Totem Hunter

The build

These four perks work together as a totem survivor setup. Each slot has a job; together they form a closed loop.

Perk 1 of 4

Inner Strength

Nancy Wheeler

Inner Strength

Each time you cleanse a Totem, Inner Strength activates:
You are automatically healed 1 Health State while hiding inside a Locker for 10/9/8 seconds when injured or suffering from the Deep Wound Status Effect.
"All this time I've been trying so hard to pretend like everything's fine, but it's not." - Nancy Wheeler

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Perk 2 of 4

Hardened

Lara Croft

Hardened

After unlocking a Chest and either blessing or cleansing a Totem, Hardened activates:
Suppresses the urge to scream from any cause and instead causes the Aura of the Killer to be revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds.

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Perk 3 of 4

Counterforce

Jill Valentine

Counterforce

You cleanse Totems 20% faster.
Gain another, stack-able 20% Cleansing Speed bonus per cleansed Totem.
After cleansing a Totem, the Aura of the Totem farthest from you is revealed to you for 2/3/4 seconds.
1 Cleansing Times
2 Change Log 2.1 Patch 9.0.0

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Perk 4 of 4

Detective's Hunch

David Tapp

Detective's Hunch

Each time a Generator is completed, the Auras of any Generators, Chests, and Totemswithin 32/48/64 metres are revealed to you for 10 seconds.
If you are holding a Map, any objects revealed by Detective's Hunch will automatically be tracked by it.
"Are you able to tell us where you were last night?" - Detective David Tapp

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Why it works

Inner Strength (Nancy Wheeler) heals you to full after cleansing a totem if you're injured. Hardened (Lara Croft) makes you immune to scream-causing effects like Fearmonger or Hex: Face the Darkness, letting you cleanse in peace. Counterforce (Jill Valentine) makes you skilled at cleansing Totems: each totem you cleanse is revealed for 4 seconds, and you get a notification when the Killer's Hex perks activate. Detective's Hunch (David Tapp) reveals the auras of all generators, totems, and chests within 32/48/64 meters when you start a generator. Together, the build makes you the team's totem-control specialist - Hex builds like Hex: Ruin fall apart.

Difficulty & fun

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Patch notes

Targeted at patch 10.0.0 (released 16 June 2026). The Slasher (Jason Voorhees) and his three launch perks appear in this build. We refresh this page after every major balance patch - if a perk has been nerfed or buffed since 10.0.0, the "Why it works" section is the first place we update.