• Headstrong toxic players that aren’t afraid of any killer and will severely underestimate you (Rank 8 - 1 mostly)
  
• Survivors that believe Freddy is the bane of their existence (Prob. Rank 20 - 14)

You can use this behavior against them, as their hate for you will make them play bad, or their underestimates will make them an easy target, or not, hence my suggestion of Unrelenting later.



The Nightmare is one of the shortest killers right next to Hag, making you more terrifying in tall loop areas as they wont see you. Using Beast of Prey is usually not such a good idea as it only activates when bloodlust activates, but it can make you a damn terrifying S.O.B.

Because you are as small, if not, smaller than the Hag, but move as fast as the Trapper and lunge closely the same as the Trapper, you will seem extremely fast and your lunge will seem ridiculously long. You might get flamed for this, but it is Freddy's short model that makes these things seem unfair.



Never use Hex perks as Nightmare. You will never be able to defend them.

You might get flamed for using Nightmare as many people despise him, so just remember that it's just a game for fun and they're taking getting sacrificed by a Freddy Krueger remake too seriously. (Even though the remake is actually good :D)

It’s okay to leave someone in a chase. You will be able to see their aura once they are out of your terror radius, you will not be able to see their aura once they are awake.

DO NOT try to sleep someone when their head is ♥♥♥♥♥♥, highlighted in blue aura, Freddy pulled his hand in with the souls of the children, or when they are on a hook. I've seen this happen too often from my friends and would just like to point that out for newer players not familiar with The Nightmare.

I know what I’m talking about when I suggest whatever for this killer.

• Without addons, it takes seven seconds to sleep someone. Use this knowledge when looking at the addons below.
  
  
• As of the Freddy changes update nearly a week after his release, survivor's have a ring around their status icon to indicate that they are asleep.
  
  
• Survivors are highlighted in a thin light blue aura when they are in the Dream World.
  
  
• When out of your terror radius, survivors in the Dream World will appear as red auras to you. Inside your terror radius, they will have no auras at all. It's a built in Whispers perk, use it wisely. NOTE: This only happens when they are in the dream state.
  
  
• Unrelenting only works on missed attacks. If you tend to miss a lot, use it. If you are rank 15 - 1, don't use it and learn to time your attacks. (even I make this mistake sometimes, but Unrelenting on Freddy is scary)

Originally posted by Entity:

Death won't accept him and thus he remains, a calamity, indisputable master of his victims' nightmares. Dream Demon allows The Nightmare to pull Survivors into the Dream World.

• Survivors who are awake do not see or hear The Nightmare.
  
• Once targeted by The Nightmare power, Survivors enter the Dream Transition after some time.
  
• During the Dream Transition they can see The Nightmare intermittently.
  
• When the Dream Transition lapse, the Survivor is pulled into the Dream World.

Once in the Dream World:

• Survivors' Auras are revealed to The Nightmare when they are outside of his terror radius.
  
• Survivors suffer an action speed penalty
  
• To exit the Dream World, Survivors can find other non-sleeping Survivors to perform a wake up action
  
• Some failed actions can wake up the Survivor.
  
• Failing a sabotage skill check will not wake you up
  
• Getting hooked wakes up the Survivor

Originally posted by Fred Krueger:

"You have nothing to worry about. This won't hurt one... little... bit." — Freddy Krueger

Basically, you hold M2 when near a survivor until you see their soul get sucked into your left hand and hear Freddy’s low, croaky laugh. After seven seconds with no addons, they will be highlighted in a thin blue aura that you will only be able to see when they are in line of sight. When they are not in line of sight, out of your terror radius, and sleeping, you will see a red aura that is mostly map-wide.


Best thing to do is if you spot multiple survivors in an area, sleep as many in that area as you can within three seconds, and chase the last survivor. This buys time for you to make sure they are wasting time trying to wake each other up instead of doing gens when you start the chase on the first survivor.

This playstyle has gotten me many 3k’s and a couple 4k’s thanks to Blood Warden

Common

• Wool Shirt - Slightly decreases Skill Check chances in the Dream World.
  
• Sheep Block - Slightly reduces the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep reduced by 0.5 seconds.
  
• Kid's Drawing - Slightly increases the Power range.
  
• Garden Rake - Slightly increases movement speed after successfully putting a Survivor into the Dream World.

Uncommon

• Prototype Claws - Moderately increases movement speed after successfully putting a Survivor into the Dream World.
  
• Outdoor Rope - Moderately decreases the Survivors' Action Speed when in the Dream World.
  
• Nancy's Sketch - Moderately increases the Power range.
  
• Green Dress - Considerably decreases Skill Check chances in the Dream World.
  Slightly increases the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep increased by 0.5 seconds.
  
• Cat Block - Considerably reduces the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep reduced by 1.5 seconds.
  Slightly increases Skill Check chances in the Dream World.

Rare

• Unicorn Block - Considerably reduces the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep reduced by 1.5 seconds.
  
• Swing Chains - Survivors suffer an additional 25% Action Speed penalty when pulled into the Dream World for the second time.
  
• Nancy's Masterpiece - Tremendously increases the Power range.
  
• Jump Rope - Tremendously decreases Survivors' Action Speed when in the Dream World.
  
• Blue Dress - Moderately decreases Skill Check chances in the Dream World.

Very Rare

• Pill Bottle - Survivors do not see glimpses of you during the Dream Transition.
  
• Paint Thinner - Tremendously increases movement speed after successfully putting a Survivor into the Dream World.
  
• Class Photo - When a Survivors is pulled into the Dream Transition, all other Survivors' Auras are revealed to you for the duration of the Dream Transition.
  Tremendously increases the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep increased by 2 seconds.
  
• "Z" Block - Tremendously reduces the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep reduced by 2 seconds.

Ultra Rare

• Red Paint Brush - Slightly reduces movement speed.
  Tremendously reduces the Terror Radius.
  Tremendously reduces the Dream Transition. Time to fall asleep reduced by 2 seconds.
  
• Black Box - Obsession starts the Trial in the Dream World.
  You become obsessed with one Survivor.
  Only one Obsession per Trial.

(My favorite)

• Sheep/Cat Block + Green Dress (D rank addons)
  
• Unicorn Block + Blue Dress (C+ - B rank addons)
  
• Class Photo + “Z” Block (B+ rank addons)
  
• Red Paint Brush + Class Photo (S rank addons, always use if available)
  
• Red Paint Brush + “Z” Block (S+ rank, the very best, 3 second sleep time)

(Good for chasing and wasting their time)

• Wool Shirt + Kids Drawing
  
• Outdoor Rope + Nancy's Sketch
  
• Blue Dress + Swing Chains
  
• Prototype Claws + Nancy's Masterpiece
  
• Paint Thinner + Blue Dress

• Class Photo + Pill bottle

Would just like to point out that Class Photo is a longer lasting BBQ+Chili, you just have to look around when you are following a survivor that is in the dream transition.

• Iron Grasp - Fire Up - Blood Warden - Unrelenting (Playing casually) B+
  
• Agitation - Brutal Strength - Enduring - Unrelenting (Missing/pallets are nothing) B-
  
• Iron Grasp - Dying Light - BBQ+Chili - Knock Out (Achieving 4k b4 all gens are done) C
  
• Agitation - Fire Up - Remember Me - Dying Light (Aim to kill obsession in 3 hooks) B+
  
• BBQ+Chili - Nurses - Blood Warden - Enduring (Extremely aggressive play) A-
  
• BBQ+Chili - Nurses - M&A - Shadowborn (Finding survivors wont be an issue) A
  
• BBQ+Chili - Nurses - Agitation - Whispers (Less effective than above, still works) A

• Devour Hope - TOTH - BBQ+Chili - Blood Warden (Protect Devour Hope)
  
• Ruin - Nurses - BBQ+Chili - M&A (Don't protect Ruin, use it as bait to get sleeps and kills)

Don't camp with the DH build, it defeats the purpose of it.
Camp the Ruin if you know they are coming to it. Patrol gens near Ruin until they get it.
Protect Devour Hope at all costs, it is really helpful in the late game.


You CAN come up with your own build, but make sure you see the reoccurring theme here: Unrelenting, Agitation/Iron Grasp, Dying Light/Remember Me (If you plan on having obsessions), BBQ, Nurses and Blood Warden. These perks appear the most and are the most helpful, with the obsession perks being the least helpful. People will tell you Blood Warden is not that great and is a wasted perk spot, but as Freddy you will see that BW will get you an extra sacrifice in, or just points. Anything that helps you see survivor's aura's when they're not in the dream state are extremely helpfull, too.

That being said, you do not necessarily have to run these perks to win as Freddy, they just make it easier in my opinion. Although you want Freddy's terror radius as small as possible, don't waste perk slots on just doing that. Agitation is better than Iron Grasp, but it makes your terror radius bigger when using it. Be aware of these things when making your own perk set.

Feel free to post your build in the comments!


Hex: Devour Hope - Hex: NOED - Hex: Thrill of the Hunt - Remember Me

Devour Hope being the NES Controller, and NOED being the Power Glove.

Please do not actually use this as you will have 0 useful perks. You will recognize this if you have seen NOES: Freddy's Dead.

• Casual, just playing for fun - First B+ perk build, C+ - B rank addon combo
  
• Playing seriously, no obsession - Both B+ perk builds, B+ rank addon combo, S rank addon combo
  
• Playing seriously, obsession - Last B+ perk build, S rank addon combo
  
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• My playstyle with what I have - First B+ perk build, C+ - B rank addon combo
  
• My playstyle if I had what I want - First B+ perk build, S rank addon combo

Enduring - Brutal Strength - Fire Up - Unrelenting, Paint Thinner + B. Dress, P. Claws + G. Dress
Lightborn - Enduring - Fire Up - Whispers, Paint Thinner + B. Dress, P. Claws + G. Dress


Monitor and Abuse - Insidious - Beast of Prey - Unrelenting, C. Photo + P. Bottle
M&A - Unrelenting - Dying Light - BoP + Ivory Memento Mori, P. Bottle + Black Box

Blood Warden in use on my Doctor










Adept nightmare!

I hope your opinion on this killer is changed, and now you are educated in how he is actually useful and doesn't deserve buffs/nerfs of any kind. Feel free to let me know how your Freddy Experience™ was after reading this and following through on it.

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