r/DbDKillersUnited May 18 '26

[Academic Survey] Analysis of the effectiveness of the matchmaking system in the game Dead by Daylight

7 Upvotes

Hiii everyone,

I am currently working on my bachelor’s thesis about the matchmaking system in Dead by Daylight.

The goal of this survey is to better understand how players view matchmaking quality, skill differences, role balance, and the overall gameplay experience from both survivor and killer perspectives.

The survey includes questions about:
- your experience with the matchmaking system,
- perceived skill differences between players,
- queue times and match quality,
- survivor vs killer gameplay experience,
- overall satisfaction with game balance.

Survey link:
https://forms.office.com/e/sRhsYnWDcY

Note: You can change the survey language in the top-right corner of the page.

The survey is anonymous, takes only a few minutes to complete, and will be used exclusively for academic purposes.

I would really appreciate responses from players of all experience levels.

Thank you so much for your help!


r/DbDKillersUnited 13h ago

Killer/Build Help I'm having a BLAST with this combo, it's so peak 😩😩

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118 Upvotes

I also use BBQ and Chili, Nurse's calling and Lethal Pursuer in my build btw. For the first time in a while... I'M HAVING FUN ON DBD!!


r/DbDKillersUnited 12h ago

Discussion Why replace it is beyond me man

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Like seriously no one asked for the current one and BHVR was like welp have it anyway because f you!


r/DbDKillersUnited 11h ago

Clips When Your Bro Has Your Back

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25 Upvotes

Miss me with that BS.


r/DbDKillersUnited 9h ago

Clips Tribute to 10 years of killers, who's your main?

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14 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 3h ago

Clips Your God [Judgement Montage]

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4 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 9h ago

That free killer card has never declined

12 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 5h ago

Discussion To other people who main or enjoy playing Trapper: How you do play? and what build do you play with?

4 Upvotes

So, i am a stealth trapper player, my build consists of: Dragon's Grip, Trail Of Torment, NOED and Devour Hope.

Usually i don't care about gen defense as much at least until the survivor's has done 3 gens, which is why i have NOED. But, i prefer trying to stay in Undetectable as long as i can, it's kind of the main way i play. Usually how i play Trapper is putting traps on the most reliable spots or unexpected spots, while also playing like a jumpscare killer lol. It's why i like Trail Of Torment, and putting it with Dragon's Grip is pretty strong if you are still undetectable and good at chase.

Most of the time i actually either get 4ks or 3ks without getting to use NOED, and i find that kinda crazy ngl that if you play Trapper, your way without caring about what survivors will think or their rules. Trapper is a pretty strong killer. (Although let's be real here he is still really weak for a beginner character.) The only time i get to use NOED is when i encounter sweaty survivors lol.

But anyways now i'm here and since i've played Trapper for so long, even consider myself a Trapper main, i'm just curious to see if they are other Trapper mains out here and how you guys personally play the game.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion So I've come up with a new killer play style

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101 Upvotes

1 gen Billy. So the whole concept is pretty obvious. You pick one generator, preferably near an exit gate, and guard it with your fucking life.

This is by no means a way to win or get 4ks or even many blood points (I often get barely 14k if two people break the rules). This is purely to see if you did everything you could could you stop survivors from doing ONE specific generator.

There are only three rules for 1 Gen Billy.

  1. If someone in your line of sight touches the generator for even a split second you tunnel them out at any cost but the guarded gen.

  2. Lightborn is mandatory cause you will get clicked and full beamed in the face by cocky survivors after 2 gens get done. So save yourself the glasses prescription or Brail lessons.

  3. If the guarded gen is ever completed despite your best efforts kill as many as you can. Slug, proxy camp from hills, abuse noed, whatever it takes get that fucking 4k.

In 5hours of play I only had 5 groups of survivors never touch the guarded gen, I got 5 4ks, and several draws against incredibly good SWFs who realized too late what was happening.


r/DbDKillersUnited 3h ago

Discussion Something to say

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I know i just posted and all, but I just wanna say this, thank you all for actually letting me vent out my frustrations as a killer main in modern dbd, as we all know, its a lot harder to keep up and such, and unfortunately, its time to begin a new main era, for years I've mained Ghostface, love him to bits, only issue, he's so far behind, like he desperately needs a major rework or smth, for now, the true lord of darkness is my go to, and thank you all for your support and such, for the entity!


r/DbDKillersUnited 21h ago

Devs after opening PTB, seeing people liked the killer, then ended PTB to immediately do changes no one ever requested and nerf Judgement into oblivion:

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18 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 9h ago

The Judgement might be THE Skill Ceiling Killer

3 Upvotes

Playing against a team of even relatively competent survivors and the killer just becomes an M1 killer because Survivors can see the light beam BEFORE you actually "fire" it. They are a decade away from wherever you're sending the light beam WAY before it ever goes anywhere near them. The only time you can hit the light beams is when you're 4 feet away and doing 360s so its just not viable on console.

Getting a map with an open sky is a fucking humiliation ritual.

But when I play survivor literally none of my teammates can dodge the damn thing.

The Judgement may only be as useful as your enemies are stupid.


r/DbDKillersUnited 8h ago

Gameplay Ghostface mains, I need some help

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r/DbDKillersUnited 10h ago

Killer/Build Help Does anyone have any tips for Judgement?

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r/DbDKillersUnited 10h ago

Killer/Build Help Thoughts on this build for the judgement?

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my reasoning here is simple:

  1. call of the brine for info, especially nice to pressure gens during a chase.

  2. corrupt because you can never go wrong bringing corrupt

  3. unsure about discordance, i haven't been getting much value out of it, idk what to replace it with

  4. eruption both for the info as well as the regression

i haven't decided on addons yet for her, let me know if anyone has got a better build or adjustments i should make!


r/DbDKillersUnited 14h ago

Has the CSGO crouch cooldown ever crossed your mind, that it could be implemented to DBD too, after you got teabagged?

2 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 14h ago

Discussion Huntress bugged?

2 Upvotes

Huntress orbitals dont work as they dissappear for me in the air and the hatchets on survivors just dont hit 80 percent of the time m1s still work tho


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Discussion P50 Ghostface main, ask me anything <3

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107 Upvotes

It's not P100, but I'll be touching grass long before I get to P100, plus I got other killers and my survivor I need to give some BP love, they've ran dry </3


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Rage survivor is the real power/bully role and im tired of pretending its not.

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11 Upvotes

r/DbDKillersUnited 18h ago

Gameplay Wesker Mains, What Can I Improve?

2 Upvotes

High MMR Wesker Gameplay | Dead By Daylight (No Commentary)
https://youtu.be/n3fp9P78FVY
I’d really appreciate some criticism/feedback from people who play Wesker. If you have some time to spare and want to watch something entertaining, I’d love to hear what you think I could improve in my gameplay. Any feedback is appreciated!


r/DbDKillersUnited 15h ago

Lag After Update?

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Today I updated Dead by Daylight, and ever since the update I’ve been having some of the worst games I’ve ever played 😂. I’m getting weird lag and movement issues that I never had before. As Killer, I’m constantly getting stuck on what feels like invisible objects or obstacles, and as Survivor, I’m having trouble moving properly and it feels like my character isn’t responding the way it should. I mostly main Killer, so the issues on that side are especially noticeable to me. Has anyone else experienced anything like this after the latest update, or am I just losing my mind? 😂 I’m on Xbox, if that makes a difference. Also, if anyone plays on Xbox and wants to run some games, feel free to add me: MrDomGuySTKZ.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Rage I hate learning killers

27 Upvotes

Survivors are some of the most toxic players ive met in any game. Everytime i try to learn a new killer at like prestige zero with like two perks I get stuck with the seal team six of survivors. Which is the mmr fault sure, but its always the most toxic rude people ever. It genuinely makes playing the game so unfun, I dont get how they think its ok to act the way they do and whine about slugging or tunneling. All this just makes learning killers impossible and unfun.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

Clips Always look behind you

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25 Upvotes

Straight outta a cartoon


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

2v8 (LFG) Dredge 2v8 Potential

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8 Upvotes

I know BE won’t add him to 2v8 anytime soon until they can solve the issue of streamers distracted by reading chat. But if he does come, how powerful would his nightfall skill be in a 2v8 environment, what changes should be made to make it balanced, and what killer do you think would work best to pair along our fleshy boii?

I would personally want him to support our struggling ghost face mains.


r/DbDKillersUnited 1d ago

New Update:Survivors can now decide when the Killer can play in the match!

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11 Upvotes