Builds for The Trickster

Best Build Without Limitations
- When reaching A-Rank, all Survivors within 32 metres are revealed by Killer Instinct for 4.4 seconds.
- For each Style Rank, you basic-vault Windows, basic-break Pallets, Breakable Walls and damage Generators +3 % faster.
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)
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.
Whenever a Survivors performs a Rushed Vault action at a Window, Hex: Crowd Control activates on a random Totem and triggers its effect:
- Blocks that Window for all Survivors.
- Increases basic-vault speed of blocked Windows by 15 %
- Reveals auras of blocked Windows within 24 metres
"You have no control. People like you never did." — Ji-Woon Hak

MesterX's Favorite
- Displays a Reticule while aiming Blades.
- Reveals auras of Survivors who fully recovered from Laceration for 4 seconds.
"Don't run awayDon't say we're throughNo way to escape thisI'll be waiting for you" — NO SPIN'S "Waiting For You"
- 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
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
- 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

Best Beginner Build
- Increases the Throw rate by +15 % for 10 seconds after gaining a Style Rank.
- When you basic-break Pallets and Breakable Walls or damage Generators, the next time you enter Throw State, increase movement speed while in the Throw State by 5% for 10 seconds.
Whenever a Survivors performs a Rushed Vault action at a Window, Hex: Crowd Control activates on a random Totem and triggers its effect:
- Blocks that Window for all Survivors.
- Increases basic-vault speed of blocked Windows by 15 %
- Reveals auras of blocked Windows within 24 metres
"You have no control. People like you never did." — Ji-Woon Hak
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 %.
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.
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.

Unique Build - Main Event Trickster
- Displays a Reticule while aiming Blades.
- Reveals auras of Survivors who fully recovered from Laceration for 4 seconds.
"Don't run awayDon't say we're throughNo way to escape thisI'll be waiting for you" — NO SPIN'S "Waiting For You"
Whenever a Survivor is put into the Dying State by any means, Forced Hesitation triggers its effect:
- Causes all other Survivors within 16 metres of them suffer from a -20 % Hindered Status Effect for 10 seconds.
"THE ORGANIC MIND'S CAPACITY FOR EMPATHY GOES BEYOND HINDRANCE!" — HUX-A7-13
While within 16 metres of a completed Generator, you benefit from the following effect:
- Grants a +5 % Haste Status Effect.
- This effect lingers for 1/3/5 second(s).
- 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
After performing the Damage Generator action, Machine Learning activates:
- Causes that Generator to become a Compromised Generator.
- Damaging another Generator transfers the state to it instead.
- The Aura of the Compromised Generator is highlighted to you in yellow until it is completed.
- Undetectable Status Effect
- +8 % Haste Status Effect
"YOU WILL HOLD NO DOMINION OVER ME!" — HUX-A7-13