Dead By Daylight: Lara Croft Best Builds And Play Guide (2024)

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Most Survivors in Dead by Daylight are helpless when confronted with the cold steel of the Killer's blade. Having no prior experience with horrific circumstances, many are helpless in the fog. However, the Tomb Raider chapter introduces a Survivor that thrives in desperate situations.

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Athletic, wise, and prepared to do whatever it takes to survive, Lara Croft is an archaeologist that won't go down easily. Some of Lara's unique perks take advantage of her treasure-hunting nature, requiring you to search through chests. Here's everything you need to know about Lara Croft and how to best utilize her unique perks in the fog.

Lara Croft's Unique Perks

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Lara's Unique Perks are a mixed bag of tools that help in a variety of situations. A couple of her perks require you to rummage through chests before they can activate. Whether you prefer to work on generators or keep tabs on the Killer, Lara is capable of adapting to her circumstances.

Finesse

Live long enough, and survival will run in your blood.

This perk activates when you are healthy and provides the following effect:

  • Your vault speed is faster.

This perk will go on cooldown for 30 seconds after doing a fast vault.

Hardened

The threat of danger can motivate any creature to strengthen its resolve.

This perk activates after you perform the following actions:

  • Unlock a chest.
  • Cleanse or bless a totem.

For the rest of the trial, anytime you would scream, you'll instead reveal the Killer's aura for a few seconds.

Specialist

Adventure. Exploration. Excavation. You are in your element.

Every time you open or rummage through a chest, you'll gain 1 token. You can hold multiple tokens at once. When you hit a great Skill Check on a generator, all of your tokens will be consumed. Then, for every token consumed, reduce the maximum required generator progress by 4.

Best Builds For Lara Croft

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You'll unlock new perks for Lara Croft as you progress through her Bloodweb, prestige other survivors, or by purchasing a perk from the Shrine of Secrets. With four perk slots at your disposal, you can create some powerful load-outs for the trials ahead.

Here are a few great Survivor perks you should consider adding to your load-out:

  • Windows Of Opportunity: Reveals the auras of all nearby pallets, vaults, and breakable walls.
  • Inner Strength: Allows you to heal from injured to healthy in a locker after cleansing a totem.
  • Déjà Vu: Reveals the auras of three generators and improves your repair speed on those generators.
  • Sprint Burst: Allows you to break into a sprint when running.

Lara has great perks that will assist you throughout the trial. However, it's most beneficial to pair up Lara's abilities with other strong perks to heighten her potential.

Finesse Perk Synergies

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Finesse is a must-have perk if you often find yourself in the Killer's path. Having access to faster vaulting speed allows for some last-second getaways when the Killer has closed the distance. Just remember that this perk won't be active when you're injured.

Here are some perks to pair with Finesse:

Lithe

  • After performing a rushed vault, you'll break into a sprint at 150 percent of your normal running speed for three seconds.
  • Paired with Finesse's increased Vault Speed, you'll be able to cover massive distances in a short amount of time, extremely useful during a chase.

Windows Of Opportunity

  • Auras of pallets, breakable walls, and vault locations within 32 meters are revealed to you.
  • Having clear sight of every pallet and vault location allows you to plan an escape route when running from the Killer. Knowing the vault locations ensures you'll get value from Finesse.

Cut Loose

  • After performing a rushed vault, any following rushed vaults are silent for up to 6 seconds. Performing another rushed vault will reset the timer.
  • Once you quickly fast vault with Finesse, chain together a series of vaults to create more distance between you and the Killer. The silent vaults will assist in shaking the Killer from your tracks.

Dance With Me

  • When performing a fast vault or sprinting out of a locker, you'll leave no scratch marks for 3 seconds.
  • Enhanced vaulting speed and a lack of scratch marks can easily confuse a Killer. Without any scratch marks to follow, they'll be left bumbling around until they see you. Use this moment of confusion to hide or run in the opposite direction for some free distance.

Hardened Perk Synergies

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There's a bit of setup required for Hardened, but the time investment can be worth your while. Being able to see the Killer's aura is valuable information that must be shared with your fellow survivors. The major problem with this Perk is getting it to activate, since screaming is a difficult effect to trigger on your own.

Here are a few perks to pair with Hardened:

Bardic Inspiration

  • Press the Ability button 1 while standing still to enter the performance interaction, which lasts up to 15 seconds. During this interaction you'll roll a d20, which can trigger one of the following effects:
    • If you roll 1, you scream and nothing happens.
    • If you roll between 2 and 10, Skill Checks give 1 percent generator progress
    • If you roll between 11 and 19, Skill Checks give 2 percent generator progress
    • If you roll 20, Skill Checks give 3 percent generator progress
  • While the odds are not in your favor, rolling a 1 will force you to scream. Bardic Inspiration also has a lengthy cooldown, so you can't keep rolling the dice until you succeed. At least if you fail, you could earn some nice generator progress.

Dramaturgy

  • When running, press the Ability button 2 to gain the haste status effect and trigger one of the following effects:
    • Become exposed for 12 seconds
    • Gain 25 percent haste for 2 seconds
    • Scream, but nothing happens
    • Gain a random rare item, with random add-ons, while dropping any held item
  • Just like with Bardic Inspiration, there's a chance to make yourself scream. Using Dramaturgy causes you to become exhausted, so you can't use this perk repeatedly until you scream. If you're lucky, you'll at least be able to reap the positive effects of Dramaturgy.

Specialist Perk Synergies

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Being able to reduce the maximum required generator progress is a huge advantage for every survivor in the trial. Combining Specialist with other generator-related perks can dramatically decrease the time it takes to power up those exit gates.

Here are some perks to pair with Specialist:

Appraisal

  • Start the trial with 3 tokens. When a chest is opened, consume a token to rummage through the chest for an additional item. You can only rummage once per chest, but your rummaging speed is much faster.
  • Appraisal is excellent for quickly obtaining tokens needed for Specialist. With Appraisal equipped, you can get two tokens for Specialist from a single chest.

Plunderer's Instinct

  • The auras of all unopened chests and items in the environment are revealed to you when in a 32-meter range. You also have a higher chance of receiving items of higher rarity from chests.
  • This perk allows you to quickly locate chests and get tokens for Specialist. The higher chance of rare items also helps in obtaining better toolboxes to complete generators even faster.

Stake Out

  • When you are within the Killer's terror radius for 15 seconds, you'll receive a token up to a maximum of 4. When you have at least 1 token, good Skill Checks are considered great Skill Checks. These tokens are then consumed and grant an additional 1 percent bonus to generator repair progress.
  • This perk allows you to finish repairing generators much faster, especially after Specialist has been used. Keep in mind that you'll only earn tokens for Stake Out when you aren't being chased by the Killer.

Prove Thyself

  • For every other survivor working on a generator in a 4-meter range, gain 10 percent repair speed bonus. This bonus is applied to every survivorwithin range.
  • Combining Specialist, Prove Thyself, and the help of fellow survivors will allow you to swiftly repair a generator. Ideally, you'll want a toolbox to increase repair speed even further.

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