Dead by Daylight welcomes Nicolas Cage in latest patch

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The Dead by Daylight collaboration with celebrated Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage has finally graced the cooperative horror title after the latest PTB patch was released. Naturally, Cage will become one of the game’s playable survivors, equipped with his own unique set of abilities that make use of his dramatic and show-stealing talents.

However, the addition of the Face/Off actor to the roster isn’t the only change that’s being brought in as several balance updates have also been made as part of the update. To give you a better idea of the improvements that have arrived, we’ll be taking a look at all of this and more below so you know what to expect beforehand.

Although the introduction of Nicolas Cage takes the spotlight for this particular patch, developer Behaviour Interactive has also made a number of survivor and killer perk changes that’ll likely alter the current meta for the game. Here are all of the changes you can expect with the latest update:

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New Survivor – Nicolas Cage

Perks

Dramaturgy: Activates while you are healthy. While running, press the Active Ability Button 2 to run with knees high for 0.5 seconds and then gain 25% Haste for 2 seconds, followed by an unknown effect (one of the following).

The same effect cannot happen twice in a row. Causes exhaustion for 60/50/40 seconds. Can’t be used while exhausted.

Scene Partner: Activates when you are in the Killer’s Terror Radius. Whenever you look at the Killer, scream, then see the Killer’s aura for 3/4/5 seconds. There is a chance you will scream again, if you do, you will see the Killer’s aura for an additional 2 seconds. Scene Partner then goes on cool-down for 60 seconds.

Plot Twist: Activates when you are injured. Press the Active Ability Button 2 while crouched and motionless to silently enter the dying state. When using Plot Twist to enter the dying state, you leave no blood pools, make no noise, and you can fully recover from the dying state. When you recover by yourself using Plot Twist, you are fully healed instantly and you gain 50% Haste for 2/3/4 seconds. This perk deactivates if you recover by yourself by any means. The perk re-activates when the exit gates are powered.

Updated Killer – The Onryo

Projection:

Cursed Tapes:

Demanifestation:

Hook Grabs

Grabs from unhooking Survivors have been removed. This means that the awkward mindgame when unhooking has been eliminated, helping to improve the gameplay flow. You still aren’t safe whilst unhooking however, as the Killer will still be able to hit you twice before you can escape.

Toolbox Add-On Updates

Killer Perk Updates

Survivor Perk Updates

Killer Tweaks

The Executioner

The Spirit

The Hag

Level Design

Bug Fixes

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You’ll also be able to check out the entire list of patch notes through Behaviour Interactive’s official website. Once you’re done reading through the changes, check out our Dead by Daylight codes list so you can get a few free goodies once you log back in to the game.