Dead By Daylight: How To Communicate During Trials

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Whether you're a Survivor or Killer main, Dead By Daylight is a fun online multiplayer game you'll keep coming back to, with scars and hooks to prove it. Having spawned numerous DLC packs, the opportunity to play as a classic killer or the final girl from famous slasher movies draws you in — or perhaps you'd rather try one of Behaviour's own sadistic creations.

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The lack of in-game chat makes communicating a chore, both as a solo Survivor or a friendly-ish Killer. Here are a few ways you can use the game's mechanics to converse during Trials.

Dead By Daylight is an uneven multiplayer game, which in this case makes it a four versus one game for five players total. Survivors don't have the gnarly weapons or fearsome powers of their enemy Killers, but what they lack in brawn they make up for in sheer numbers.

Unless you're playing as a SWF team — a "Survive With Friends" buddy team consisting of pals going into matches as group — you will inevitably have to play solo queue.

Being part of a SWF unit is incredibly beneficial, as these teams tend to use an external service such as Discord in order to talk to each other during each Trial, allowing them greater coordination than they would have without.

Sure, you can type messages in the pre-game and post-game chat (as well as talk to the Killer in the latter), but when you just want your teammates to heal you mid-match you won't want to annoy them by accidentally vault-blocking them whilst the Killer is on their tail.

If you find yourself going in as the only solo player alongside what appears to be a solid SWF trio, these communication tips will help you make your voice heard — even if only through a well-timed emote.

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