Enough collaborations. As much as we like to run away from the Alien and chase the protagonists of Castlevaniathe real stars of the asymmetrical horror game are the original characters and here we have more. We present to you The Lady of the Hounds (The Houndmaster or Dog Trainer) and Taurie Cain, the new assassin of Dead By Daylightthe new survivor and we will tell you everything you need to know about the release date of both of them in the game and what their abilities are.
Both characters are now available on the PTB or PC test server and you can try them out there before their official release in the game. If you want to know the other changes that this update will bring, Follow this link to read the patch notes.
When will the new characters arrive? Dead by Daylight?
At the time of publishing this note they have not confirmed the exact date on which the new assassin The Dog Trainer (The Houndmaster or Lady of the Hounds) and the new survivor Taurie Cain will join Dead by Daylight. What we know is that it should be mid to late November 2024. We will update the article when Behavior Interactive confirms the data.
You can see the ‘teaser’ below.
Skills (Perks) of The Dog Trainer / Lady of the Hounds
- Killing power: Smell of Blood – The assassin and her Dog work as one.
- Special ability: Pursuit – sends the dog at high speed. Pressing it again redirects the chase and changes the dog’s trajectory. When the dog catches a survivor, it initiates a grab. The survivor is immobilized and dragged towards the killer. The survivor can free themselves by stunning the dog or can be rescued by another survivor. Grapples that end without injury leave the survivor immobilized. Grab duration is shorter for survivors with the resistance status effect.
- Special ability: Search – sends the dog to a target location and creates a search route. The search radius increases with the distance traveled. Survivors who enter the radius are revealed by the killer instinct. If the Hound Lady follows the dog’s search path, she gains increased movement speed over time. Leaving the search path ends the bonus movement speed.
- Special Effect: Sense of the Dogs – Healthy survivors affected by Dog Sense receive deep wounds when injured. Wounded Survivors affected by Canine Sense suffer from louder grunts of pain and leave longer pools of blood when placed in a dying state.
Taurie Cain’s Skills (Perks)
- Summon: Treacherous Ravens – When you are in the basement near the circle, press the skill button 2 to begin the invocation. Summons last 60 seconds. Other Survivors will see your aura during this and will be able to join an interaction in progress. Once the summoning is complete, you remain injured and in Broken status for the remainder of the test. When a Survivor is in the Terror Radius and the Killer scares a crow, his aura is revealed to all Survivors for 1/1.5/2 seconds. Completing the Summon disables that advantage for all Survivors.
- Clean Break – After you finish healing another Survivor, while another Survivor heals you, press skill button 1 to obtain the Broken status. After 80/70/60 seconds, you regain health. This perk does not activate if you are already Broken. The effect is canceled if you enter the dying state.
- Carry the Load – Once per test, as long as you are not in deathhook state (last phase), press skill button 2 in front of a hooked Survivor to unhook them. When he unhooks, he loses 1 hook status and you gain 1 hook status. You also scream and become Exposed for 30/25/20 seconds.
