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Dead by Daylight Move & Ability Guide

The Doctor moves, skills and special abilities

Move & Ability Guide

Uses electrical shocks to inflict Madness and interfere with Survivor actions. Official difficulty: Hard.

7 ability entries1 Killer Power3 Perk3 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.

Killer Power

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Carter's Spark
Killer Power
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Hold Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to charge Shock Therapy; hold Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) for Static Blast.

Uses Shock Therapy and Static Blast to inflict Madness and interrupt actions.

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 Current secondary-action prompts take precedence after remapping; no outdated cooldown or add-on values imported.
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Perk

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

Changes the Terror Radius depending on whether the Killer is chasing a Survivor.

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

Makes the next Survivor interacting with a damaged generator face a difficult skill check.

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

Increases item depletion for Survivors within the Terror Radius.

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Special Ability

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Shock Therapy
Special Ability
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Hold Power (PC: right mouse; PS: L2; Xbox: LT) to charge and release the shock.

A targeted shock disrupts Survivor vaulting and pallet drops.

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.
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Static Blast
Special Ability
Controls: PC / PlayStation / Xbox — default killer bindings
How it is used
Hold Active Ability (PC: Left Ctrl; PS: L1; Xbox: LB) when the power is ready.

An area electrical attack builds Madness and helps locate Survivors.

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.
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Madness
Special Ability
Controls: Mechanic / state
How it is used
Automatic state or effect; no standalone activation button. Increasing tiers impair Survivors; the highest tier requires them to snap out of it before several interactions.

Increasing tiers impair Survivors; the highest tier requires them to snap out of it before several interactions.

Command details & verification
This is an effect or state of the killer’s power, not a separate Power-button command.
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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 Doctor:

  • 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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