Naturally, they're all resistant to Burn. Trinkets favour Burn heroes (namely Arsonist) and high speed heroes like Jester.Įnemies primarily deal Burn and Stress damage, so Plague Doctor, Jester, and/or Man at Arms are recommended, as are items that deal with both. Naturally, you'll want this for a crit-heavy team that can deal with Burn (likely via Plague Doctor's Battlefield Medicine). The Complete Catalogue trophy, in contrast, is a niche item that applies 3 Burn to enemies upon crit while cursing your team with a 25% chance to start with 3 Burn at combat start. And if you're early in your run, it's great for tracking down Shrines of Reflection. This is more powerful than some give it credit for, as information is potent in Darkest Dungeon 2, allowing you to optimize each region fully, yielding indirect benefits to combat prowess. The Unabriged Edition trophy increases scouting by 100%, meaning you'll always know where you're going. Physical (block tokens, weak, vulnerable, strength, etc) * Drummer (buffs) * Arbalest (range) * Bishop (resurrect) * General's Dream (Immobilizes your team and doubles corpse damage) Shy away from skills like Point Blank and dancing comps in general.

The boss likes to immobilize you, so it's best if your comp doesn't like to move (or at least doesn't need to). Blight and Bleed are the common debuffs here, so pack items and skills that deal with them, while enemies are resistant to Bleed.

Naturally, it's better to simply be a damage over time comp instead. Block tokens are common, so physical comps will want skills and items that deal with them, or some damage over time to mitigate this weakness. Corpse removal is handy to push the backline up and to shut off the Bishop's resurrection. The corpse damage is often incidental but could be welcome if your team otherwise lacks corpse removal but not an AoE (thus making it double as corpse removal).Īs for enemies, common backline nuisances like the Drummer and Arabalest mean you'll want a comp that can hit the backline reliably. uses skills like Point Blank) as they can just use their best skills at all times, not needing to reposition (in turn freeing up room for more skills they couldn't otherwise use). Both are strong for any comp Dream is especially effective with a dancing team (i.e. The Nightmare's End trophy given by the Lair boss in The Tangle reduces trinket prices by 75%, while General's Dream immobilizes your team and doubles corpse damage.

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