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Dead by Daylight Move & Ability Guide

The Clown moves, skills and special abilities

Move & Ability Guide

Uses thrown tonics and antidotes to slow Survivors and control chases. Official difficulty: Medium.

5 ability entries3 Perk1 Killer Power1 Special Ability
Killer actions: Default PC / PlayStation / Xbox: Power = right mouse / L2 / LT; Attack = left mouse / R2 / RT; Active Ability = Left Ctrl / L1 / LB; Interact = Space / R1 / RB. Secondary Power and Secondary Ability prompts can differ; use the named on-screen action and your current bindings. Automatic states and Survivor interactions are labeled separately from killer attacks.

Perk

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Bamboozle
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

Increases vault speed and temporarily blocks a vaulted location for Survivors.

Coulrophobia
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

Penalizes healing speed for Survivors within the Terror Radius.

Pop Goes the Weasel
Perk
How it is used
Activation follows this perk’s conditions; see the description and in-game action prompt.

After hooking a Survivor, damaging a generator causes additional progress loss.

Killer Power

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The Afterpiece Tonic
Killer Power
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Tap Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) to choose Tonic/Antidote. Hold Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to aim; release to throw. Hold Active Ability to reload.

Uses purple gas to hinder Survivors and yellow gas to grant a movement-speed boost.

Command details & verification
Control actions checked against killer power references. Binding reference: https://eip.gg/dbd/guides/killer-weapons-powers/ . Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported.

Special Ability

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Afterpiece Antidote
Special Ability
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Tap Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) to select Antidote; hold and release Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to throw it.

Throw the antidote to create gas that provides a temporary movement advantage.

Command details & verification
Control actions checked against killer power references. Binding reference: https://eip.gg/dbd/guides/killer-weapons-powers/ . Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported.

Build around a clear job

Treat the listed powers and perks as components with conditions, rather than a guarantee that every effect is active together.

GetCheatBeacon's practical checklist for The Clown:

  • What is the setup trying to improve: information, chase, recovery or objective pressure?
  • Can the listed activation condition occur in the situation you are planning for?
  • Which weakness remains after choosing the first effect?
  • Check current perk text before spending unlock resources; test the complete loadout rather than judging one isolated effect.

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