#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist upgrade#
#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist full#
#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist free#

In spite of all this, it's not unusably bad, but it's clearly a lot worse than it was in DD1. And to top it off, it's not even better on average than Battlefield Medicine like how Wyrd beat out Grace in DD1. and unlike DD1, the bleed chance it quite considerable. So not only can you roll 0 but you can only use it when you're at risk of dying.

#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist upgrade#

The heal is also really bad until you upgrade it, and even with an upgrade it comes with a steep <33% HP condition. It can consume two power to guarantee a crit, which is kind of insulting because you can still roll 0 (even if it means the return of funny haha crit 0). Chaotic Offering is much more usable you get one Power when you use it and another on your next turn and the few turns after, so you get your Power-based skills online relatively quickly. Both gain Power against a combo'd target when upgraded but you need two Power to get anything done with it so you still need to rely on the secondary source to get anything done with it. Binding Shadows is RNG so I don't need to explain why it sucks (although you can use it from rank 4 so it's okay as an emergency finisher. Sacrificial Stab needs to kill an enemy to get Power-difficult due to its awful damage and very much a 'win more' button even when it works. The primary means of generating these are the two stabs and Chaotic Offering. The pull mixed with the combo is a little awkward if you're trying to apply combo for, say, a Leper but it's still a lot of neat tricks in a single package.Ī lot of Occultist's kit now is focused around Unchecked Power tokens. It's one of the few ways of applying Combo without Mastery investment, it does okay damage, it can clear corpses even when it misses, and it also pulls. They're not the best skills but I like them.ĭaemon's Pull is also really strong. It's a little more reliable in a vacuum than Hex as it has guaranteed payoff in the form of Combo. Weakening Curse is also pretty nice defensively as it's one of very few ways of getting rid of a crit token-they're rare, but nasty when they show up.

Hex is a fantastic anti-dodge skill (considerably better than an AoE IMO) that can help a damage dealer do better, although it's a little unimpressive against a target without Dodge as if the Vuln gets resisted it does nothing. Vulnerability Hex and Weakening Curse are my normal go-tos.

#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist free#

Feel free to swap for Harvest, however I would suggest that taking both would be unnecessary as they essentially do the same job.Occultist was more of a support than a healer or damage dealer in DD1 and it largely remains the same in DD2, even though his kit has gotten some sizeable revamps. Slice OffĮffectively a single target version of Harvest that does slightly more direct damage and 1 more point of bleed per turn at the cost of targeting a single enemy. Use it, the Use Finale to get him out of harms way.

Solo gives the Jester huge buffs to Finale damage and Crits but at the cost of moving him right in harms way and marking him to boot. Looking at the stats above it should be apparent that Solo should be used for one thing and one thing only to tee up for a next turn Finale after having built it up with his other abilities already. We will tackle this more in our Grand Performance build below, but suffice it to say that if used wisely, Finale can easily change the course of a battle.

#Darkest dungeon 2 occultist full#

-25 Dodge, -3 Speed, +100 Stress (1 Battle)įinale is the highest damage dealing ability that Jester has in his kit but one that needs to be used carefully as it comes with significant draw backs and can only reach its full potential when prepared properly.As an added bonus it once again boosts the strength of finale by 30% and you can probably see where I will be going with our example build… HarvestĪ real solid base skill for any Jester, which allows him to quickly pile on the pressure on the middle slot damage dealers by reliably ticking up their bleed procs each turn. It also gives Finale a decent 30% damage boost but if one is not taking Finale its usefulness is limited. It works well when used in conjunction with Finale because it allows the Jester to reposition and given that Finale can only be used in the front to positions, Dirk Stab means you will never be locked out from using it. While Dirk stab will not blow anyone away with its damage (but at least it does 100%), it’s actually quite useful in a couple of ways.