Dead by Daylight Killer Guide: Vecna (Perks, Tips, & Strategies)

Dead By Daylight’s newest killer is Vecna, as part of a crossover with famous TTRPG Dungeons and Dragons. Vecna, also known as The Lich, is a powerful killer with new unique Perks and strategies for learning how to manipulate them. Understanding how they work will be crucial in succeeding at sacrificing all of the victims as Vecna, but also for those who are trying to survive.

Chapter 32: Dungeons & Dragons featuring Vecna will be released on June 3, 2024, with the public test build happening through May 20th. Also releasing with this chapter is Survivor Aestri Yazar, and three exclusives. These exclusives include a new universal common charm, and a couple cosmetic pieces for the Survivor.

This information is based on the latest information from Patch 8.0.0 and is subject to change before the full release of Chapter 32.

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Perks for Vecna (The Lich)

New Unique Perks For Any Killer

As usual, Vecna comes with three Dead By Daylight that are unique to this expansion, but you can unlock them for other Killers by increasing their Tier level by using them in play. This is known as Prestige and will allow players to put them on any Killer after they have done so. These Perks are called Dark Arrogance, Languid Touch, and Weave Attunement, which allow Vecna to see Survivors easier and slow them down while speeding himself up.

Perk Name	Effect	Additional Information
Dark Arrogance	Increases the duration you are blinded by any means and the duration of pallet stuns by 25% Increases regular vault speed by 20%	Blinded Killers cannot see Survivors and will become briefly stunned. However, they can still hear and are able to continue following the Survivors by other cues.
Languid Touch	When a Survivor within 36 meters of you scares a crow, they gain the Exhausted status effect for 10 seconds.	This perk has a 20-second cooldown. Survivors will be unable to activate perks that "exhaust" while they have the Exhausted status effect.
Weave Attunement	When an item becomes depleted for the first time, it is dropped. You see the aura of dropped items. Survivors within 8 meters of dropped items have their auras revealed to you. When a Survivor picks up a Survivor item, they suffer the Oblivious status effect for 30 seconds.	Oblivious prevents Survivors from hearing or being affected by the Killer's Terror Radius, which would normally alert them to the Killer's proximity.

Powers of Vecna (The Lich)

Avoiding Obstacles While Creating More

Vecna’s weapon certainly looks more unique and imposing than The Unknown's in Dead By Daylight and is called the Afterthought Dagger. Additionally, Vecna has a movement speed of 4.6 m/s and a Terror Radius of 32 meters. He is considered average, in both height and difficulty to play, and his power is called Vile Darkness. To see some of those powers in play, check out D3AD plays YouTube video.

Vecna is known for having a command of magic that cannot be matched by anyone else, and he soon focused in on necromancy. This led him to fill a book, also called Vile Darkness, with all of his dark magic. This power is what fuels his attacks in Dead By Daylight, with a strong bent toward casting spells. There are four spells Vecna can choose from when holding down the Secondary Power button, and you will be able to select which one you want to use in that moment:

Fly: You are able to fly across the environment, which allows you to by pallets and windows.
Flight of the Damned: This summons 5 flying entities that can go around obstacles and injure Survivors, forcing them to slow down and leaving a trail for you to follow.
Dispelling Sphere: This casts an invisible sphere that can reveal Survivors through your Killer Instinct and will disable any Magic Items they have for 60 seconds.
Mage Hand: Creates a Magical hand that can move dropped Pallets upright or block upright pallets from being dropped for 4 seconds.

Each spell is on its own cooldown, letting you use any of the other three while one of them is still recharging.

There are two other abilities Vecna can grant:

Special Treasure Chests: Magic Items: Treasure Chests will spawn throughout the environment that will contain special Magic Items for Survivors to use that will either be Boots or Gauntlets that will reveal the Aura of The Lich during the use of it’s spells:
- The Skyguard: Reveals it during the Fly spell.
- The Nightwatch: Will show the Auras of the Flying Entities during the Flight of the Damned spell
- The Archivist: Will make the invisible sphere visible during Dispelling Sphere spell
- The Interloper: Will show the Auras of any pallets that have been affected by the Mage Hand spell and will grant a +7% Haste Status Effect for 3 seconds

Not all Treasure Chests contain Magic Items, some of them are Mimics.

Additionally, Treasure Chests sometimes contain an even rarer item. This will grant them a special ability by reducing their Health State and triggering Killer Instinct. These items are:

The Hand of Vecna: Running into a Locker will teleport the Survivor to another Locker that is a minimum distance of 10 meters away, but will trigger a Loud Noise Notification on the target Locker and will put Killer Instinct on the Survivor for 5 seconds.
The Eye of Vecna: Running out of a Locker will have the following effects for 12 seconds:
- It will suppress the Survivor’s Aura, Scratch Marks, Blood Pools, and Grunts of Pain
- Grants them complete invisibility
- Grants them 25% Haste
- Triggers Killer Instinct for 3 seconds after becoming visible again

However, if you have one of these artefacts, Vecna can trigger his Special Interaction: Recover Artefact. This means that if a Survivor has one of these items on them after being on 2 Hook Stages, Vecna can press the Attack button while standing over the same Survivor if they are downed to execute them on the spot.

Vecna, like most Killers, comes with add-ons that can be used to upgrade the Vecna's Powers and are listed in the table below:

Name	Rarity	Effect
Crystal Ball	Common	Increases the duration of Killer Instinct after a Survivor is revealed to you by Dispelling Sphere by +1.5 seconds.
Raven's Feather	Common	Increases the duration of Fly by 1 second.
Tattered Headband	Common	Increases the range of Flight of the Damned by 4 meters.
Trickster's Glove	Common	Increases the time Mage Hand holds a pallet up by 1 second.
Glass Eye	Uncommon	Increases the size of Dispelling Sphere by 2 meters, and increases the speed of Dispelling Sphere by 10%.
Lantern of Revealing	Uncommon	The Auras of Survivors narrowly missed by Flight of the Damned are revealed to you for 3 seconds.
Potion of Speed	Uncommon	Reduces the period where you cannot attack after casting Fly by 0.5 seconds.
Ring of Spell Storing	Uncommon	Reduces the cooldown of all spells by 5 seconds.
Ring of Telekinesis	Uncommon	Reduces the time it takes Mage Hand to life a Pallet by 50%.
Boots of Speed	Rare	The Mage Hand spell grants +5% Haste Status Effect for 2 seconds.
Cloak of Elvenkind	Rare	Reduces your Terror Radius by 8 meters while the Fly spell is active.
Ornate Horn	Rare	Increases the number of entities created by Flight of the Damned by 1.
Pearl of Power	Rare	Reduces the remaining cooldown of spells by 5 seconds after landing a Basic Attack.
Staff of Withering	Rare	Survivors suffer from the Exhausted Status Effect for 20 seconds upon entering the radius of a Dispelling Sphere.
Bag of Holding	Very Rare	Two Treasure Chests are guaranteed to roll 1 on the dice roll. Survivors who open Treasure Chests suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect for 15 seconds.
Cloak of Invisibility	Very Rare	Grants the Undetectable Status Effect for 12 seconds if all spells are on cooldown.
Dragontooth Dagger	Very Rare	Survivors suffer from the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects for 30 seconds after being hit with a Basic Attack while holding a Magic Item.
Robe of Eyes	Very Rare	The Auras of Survivors within 8 meters of a Treasure Chest are revealed to you for 3 seconds after casting a spell.
Iridescent Book of Vile Darkness	Ultra Rare	Using Fly to through a dropped Pallet or Window blocks that location for Survivors for 45 seconds. Decreases the number of spectral entities created by the Flight of the Damned by 3, and makes them fly lower to the ground.
Vorpal Sword	Ultra Rare	Injured Survivors suffer from the Broken Status Effect for 60 seconds if they enter a Dispelling Sphere. The Mage Hand spell breaks dropped Pallets in 3 seconds.

Tips For Playing As Vecna (The Lich)

Fast Movement and Slow Survivors

Using Vecna's Flight of the Damned in Dead By Daylight

One of the main benefits of playing as Vecna is his speed and ability to navigate the map. His spells Fly and Mage Hand both allow him to avoid obstacles and can be used one after another if he’s in hot pursuit of a Survivor. Additionally, if you cannot find any Survivors, the Dispelling Sphere can reveal them, allowing Vecna to follow them. This movement across the map can force Survivors to stay on the move, which can create one of the best horror experiences in video games for the Survivors.

Moreover, taking advantage of the items spawned on the map to trigger Vecna’s Weave Attunement Perk and the Recover Artefact interaction will make Survivor’s a little wary of using the Magic Items, which is of benefit to you either way.

You will want to pair the Languid Touch with things like the Dispelling Sphere or the Flight of the Damned in order to slow the Survivors down and keep them within range if they do happen to outpace you. Either way, you will make a formidable Killer in Dead By Daylight.

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