Best Pinhead build?

[Naza3924]

Not gonna play ithout Hoarder lol

[miketheratguy]

Just a question, why Hoarder? I've never used it, it always seemed like kind of a waste to me, but I main Pinhead and am curious as to what it does for him.

Honestly, when I play Pinhead I usually don't need perks because survivors seem confused or angry to face him, either ignoring the Lament or quitting altogether. Because of that I can get away with using BP perks (Beast of Prey I think it was, and Distressting). I also use Lightborn because why not? Eliminate any concerns about flashlight tricks while I'm at it. Finally I'll throw on either an experimental 4th perk just to try things out, or either Agitation / Iron Grasp to stop survivors from wiggling free (I personally prefer Iron Grasp because come on, it's Pinhead. He wouldn't be struggling with anybody. : ) )

I wish I had better advice but honestly, in my experience, you can throw just about anything onto Pinhead and do well if you are, in fact, decent with Pinhead. Until deciding on the BP and Lightborn build I actually played him without any perks at all. I'm very fast to teleport and his puzzle box is very strong. If you want a specific build maybe try whatever you think would be most effective against sabo sweat squads and good loopers, as they're the only real threat I've encountered with him.

[Kid Named Finger]

Originally posted by miketheratguy:

Just a question, why Hoarder? I've never used it, it always seemed like kind of a waste to me, but I main Pinhead and am curious as to what it does for him.

Honestly, when I play Pinhead I usually don't need perks because survivors seem confused or angry to face him, either ignoring the Lament or quitting altogether. Because of that I can get away with using BP perks (Beast of Prey I think it was, and Distressting). I also use Lightborn because why not? Eliminate any concerns about flashlight tricks while I'm at it. Finally I'll throw on either an experimental 4th perk just to try things out, or either Agitation / Iron Grasp to stop survivors from wiggling free (I personally prefer Iron Grasp because come on, it's Pinhead. He wouldn't be struggling with anybody. : ) )

I wish I had better advice but honestly, in my experience, you can throw just about anything onto Pinhead and do well if you are, in fact, decent with Pinhead. Until deciding on the BP and Lightborn build I actually played him without any perks at all. I'm very fast to teleport and his puzzle box is very strong. If you want a specific build maybe try whatever you think would be most effective against sabo sweat squads and good loopers, as they're the only real threat I've encountered with him.

Hoarder is considered a must have for the more experienced Pinhead players because it triggers with the lament box, so you know where it is picked up and downing said survivor can cause the chain hunt to trigger on the spot, which is a huge turning point in a game against Pinhead. Same reason why people use Lethal on Pinhead, they know where the box can be in the beginning of the game and can get early down from it

[miketheratguy]

Originally posted by Kid Named Finger:

Hoarder is considered a must have for the more experienced Pinhead players because it triggers with the lament box, so you know where it is picked up

Ooh, me likey. Gonna have to try that, I didn't know it worked with the box in this way.

[Bannith]

I didn't know that that's pretty cool. I'm not a fan of pinhead's active but chain hunt is super good. As for your question Idk on the best build but I imagine anything slowing healing progress like sloppy, plaything and maybe a way to inflict broken would cripple a team well enough to stop them from doing anything if you can effectively trigger chain hunts.
Could also double down on the knowledge perks and just keep on people constantly forcing them into bad situations while getting your other benefit.

[Infrasound]

Franklins +3 = perma chain hunt

[miketheratguy]

Distressing, Franklin's, Hoarder, and Starstruck. I think that's my new "see how quickly the first survivor bails" build.

[Mors_Indecepta]

I've had really good success with him using the following, though it I'm sure it isn't the "best" build (I think that's probably subjective):
Sloppy Butcher
Spies from the Shadows
Fearmonger
Hex: Plaything

Feels like this build gives me a good balance of everything...I got info coming in from the Spies, there are a couple that screw with the info survivors get, and Sloppy Butcher feels like a must-have for any m1 killer.
If you were going to use Hoarder, I'd put that in place of Fearmonger.

There is a trick to use Lethal Pursuer to help you find the starting location of the Lament Configuration, but that feels a little too close to exploits for my taste.