The Hillbilly might have better mobility, but of the two chainsaw-wielding killers in Dead by Daylight, the Cannibal is the one many players have learned to fear. With the ability to insta-down multiple survivors with a single Chainsaw Dash and chew through pallets, the Cannibal is an aggressive nightmare in the right hands.
Leatherface players may be infamous for facecamping as Basement Bubba, but there's far more to the character's skill than just standing and nodding. A good Cannibal needs to understand locker bumps, invisible walls for object curving, moonsawing, and other minutia of the character. Once the details of controlling the Cannibal are mastered, the killer is a force to be reckoned with.
The Cannibal's power is Bubba's chainsaw, a ferocious weapon that allows him to enter a lethal back-and-forth sweep after revving it. Any survivor caught by the Chainsaw Dash will be instantly downed. The Cannibal can hit multiple survivors with a single Chainsaw Dash, potentially letting him end the game in a single attack if he catches the survivors huddled together healing or repairing a generator. The Cannibal can extend their Chainsaw Dash by chaining it. The timing can be difficult, but by pressing the power button just as the bar reaches the charge counter in the upper-right hand corner, the player will be able to reliably chain Dashes together.
If the Cannibal bumps into an object such as a wall or tree while using Bubba's Chainsaw, the killer will enter a tantrum, swinging his saw wildly about. The Cannibal moves extremely slowly during tantrum, so survivors in the vicinity can easily run away, though any survivor unfortunate or foolish enough to get too close will still be insta-downed. Because of the amount of
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