Dead by Daylight: Best Builds for The Shape (2025)

This Dead by Daylight guide details optimal builds for The Shape (Michael Myers), categorized by perk type and including add-on recommendations. Updated January 13, 2025, to reflect recent buffs.

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• The Shape: Best Non-Teachable Build (2025)
• The Shape: Best Build (2025)
• The Shape: Best Add-Ons (2025)

The Shape, Dead by Daylight's first licensed Killer, is a formidable stalker known for his relentless pursuit. This guide offers builds for players of all skill levels.

The Shape: Best Non-Teachable Build (2025)

This build compensates for The Shape's lack of access to other Killers' perks. It leverages efficient chase management and endgame dominance.

• Save the Best for Last (The Shape): Reduces cooldown on basic attacks based on hitting Survivors (excluding the Obsession).
• Hex: No One Escapes Death (General Perk): Exposes all Survivors after the final generator is completed.
• Bitter Murmur (General Perk): Reveals Survivor auras near completed generators.
• Sloppy Butcher (General Perk): Slows healing and regresses healing progress.

The Shape: Best Build (2025)

This build prioritizes generator control and early-game aggression, addressing The Shape's weaknesses.

• Lethal Pursuer (The Nemesis): Provides initial Survivor aura reading and extends aura-reading duration.
• Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance (The Artist): Destroys the most progressed generator after hooking different Survivors.
• Deadlock (The Cenobite): Blocks the most progressed generator after completion.
• Coup de Grâce (The Twins): Increases lunge attack distance based on completed generators.

The Shape: Best Add-Ons (2025)

Memorial Flower

A common add-on offering a modest but useful increase to stalking speed.

Dead Rabbit

Reduces Terror Radius in Evil Within II but increases it in Evil Within III. Use strategically with other Terror Radius-altering perks.

J. Myers Memorial

Provides a significant boost to stalking gain rate.

Hair Bow

Increases the effectiveness of Evil Within III. Pairs well with J. Myers Memorial.

Tombstone Piece

Allows an instant kill on any Survivor upon reaching Evil Within III, regardless of hook state. A powerful game-changer.

Lock of Hair

Extends Evil Within III duration and increases stalk rate. A viable alternative to Hair Bow.

Fragrant Tuft of Hair

Grants infinite Evil Within III, sacrificing stalking speed for consistent insta-downs.