Builds for The Executioner

Best Build Without Limitations
Modifies Punishment of the Damned with the following effects:
- Grants the ability to destroy Breakable Walls and Pallets upon contact.
- Increases its cool-down by +20 %.
Modifies Punishment of the Damned with the following effect:
- Reduces its Cool-down time by -10 %.
All Generators not currently being repaired experience the following effect:
- Causes them to automatically regress at 100/125/150 % of the default Regression rate.
"A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin."
Start the Trial with 5 Tokens, one for each Totem located in the environment:
- Reduces the Action speeds for Blessing and Cleansing by a stack-able 8/10/12 % per Token, up to a maximum of 40/50/60 %.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
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)
The first time you hook any Survivor, a random Dull Totem becomes a Hex Totem, provided that a Dull Totem remains in the Trial Grounds.
Generators are highlighted; the intensity of the generator's Auras reveals their repair progress.
As soon as a total of 4 generators have been completed in the Trial:
- All remaining generators explode, lose 6/8/10 % progess, and start regressing.
- The associated Hex Totem becomes dull, and this perk becomes disabled for the remainder of the trial.
"You... let us in. And now, you are going to have to let us stay" — Henry Creel

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Missed Punishment of the Damned attacks trigger the following effect:
- The Auras of all Survivors within 3 metres of your current location are revealed to you for 6 seconds.
Modifies Punishment of the Damned with the following effect:
- Increases its range by +5 %.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator activates Trail of Torment:
- Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
- The Aura of the Damaged Generator is revealed to all Survivors and highlighted in yellow.
- Causes them to scream and reveal their location for 4 seconds.
- Inflicts the Exposed Status Effect for 60 seconds.
Dragon's Grip has a cool-down of 60/45/30 seconds.
"Such potential in this compound... even the slightest trace causes unnatural effects." — Journal of Talbot Grimes
- The Auras of injured Survivors being healed or healing themselves are revealed to you within 28/30/32 metres.
"Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help."
While repairing a Generator, Survivors suffer from the following effects:
- Incurs the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects.
- Both Status Effects linger for 3/4/5 seconds after ending the interaction.
"The specimen's apparent telepathic ability can evoke feelings of dread and fatigue in nearby individuals." — Hawkins National Laboratory

Best Beginner Build
Survivors rescuing others from a Cage of Atonement suffer from the following effect:
- Their Aura is revealed to you for 8 seconds.
Modifies Punishment of the Damned with the following effect:
- Increases its range by +5 %.
Each time a Generator is completed, No Holds Barred calls upon The Entity for the following effects:
- Blocks the Generator with the most Progression for 15/20/25 seconds.
- The Aura of the Blocked Generator is highlighted to you in white.
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.
Each time a Survivor is unhooked from a Scourge Hook, the following effects apply:
- Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Haemorrhage Status Effect for 90 seconds.
- Reduces their Action speeds for Healing and Repairing by 10/13/16 %.
While performing the Break or Damage action on Breakable Walls, Pallets, or Generators, Brutal Strength triggers its effect:
- Increases the Action speed by 10/15/20 %.
Whenever a Survivor startles a Crow within 20/28/36 metres of your location, Spies from the Shadows triggers its effect:
- Alerts you with a unique Loud Noise Notification in the shape of a Crow.
"In the shadows they torment, scarring our minds with each scream."

Modifies Punishment of the Damned with the following effects:
- Grants the ability to destroy Breakable Walls and Pallets upon contact.
- Increases its cool-down by +20 %.
Successful Punishment of the Damned attacks trigger the following effect:
- Causes hit Survivors to suffer from the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects for 80 seconds.
While repairing a Generator, Survivors suffer from the following effects:
- Incurs the Blindness and Exhausted Status Effects.
- Both Status Effects linger for 3/4/5 seconds after ending the interaction.
"The specimen's apparent telepathic ability can evoke feelings of dread and fatigue in nearby individuals." — Hawkins National Laboratory
- Causes them to scream and reveal their location for 4 seconds.
- Inflicts the Exposed Status Effect for 60 seconds.
Dragon's Grip has a cool-down of 60/45/30 seconds.
"Such potential in this compound... even the slightest trace causes unnatural effects." — Journal of Talbot Grimes
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator activates Trail of Torment:
- Grants the Undetectable Status Effect.
- The Aura of the Damaged Generator is revealed to all Survivors and highlighted in yellow.
- The Auras of injured Survivors being healed or healing themselves are revealed to you within 28/30/32 metres.
"Still attached to the fragments of her past life, she is drawn to those in need of help."