Builds for The Ghoul

Best Build Without Limitations
Hooking a Survivor while in Enraged Mode triggers the following effect:
- Causes all Survivors further than 40 metres to scream and reveal their location to you for 3 seconds.
- Increases the Movement speed during Kagune Leaps by +2 m/s.
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
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.
Hex: Blood Favour lights a Hex Totem at the start of the Trial, cursing Survivors with its Hex Effects.Whenever a Survivor loses a Health State by any means, Hex: Blood Favour triggers its effect for 15 seconds:
- Blocks all upright Pallets within 24/28/32 metres of that Survivor.
- Blocked Pallets cannot be dropped by any Survivor.
"It would be no leap of the imagination to suggest that the Trials are a biological response of sorts." — Journal of Talbot Grimes

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- Increases the maximum reach of Kagune Leaps by +1 metre.
Upon entering Enraged Mode, you benefit from the following effect:
- The Auras of healthy Survivors currently repairing a Generator are revealed to you for 8 seconds.
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
- 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
Whenever you put a Survivor into the Dying State with your Basic Attack, Surge triggers its effect:
- Causes all Generators within 32 metres of your location to instantly explode and start regressing.
- Instantly regresses all affected Generators by 6/7/8 %.
Whenever at least one Survivor is either injured, dying, or hooked, Thanatophobia activates.While active, all Survivors suffer from the following primary effect:
- Incurs a stack-able 1/1.5/2 % Action-Speed penalty per injured, dying, or hooked Survivor for Cleansing, Repairing, and Sabotaging, up to a maximum of 4/6/8 %.
- Increases the penalty by an additional +12 % to a total of 16/18/20 %.

Unique Build - Endgame Kaneki
- Increases the maximum reach of Kagune Leaps by +1 metre.
Whenever you hook a Survivor for the first time, No Way Out gains +1 Token.Once the Exit Gates are powered, No Way Out activates:
- Causes the first Survivor to interact with either Exit Gate Switch to trigger a Loud Noise Notification at their location.
- Blocks both Exit Gate Switches for 12 seconds.
- This time is extended by an additional 6/9/12 seconds per accumulated Token, up to a combined maximum of 36/48/60 seconds.
Whenever you hook a Survivor for the first time, None Are Free gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 4 Tokens.Once all Generators are completed, None Are Free calls upon The Entity to trigger the following effect:
- Blocks all Windows and upright Pallets for a stack-able 12/14/16 seconds per Token, up to a maximum of 48/56/64 seconds.
Once the Exit Gates are powered, if there is still a Dull Totem remaining in the environment, Hex: No One Escapes Death activates and lights it:
- Grants a 2/3/4 % Haste Status Effect.
- Causes all Survivors to suffer from the Exposed Status Effect.
- The Aura of its Hex Totem is revealed to all Survivors within 4 metres.
- This range gradually expands to 24 metres over the course of 30 seconds.
The Hex Effects persist until the Hex Totem is either blessed or cleansed by a Survivor, disabling it for the remainder of the Trial.
"And the beast became faster and more powerful as if The Entity's shadowy whips were lashing at its back."
- The Auras of any Survivors within 16 metres of that Generator are revealed to you for 5 seconds.
Once the last Generator is completed, Bitter Murmur triggers its secondary effect:
- The Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 5/7/10 seconds.

Best Beginner Build
- Increases the Movement speed during Kagune Leaps by +2 m/s.
- Increases the maximum reach of Kagune Leaps by +1 metre.
Whenever a Survivors takes damage, Forever Entwined gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 6/7/8 Tokens:
- Increases the Action speeds for Dropping, Hooking, and Picking up a Survivor by a stack-able +4 % per Token, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
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 %.
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 %.
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."