Surge

• Save the best for last
• Rapid Brutality
• Bamboozle
• Surge

Add-onsCheap Gin BottleSticky Soda Bottle

Pure chase Clown. STBFL and Rapid Brutality are his two most used perks.

• 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.

• Surge
• Sloppy Butcher
• Bitter Murmur
• Whispers

Add-onsRat LiverBlack Heart

Surge (his own perk, 19% usage) plus general perks buffed in 10.2.0.

• 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.

• Rapid Brutality
• Surge
• Coup de Grâce
• Discordance

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

• 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.

• Friends ‘Til the End
• Furtive Chase
• Surge
• Hex: No One Escapes Death

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

• 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.

• 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.