In Dead by Daylight, the Onryo, inspired by the terrifying Sadako, has a deadly power—a cursed videotape—that seals her victims’ destiny. With an unsettling aura that summons televisions as portals to horror, the Onryo moves with dark intent, terrifying everyone who enters her path. Using Nensha’s ancient power, she moves silently through the environment, appearing suddenly to exact retribution with chilling accuracy. To make the most out of her, let’s go over the best Onryo builds for 2024.
Best Onryo Build 2024
The idea with Onryo right now is to teleport as much as possible and put a lot of pressure on survivors. Which will force them to pick up tapes, and if they do, you’ll want to ambush them. Having any sort of slow-down perks early to mid-game, will only benefit this strategy.
Recommended Add-ons: Well Water & Mother’s Comb.
- Corrupt Intervention (The Plague) – The Entity blocks the three farthest Generators for 120 seconds at the start of the Trial. Corrupt Intervention stops working when the first Survivor enters the Dying State.
- Deadlock (The Cenobite) – When a Generator is completed, The Entity blocks the Generator with the highest progression for 30 seconds. The blocked Generator’s aura is visible in white during this time.
- Sloppy Butcher (General Perk) – Basic Attacks cause Survivors to suffer from hemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects for 90 seconds. Increases the frequency of bleeding among injured survivors by 100% for the same duration. Increases the rate at which partial healing progress is lost due to hemorrhage by 25%.
- Hex: Face the Darkness (The Knight) – If a Survivor is injured in any way and a Dull Totem remains on the map, Hex: Face the Darkness activates and lights it, cursing the Survivor. Survivors who are not within the Killer’s Terror Radius will scream every 25 seconds, revealing their auras for 2 seconds. Hex: Face the Darkness deactivates when the Cursed Survivor enters the Dying State or becomes Healthy, erasing the Totem.
All-Purpose Onryo Build
This build will enable you to read auras during both early and late game stages effectively. Additionally, it provides great generator pressure and regression perks. The main objective of this build is to focus on hooking survivors while simultaneously teleporting to generators that you suspect are being worked on and keep applying consistent pressure.
Recommended Add-ons: Old Newspaper & Bloody Fingernails.
- Lethal Pursuer (The Nemesis) – The Trial begins with a 9-second reveal of all Survivors’ auras. Increases the duration of a Survivor’s Aura being revealed to you by 2 seconds.
- Eruption (The Nemesis) – After damaging a generator, its aura turns yellow. When a Survivor enters the dying state, every affected generator explodes, erasing 10% of progress and beginning to regress. If a generator explodes while a Survivor is repairing it, they will scream and reveal their aura for 12 seconds.
- Nowhere to Hide (The Knight) – Whenever you damage a generator, the auras of all Survivors within 24 meters of you are revealed for 5 seconds.
- Pop Goes the Weasel (The Clown) – After hooking a Survivor, the next generator you damage immediately loses 30% of its current progress. Normal generator regression occurs following the Damage Generator action. Pop Goes the Weasel remains active for 45 seconds after the Survivor is hooked.
Onryo Hex Build
Alternatively, you can pressure the generators with your perks and focus mostly on the hit-and-run strategy while building up condemn on survivors.
Recommended Add-ons: Iridescent Videotape & Mother’s Comb.
- Hex: Ruin (The Hag) – The generators are all affected by Hex: Ruin. While a Survivor is not repairing a generator, it will immediately and automatically regress repair progress at 100% of the normal regression rate. Once a Survivor is killed, the Hex: Ruin Totem reverts to a Dull Totem.
- Hex: Face the Darkness (The Knight) – If a Survivor is injured in any way and a Dull Totem remains on the map, Hex: Face the Darkness activates and lights it, cursing the Survivor. Survivors who are not within the Killer’s Terror Radius will scream every 25 seconds, revealing their auras for 2 seconds. Hex: Face the Darkness deactivates when the Cursed Survivor enters the Dying State or becomes Healthy, erasing the Totem.
- Hex: Thrill of the Hunt (General Perk) – Gain a token for each Dull and Hex Totem that remains on the map. Each token will grant you 10% more Bloodpoints for the Hunter-related category. Survivors’ cleansing and blessing speed is reduced by 10% for every token. The Hex effects last as long as the Hex Totem is standing.
- Surveillance (The Pig) – Improves your aura reading ability. Any regressing generator will be highlighted with a white aura. If the regression on a generator is interrupted, it will be highlighted in yellow for 16 seconds. Noises from generator repairs can be heard from an additional 8 meters away.
Best Onryo Add-ons
- Iridescent Videotape – Projection no longer turns off televisions and does not apply any Condemned. Increases the time it takes for TVs to turn back on after Survivors have turned them off by 20%.
- Mother’s Comb – Auras of turned-off TVs are highlighted in yellow. Turning off TVs triggers a Loud Noise Notification.
- Old Newspaper – Increases the duration of your full invisibility after manifesting by 33%.
- Remote Control – Projection reveals the auras of all survivors within 12 metres of powered TVs for 7 seconds.
- Ring Drawing – Hooking a Survivor with a VHS tape gives all other Survivors +1 Stack of Condemned.
- Bloody Fingernails – Increases the duration of Speed Boost after Projection by 50%.
