Michael Myers — The Shape
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Something, or rather someone, is here now. I've never seen this... Shape before. A man hiding behind a mask. He comes with a determination. But more worrying, he comes with an apparent grasp of the hunt. He does not strike me as someone who even went unwillingly to this place. Is there more to this being than I can fathom? | 
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| ~ Unknown (Potentially Benedict Baker) |
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I met him, fifteen years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes... the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realised that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply... evil. |
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| ~ Dr. Sam Loomis |
| The Shape | |
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| Name | Michael Myers |
| Game Alias(es) | "Boogeyman"
"Stalker" |
| Gender | Man |
| Origin | American |
| Realm | Haddonfield |
| Power | Evil Within |
| Power Attack Type | Basic Attack |
| Weapon | Kitchen Knife |
Movement Speed   |
110 % | 4.4 m/s (Evil Within I) |
| Alternate Movement speed | 115 % | 4.6 m/s (Evil Within II & III) |
Terror Radius  |
32m (Evil Within I)
16m (Evil Within II) 32m (Evil Within III) |
Height   |
Tall |
| DLC | CHAPTER 2: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter |
| Voice Actor | Frédéric Poirier (BHVR) |
| Cost | 500 Auric Cells  
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| Breathing | |
| Menu Music | |
| Terror Radius Music | |
| CharID | K05 |
Michael Myers or "The Shape" is one of 39 Killers
currently featured in Dead by Daylight
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He was introduced as the Killer of CHAPTER 2: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter, a Chapter DLC released on 25 October 2016.
He originates from the 1978 Horror Movie franchise with the same name, Halloween.
Overview
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The Shape lurks in the distance, patiently biding his time. His evil builds while stalking Survivors, fuelling him with malevolent power. As the Trial progresses, The Shape evolves from a quiet menace to an unstoppable juggernaut capable of shredding through even the most resilient teams. |
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The Shape is a haunting Killer, intent on monitoring Survivors from a distance to feed his Power. The more he stalks, the stronger and faster he becomes.
His personal Perks, Save the Best for Last
, Play with Your Food
, and Dying Light
, select one Survivor to become his Obsession and will trigger deadly effects based on their status.
Difficulty Rating: Moderate
(These Killers require the Player to be comfortable with the basics of the role, though they share common mechanics with easier ones)
Lore
Some humans are simply bad seeds. Seeds infused with a distilled and pure form of evil.
Michael Myers is one of those seeds. He had no issues with causing the pain of others. Instead, it was exactly what he sought. But even life can be tough on those with minds filled with terror. The difference is just how one goes about to solve those problems. For Michael, he had to kill to find some inner peace. As he took his sister’s life, the police found a silent boy dressed as a clown at the scene.
When one stumbles upon a growing fire, one does not pour gasoline on it. But this was an action taken by officials that had no idea how it would shape this demon in the boy's body. Sending Michael to a mental institution was a feeble attempt to save the child. Unsuccessful therapy and nightly screams just made him even more introverted and deranged.
People hoped that Michael Myers would end up a parenthesis, soon to be forgotten and buried, a failure that soon were to rot away. But then...he escaped.
Load-out
Unique Perks
The Shape comes with 3 Perks
that are unique to him:
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Dying Light | Each time you hook a Survivor other than your Obsession   , you gain +1 Token:
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. "This isn't a man..." — Dr Sam Loomis |
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Play with Your Food | Each time you chase your Obsession and let them escape, Play with Your Food gains +1 Token, up to a maximum of 3 Tokens.
Performing Basic Attacks, or Special Attacks that can damage Survivors, consumes -1 Token. Play with Your Food has a cool-down of 10 seconds on Token-accumulation. You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time. "You've fooled them, haven't you Michael? But not me." — Dr Sam Loomis |
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Save the Best for Last | Damaging any Survivor other than the Obsession with a Basic Attack causes Save the Best for Last to gain +1 Token, up to a maximum of 6/7/8 Tokens. Damaging the Obsession with either a Basic or Special Attack causes Save the Best for Last to lose -2 Tokens:
Save the Best for Last freezes its current Token Count once the Obsession is sacrificed or killed. "Death has come to your little town, Sheriff." — Dr Sam Loomis |
Prestige
Prestiging The Shape will automatically add Tier I of his Unique Perks to the inventories of all other Killers and unlock the ability for their higher-tiered versions to spawn in their Bloodweb
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Prestige The Shape twice more to automatically add Tier II and Tier III respectively into the other Killers' inventories.
Weapon: Kitchen Knife
The Kitchen Knife is the Primary Weapon of The Shape.
An oversized blade with devastatingly sharp edges.
Power: Evil Within
"The darkness inside feeds his determination to take the life of his prey."
SPECIAL ABILITY: EVIL WITHIN
Evil Within is a tiered Power and requires Evil drained from Survivors in order to tier it up.
Evil Within I has the following permanent effects until a tier-up:
- Grants the Undetectable
Status Effect. - Reduces the Movement speed to 4.4 m/s.
- Reduces the range of the Lunge Attack.
- This is achieved by reducing its open time to 0.2 seconds.
- Provides the default Vaulting time of 1.7 seconds.
Evil Within II has the following permanent effects until a tier-up:
- Reduces the Terror Radius to 16 metres.
- Provides the default Movement speed of 4.6 m/s.
- Provides the default range of the Lunge Attack.
- This is achieved by setting its open time to 0.5 seconds.
- Reduces the Vaulting time to 1.48 seconds.
Evil Within III has the following effects for 60 seconds, after which it automatically regresses back to Evil Within II:
- Causes all Survivors to suffer from the Exposed
Status Effect. - Provides the default Terror Radius of 32 metres.
- Increases the range of the Lunge Attack.
- This is achieved by increasing its open time to 0.6 seconds.
- Reduces the Vaulting time to 1.275 seconds.
SPECIAL ABILITY: STALKING
Press and hold the Power button to start Stalking:
- Reduces the Walking speed to 20 % of the default speed during Active Stalking.
- Reduces the Walking speed to 60 % of the default speed during Passive Stalking.
- Highlights the outline of Survivors within a range of 2.5 to 39.85 metres of The Shape.
- The colour of their highlight indicates the amount of evil left to drain from them, ranging from white (full) to red (drained).
Stalking drains Evil from whichever highlighted Survivor is in closest proximity to The Shape and fills the Power Gauge.
The closer a Survivor is to The Shape the slower the Evil is drained from them, down to a lower limit of 60 % of the default rate.
Power Trivia
Movement Speeds:
- Walking while Active Stalking: 0.92 m/s
- This is achieved by applying a multiplier of x0.2 to his Walking speed.
- Walking while Passive Stalking: 2.76 m/s
- This is achieved by applying a multiplier of x0.6 to his Walking speed.
- Walking while in Evil Within I: 4.4 m/s
- This is achieved by applying a multiplier of x0.956522 to his Walking speed.
- Walking while in Evil Within II or III: 4.6 m/s
Stalk Points (SP):
- Tier-up threshold for EW2: 3 SP
- Tier-up threshold for EW3: 5 SP
- Stalk Points pool: 80 SP (technically 80.4 SP)
- This pool is divided equally across all Survivors who load into the Trial.
In a regular ranked Trial, this amounts to each Survivor having 20 SP (technically 20.1 SP) that can be drained by The Shape.
- This pool is divided equally across all Survivors who load into the Trial.
Power-Depletion Mechanic:
- This mechanic automatically drains the Power Gauge whenever Tier III ends, resetting it to Tier II.
- Penalty: -5 SP
- As this penalty never changes, Add-ons that modify the threshold to reach Tier III have the side effect of the Power Gauge only being partially drained.
Stalking:
- Stalk range: 2.5 to 39.85 metres
- Survivors outside this range will still be highlighted, but no Evil will be drained from them.
- Stalk rate: x0.6 to x1
- The rate changes proportionally depending on the current range to the stalked Survivor.
Outline Colours:
- The amount of Stalk Points a Survivor has left is indicated to The Shape by the colour of their outline when stalking them.
- The colour ranges from white (20 SP) to red (0 SP).
Power Audio
| Tier-up from Evil Within I Tier-down from Evil Within III |
Tier-up to Evil Within III |
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| Alternate Tier-up sound cue (unused) |
Tier-up Imminent warning (no longer used*) |
* This audio cue used to warn Survivors actively being stalked by The Shape that his next Tier-up was imminent (Power Gauge at ~85 %).
It was disabled after a couple of Patches as the Developers considered it too much information for the Survivors.
Add-ons for Evil Within
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Blond Hair | A single slightly wavy blond hair.
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Boyfriend's Memo | A "romantic", if slightly sleazy, note left around to draw the attention of a female lover.
While in Evil Within I, you benefit from the following effect:
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Memorial Flower | A partially faded and dried pink larkspur picked up from a gravestone.
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Tacky Earrings | A very cheap piece of jewellery made from plastic. Painted to resemble precious material.
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Dead Rabbit | A grey rabbit which has been opened from neck to tail.
Adjusts the Terror Radius
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Glass Fragment | A tiny piece of tinted glass, probably from a broken object. It is impossible to determine its origin. While in Evil Within I, stalking Survivors for at least 1 second triggers the following effect:
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Hair Brush | A nylon bristle brush used to add body and softness to hair.
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Jewellery | A large necklace made of beads an inexpensive metals. One of Judith's favourites.
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Reflective Fragment | A tiny piece of a highly reflective material most probably from a broken mirror.
While in Evil Within II, stalking Survivors for at least 1 second triggers the following effect:
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Hair Bow | A blue tartan ribbon used to tie hair.
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J. Myers Memorial | A glossy page ripped from the 1965 Haddonfield High School yearbook, one dedicated to the memory of Judith Myers.
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Jewellery Box | A barren wooden box in which vanity items were once stored.
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Judith's Journal | A journal identified as owned by Judith M. Myers. Most of the pages are defaced with frightening and disturbing drawings. While Stalking the Obsession
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Mirror Shard | A large and sharp piece of a broken mirror.
While in Evil Within II, stalking Survivors for at least 1 second triggers the following effect:
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Lock of Hair | A cut lock of blond hair bunched with a black elastic.
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Scratched Mirror | A standing portable vanity mirror which has been violently scratched with a sharp metallic object.
Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability while Stalking:
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Tombstone Piece | A fist-sized granite piece taken from a broken tombstone.
While in Evil Within III and within arm's reach of a healthy or injured Survivor, press the Attack button to kill them.
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Vanity Mirror | A standing portable vanity mirror in perfect condition except for a fine layer of dust and face powder covering it.Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability while Stalking:
Hitting Survivors with your Basic Attack grants the following bonus Bloodpoints:
Evil Within cannot progress past Tier II. |
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Fragrant Tuft of Hair | A tuft of blond hair which was forcefully torn off someone's scalp. Releases hints of feminine floral fragrance.
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Judith's Tombstone | A large and heavy granite tombstone stolen from Mt. Sinclair cemetery, belonging to Judith Myers.
While in Evil Within III and within arm's reach of a healthy or injured Survivor, press the Attack button to kill them.
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Achievements
There are 3 Achievements related to The Shape:
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Adept Shape | Playing as The Shape, achieve a Merciless Victory using only his 3 Unique Perks: Save the Best for Last, Play with Your Food, and Dying Light |
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Evil Incarnate | Playing as The Shape   , kill all Survivors by your own hands with Evil Within III   in a single Trial.
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The Man Behind the Bush | Playing as The Shape, tier up Evil Within a total of 300 times / 100 times (For consoles) by stalking Survivors.
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Cosmetic Options
Players can choose from a variety of Cosmetic options to customise The Shape:
Base Cosmetics
Default
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Boogeyman Mask | 
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Common | An expressionless, white latex Halloween mask. |
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Overalls | 
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Common | Everyday workman overalls. |
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Kitchen Knife | 
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Common | An oversized blade with devastatingly sharp edges. |
Prestige
| Icon | Name | Body | Rarity | Description | Additional Notes |
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Red On White Mask |
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Rare | Inhale the stench of blood over the stink of latex. | Prestige Level 6 Reward |
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Disgusting Overalls |
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Rare | It's hard to keep the fabric clean at such close quarters. | Prestige Level 5 Reward |
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Gore Blade |
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Rare | The blood of victims seems to pulse within the blade itself. | Prestige Level 4 Reward |
Perk Charms
| Prestige Level 7 Reward | Prestige Level 8 Reward | Prestige Level 9 Reward |
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In-Game Store
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Contains
Name
Collection Name
Release Date
Price
 Description
Death has come to your little town.
800
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 Piece
Name
Collection
The uniform for patients' of Smith's Grove Sanitarium, this one has been torn during a successful escape.
400
 Piece
Name
Collection
The knife used during the 1963 murder of Judith Myers by her six-year-old brother, Michael Myers. The blade is still stained with blood.
400
 Piece
Name
 Flathead Skullpiercer
Not a typical weapon, but with enough force it could gouge an eye socket or split through a skull.
400
 Piece
Name
Unbreakable Pipe
An old metal pipe that's as solid as the day it was made. With a strong arm it could cause significant blunt trauma.
400
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DLC
The Shape is part of 2 DLC:
Change Log
Hotfix 1.2.1e
- Nerf: removed the ability to stalk multiple Survivors simultaneously.
- Now, only the closest highlighted Survivor will be drained of Evil and fill the Power Gauge.
Patch 2.1.0
- Buff: increased the Walking speed in Evil Within I from 4.14 m/s to 4.2 m/s.
- Quality of Life: standardised the Carrying speed to be equal across all Killers (used to be dependent on the default Walking speeds).
Patch 2.3.0
- Quality of Life: reduced the SFX of his footsteps to make him stealthier and facilitate sneaking up on Survivors.
Patch 3.3.1
- Change: updated The Shape with a Undetectable Status Effect while in Evil Within I, usurping the Tier's old effects and expanding on them.
- This, however, also had the negative effect that The Shape is no longer immune to non-Aura-based Detection Perks that provide Survivors with other cues.
Patch 4.1.2
- Nerf: removed the ability to stalk Survivors while in Evil Within III.
Patch 5.7.0
- Change: tweaked some values related to the Stalking ability due to a technical rework of the mechanic.
Patch 6.6.0
- Quality of Life: performing his Mini-Mori with the Tombstone Add-ons now also removes the HUD elements.
Patch 7.3.3
- Undocumented Change: changed the Killer's POV during a Memento Mori from first person to third person, making it identical to that of the Survivor.
Patch 8.4.0
- Buff: increased the default Walking speed while in Evil Within I from 4.2 m/s to 4.4 m/s.
- Buff: effectively doubled the available pool of Evil from 40 points to 80 points.
- The pool is still distributed evenly across all Survivors present at the start of the Trial.
- Buff: reduced the amount of Evil needed to reach Evil Within II from 5 points to 3 points.
- Rework: reworked the distance-based multiplier of the Stalking ability.
- increased the multiplier for Stalking from afar from x0.1 to x1.
- reduced the multiplier for Stalking from close-by from x1 to x0.4.
- These last two changes effectively reverse the Stalking behaviour, now favouring The Shape Stalking Survivors from afar over from close-by.
- Undocumented Change: changed the Terror Radius in Evil Within I from 6 metres to 32 metres.
- Since the Undetectable Status Effect overrides this at all times, this change is inconsequential.
Patch 8.4.1
- Buff: increased the multiplier for Stalking from close-by from x0.4 to x0.6.
Trivia
- The Shape was the first Killer to be introduced as a paid DLC and as a licensed Character.
- The Shape's in-game name is a reference to the original 1978 movie: during the credits, his character is credited as "The Shape".
- The Shape was the first, and for a long time only Killer, to feature a unique Terror Radius and Chase Music.
- All of the music featured in the game are renditions of tracks from the original 1978 Halloween OST.
- The Menu jingle as well as the Tier-up sound cues are based off of snippets from the "Halloween Main Theme".
- The Terror Radius/Chase Music is an original rendition of "The Shape Stalks".
- The Tier-up Warning sound cue (no longer in use) is based on "The Hedge".
- All of the music featured in the game are renditions of tracks from the original 1978 Halloween OST.
- The Shape was the first Killer to feature a Power gauge.
- The Shape was the second Killer to wear a face mask.
- The Shape has a small animated trail behind his knife when he swings.
- The Shape features standard boots in Dead by Daylight, whereas in the film, he can be seen wearing Green Vietnam Combat Jungle Boots.
Memento Mori
- The Shape's Memento Mori is likely a reference to how he kills Bob Simms in the 1978 film Halloween.
He grabs Bob with his left hand, lifts Bob up and then stabs him. - The Shape was the first Killer to have two Memento Mori animations.
- Killing Survivors using his Tombstone Piece
or Judith's Tombstone
Add-ons, The Shape grabs them from behind, turns them around, and lifts them up before stabbing them. - Killing Survivors using Perks or Offerings
, The Shape lifts the downed Survivor by their neck up from the ground before stabbing them.
- Killing Survivors using his Tombstone Piece
- The Shape was the first Killer with a unique way to kill Survivors.
- The Shape was the first Killer that can Mori the Survivors regardless of how many times they had been hooked in a Trial.
Voice Actor
- The Shape is voiced by Frédéric Poirier, who at that time worked as the Senior Sound Designer on the Game.
- The Shape shares his voice-actor with Felix Richter
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- The Shape shares his voice-actor with Felix Richter
Portrait
- Like all Killers, The Shape received a new Character Portrait with Patch 7.1.0.
However, the current version, released with Patch 7.2.0, was the second iteration of that Portrait due to some grievances the Community had had with the previous iteration:- The first iteration featured The Shape holding up his knife and staring at it, which many Community members deemed "too comical".
- The second iteration is now more reminiscent of his slasher-pose featured in the original promotional art for the release of CHAPTER 2: The HALLOWEEN® Chapter in 2016.
Gallery
For more go to the Shape's Gallery
In-game assets
The Shape
The Shape (Portrait render)
The Shape (Background image)
Official art
Old assets
The Shape's original portrait
The Shape's portrait between PTBs 7.1.0 and 7.2.0
Screenshots
Fan art
The Shape's Fan Art (Made By Anin00tLikesThings)
Others
A plotted graph showing how distance affects the Tier-up time of Evil Within (applicable up to Patch 8.3.2)
