Dead by Daylight Nicolas Cage Survivor Perks & Build Guide
When Dead by Daylight announcedNicolas Cage, it was honestly hard to tell if they were joking. Now that his perks have been revealed, well, we’re still not sure if it’s a joke or not. Behaviour Interactive has been spicing things up with their new survivors, introducing different themes to the game like Teamwork, and Boons, and now Nicolas Cage arrives with a sort of roulette-style perk granting players random effects. If you’d like to know how Nicolas Cage handles himself in The Fog, keep reading to check out all of his perks.
It’s safe to say that Nicolas Cage in DBD is essentially a meme character, and his outlandish perks prove it. He’s a survivor I’d only recommend for experienced players since his perks come with quite a few downsides. Here are his three unique abilities as shared byBehaviour Interactive:
Even though this one sounds like a complete joke, it could actually be an interesting replacement for Dead Hard since it got nerfed. Many players used Dead Hard to gain a speed boost while being chased, and if used correctly, Dramaturgy can pull off the same effect. Choose three to go with it from the list below for the best build:
Windows of Opportunity is recommended for those new to running the Killer, and it’s a great way to learn the maps – even for those who have played the game for years, like me, it could be hard to remember the location of every pallet and window, so it’s still worth using. I’d typically suggest using Quick & Quiet with Windows for stealth, but it could also be skipped here. Low Profile is a good choice for solo players, while Vigil is useful to recover from exhaustion quickly and get more use out of Dramaturgy.
Scene Partner is quite an interesting perk since it’ll allow you to see the aura of the killer, at the cost of potentially revealing your own location. If going up against the Doctor, you’d probably get a headache from all the screaming. Unfortunately, Calm Spirit won’t help out either, since preventing Scene Partner’s scream would also disable its aura reading ability – but here are other skills that could work:
For this one, you’re able to go full-on with always knowing the killer’s location by using Alert, Dark Sense, and Object of Obsession if you’re really brave. There’s also the option to use this as part of a gen-build, as Stake Out also activates while in the killer’s radius. Wiretap or Blast Mine could be beneficial to either help out fellow survivors or give you extra time to run by trapping the generator. And of course, Prove Thyself will always work in any generator build and is still one of the best in the game.
Plot Twist is the most confusing perk of them all since to get the speed boost out of it you’ll literally need to down yourself – which might make you incredibly vulnerable if the killer has Deerstalker or any other aura reading perks. There are a few ways you might be able to make this work though, so here are a few perks to go with it:
In order to not completely get yourself killed off while trying to use this perk, I’d recommend pairing it up with either Distortion or Tenacity, which will enable you to either avoid being seen by the killer’s aura reading perks or be able to crawl away slightly faster. Power Struggle and Boil Over are good to have in case you do get picked up, and they work well together as they’ll both hinder the opponents’ ability to get you on a hook.
For the jokesters out there willing to make use of Nicolas Cage’s wild perks in Dead by Daylight, I wish you the best of luck and hope this guide helped. If you decide to save your Auric Cells for another survivor,Gabriel Somahas useful abilities that are less likely to get you killed while using them.
