Summary
Staying healed inDead by Daylightis essential to increase the survival chance of every chase. Healing perks boost the odds of all survivors being healthy, as many speed up healing or make it easier to spot injured survivors.
Healer perks differ, and each build is tailored to a particular playstyle for survivors. While some survivors would play it safe, others might risk all to save their teammates. Hybrid healer builds are a common choice inDead by Daylightas they provide the player with perks for use while all survivors are healed.
Updated July 26, 2025 by Aly Azmy:Healing builds are a must-have in any team. There are several types of healing builds and this list was updated to add even more unique builds. One of the builds revolves around having perks heal the player without the need to get healed, while the other involves using chests to heal.
One of the builds uses a newer survivor perk, giving a newer healer playstyle for players to try out. Both builds focus more on keeping the player healed, but this does save time that can be spent saving other survivors or repairing generators.
1The Classic Healer
Playstyle: Team Player
The following perks are a staple for healer builds as it is heavily focused on healing other players but still provide the players with an exhaustion perk. Most of the perks here are among thebest survivor perks, and they give players a definitive healer build.
2High Stakes Healer
Playstyle: Investment Healer
Although this healer build differs slightly from the standard ones, it offers high-risk and high-reward gameplay. Autodidact and For The People are unconventional healing perks, but once players get used to them they are bothfun perks to use.
3Stealthy Healer
Playstyle: Ninja Healer
The idea of a stealthy healer role may seem bizarre, but the four perks unite to create a seamless stealth build dedicated to healing. This build works best with any of thequietest survivors inDead by Daylight. The Diversion perk will temporarily distract the killer if needed to provide enough time to heal a survivor.
4The Solo Healer
Playstyle: End Game Healer
Survivors playing solo should consider this build as it does not rely on others. Hope and Adrenaline give solo survivors an advantage to escape to the exit gates if the other survivors open the gates early. The other two perks allow survivors the option to heal themselves.
5Up & At Em
Play Style: Risky & Rewarding
This build requires lots of game knowledge to know when rescuing a player is viable. Staying at full health at all times is essential to ensuring players are always ready to use For The People. Players can easily guarantee a medkit from a chest and heal themselves. Using For The People with Buckle Up gives both players 10 seconds of endurance and can rescue a survivor who is being tunneled.
6Basement Lurker
Playstyle: Solo Focused
This build gives players an advantage in playing around tricky areas such as Basement and Killer Shack. Wiretapping a generator gives a massive aid inlooping the killernear Killer Shack. Players can self-heal in the Basement and can unhook themselves if they are caught by the killer.
7Med-Kit Healer
Playstyle: Team Healer
These perks will help survivors get the most out of their med-kits, and their teammates will love them for it.
8Chest Healer & Utility
Utility & Heals
Items in Dead by Daylight give a significant advantage, especially if they have add-ons. This build uses aura reading perks to locate nearby chests and has a perk that guarantees improved items. With a risky opportunity to heal after 2 chests, players will utilize the Ace perk to attain high-grade items and use them to influence their match. Flashlights to blind killers, medkits to heal others faster, and toolboxes to speed up generators or sabotage hooks.
9Magic Heal
Self Heal
Healing can be a waste of time and having some perks that do it themselves is worth the saved energy. Three of these perks will heal a survivor and save precious seconds that can be spent working on a generator. Self-healing magically will throw off other survivors and even the killer. Iron will helps survivors get closer to active chases to receive a passive healing bonus if a survivor is injured nearby. Healing other survivors will also heal the player if they have some healing progress.
