Builds for The Artist
Best Build Without Limitations
- Causes Survivors coming within 3 metres of Swarmed Survivors to become swarmed too.
"How are you going to paint now?" — Hooded Man
- Swarmed Survivors suffer from a -15 % Hindered Status Effect for 1.5 seconds.
- At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
"It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful." — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Start the Trial with 4 Token.
Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:
- Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
- Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
- Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
- Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
- This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.
"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
- Blocks the first Generator any Survivor stops repairing for 25/30/35 seconds.
- The Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.
Dead Man's Switch cannot activate if its effect is still active from a previous activation.
"I've seen the look on a man's face when he realises he's going to die." — Caleb Quinn
- You can no longer gain the Bloodlust Status Effect.
- Successfully hitting a Survivor with a Basic Attack grants you a +5 % Haste Status Effect for 8/9/10 seconds.
"Catch it, put it in the airlock, get rid of it." — Dallas
MesterX's Favorite
- Causes Survivors coming within 3 metres of Swarmed Survivors to become swarmed too.
"How are you going to paint now?" — Hooded Man
- Reduces the Cool-down time of Birds of Torment by -0.5 seconds after launching Dire Crows.
- After hooking a Survivor, all Survivors who are at least 60/50/40 metres away from that Hook have their Aura revealed to you for 5 seconds.
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it." — Drayton Sawyer
The Auras of damaged Generators are highlighted based on their current state:
- White Aura: The Generator is currently regressing.
- Yellow Aura: The Generator stopped regressing due to Survivor-intervention.
- This effect lasts for 8/12/16 seconds, after which the Generator Aura returns to its default colour.
- Increases the audible range of all noises related to the Repair interaction by +8 metres.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator triggers the following effects:
- Randomly selects up to 4 additional Generators that will also start regressing.
- Triggers a difficult Skill Check for all Survivors currently repairing them.
"Damn them as they would damn us." — Charlotte Deshayes
- When the Generator is first highlighted, Discordance triggers a Loud Noise Notification on the Generator.
- After the Generator is no longer within range or is being repaired by just 1 Survivor, the highlighted Aura will linger for another 4 seconds.
"Smartasses get killed. We always see to that." — The Legion
Best Beginner Build
- Increases the Repel duration for Swarmed Survivors by +0.5 seconds.
- Reduces the Cool-down time of Birds of Torment by -0.5 seconds after launching Dire Crows.
Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability:
- The Auras of cleansed Totems are revealed to you in white.
- 1 Token: Reduces the Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by -20 %.
- 2 to 5 Tokens: Increase the strength of the Action Speed penalty by a stackable 1/2/3 % per Token, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
- Survivors cursed by Hex: Pentimento see the Auras of Rekindled Totems within 16 metres.
- Blocks all Rekindled Totems for the remainder of the Trial.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
"Though a pentimento is an inherently concealed piece of art, there is something to be said of the desire to discover that which is beyond." — A Guide to Art & Process (1961)
If there is still a Dull Totem in the environment, Hex: Fortune's Fool lights a Hex Totem whenever you hook a Survivor for the first time, cursing them with its Hex Effects.
- Inflicts the Oblivious Status Effect.
- Blocks the Hex Totem for all other Survivors for 90 seconds.
- Blocked Hex Totems cannot be cleansed or blessed by Survivors.
- This does not affect the Cursed Survivor.
At the start of the Trial, 4 Hooks in the environment are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of these Scourge Hooks are highlighted in white.
Start the Trial with 4 Token.
Whenever a Survivor is hooked onto a Scourge Hook for the first time, Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance consumes -1 Token and applies the following effects:
- Causes the Generator with the most progression to explode, damaging it.
- Instantly regresses the Damaged Generator by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
- Causes the Damaged Generator to start regressing afterwards.
- Causes all Survivors repairing the Damaged Generator to scream.
- This does not trigger a Loud Noise Notification.
"The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon." — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
Each time a Survivor is hooked for the first time, Grim Embrace gains +1 Token and activates once you are at least 16 metres away from the Hook:
- 1-3 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 6/8/10 seconds.
- 4 Tokens: Blocks all Generators for 40 seconds and the Aura of the Obsession is revealed to you for 6 seconds.
Unique Build - Stagger Shot Artist
- Causes Survivors coming within 3 metres of Swarmed Survivors to become swarmed too.
"How are you going to paint now?" — Hooded Man
- Increases the Repel duration for Swarmed Survivors by +0.5 seconds.
- When the Generator is first highlighted, Discordance triggers a Loud Noise Notification on the Generator.
- After the Generator is no longer within range or is being repaired by just 1 Survivor, the highlighted Aura will linger for another 4 seconds.
"Smartasses get killed. We always see to that." — The Legion
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator triggers the following effects:
- Randomly selects up to 4 additional Generators that will also start regressing.
- Triggers a difficult Skill Check for all Survivors currently repairing them.
"Damn them as they would damn us." — Charlotte Deshayes
The Auras of damaged Generators are highlighted based on their current state:
- White Aura: The Generator is currently regressing.
- Yellow Aura: The Generator stopped regressing due to Survivor-intervention.
- This effect lasts for 8/12/16 seconds, after which the Generator Aura returns to its default colour.
- Increases the audible range of all noises related to the Repair interaction by +8 metres.
- After hooking a Survivor, all Survivors who are at least 60/50/40 metres away from that Hook have their Aura revealed to you for 5 seconds.
"I just can't take no pleasure in killing. There's just some things you gotta do. Don't mean you have to like it." — Drayton Sawyer