I recently mentioned that I’m not the best Chucky player during an online chat, to which someone replied, But you’re a P74! Until then I ‘d never given much thought to Prestige levels. I’ve always judged a player’s skill on their gameplay; and since the Dead by Daylight MMR (Matchmaking Rating) is based on skill, the people you play with and against should be around the same level as you.
However, despite the Prestige level having nothing to do with MMR, people often look at it to determine how good a player should be. To understand why this isn’t the best way to go about it, you need to understand what the Prestige Level means.
What is a Prestige Level
The Prestige level shows how many times a person cleared out a level on the Bloodweb. The Bloodweb is where players use Blood Points to purchase perks and offerings for a specific character. Since Blood Points are earned during the game, it seems as if they can be attributed to a player’s skill. However, Blood Points are specific to a player and not any single character. This means Blood Points earned while playing any killer or survivor can be used to advance any other killer or survivor.
While this may not be a big deal for someone who plays survivor exclusively, the same can’t be said for killers. The differences between survivors are subtle, but each killer has their own unique power, play style, and movement. So even if you play killer exclusively, Blood Points earned playing Trickster don’t represent earned skill from time played on another killer. So if you earn Blood Points on Trickster and spend them on Chucky, they mean nothing as far as skill is concerned. All it means is that you have a decent number of perks and add-ons for Chucky. Because of that, your Prestige Level is useless information.
So if the Prestige Level means nothing, how can you judge how well other players in a match are? All you can do is go by how well you thought they’d played.
However, if you want to know how well you’re performing, you can go to Dead by Daylight | Statistics and sign up for a free account. After connecting your game with the Dead by Daylight servers, you can view your statistics for killer and survivor. Stats are refreshed daily, and mine are a day behind. More on this below.
The Kill Rate
The Dead by Daylight website displays a general overview of your games. It’s a lot to take in, so I suggest concentrating on the killer you’re currently playing. Since every killer has the same objective, we’re going to concentrate on the Kill Rate.
Behavior likes to keep a global Kill Rate of 60% across the board to keep the game balanced. So if you’re close to 60%, you can consider yourself an average killer. Anything above that means you’re gameplay is close to players like Negoose, Tafie, Stalky Boi, etc…
As you can see from the image above, my Kill Rate is 54.6%. Although that isn’t a bad Kill Rate, I was a P78 at the time. Since being a P100 is the goal, my Prestige Level should be lower based on my Kill Rate. This is more proof that your Prestige Level means nothing.
If you want to know how the Kill Rate is calculated, I have that information below.
Kill Rate Calculation
Since there are four survivors per match, you take your games played and multiply it by four. You then divide your number of kills into the games played. Total Kills / (Matches Played * 4) = Kill Rate.
In the image above, I played 668 trials, so my Matches Played is 2,672 (668 * 4). My Total Kills are 1,459. The calculation is 1,459/2,672=0.546. To get the full percentage, multiply that by 100 (0.0546 * 100 = 54.6%).
The End Result
The best way to track your skill level in Dead by Daylight is to look at and understand your stats. And if the game keeps matching you with unskilled players, it may be because you’re not as good as you think you are.