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Hex: Ruin

Hex: Ruin

Killer perk · Character: Witch · Patch 10.2.2 · data from October 28, 2026

Effect

When the trial starts, a Dull Totem ignites. While a Generator is not being repaired, it regresses at 100/125/150% speed.

Usage rate

  • No usage rate published for this perk.

Builds that use it

Build for The Wraith

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Blood FavorHex: Blood Favor
  • Barbecue & ChiliBarbecue & Chili
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

"Hex-Oriented Build" variant: a different playstyle from the standard build, to vary your matches.

Build for The Hillbilly

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • Hex: Crowd ControlHex: Crowd Control

Ruin and Hive Mind passively monitor and regress generators across the map. Crowd Control helps with windows and keeps Survivors busy. Swap to Bamboozle if you prefer.

Build for The Nurse

FunMedium confidence
  • Lethal PursuerLethal Pursuer
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Lethal guides you at the start and Hive Mind keeps you on the most progressed gens. Cleansing totems is time-consuming and dangerous, but ignoring them can be deadly for Survivors.

Build for The Hag

BudgetMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Sloppy ButcherSloppy Butcher
  • UnrelentingUnrelenting
  • Hex: No One Escapes DeathHex: No One Escapes Death

Add-onsPowdered EggshellPowdered EggshellBog WaterBog Water

Hex: Ruin (her own perk) plus general perks. Unrelenting got a big 10.2.0 buff (successful-hit cooldown also reduced).

Build for The Hag

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Devour HopeHex: Devour Hope
  • Hex: The Third SealHex: The Third Seal
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Add-onsRusty ShacklesRusty ShacklesDried CicadaDried Cicada

Full-hex build, the most played on the Hag since 10.1.0. It is risky, high risk and high reward.

Build for The Cannibal

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Crowd ControlHex: Crowd Control
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • DominanceDominance

"Hex Based Build" variant: a different playstyle from the standard build, to vary your matches.

Build for The Spirit

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: Haunted GroundHex: Haunted Ground
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind

Gens keep regressing whenever someone lets go, making it easier to track Survivors even while phasing. After your first hook Hex: Hive Mind gives perfect gen information, and Haunted Ground makes cleansing totems very risky.

Build for The Plague

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • Hex: RetributionHex: Retribution

Hexes have strong effects. With Retribution you see everyone's aura when a totem is cleansed. Dominance is a great alternative (blocks totems), then drink from a fountain for a damaging spree. Retribution makes Survivors Oblivious while interacting with totems, so you can ambush them.

Build for The Ghost Face

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceScourge Hook: Pain Resonance
  • SurgeSurge
  • SurveillanceSurveillance

"Gen-Info Build" variant: a different playstyle from the standard build, to vary your matches.

Build for The Executioner

FunLow confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: PentimentoHex: Pentimento
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Add-onsScarlet EggScarlet EggCinderella Music BoxCinderella Music Box

Hex variant. Thrill of the Hunt (reworked in 10.2.0) is swapped for Hex: Undying to protect totems.

Build for The Twins

MetaMedium confidence
  • Corrupt InterventionCorrupt Intervention
  • Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceScourge Hook: Pain Resonance
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Add-onsForest StewForest StewMadeleine’s ScarfMadeleine’s Scarf

Victor punishes unattended gens. Pain Resonance, Hex: Ruin, Corrupt and Undying are the Twins' four most used perks since 10.1.0.

Build for The Twins

FunLow confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: PentimentoHex: Pentimento
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Add-onsForest StewForest StewMadeleine’s ScarfMadeleine’s Scarf

Hens' full-hex build, with Undying replacing Thrill of the Hunt (reworked in 10.2.0).

Build for The Nemesis

MetaHigh confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • DominanceDominance

Add-onsLicker TongueLicker TongueMarvin’s BloodMarvin’s Blood

Ruin and Hive Mind show and regress the furthest gens. Dominance (buffed in 10.2.0: scream and aura) guards totems, and its screams pull zombies.

Build for The Onryō

MetaHigh confidence
  • Corrupt InterventionCorrupt Intervention
  • Sloppy ButcherSloppy Butcher
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Face the DarknessHex: Face the Darkness

Add-onsBloody FingernailsBloody FingernailsRemote ControlRemote Control

Face the Darkness and Sloppy Butcher punish condemned and injured survivors, while Corrupt Intervention and Ruin stall. Very strong in the statistics.

Build for The Dredge

FunMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • DominanceDominance

Your hexes keep Survivors busy so keep pressuring them off gens. Hex: Hive Mind tells you which gens need attention (darker aura). Other info perks can replace it.

Build for The Knight

MetaHigh confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • SurgeSurge
  • Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceScourge Hook: Pain Resonance
  • SurveillanceSurveillance

Add-onsCall To ArmsCall To ArmsTown Watch’s TorchTown Watch’s Torch

Ruin and Surveillance show regressing gens. Surge and Pain Resonance keep pressure while the guards hunt.

Build for The Krasue

MetaHigh confidence
  • Scourge Hook: Pain ResonanceScourge Hook: Pain Resonance
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • Hex: PentimentoHex: Pentimento

Add-onsChicken HeadChicken HeadLorenza's RemainsLorenza's Remains

Two reference builds agree (3 of 4 perks). Her mobility lets you guard totems and swamp survivors with side objectives.

Build for The Slasher

MetaMedium confidence
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying
  • Hex: PentimentoHex: Pentimento
  • Hex: Hive MindHex: Hive Mind

Add-onsDeputy's BadgeDeputy's BadgeSauna RockSauna Rock

Ruin-focused build, the 10.2 take on the hex builds popular on Jason, without the nerfed Thrill of the Hunt and Blood Favor.

Build for The Judgment

MetaHigh confidence
  • GearheadGearhead
  • A Nurse's CallingA Nurse's Calling
  • Hex: RuinHex: Ruin
  • Hex: UndyingHex: Undying

Add-onsBlindfold of the DevotedBlindfold of the DevotedMagnetized Manacles

Generic build: constant info (Gearhead, Nurse's Calling) plus Ruin protected by Undying.

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