In comes Jason 'The Slasher' Dead in daylight On June 16, 2026, straight from the iconic horror movie franchise Friday the 13th. His powers make him one of the most powerful stealth killers in the game right now, but with a jump scare twist.
If you're thinking about jumping into this new chapter, there are a few things you should know about his powers, perks, and what builds will suit him. Here's everything you need to know about Jason in Dead by Daylight.
Slasher's teachable benefits and unique abilities
Jason's unique powers include Omnipresent evilA stealth mode where he can be invisible and undetectable, and move around the map very quickly. While in this mode, Jason can see red smoke on any living beings working on generators, cleaning totems, vaulting, or healing. He can also see red footprints that show where the survivors have been walking.
When exiting this mode on any window, pallet, or breakable wall, Jason uses his special ability: jump scaresWhere he can make out the nearest survivors to scream and apply Killer Instinct.
He has secondary special abilities Throwing spikesFound in June A pile of garbage around the map. Jason can quickly grab those piles or go through the killer hook, which returns after 15 seconds. He also automatically fills the spike after hooking a living person. Then these can be thrown away projectiles which can hurt healthy survivors, knock down wounded survivors, or pin them to walls. Jason doesn't have to wait for a survivor to remove the spike to grab and throw the other one.
Think of the throwing spike projectile a bit like Springtrap and his axis, but with a hitbox similar to the Deathslinger's gun.
Jason's three benefits It's all about jump scares and getting the most out of pallet and wall breaks. This killer is relatively slow, so it may be necessary to get rid of any obstacles that lengthen the loop for survivors, as any can build up. Increases Jason's speed or Slows survivors down. It's also important to keep tabs on where survivors are by making them to screamwith Killer Instinctor disclosing them auras.
- Hex: Scared to death: When you hook three different survivors, a Doll Totem ignites and becomes a Hex Totem. While chasing a survivor, whenever you break a pallet as a base, survivors within 13 meters will scream and be stunned for 3 seconds.
- strike: Every time you base-break a pallet or breakable wall, you earn up to 13 tokens. When you are blinded or palette stunned, for the next 13 seconds, you gain 1% haste for each token. The cooldown for this perk is 20 seconds.
- silent shadow: When you hook a living person, you gain incognito for 13 seconds. When all generators are repaired, you become undetectable.
If you want to create a build around Jason's perks, you'll want to build on palette-breaking and stealth:
- trapper benefit brute force Can help you break pallets faster.
- Skull Merchant benefit rush! Survivors scream when you break the palette and can see their aura for 6 seconds.
- Skull Merchant benefit ahead of the game That's where passion comes into play. While chasing, break a pallet, wall or damage a generator to gain 7% haste for 10 seconds.
- soul benefit Spirit anger Can come in handy if you're already breaking pallets. When you are stunned by a pallet, breaking two pallets, that pallet is destroyed instead.
- Wraith benefit Shadow born This means you gain 10% haste for 10 seconds while you are blinded.
- the executioner benefit Trail of Torture After kicking the generator grants you undetectable.
- unknown benefit unexpected Grants you undetectability for 30 seconds after you kick a generator, and your Panic Radius transfers to that generator.
Dead by Daylight: Vecna The First Best Builds and Play Guide
Henry Creel has three unique features to bring to Dead by Daylight
Speed-boosting build
This build helps Jason increase his speed, which he desperately needs, and gives him a little insight into where the survivors might be. The trick with this build is to watch who you're chasing, and get your tokens by giving up the chase with passion. Furtive Chase and Friends Til The End help rotate the obsession status from survivor to survivor.
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Batteries are included |
Rush when within 16 meters of a full generator. |
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Friends till the end |
When you hook a survivor without a passion, that passion manifests for 20 seconds and you see their aura for 10 seconds. When you hook an obsession, another survivor screams and becomes obsessed. |
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Furtive Chase |
When you hook passion, you gain 10% haste for 18 seconds and become undetectable for 18 seconds. If the obsession is hooked, the rescuer who unhooks them becomes the obsession. |
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Play with your food |
When you stop chasing a passion, you earn a token, up to three. For each token, you get 5% haste. When you hit a living person, you lose a token. |
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Add-ons: Eye Goop + printed aluminum to receive Undetectable Hold the hook spike for 30 seconds and strike hanging and Bleeding Those who survive 70 seconds after being hit by a spike. |
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Normal pressure build up
This build helps you keep going generator pressure And keep track at the same time locations who survivors As you hook and damage the generator. The perks work for Jason when he's walking like normal, while his add-ons Work for him while he's using his ubiquitous evil ability.
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corrupt interference |
At the start of the trial, the three generators farthest from you are covered for 120 seconds or until you die. |
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Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance |
4 random hooks become Scourge Hooks and you get 4 tokens. Every time a survivor is hooked for the first time, a token is spent and the generator with the most progress explodes and loses 20% progress. All the survivors working on the generator will scream. |
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Barbecue and chili |
When you hook a Survivor, you see the aura of all Survivors at least 40 meters away. |
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Turn back the clock |
After hooking a living person, for the next 60 seconds, you can target a generator within 20 meters and damage it. It will explode, lose 10% progress, and start regressing. |
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Add-ons: Deputy's Badge + Sauna Rock, So the generator explodes when you pass Omnipresent Evil mode or give a difficult skill check to survivors repairing the generator, and punishes all survivors who are exhausted for 13 seconds after a jump scare. |
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Hex construction
this Complete hex construction Keeps the survivors busy as you make your way around the map chasing them. Thanks to Thrill of the Hunt, it will take a long time to clear the totems, and you can easily find survivors with Omnipresent Evil and interrupt them using Jump Scare. Destruction puts pressure on generators and makes survivors want to Clear all hex totems Instead of sticking with the generator.
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Hex: Destruction |
When not repairing the generator, it regresses to 150% speed. |
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Hex: Thrill of the Hunt |
For each Doll and Hex Totem remaining, you have 1 token. For each token, Survivors bless and cleanse totems 12% slower. |
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Hex: Immortal |
When another hex totem is blessed or cleansed, it replaces it and keeps any tokens. You see a 4m aura on any survivor near a dull totem. |
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Hex: Hive Mind |
The aura of the generators shows their progress. When 1 generator remains, all generators lose 10% of their progress and begin to regress. |
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Add-ons: Iridescent Boat Motor Grants the ability to mark windows you pass during Omnipresent Evil, which is blocked for 13 seconds when you perform a jump scare. toxic waste A hook or scrap pile makes any living person within 8 meters of the gain unconscious for 13 seconds after a jump scare. |
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Dead by Daylight: How to Counter Jason the Slasher
Escape the iconic slasher in Dead by Daylight
