Most of these are basic tutorial messages stuff. I wish there more "Veteran Tips" like region bleed resistance stuff. Guide is good but mostly is for new players.
@user-lc7md4zt7j3 күн бұрын
Whose your least favorite of the five act bosses? Gotta be seething sigh for me, I feel like all the other bosses allow a wide variety of strategies and team comps when it comes to dealing with them but the sigh practically forces you to run either Highwayman or Hellion because barely anyone else can hit rank 4 consistently. I dunno, maybe I'm just bad, but I absolutely despise that boss.
@Mariner_Hawk2 күн бұрын
For me, it's Act 4 pretty easily. The game has a pretty limited ways of dealing with riposte, so phase 3 will just murder you. I've spent most of my hours on Stygian or Bastard's Beacon so maybe that's where that opinion comes from haha. You're absolutely right about the lungs though, it's pretty restrictive because of the back lung. The blinds and the weakens can be frustrating too because even if you run like a hellion or HWM, them missing or not doing enough damage can still ruin it. So even when you run the right hero, it can feel bad. For what it's worth, if you have it unlocked I go the Tick pet on Act 2 every time, having The Blood to bail you out of a potentially bad round can really be a life saver. It's good for bursting the body while it starts using deep breath also
@snookiesmith75494 күн бұрын
Great tutorial as always One more helpful tip If your slowest character is the only character who has the vines after you cleared one you can wait and not clear it until he gets double vines next turn It will delay the waking dead attack from him and give you more actions to play around with
@Mariner_Hawk3 күн бұрын
Thank you! Yeah you're definitely right, I realized later fighting the general that I should have explained that delaying the waking dead for a turn with your slowest hero can make a big difference, good call
@_-pf_gd-_5 күн бұрын
Do one on how to get this darkest cocck out of my dungeon ass
@Mariner_Hawk13 күн бұрын
By the way, one thing I forgot to add into the video: IF YOU HAVE LEVEL 3 STRANGLE, IT DOES DAMAGE EACH TURN. This means it can kill one of your heroes, I'm definitely not typing this because it just happened to me in a run haha :)
@doctordice2doctordice21017 күн бұрын
It's interesting how the bosses sorta try to test your team composition in different ways
@Mariner_Hawk17 күн бұрын
@@doctordice2doctordice210 I think it's really tricky from a dev perspective to make 4 bosses and have none of them feel particularly cheap and I think they did a good job. There had to be some adjustments in early access but overall I feel like there's probably 1 boss for each comp that you don't want to do, but the other 3 can be done
@JinKay79718 күн бұрын
Pretty cool man, i just beat the game after 80 hours but i learned some stuff here
@Mariner_Hawk18 күн бұрын
@@JinKay797 Ayy congrats!
@Sludgedump21 күн бұрын
Baldwin got me through denial by his damn self
@Mariner_Hawk19 күн бұрын
@@Sludgedump you had just started the game and were okay playing with leper'a blinds? You're an ANIMAL
@Sludgedump19 күн бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk baldwins the animal, i was just there for the ride
@misermeaku21 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! I just got started (just got to 25% Altar of Hope) and The General has been wrecking my shit. Looking forward to giving it another go with your helpful strats.
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
@@misermeaku good luck, let me know how it goes!
@misermeaku15 күн бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk Success first try. Thanks!
@Mariner_Hawk14 күн бұрын
@@misermeaku AYYYYYYYYYY
@HePraisesTheSun21 күн бұрын
Really looking out for the new kids! Once you start getting into this fight and understanding it better you can do some pretty cool stuff imo. With how important turn order is in this fight, you can do some pretty interesting things with a really slow hero and a fast one. It lets you delay the Walking Dead a lot if you can play around it correctly and since the tap roots reduce your speed you can get some pretty interesting plays where you only hit the Root once and on the next turn your slow hero goes after the General and hits the root multiple times avoiding the Walking Dead. If you can go before the General on the turn after that you can clear all the growths and essentially stack what would've been two Walking Deads into one. Not exactly my favorite boss but I appreciate the design!
@gnerkus21 күн бұрын
15:59 General: "I'm on TV! Gotta do something cool!" Thanks for the video. While the General wasn't the first boss I wiped to (it was the Bookworm cos' I destroyed his books like a genius), I did eventually. Could you also (for future bosses) explain how a player can tell if they're capable of taking on the lair boss (team comp, moveset, combat items e.t.c) and preparations they can make at the inn?
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
General made the most out of his 15 minutes of fame! That's a good call about inn preparations, thank you for that. I'll add that to the writeup and for future videos
@CheneyDodo21 күн бұрын
General and librarian are my preferred bosses to go for because they can be very consistent compared to the other bosses. Great video!
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
Not a bad take tbh. Thanks bud!
@abcptw45821 күн бұрын
Thank you! This was very helpful to someone who hates facing the general! :D
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
YOU ARE WELCOME :)
@OffToBattle22 күн бұрын
Let me strongly thank you as a recent addition to the DD2 player base. I'm learning a lot.
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
Thank you for the kind comment! Let me know if there's anything else you have a question about, there's a lot more topics I'd like to cover but I just don't have the time to do them all at once
@OffToBattle21 күн бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk Yeah, I do what I can to answer comments for my own channel. For now I'll just happily enjoy you tackling this subject. I tried a new party composition, first time in the Shroud, ended up at the Chirurgeon's Table and walked out with 2 of 4 still breathing and had to wrap the run. Actually my first win against him. Live and learn, so to speak.
@Mariner_Hawk21 күн бұрын
@@OffToBattle Chirurgeon can be brutal...even when you figure out how he works he still has a tendency to whoop your ass haha
@OffToBattle21 күн бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk Oh I expected as much but learning it didn't work like a Lair is good info.
@angrykouhai205322 күн бұрын
Daddy
@Verilee197023 күн бұрын
You may have mentioned this and I missed it but: One of the great things about Controlled Burn, is you can use it on a rank that contains a Stealthy enemy, and it'll burn them at the start of the next turn, even if they are still stealthy. Aside from clearing every other enemy and corpse from the board, I think it's the only way to target a Stealthy enemy.
@user-lc7md4zt7j27 күн бұрын
Yea I LOVE the Occultist, I think he's been on every team that I completed an act with.... but I will never, EVER, run him as my main healer. I use Wyrd only on tanks, or when my actual healer(Crusader, PD or Flag) has run out of heals. He starts chaining his 5 of less heals with bleeds and a fight can fall apart so fast. I honestly think if he just did one good heal you probably turn that whole fight around. Funnily enough, if you swap Vestal for Crusader this was the team I just beat Act 3 with on Tuesday. I use Lunge and Fleche though, I love me some dancing.
@nfoquest573827 күн бұрын
LOL! took me months to figure out this shit. Its changed since this video but not to much. Still basically the same. Heres a tip for whoever is prying teeth with this currently. You definitely don't want your party to be to fast collectively. Also, medical gear, dots and regen are clutch
@Mariner_Hawk27 күн бұрын
These videos are always fun to go back and peek at, partly to see how bad I was and partly to see how things have changed haha. I try to mention that to people on stream, there is such a thing as too much speed in this fight, I was just giving this speech yesterday actually haha
@nfoquest573827 күн бұрын
lol ouch!
@nfoquest573827 күн бұрын
Been looking for more content such as this Thankyou
@Mariner_Hawk27 күн бұрын
No, thank YOU buddy. Lemme know if you need anything else. Nice Soundgarden album choice btw
@ProfilGesperrt-gk8xc28 күн бұрын
I am always surprised how fast this game can be on a decent rig. Every run on my shitty laptop takes up to 5 or 6 hours just because the game stutters so much. Lmfao
@Mariner_Hawk27 күн бұрын
Loool oh no, I'm sorry that that's your life! Before they did an optimization sometime earlier this year I was at like 15 FPS in the tangle cause of the rain haha
@dillpickleboi9525Ай бұрын
Also Seeing as Bounty hunter can die and there is no real repercussions and he can’t develop relationships make him perfect for making so your other party members don’t hate each other
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
I don't think I mentioned it in this video but I did mention it my tips video, BH is especially good to avoid negative relationships and more importantly avoid the frustration. I probably should have mentioned that though, good call
@tylerwarwick7975Ай бұрын
I just bought the game yesterday evening and I am not finding this so called "damage" that graverobber has. She is basically just there as a filler for me to suck up attacks and use her absinthe until the fight is over because the highway man is far superior in literally every way that I can see; his damage is higher, his utility is better, and he can put a combo counter on anyone just because. So far all the grave robber has excelled at is being my most hated hero so far 🤷♂️
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
Early GR is nice in the sense that she's flexible, and her first path you unlock is arguably her best so that's why I gave her the credit I did. But yeah you're right, she does sort of flounder early on without a perceived niche, she's very much like jack of all trades master of none. The flagellant is similar in that case so yeah I see what you're saying. Her niches start to show themselves with more skill and path unlocks but I don't blame you for not being crazy about her early
@HePraisesTheSunАй бұрын
I really like the start of the video being about the meta progression. It's super important to making this game feel like you're playing the intended experience. It's obvious when you're there at the end but when you're starting it's not something your thinking about because you're just trying to survive. Keep up the great work buddy! 👍
@SiennarchistАй бұрын
Orphan rank 2 dragonfly is my favourite thing in this game honestly. 4 base burn when mastered, +1 from orphan, +2 from blanket, +1 from snappy. Thats 8 burn to 2 targets plus a decent small hit of damage with a 20% orphan damage bonus. Its around 11-12 damage to 2 targets, and if you can get her back into position 2 on her next turn then she can just kill whoever if in rank three with backdraft. Very silly character when she want to be the team carry, but also very capable of just being a strong generic role player with firefly, controlled burn for bosses, smokescreen, and cauterise (plus dragonfly in case she gets caught up front). She's never not useful, and I love her for it
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@Siennarchist you know what's funny, I don't even think I knew about the interaction where dragonfly does burn based on where she lands when I made this video haha. I know survivor doesn't get a lot of love from the community cause it takes away burn piercing and damage, but I do try to mention whenever it comes up that she does have the tools to have success with it, even if there's only one heal because hearthlight and smokescreen being such useful abilities like you mentioned
@jdubluffy1959Ай бұрын
WAIT losing a wheel loses my passive healing outside of combat?!? I would have never figured that out 😂
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@jdubluffy1959 loool yep, I didn't know that for a while either when I started playing so I made sure to file that away in my head. Just one of those things that falls by the wayside I guess
@pacomaybe1545Ай бұрын
Nice video, good tips as someone joining recently on console. Dont see why your getting some negativity
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
He's one of my regular chatters, don't worry about him. Thank you for the comment though, hopefully you're enjoying the game!
@ZekeBarzahdАй бұрын
Runaway was in my team when I beat the first run. Smokescreen is great and she supports the leper. She's great early IMO
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
yeah in hindsight I should have mentioned that runaway feels a lot better as a support for runaway, hearthlight clearing blind and/or smokescreen setting up for leper is a pretty good way to play her until you unlock the skills to make her a little better on her own. good call
@ZekeBarzahdАй бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk Look, that's a super specific setting though, so overall is she a tougher first choice, sure, but she worked great for me.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@ZekeBarzahd oh yeah she definitely deserves to be where I put her IMO haha. But I do love Bonnie and hate slandering her, so I could have at least dropped one more positive fact about her!
@jdubluffy1959Ай бұрын
Just started getting into dd2 thanks for the advice!
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@jdubluffy1959 of course! Hope you're having fun with the game, let me know if you ever have any questions
@lemmingsplat5279Ай бұрын
I'd still stick Runaway in C rank... May not be fully formed but God, Smokescreen is probably my favourite ability in the game. Double blind is so powerful - should be higher up just for that.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
Yeah you're definitely right, I love Bonnie so I hated putting her down there but man her starting skills are all over the place...Smokescreen is really what kept me going until I got the last couple shrines haha
@meschiarifoxАй бұрын
Hellion is way better than Leper and I can prove it I will compare the most used paths of Hellion and Leper, which are Ravager and Tempest. Wicked Hack+ (in rank 1) causes 8-13 (mean = 11) without combo and 11-18 (mean = 15). In 5 rounds, HE causes 55 dmg without combo and 75 with combo. Regarding Leper, Chop+ causes 8-18 (mean = 13) dmg. By multiplying the mean dmg for the chances of hit we have the results: Round 1: 13 - 50% blind chance + 53% Db Res - 50% hit chance - 25% blind chance + 53%Db Res - 50% hit chance = 11 dmg for mean. Round 2: 13 - 60% Chop blind chance + 53% Db Res - 50% hit chance + 25% blind chance + 53%Db Res - 50% hit chance = 11 dmg for mean. Rounds 3, 4 and 5 also have 11 dmg for mean. The sum for Chop+ without combo is 55. The sum for Chop+ with combo is 65. In conclusion, Hellion cause same dmg without combo and more dmg with combo. Also, Hellion passive don't need a turn to be actived and increase dmg like Revenge or Ruin. Thus Hellion can cure herself each other turn with Raucous Revelry and 4 rounds in a roll with Adrenaline Rush. On the other hand, Leper can use Solemnity only two times in a battle. And Hellion has toe to toe and Breakthough to reposition and Leper walk as a turtle. I'm sorry Leper, you may be cool but you don't have room in my party as long as I have Hellion. I hope you enjoy the explanation.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
wellllllllllll I was specifically rating everybody based on how good they were with their starting skills (give or take), leper pretty much has everything you need when you unlock but Hellion has adrenaline rush and howling end as late unlocks. This isn't just an overall tier list video of strength, but a specific one. But yeah you're pretty much right, Hellion is better. But that's cause ravager is kinda dumb tbh
@ramirogonzalez6001Ай бұрын
dude, awsome video, you are like my bible to this game
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@ramirogonzalez6001 thank you, I appreciate it! Thank you for the twitch follow also
@abcptw458Ай бұрын
genuinely good advice
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@abcptw458 thanks buddy!
@ASAINsensationАй бұрын
thanks for the guides! As a new switch player these are very helpful! Got yourself a sub
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@ASAINsensation I appreciate it! Hopefully the console release hasn't been too buggy for you, some players have had issues
@theduhjАй бұрын
The funny thing about leper is other characters that get blinded by enemy debuffs really suffer from the status effect where leper has 2 additional ways to deal with blind and he gets rid of combo on himself which not many abilities do. On occultist, the biggest problem with him is wyrd is really a terrible button to push. Especially from people who played the first game. But wyrd was good then because there was no health threshold and it's best used before hitting low health and resisting the bleed is harder now because the randomization of trinkets. If wyrd didn't suck he should be higher but I think he's probably D tier. I agree with the list otherwise.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@theduhj Leper is a baller, hew only needing 1 combo to hit is a pretty good quality of life thing too got how he feels. Yeah that's a good point about wyrd being more high risk cause of the heal thresholds. Ritualist will lower that risk a bit at least so that's a good path for people who are worried about that. I think it's best to run occultist with someone who either has self heals like GR or someone that has some other healing like flagellant to make him less risk. That's a totally legit criticism though
@theduhjАй бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk the one thing that has disappointed me with 2 is that the roster of healers just kind of sucks. Personally, my favorite healer is runaway which is kinda of insane
@joseangelmarinromero5042Ай бұрын
like for leper S tier
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@joseangelmarinromero5042 Leper lovers unite ✊
@joseangelmarinromero5042Ай бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk totally my friend
@gamesmash9859Ай бұрын
Hey, I'm sorry if you explain this in the video and I missed it, but how do you control stress? In the first game, camping was a really good way to reduce stress mid mission, but I'm yet to find the replacement for that. I know some abilities reduce it, but what's the solution when my entire party is at 80% stress?
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@gamesmash9859 You're good, I talked about resolute/meltdown chance but didn't really mention how to deal with stress. I would say that the DD2 version of that is to go to the Oasis and get mineral spring water whenever you can. It gives -3 stress and heals for 5, so it can also double as an item to heal off death's door in a pinch. Hopefully you'll get 3 of them and that'll be able to hopefully keep you from getting to that point where it's meltdown after meltdown. I try to go to an oasis whenever I can if it's not way out of the way and have spring water at least on someone
@gamesmash9859Ай бұрын
@@Mariner_Hawk Thank you, I had no idea what the oasis did.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@gamesmash9859 You're welcome! Hopefully even if it doesn't give you the option to get the spring water, you'll get the option to cure 5 stress from someone so it's still worth for that reason
@chainer8686Ай бұрын
To add to the other responses; there's also Inn Items that can reduce stress as well as some Inns have the ability to heal some stress when the carriage arrives. There are abilities available to some characters that outright heal stress and others that can heal stress after being upgraded by mastry points.
@PenumbraDev29 күн бұрын
I’d say unlike the first game, a stress heal ability in your party is almost mandatory. In the first game you could get away with it, but here I think it’s a lot worse being above 5 stress due to the relationship system coupled with the requirement in higher confessions to fight a lair. It can be difficult to make ends meet.
@dudewhy6953Ай бұрын
In defense of Runaway, she is very team specific. She’s a powerhouse of a support character with Leper if you master Hearthlight. Or, just use Smokescreen and keep leper up front. She’s got pretty good synergy with Crusader on his Aggressor path as well. She’s not the strongest DOT or support character, there are better options. BUT, with the right people she’s pretty invaluable.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@dudewhy6953 I love the runaway, I play her pretty often but yeah early on she is just kinda though. I do really like what dragonfly/controlled burn/cauterize specifically do, but those aren't unlocked until shrines 2 3 and 4 I think? That feels like a lot of time to only have basically 1 usable damage ability. But yeah you're right, if you lean into hearthlight supporting for leper she can have more of a purpose, that's a good point
@yagami999913Ай бұрын
I just started DD2 a couple days ago with the console release and the double barrier fight is already my most hated one BY FAR !
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@yagami999913 looool that means you're officially a DD2 player!!!!
@user-et7mo3du7eАй бұрын
Maybe it gave u 2 cause its aoe
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@user-et7mo3du7e yep, that's exactly what happened haha. The 5% to get disease rolled twice. You could in theory get 4 diseases at once if you were super unlucky
@user-et7mo3du7eАй бұрын
I liked no torch combat ost in dd1 it was perfect for me.
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@user-et7mo3du7e yeah they really killed it. It's super cool in this game but people don't have the opportunity to hear it as much unfortunately
@sleepz5215Ай бұрын
Wow this is so cool! I don't care!
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@sleepz5215 me when you post messages in my chat
@turtle_lover4213Ай бұрын
Imagine clicking on a video to comment you don't care about the video. Gave the video a free view and a comment tho, thanks helping others see it!!
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
@@turtle_lover4213 He's one of my chatters, it's okay. Thank you though :)
@sleepz5215Ай бұрын
@@turtle_lover4213 i know him
@youssefeliАй бұрын
great video, my streamer!
@spicymisosoupytАй бұрын
Another great video, keep them coming
@themobiusquadronАй бұрын
O _ O show me your ways masta hawk!
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
What else can I show you? 😳
@ScottPorterbackАй бұрын
Ok cool! I thought the original video ended abruptly lol. I just finished my first session and went not horribly thanks to you! Appreciate
@Mariner_HawkАй бұрын
Glad I could help, thank you for the kind words <3