The Shape
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The Shape (Michael Myers)
Lore Overview
Some are born broken. Others are born evil. Michael Myers was something far worse—a void given form, a vessel for pure, unfeeling darkness.
From a young age, his world was silent, cold, and detached. On one fateful Halloween night, that emptiness took shape when he murdered his sister in cold blood. Found at the scene, masked and motionless, the boy’s blank stare held no remorse—only the quiet satisfaction of release.
Hoping to contain the evil, authorities locked him away in Smith’s Grove Sanitarium, where endless therapy sessions and isolation only fed the thing inside him. Michael spoke to no one. He simply waited. Until, one night, he vanished.
Now, he moves through the Fog as The Shape, a silent, unstoppable force that hunts without purpose or passion. There is no reasoning with him, no escaping his gaze. When you feel the weight of those empty eyes upon you, know this—evil never dies. It only waits for its next breath.
Each time you hook a Survivor other than your Obsession, you gain +1 Token:
For as long as the Obsession is alive, all other Survivors suffer from a stack-able 2/2.5/3 % per Token Action Speed penalty to Repairing, Healing, and Sabotaging, up to a maximum of 22/27.5/33 % or 11 Tokens.
The Obsession is unaffected by this penalty and instead granted a permanent +33 % Action Speed bonus to Unhooking and Healing other Survivors.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
“This isn’t a man…” — Dr Sam Loomis
Dying Light
Play with your Food
Losing your Obsession
in a chase causes Play with Your Food to gain +1 Token, up to a maximum of 3 Tokens, and performing a Basic or Special Attack with the potential to damage a Survivor causes it to lose -1 Token.
While having at least 1 Token, you benefit from the following effect:
Grants a stack-able Haste 3/4/5 % Status Effect per Token, up to a maximum of 9/12/15 %.
Play with Your Food has a cool-down of 10 seconds between gaining additional Tokens.
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
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:
Grants a stack-able -4 % per Token Cool-down time reduction on successful Basic Attacks, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
Save the Best for Last freezes its current Token Count once the Obsession is sacrificed or killed.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
“Death has come to your little town, Sheriff.” — Dr Sam Loomis
Save the Best for Last
Shape Builds
Aggressive Early-Game Pressure
“Stalk & Slash”
Lethal Pursuer
Nemesis Perk
You have been designed to track down and eliminate targets.
At the start of the Trial, the Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 7/8/9 seconds.
- Extends the duration of all instances of a Survivor Aura being revealed to you by +2 seconds.
Lethal Pursuer benefits from its own effect.
“…it knows what it wants and won’t stop till it gets it.” — Carlos Oliveira
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance
Artist Perk
(Strong early pressure and slowdown when used right with your birds.)
Overwhelming pain reverberates outwards.
At the start of the Trial, 4 random Hooks are changed into Scourge Hooks:
- The Auras of Scourge Hooks are revealed to you in white.
You start the Trial with 4 Tokens on Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance.
Each time a Survivor is hooked on a Scourge Hook for the first time, 1 Token is consumed and the following effects apply:
- The Generator with the most Progression explodes and instantly regresses by 10/15/20 % of its total Progression.
- Normal Generator Regression applies afterwards.
- All Survivors repairing that Generator will scream, but not reveal their location.
Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance is disabled for the remainder of the Trial once all Tokens are consumed.
“The pain spills beyond flesh/darkness staining the horizon.” — Girl in the Shadow by Carmina Mora
Coup de Grâce
Twins Perk
As the end nears, you go in for the kill.
Whenever a Generator
is completed, Coup de Grâce gains +2 Tokens, up to a maximum of 10 Tokens per Trial:
Increases the range of your next Lunge Attack by 70/75/80 %, while consuming -1 Token.
Coup de Grâce can only hold a maximum of 5 Tokens at a time.
Deadlock (No Holds Barred)
Cenobite Perk
You induce mental suffering by crushing any hope of escape.
Whenever a Generator is completed, The Entity blocks the Generator with the most progression for 15/20/25 seconds.
- The Aura of the blocked Generator is revealed to you in white during this time.
“Nobody escapes us.” — Pinhead
Add-ons
J. Myers Memorial
“A glossy page ripped from the 1965 Haddonfield High School yearbook, one dedicated to the memory of Judith Myers.”
While in Evil Incarnate, the following effect applies:
Increases the speed of Picking up and Hooking Survivors by +40 %.
Hair Bow
“A blue tartan ribbon used to tie hair.”
Modifies Evil Incarnate with the following effects:
Increases the duration of Evil Incarnate by +20 seconds.
Reduces the Power speed of Stalking by -20 %.
Late-Game Dominance
“Endgame Executioner”
Save the Best for Last
Shape Perk
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:
Grants a stack-able -4 % per Token Cool-down time reduction on successful Basic Attacks, up to a maximum of 24/28/32 %.
Save the Best for Last freezes its current Token Count once the Obsession is sacrificed or killed.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
“Death has come to your little town, Sheriff.” — Dr Sam Loomis
Nowhere to Hide
Knight Perk
The machinations of the weak and craven draw your ire.
Your anger forces Survivors to reveal themselves.
Performing the Damage Generator action on a Generator triggers Nowhere to Hide:
- The Auras of all Survivors within 24 metres of your location are revealed to you for 3/4/5 seconds.
“Out with you, cowards! Show yourselves!” — Tarhos Kovács
Bitter Murmur
General Perk
Unlocks potential in your Aura-reading ability.
Whenever a Generator is completed, Bitter Murmur triggers its primary effect:
The Auras of any Survivors within 16 metres of that Generator are revealed to you for 5 seconds.
Once the last Generator is completed, Bitter Murmur triggers its secondary effect:
The Auras of all Survivors are revealed to you for 5/7/10 seconds.
Sloppy Butcher
General Perk
“You know where to hit to make them bleed.”
Survivors hit with your vicious Basic Attack suffer from the following effects for 70/80/90 seconds:
Inflicts the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects.
Modifies the potency of Haemorrhage:
Increases the Spawn frequency of Pools of Blood by 50/75/100 %.
Increases the Regression rate of partial Healing progression by +25 %.
“It is in its sadistic nature. There is no swift kill as it delights in the obscene spectacle of our agonising suffering.”
Add-ons
Memorial Flower
“A partially faded and dried pink larkspur picked up from a gravestone.”
Modifies Stalker Mode with the following effect:
Increases your Movement speed to 4.4 m/s.
Dead Rabbit
“A grey rabbit which has been opened from neck to tail.”
Adjusts the Terror Radius, depending on the current Mode of Evil Within:
Pursuer Mode: Reduces it by -25 %.
Evil Incarnate: Increases it by +25 %.
Slowdown + Attrition Control
"The Long Night"
Sloppy Butcher
General Perk
“You know where to hit to make them bleed.”
Survivors hit with your vicious Basic Attack suffer from the following effects for 70/80/90 seconds:
Inflicts the Haemorrhage and Mangled Status Effects.
Modifies the potency of Haemorrhage:
Increases the Spawn frequency of Pools of Blood by 50/75/100 %.
Increases the Regression rate of partial Healing progression by +25 %.
“It is in its sadistic nature. There is no swift kill as it delights in the obscene spectacle of our agonising suffering.”
Corrupt Intervention
Plague Perk
Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors’ chances of survival.
At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
“It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful.” — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
Hex: Ruin
Hag Perk
A Hex that affects the Generator Repair progress of all Survivors.
- Whenever a Generator is not being repaired by a Survivor, it will immediately and automatically regress its Repair progress at 50/75/100 % of the normal Regression speed.
All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
“A curse is upon you. It will cause your ruin.”
Deadlock (No Holds Barred)
Cenobite (General) Perk
Whenever a Generator is repaired to 70 %, you benefit from the following effects:
- Triggers a Loud Noise Notification for that Generator, revealing its location.
- Grants the Undetectable Status Effect for the next 12/14/16 seconds.
Tinkerer can only trigger once per Generator per Trial.
“The Hillbilly makes impressive tools out of scraps. Tools aimed at maiming us in creative ways.” — Notebook
Add-ons
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:
The Auras of all Survivors within 32 metres of your location are revealed to you.
Hitting Survivors with your Basic Attack grants the following bonus Bloodpoints:
Brutality Scoring Category: +100 %
Deviousness Scoring Category: +200 %
Evil Within loses the ability to exit Stalker Mode.
Memorial Flower
A partially faded and dried pink larkspur picked up from a gravestone.
- Increases your Stalk rate by +11 %.
Instant Down and Elimination
“Tombstone Terror”
Corrupt Intervention
Plague Perk
Your prayers invoke a dark power that meddles with the Survivors’ chances of survival.
At the start of the Trial, the 3 Generators located farthest from you are blocked by The Entity for 80/100/120 seconds.
Corrupt Intervention deactivates prematurely once the first Survivor is put into the Dying State.
“It shall be known across the land that the Gods curse the unfaithful.” — (The Tablet of Adiris, 3.7)
Make Your Choice
Pig Perk
Whenever a Survivor is rescued from a Hook, while you are farther than 32 metres away, Make Your Choice activates:
Causes the unhooking Survivor to scream and reveal their location to you.
Causes them to suffer from the Exposed Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds.
Make Your Choice has a cooldown of 40/50/60 seconds.
“You’d be surprised what tools can save a life.” — Amanda Young
Hex: Devour Hope
Hag Perk
A Hex rooting its power on hope.
The false hope of Survivors ignites your hunger.
Whenever a Survivor is rescued from a Hook while you are at least 24 metres away, Hex: Devour Hope is granted +1 Token, up to a maximum of 5 Tokens:
2 Tokens: Grants a 3/4/5 % Haste Status Effect for 10 seconds after 10 seconds of having hooked a Survivor.
3 Tokens: Causes all Survivors to suffer from a permanent Exposed Status Effect.
5 Tokens: Grants the ability to kill all Survivors by your own hand.
All effects of the Hex Perk persist until its Hex Totem is cleansed or blessed.
“If you do nothing, you have their blood on your hands. If you save them, her hunger grows.”
Nemesis
Oni Perk
“You seek retribution on those who have wronged you.”
Whenever a Survivor other than your Obsession
blinds you by any means or stuns you with a Pallet or a Locker, Nemesis triggers its primary effect:
Causes that Survivor to become your current Obsession.
Whenever your Obsession switches to a different Survivor by any means, Nemesis triggers its secondary effects:
Causes that Survivor to suffer from the Oblivious Status Effect for 40/50/60 seconds.
Their Aura is revealed to you for 8 seconds.
You can only be obsessed with one Survivor at a time.
“Only a fool would spit in a demon’s face and declare victory.” — Renjiro’s Doctrine 4:9
Add-ons
Judith's Tombstone
“A large and heavy granite tombstone stolen from Mt. Sinclair cemetery, belonging to Judith Myers.”
Modifies Evil Incarnate with the following effects:
Hooking a Survivor while in Evil Incarnate will refresh its duration.
Caps the maximum duration of Evil Incarnate at 40 seconds.
“Here lies our beloved daughter.”
Hair Brush
“A nylon bristle brush used to add body and softness to hair.”
When Evil Incarnate activates, Hair Brush triggers its effect:
Increases the Action speed of the next Pallet break action by +50 %.