Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Agitation
• Turn Back The Clock

Add-onsBloody CoilIridescent Stone

Corrupt Intervention buys setup time for traps. Pain Resonance and Turn Back the Clock handle regression. Agitation (buffed in 10.2.0) speeds up carrying survivors to hooks.

• Sloppy Butcher
• Bamboozle
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption

Add-ons"Swift Hunt" - Blood"Shadow Dance" - Blood

Stealth Wraith: Bamboozle blocks windows, Sloppy Butcher slows heals, Pain Resonance and Eruption regress gens. These are his four most used perks.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Eruption
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsSpiked BootsIridescent Engravings

Hillbilly's most played build since 10.1.0 (about 90% kill rate): his mobility lets him cash in Pop and Eruption anywhere on the map.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Nowhere to Hide
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption

Add-ons"Bad Man's" Last BreathJenner's Last Breath

Nurse's three most-used perks (Nowhere to Hide, Lethal Pursuer, Pain Resonance) plus Eruption: info feeds her blinks while regression holds gens. Nowhere to Hide was changed in 10.1.0: 24 m range, now measured from the damaged gen (no longer from the Killer).

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Sloppy Butcher

Add-onsRusty ShacklesMint Rag

Hag defends a zone with traps: Corrupt + Pain Resonance + Turn Back the Clock buy time while Sloppy Butcher makes heals costly.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Bamboozle

Add-onsLock of HairVanity Mirror

Standard slowdown and Bamboozle for windows while stalking. Myers is delisted (removed from the store in 2026) but still playable if you own him.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Surveillance
• Bamboozle

Your first two perks passively damage and regress generators, and Surveillance highlights them for you. After each trigger of Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance, check which gen changes color. The fourth perk is a flexible pick, here Bamboozle to block windows.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Merciless Storm
• Rapid Brutality

Add-ons"Calm" - Class II"Discipline" - Class II

Merciless Storm leverages madness and skill checks, and Rapid Brutality keeps chase pressure between Static Blasts.

• Turn Back The Clock
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Dead Man’s Switch

Add-onsRose RootFlower Babushka

Full slowdown so the Huntress can focus on hatchets. Dead Man's Switch now needs a 2 s interruption since 10.2.0, but blocks for longer.

• Bamboozle
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Pop Goes the Weasel

Add-onsThe Beast's MarksIridescent Flesh

Bamboozle (53% usage) stops windows from countering the chainsaw. Corrupt, Pain Resonance and Pop round out the slowdown.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Help Wanted
• Sloppy Butcher

Add-onsJump RopeNancy's Masterpiece

Since the 10.2.0 Dead Man's Switch nerf and Help Wanted buff, Help Wanted gives about 90 s of faster regression. Sloppy Butcher pairs with the Dream World anti-heal.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine
• Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass
• Rapid Brutality

After a Scourge Hook, the most progressed gen is revealed (and may take damage): teleport there and start your next chase quickly. Rapid Brutality makes you unexpectedly fast after the first hit, and you can swap it for another chase perk.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Help Wanted

Add-onsCrate of GearsTampered Timer

Reverse bear traps waste survivor time. Corrupt, Pain Resonance (Pig's #1 perk) and Pop combine with Help Wanted, buffed in 10.2.0.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption

Add-onsSticky Soda BottleCheap Gin Bottle

Clown shortens chases with bottles, which feeds Pop, Pain Resonance and Eruption.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Sloppy Butcher

Add-onsMother-Daughter RingRusty Flute

Pain Resonance (47% usage), Corrupt and Pop: Spirit ends chases fast and turns every hook into regression. Sloppy Butcher slows heals.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Grim Embrace
• Bamboozle
• I'm All Ears

Add-onsStolen Sketch BookNever-Sleep Pills

A simple chase build updated for 10.2.0: Bamboozle and I'm All Ears for chases, Grim Embrace and Pain Resonance to stall gens.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Turn Back The Clock
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsInfected EmeticAshen Apple

Information (Lethal Pursuer, BBQ & Chilli) finds survivors to puke on. Pain Resonance and Turn Back the Clock regress gens.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Thrilling Tremors
• Surge

Add-onsDrop-Leg Knife SheathWalleye's Matchbook

Stealth Ghost Face: Thrilling Tremors (his perk) and Surge for gen pressure, Lethal Pursuer for the opener, Pain Resonance (his #1 perk).

• Hex: Ruin
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Surge
• Surveillance

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

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Pop Goes the Weasel

Add-onsLeprose LichenBarb's Glasses

Portals let him return to gens fast. Pain Resonance (42%), Corrupt, Pop and Turn Back the Clock are among his most played perks.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Eruption
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsAkito's CrutchSplintered Hull

Oni's most played build since 10.1.0 (about 74% kill rate): Demon Fury chains downs that trigger Eruption and Pop.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Barbecue & Chili
• Grim Embrace

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

• Turn Back The Clock
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Help Wanted

Add-onsBayshore’s CigarIridescent Coin

Reliable-hit but slow map killer: passive slowdown (Corrupt, Pain Resonance, Turn Back the Clock) plus Help Wanted buffed in 10.2.0.

• Agitation
• Starstruck
• Thrilling Tremors
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsBayshore’s CigarModified Ammo Belt

Starstruck build. Survivors near a fast-carrying Slinger become Exposed.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption
• Nowhere to Hide

Add-onsScarlet EggCinderella Music Box

Pyramid Head holds gens with Corrupt, Pain Resonance and Eruption, and Nowhere to Hide (reworked in 10.1.0) reveals survivors to punish.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption

Add-onsAlchemist’s RingBlighted Crow

Blight's top-used perks (Pain Resonance 59%, Pop 38%, Eruption 32%, Corrupt 26%): his speed makes Pop and Eruption easy to cash in.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Lay Waste
• Pop Goes the Weasel

Build going for consistent win streaks: massive stacked slowdown that buys a ton of time if your chases are on point. Check the alternative perks for a more balanced, info-oriented build.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Hex: Ruin
• Hex: Undying

Add-onsForest StewMadeleine’s Scarf

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

• Bamboozle
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsIridescent PhotocardDeath Throes Compilation

General-meta variant: Pain Resonance and Corrupt Intervention (most used killer perks in 10.2) plus Pop, with Bamboozle to shut windows while you throw blades.

• Starstruck
• Hex: Crowd Control
• No Way Out
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsMemento BladesWaiting for You Watch

Trickster's own three perks (most picked on him) plus Pain Resonance for some slowdown. Fun, but with a low kill rate.

• Turn Back The Clock
• Discordance
• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsMarvin’s BloodLicker Tongue

Hens' no-limits build: CI for the early game, Pain Resonance + Turn Back the Clock for regression on every hook, Discordance to break up group gens.

• THWACK!
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Dead Man’s Switch
• Agitation

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

• Lethal Pursuer
• Surge
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsLarry’s RemainsImpaling Wire

Lethal Pursuer helps locate the box, Surge works on downs, Pain Resonance and BBQ & Chilli trigger on every hook. It is one of the best-performing builds for this killer.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Dead Man’s Switch
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsSevered HandsFestering Carrion

This is the #1 Artist build. Dead Man's Switch was nerfed in 10.2.0 (2 s delay): if it underperforms, swap it for Grim Embrace.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Grim Embrace
• Bitter Murmur
• Hex: No One Escapes Death

Add-onsThick TarFestering Carrion

Artist's own Pain Resonance and Grim Embrace (untouched in 10.2) plus Bitter Murmur (buffed in 10.2.0) and NOED.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption
• Corrupt Intervention

Add-onsOttomarian WritingLavalier Microphone

No-limits build: four of the most used slowdown perks in the game.

• Brutal Strength
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Eruption
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsUnicorn MedallionLab Photo

Highest-winning Wesker build (70% kill rate). Brutal Strength breaks quickly with the dash, and three perks handle regression.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Brutal Strength
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsUnicorn MedallionLab Photo

Generic build: more info (BBQ) and a safer start (CI).

• Hex: Ruin
• Surge
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Surveillance

Add-onsCall To ArmsTown Watch’s Torch

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

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Dead Man’s Switch

Add-onsVital Targeting ProcessorUltrasonic Speaker

No-limits build. CI and Turn Back the Clock also appear in the top-winning build. DMS nerfed in 10.2.0.

• Rapid Brutality
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Eruption
• Pop Goes the Weasel

Add-onsDiagnostic Tool (Repair)Denied Requisition Form

Rapid Brutality brings speed, and three perks handle regression. It is also the best Singularity build in the statistics.

• Turn Back The Clock
• Unrelenting
• Thrilling Tremors
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsHarpoon GunSelf-Destruct Bolt

Unrelenting (buffed in 10.2.0) clears turrets fast, and Thrilling Tremors and Turn Back the Clock damage gens from the tunnels.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Spies from the Shadows

Add-onsJump RopePower Drill

Slowdown on every hook, and Spies from the Shadows (buffed in 10.2.0) to find targets.

• Friends ‘Til the End
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Nowhere to Hide
• Lethal Pursuer

Add-onsJump RopePower Drill

Chucky's four most used perks: Friends 'Til the End and Lethal Pursuer give lots of aura reading. Nowhere to Hide was changed in 10.1.0: 24 m range, now measured from the damaged gen (no longer from the Killer).

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage
• No Way Out

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

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Unforeseen
• Nowhere to Hide
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsCaptured by the DarkIridescent OSS Report

These are The Unknown's four most used perks. Kicking a gen grants Undetectable (Unforeseen) and reveals nearby survivors. Nowhere to Hide was changed in 10.1.0: 24 m range, now measured from the damaged gen (no longer from the Killer).

• A Nurse's Calling
• Eruption
• Unforeseen
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Hyper-aggressive build: constant hit and run, never committing to unproductive chases. Kicking gens sets up Eruption and makes you undetectable (Unforeseen), helping Nurse's Calling find healers. It works best with double iridescent add-ons.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Corrupt Intervention
• Turn Back The Clock
• Deerstalker

Add-onsBoots of SpeedRaven's Feather

Hens' no-limits build: classic slowdown, Deerstalker (buffed in 10.2.0) for info.

• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Corrupt Intervention
• Eruption
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance

Add-onsWarg’s FangLapis Lazuli

Most played and highest-winning full Dracula build (75% kill rate). Bat form gets you to gens fast for Pop.

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Barbecue & Chili

Add-onsWarg’s FangLapis Lazuli

Generic build: remote regression with Turn Back the Clock in bat form.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Surge
• Turn Back The Clock
• Save the best for last

Add-onsTorn NovelBarley Meal

Houndmaster's most used perks: Pain Res 33%, Keep Them Waiting 27%, Surge 22%, TBtC 13%. TBtC and Surge are also in the generic build.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Starstruck

Add-onsBarley MealSpiked Collar

Hens' no-limits build: Starstruck turns dog grabs into team-wide pressure.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Starstruck
• Agitation
• Surge

Carry a Survivor to a Scourge Hook. Starstruck exposes nearby Survivors, so patrol confidently after each hook. Agitation extends your Terror Radius (Starstruck on more Survivors) and helps you reach a Pain Res hook. With fewer gens left Starstruck becomes harder to avoid.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Surge
• Friends ‘Til the End
• Brutal Strength

Add-onsYamori’s MaskFresh Coffee

The Ghoul's four most used perks: Pain Res 46%, Surge 25%, Friends 21%, Brutal Strength 19%. Pain Res and Surge are also in another popular build.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass
• Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine
• Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage

Add-onsYamori’s MaskFresh Coffee

Scourge build: since 10.2.0 Monstrous Shrine regresses gens at 150-200% while you are away from the hook.

• Corrupt Intervention
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Mindbreaker

Add-onsFoxy’s HookRestaurant Menu

No-limits build. Pain Res and TBtC also appear in common Springtrap builds.

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Hex: Ruin
• Hex: Undying
• Hex: Pentimento

Add-onsChicken HeadLorenza's Remains

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

• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock
• Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass

Add-onsChicken HeadFramed Newspaper

Info and slowdown build, no totems.

• Barbecue & Chili
• Lethal Pursuer
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Turn Back The Clock

Add-onsPizza GogglesBloody Roller Skate

Most played full Vecna build. Lots of aura reading to land Vine attacks, his own Turn Back the Clock for remote regression.

• Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Dead Man’s Switch
• Scourge Hook: Floods of Rage

Add-onsPizza GogglesBloody Roller Skate

Generic build: Jagged Compass recreates Scourge Hooks and shows the most progressed gen. DMS nerfed in 10.2.0 (alternative: Grim Embrace).

• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
• Scourge Hook: Jagged Compass
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• Nowhere to Hide

Add-onsDeputy's BadgeSauna Rock

Generic build: Jagged Compass guarantees Scourge Hooks. Pain Res, Pop and Nowhere to Hide are also recurring picks on Jason. The 4-hex Thrill of the Hunt and Blood Favor builds popular before were weakened in 10.2.0. Nowhere to Hide was changed in 10.1.0: 24 m range, now measured from the damaged gen (no longer from the Killer).