bloodline. 2. Dracula doesn’t just kill humans, he doesn’t even necessarily want to, he’s not one to coop them up as cattle either, after the death of his second wife, he decides to exterminate the entirety of the human race, in a mercy for the world overall as he finds humans profoundly evil, manipulators & vile creatures to walk the earth, so he vows to cleanse it, making no room to spare humanity for any reason whatsoever, he sheds no tears for the despair of the entire race. 3. So Dracula doesn’t just want to feed a bloodlust, nor is he an escapable presence, but ontop of that, IF you get killed by him or his hordes, your body is then taken to be reanimated by his forgemasters to become an evil, demonic ‘night creature’ loyal to Dracula’s empires goals to seek out the end of humanity. So if you die trying to protect your family, odds are you’ll be recreated through necromantic hell magic to kill them as a demon, and as seen in nocturne, they still possess some memories of who they are, still being forcibly controlled by forgemasters so you could see your families faces as you destroy and maul on them as a monster of the dark lord.

Idea for reworking Legion: Give them the ability to "fix generators". Treat them like Among Us Impostors. Let them interact with the gens to give the illusion of being an ally. For players that know about this, it's a moment of hesitation every time they see someone on a gen alone. For those that don't know, it's a false sense of security. Cause their Terror radius to hit zero. Only Aura-reveals show the truth.

Otz

In the resident evil movies "NEMESIS" was a human and was turned into nemesis

Honestly I say legion is least scary. Compared to everyone else they're just a teenager with a knife. Which is scary sure, but also I think I could maybe beat em 1 on 1 like in the trials. Would be scarier if like in the trailer they could pretend to be a survivor. I was really hopin for somethin like that when the unknown was revealed

The unknown is for sure the creepiest but he still looks like a goofy, meat canyon version of Dwight😂

For me it’s gotta be pyramid head because of the cages. They just look so damn cramped. I hate having my physical movement restricted, and being stuck in a cage of atonement looks highly restrictive.

If bhvr ever release a killer that is an maniquen im gonna die cause i hate those things with a passion

Can you do a tierlist based on how freaky the killers are???

As someone who is afraid to death of clowns, Clown is the scariest for me. His looks and backstory are disturbing. He is realistic in the sense that there can be someone just like him. Yes I do know he was based off of John Wayne Gacy which is crazy.

To be honest I don´t think Charon is angry after entity took him from his duties as boatman. If the entity manipulates his vision then I could see him sort of get mad but Charon only wants to get paid and be done with it.

The scariest killer outside the realm is smoking kids! That and the man outside my winfow.

I also think that plagues incense burner is a desperate attempt to cleanse herself of illness and or the negativity that follows her

I love this list. I only have a singular gripe; Deathslinger got his nickname due to the number of disembowelments the early models of Speargun caused. Not just because of his brutality. Either way; an amazing video as always. There's not a single placement on the list I disagree with.

Michael, Dredge, Doctor, Unknown, Spirit, and the scientist from Resident Evil

My theory is that the dredge is an elder one like the entity, which makes hin even scarier ehen you think about it

All of the killers are 5x scarier when they're permanently undetectable. It doesn't really matter their actual look or ability, the overall power of unexpectedly getting ambushed by someone that wants to slaughter you is innately much scarier than the default DBD. It's why Myers Tier 1 with Scratched mirror is the king of jumpscare, and gets tons of praise for it. There was a bug once with Tier 2 Tinkerer after its update from an add-on buffing perk to a stealth perk, which caused the effect to be permanent once it activated. It lasted about a month before being fixed and was before "Killswitching" was set up. I had so many people tell me after game that I made them jump and they had a great time against killers like Hag, Trapper, and Freddy. Killers that are normally not so scary because you see them coming miles away due to terror radius and the red stain. Removing both mechanics makes the game MUCH more of a horror game, but it also overall makes it more stressful for survivors to play. They have to pay much closer attention when it's like that.