Best Builds for The Ghoul Upgrade Path
Goal: Ghoul builds that snowball off fear and fast finishes.
Last verified 2026-02-27
At-a-Glance
- Role: Killer
- Path shape: Starter -> Intermediate -> Optimized
- Patch source: 9.4.2
Starter
Lowest ownership barrier while preserving the same job.
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Intermediate
Keep core consistency, then add upside perks.
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Unlock from Ghoul
Unlock from Nurse
Optimized
Full target version pulled from the guide's core loadout.
Unlock from Ghoul
Base pool (available to everyone)
Unlock from Nurse
Unlock from Clown
Upgrade Step 1: Starter -> Intermediate
- Scourge Hook: Weeping Wounds -> Hex: Nothing but Misery. Preserves the build's core job with a lower ownership barrier.
- Bitter Murmur -> A Nurse's Calling. Keeps similar value through aura while lowering ownership requirements.
Upgrade Step 2: Intermediate -> Optimized
- Hex: Fortune's Fool -> Hex: Nothing but Misery. Keeps similar value through totem while lowering ownership requirements.
- Hex: Nothing but Misery -> A Nurse's Calling. Preserves the build's core job with a lower ownership barrier.
- A Nurse's Calling -> Bamboozle. Preserves the build's core job with a lower ownership barrier.