10 Parties For The Whole Game: Darkest Dungeon

[@JohnDolehi]

im currently playing crusader + crusader + crusader + crusader, it has high dps because of holy lance, backline because of holy lance, stress heal because of inspiring cry, regular heal because of battle heal, defence because of bulkward and high base health, and being shuffled matters much less

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Sometimes the last crusade is all you need!

[@GeraltofRivia22]

Amazing against a lot of bosses like the Prophet and the Hag cause of Holy Lance.

[@unknownkingdom]

I've done the same but with a leper qt the front

[@Firguy]

Don't forget about stuns.

[@JohnDolehi]

@@Firguy oh yes the stuns are plentiful

[@ogurkilubjeja]

I know that it's not the most effective tactic at times, however, antiquarian + antiquarian + antiquarian + antiquarian, in some dungeons where the opponents don't have high blight resist, works. Antiquarians do well because of their high dodge, the Get down! ability generates a lot of dodge points, and Invigorating Vapours imposes additional dodge on each of them. The opponents helplessly try to hit your girls (dodge 115 doesn't help em), while you, calmly using Festering Vapours, kill the main opponent after like 20th round. True, the girls have terrible heal and when you get hit by single attack, it's hard to heal the wounded one, but the chance that you will ever get hit by an opponent is minimal. In addition, at the end of the expedition you get so much money that any of your other heroes will easily be able to pay for a psychologist at an inn to improve their morale. 11/10 tactic

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Whatever gets the job done!

[@katsasgeorge]

My favourite is Attrition Disposition for Long Dungeons. It doesn't matter the biome, it completely trivialses the dungeon's length since everything in the team's repertoire is built towards fights being longer. You can blight them, you can bleed them, you can stun them, you can hit them very hard, you can speed yourselves up, you can slow the enemy party down, you can destressify, you can heal, you can buff, you can even reshuffle the party with the Abomination and MAA. Thanks to stunners and reshuffling being part of the team's moves, they're even good for Shambler and Collector encounters.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@allurementbeats243]

Man at Arms is so underrated tbh. The Dodge skill is so good as well as protect & the hit back. I got him at 30+ dodge & when he protects he always dodges & does some damage back. One of my favorites.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I really enjoy the maa as well. Some people don't like his lack of up front damage but he's too valuable not to have at least 2 on your roster.

[@quangluong388]

I got the one built by how you mentioned in position 1 and another built only for buff and de-buff for position 4. I love the diversity of this game.

[@disgoop]

yeah he gets absolutely silly prot and the guard means pretty much half of incoming damage gets thirded

[@hans935]

At first I thought shieldbraker was bad.. But after learning wht "Armor Piercing" means... I instantlly fell in love.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Armor piercing is definitely a lifesaver for a few areas!

[@hans935]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I just realize... No wonder I was struggling to find a team... I sold all my vestal, occoult, and never got a houndmaster....

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Hound masters are a great class. I keep at least two in my roster.

[@hesh8367]

Twin shieldbreakers against the stone monster at the end of Crimson Court make him an absolute joke. They take him out in no time flat with no problem. It’s way OP. Especially if you put a grave robber in 3rd, and a vestal in 4th. Wipe out the spear in a few hits (or just tank the damage). Then use puncture so that the shield never guards the head, and just chip away at him until he’s reduced to rubble, with GR throwing in picks to the face. Dead. If you wanna cheese it faster, camp right before hand and give everyone puncture. You could even use Sway so that the shield drops never bother them, but it’s not necessary. Just tank it and have the Vestal heal. You’ll have all the Crimson trinkets in no time.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

For the second team, it's better to have the Hound Master use his mark, because his mark is unique in that it reduces the enemy's PROT. I use the same team comp, but I use an Arbalest instead of the Man at Arms. It's Arbalest + Bounty Hunter + Hound Master + Occultist. Occultist and Hound Master do the marking, Arbalest and Bounty Hunter does the damage. You have heals from both occultist and Arbalest, and you have stun moves from everyone except Arbalest, but she has the flare that removes marks on your heroes, making this comp excellent for the Weald. I would recommend a survivability trinket for the Occultist though, something like Barristan's Head works well.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for your thoughts!

[@kladius8045]

I tried Arbalest + Houndmaster + Occultist + Bounty Hunter in Warrens. I don't like stress so I added 2 stress healer to make me feel safe and somehow it went pretty well lol. Of course this build relies on luck pretty much but I think AoE stress healing is still pretty cool and Arbalest can be helpful to de-stealth enemies. Also, 4 heroes with mark skills and 3 heroes that do more damage against marked enemies can be somewhat invincible lol.

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@kladius8045 I use the team in the Weald. Great at bringing down high PROT enemies. Stress has never been too much of a problem for me.

[@petermackenzie5217]

Also noticed that you had the ancestors pen on the houndmaster, which provides melee damage and crit when the houndmaster does ranged damage from rank 4..

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Probably an oversight at the time. Thank you for pointing that out!

[@halfwithero5368]

Awesome parties man, I always have trouble healing stress since hitting backlines can be tricky but these builds helped out heaps, hoping to use them to beat the dungeon!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@allurementbeats243]

I used to have that problem too, but I started making dodge builds & always have something to take our back lines fire turn. I don’t even have to stress heal my party anymore which is so nice. Camping skills are also important definitely for long dungeons.

[@allurementbeats243]

Also Arbeblast is super good for back lines

[@xerofortune]

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for, thank you.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You are welcome!

[@The_Yolka]

My fav team for the Weald: 1. MAA. Dodge, acc buffs and ripostes. 2. Grave robber. With MAA's buff somehow gets 99 dodge. 3. Occultist. Heal, mark and stun when GR goes to backline. 4. Arbalest/Musketeer. High damage and some heal. The whole team gets 60+ dodge and no one can attack them, but damage not so high. "Slowly, gently. This is how the life is taken."

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I really pulled on a lot of highwayman, crusaders and occultists as I believe they allow you to break some of the slower line ups that can limit your choices. Jesters and vestals are great, but can often be combined into the crusader for the main heal and stress heal portions. In most situations, your safest parties often look like a vestal, jester, then two damage dealers as the heals are there and battle ballad will make up for any lack of speed or accuracy. However, this naturally chews up two of your spots and plays a reactive style which is not worse, but can be limiting to new party ideas and compositions. Thank you for watching!

[@alexanderhood8993]

darkest dungeon plague doctor occultist and grave robber and highwaymen and leper that my combo I want to do when I get that game is it possible? What would you call it?

[@GeraltofRivia22]

@@alexanderhood8993 that's 5. Either ditch highwayman or graverobber. They both fill the dps role. Highwayman is better in most situations except when you need a lot of blight.

[@alexanderhood8993]

@@GeraltofRivia22 okay thank for the help.

[@pabloarammasmanian5391]

Plague doctor + occultist + houndmaster + bounty is a great composition. Heal, dot damage, mark sinergies and heavy cc in stun and shuffle. The houndmastet could also guard if needed but all work amazing

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@GeraltofRivia22]

For the Weald, I really like Arbalest + Bounty Hunter + Hound Master + Occultist. Arbalest is great, she has a decent heal, can remove stealth and marks (super useful against those fungal zombies), and does super high damage to the back line.

[@toprak3479]

@@GeraltofRivia22 This man knows. HM on spot 2 is best because you mark, stun, etc. And frontline Occultist rules with his stun and there are very few instances in which you'd want him in the backline: As an abyssal Artillery nuker in the Cove or due to unusual party composition

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

The houndmaster in general is just super good, really.

[@FU6713]

I quite like using Jester, Vestal, Man at arms, leper. I could have jester being protected by my man at arms. Leper doing self heal to tank any damage. Vestal healing man at arms whilst jester buffs at the back preparing for finale. Works like a charm against bosses.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@lawrencehoward460]

This has been super helpful to me. I picked the game up and ran my first save into the ground. I restarted following the tips here on fast, aggressive play - controlling the stress dealers in the back - and making good use of stuns. Ir had made such a difference ♥️ so thank you for sharing this. I'm still putting together some dreadful teams at times - but by following the basic rules of play I'm not failing missions and rarely ever lose a hero anymore. I'm playing so cautiously though and I've been avoiding Lv 3 dungeons and Long ones... Though I've just got a couple of my favourite heroes to Rank 5 so I'm locked out of bringing them with me... I guess it's time to brave the higher level dungeons. I do need to work on my planning though - I don't pay enough attention to enemy types before I go in, which really works against me. And i need to understand which provisions to bring in order to get the most out of curios. I was close to giving up on the game but I'm glad I sought videos like yours out which has really opened the game up for me.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I'm glad to hear! The game definitely focuses on planning over in game combat. If you go in with a bad team it's just over.

[@paradoxs299]

First off all, I love how when you were talking about putting low hp heroes in front while in weal, your Houndmaster just gets crit to the face from giant. Idk why but it is hilarious to me (impressive that he wasn't put into death's door tho). I like that you put every character so everyone can find something for themself. The party I like/used the most is Shieldbreaker/Highwayman/Jester/Vestal. It can be risky in the weald due to the fact that this team lacks some beef. For the party that can be taken everywhere I would pick Hellion/Man-at-arms/Jester/Vestal. This team may lack dmg and is relatively slow, but you have great recovery potential and you are extremely safe thanks to MAA. I also have to say that I have been avoiding marking parties (used them only on swine king), but I will surely utilize them a little more on the next playthrough. Great video, I will surely try out some of those parties.

[@melancholyman369]

I don't know why but once i discovered Jestal I actively avoid them, they feel too gud and make *any* team work.

[@paradoxs299]

@@melancholyman369 Fair point I realized yesterday that I've been using them a lot lately(even tho I don't really like them). Now to be fair I'm trying to get all CoM trinkets so there was a lot of Endless/Thing from the stars hunting. And one thing I noticed is how harder is Thing hunting without Jester. I also was surprised and happy that I only had 2 jesters on my roster.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching and I had weakening curse on the giant hence why I only took 40 on the crit or whatever. Also yes, the jester vestal combo definitely works everywhere, but I tried to show some other various comps to get off that bandwagon.

[@doublecrossedswine112]

I really need to pick up the shield breaker dlc. She'd fit right into my play style and looks fun to use. That speed is sexy.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

She's a great character since she is so fast and great at attack diversity.

[@MrLince117]

I love her... I usually use a couple of SB in front, jester 3rd and vestal 4th...tons of damages and good heals/stress healing in the back... If you want to be more aggressive try to swap jester with HM and vestal with musky/arbalest... Glass cannon play style but very effective against bosses

[@alexanderhood8993]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming darkest dungeon plague doctor occultist and grave robber and highwaymen and leper that my combo I want to do when I get that game is it possible? What would you call it?

[@helge5565]

My fav team so far is just two Bounty Hunters in the middle, tank in the from and support/“sniper” in the back. Very versatile and works well.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@hans935]

Yea I think from watching 2 of his video taught me a lot about the heroes. (Cause I found I spend the most time checking for heroes to recruit and which one to run, that it genuinely takes wayyyy longer than doing the run itself.) I know it's better to be prepared than sorry.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Correct, most of the battle is won pre dungeon

[@melancholyman369]

I never use Musk/Arb too little damage and lackluster support but I love how we all agree that being fast and aggressive is the best way to play.🤣🤔

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I do agree she is probably one of my least used heroes in the game because her damage is either too much overkill and her support skills are pretty situational.

[@-_-5470]

Really Like the love for Occultist, but you should try running him at the front more so He gets to use his best ability (stun)

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I have before, but for new players sometimes it can a little difficult to learn and manage. I do agree though, definitely try out the front row because that stun is dope.

[@memoryofsalem4474]

5:17 this party has several actual weaknesses: cultist not in the front means no hands from the abyss, Hellion needs to be in position 1 to use iron swan so highwayman plays against her, highwayman is forced into either of his stabs or pointblank shot so he cant help with positions 3 and 4. This is actually pretty bad ngl. Either change occultist into crusader and pd for vestal for the crimson hand or keep occultist and change hellion into ceusader and have occultist in 1:Pd stun, occultist stun, Duelist advance, hoky lance

[@playmsbk]

My variation of mark and bark is 1. Bounty hunter 2. Occultist 3. Houndmaster 4. Arbalest. It's considerably less tanky than your version but the synergy between the occultist and Arbalest makes up for it. Ofc marks are reserved for tanky enemies, who will often be melted in a single round since three characters in this team are buffed from marks. I use it primarily in the warrens, but it's very strong for the weald too. For the ruins and cove a very good party imo is 1. Crusader 2. Abomination 3. Grave robber 4. Plague doctor. GR's bonus dmg vs blighted is something that is not discussed enough, her synergy with PD makes it so the back positions are eliminated by round 2. The crusader can both brawl and heal, I personally don't give him holy Lance in this. The abomination can control or assist with blighting rank 3. My strongest party imo is my dancing shambler killer 1. Hellion 2. Crusader 3. Shield breaker 4. Vestal. Their biggest strength is not caring about shuffles, probably the safest party for stumbling around in the dark and, naturally, slaying the shambler. The vestal can be switched for anyone who fits in position 4, but I pick her to free up the crusader and because potentially losing a member wrecks the whole party worse than usual. And my admission wouldn't be complete without my endless harvest party. 1. Man at arms 2. Highwayman 3. Jester 4. Vestal. Riposte breaking the action economy, the infinite sustainability of the two backliners and extremely good buffs both in battle and in camps, reaching the sleeper is a given on every run.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Shallntbe_DieselJack]

I've been having amazing luck with Vestal, Plague doctor, crusader, crusader "The Inquisition" seems to be a really good combo of healing, ranged, and tanking the front

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@childrenoftolkien]

You can't say "without further ado" and then delay even more.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I shall try to catch that in the future. Thank you for watching!

[@alfredoaaron2664]

I did see a party full of gravediggers gettin sneak almost fulltime

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That is possible and unique.

[@literallyalois2966]

Me, a holy lance enjoyer when I see Red Hook recommended: "No."

[@RanVor]

A challenge: beat the game using ONLY these 10 parties. Best attempted on Radiant due to the level restrictions being less severe.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

If I hadn't played through the campaign almost 6 times I would be tempted to do so. Thank you for watching!

[@vezz9820]

the footage of quad crit from confusion spores caught me off guard , and they say giant isnt a stress dealer Edit - 2:00

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That was beyond brutal. I commentate over that in one of my videos called the weald experience. I couldn't believe it because it's a really low chance of all 4 being critically hit. Thank you for watching!

[@jaxun7534]

i'm playing the combo (LtR) Vestal, Abomination, Bounty Haunter and Leper, i see it si solid with a lot of heals, nice dmg and can heal really good from stress

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing.

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

I didn't see Quad Leper, may you only get Antiquarians with Hippocratic and never the Vestal

[@mannylopez3193]

Thank you I love videos like this keeps me playing the game

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching, it is greatly appreciated!

[@Last_Bulbasaur]

My man still giving us DD content. Insta clicked on this vid!!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you!

[@danielmdubois]

I'm flabbergasted that six of these teams use Occulist, and not single one of them has him in a position here he can use his Stun, which I understood to be his best skill.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I do a few videos with the Frontline occultist. It's tough because they are a little squishy. But it's a good skill for sure.

[@inkjustink4936]

I really like Vestal - Crusader - Crusader - Highwayman It just i don't know feel like just ok to me 2 Holy Lance 1 point blank shot then duelist advance And Vestal just being Vestal

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@idrissalam1012]

leper with buff from himself (revenge) and from man at arms last two formation you can go with occultist and jester (battle ballad), you need everyone to dodge most of the hit and make leper a damage giver. and I am doing it without trinket.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@claudius6527]

nice ancestor's pen on your HM :^) cant get enough +stress

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Lol whoops, must have put that on rather than the bullet. Thank you for noticing!

[@PrincipledNaturalLaw]

Hey Squidz, when you reference a "pull trinket" is that a trinket to increase a character's move percentage? Great video, thanks for creating, editing & posting....much appreciated 👍

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

When I say pull trinket it most likely means increase pull chance not resistance. Thank you for asking.

[@RealSkelzore]

This was fun to follow

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@bleflar9183]

I personally really like Vestal - Crusader - Crusader - Leper.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Mephiidross]

Party 9 doesn't work in base game I believe. Flagellant and Abom refuse to be in a party with each other.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Is this part of the crimson court then? I didn't buy the flag dlc separate from crimson court, but even with crimson court turned off I believe this party can be assembled.

[@Mephiidross]

​@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Hmm, according to the wiki the religious restrictions on Abom were removed with Color of Madness. However, it is still the case for my game. Might be a unique case for me then. I'll look into it some more.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That is odd. I knew the abomination and vestal were fixed in colors of madness but I don't remember the flagellant scenario.

[@Mephiidross]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I've found the issue. For some reason my abomination.info.darkest file was still from 2017. I'm guessing the DLC update didn't go properly. Within it is the line "incompatible_party_member: .id abomination_religion .hero_tag religious". And Flaggellant does count as a religious hero, so that'd be why.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Well I'm glad you found it! Hopefully they can team up now and have some good times.

[@alexanderhood8993]

darkest dungeon plague doctor occultist and grave robber and highwaymen and leper that my combo I want to do when I get that game is it possible? What would you call it?

[@johnestell3442]

What do you recommend for torchless runs?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

For torchless runs you'll probably want to lean towards speed and damage. The critical strike chances will make it too painful to play slower.

[@johnestell3442]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Thank you for this information. I just recently got back into Darkest Dungeon because I never even attempted the Darkest Dungeon because I would get ABSOLUTELY destroyed on champion level quests lol

[@Xelnod]

Regarding the 1st party (Crus, HWM, Jester, Vestal), I can't help but notice that Jester can't reliably use Finale without any means to move forth from his 3rd slot. How is he supposed to use it?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

My personal preference for finale is a deshuffle mechanic. If I get surprised pulled or pushed, it allows me to fix the party in one turn while doing damage most times.

[@dismasalbarnram03]

The only combination I liked was the eighth I would dare to say that it is the only one that really works.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching.

[@Matthewjs33]

Why do you think the other comps don't work? A lot of them work very well in my experience.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I thought so too but everyone has different play style and experiences.

[@Sancturios]

so.... wheres the Crusader squad? :D

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Haha it is killer for sure.

[@Sancturios]

Im doing a full crusader run and i feel nothung but reg..... I errrr mean Fun! I feel nothing but fun and joy :D *looks to my graveyard with 3 already dead* yup.... nothing but fun...

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Haha they're a little slow for certain enemies. I trust you can do it though!

[@Sancturios]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming slowness sadly is only half the problem. I like battle heal and inspiring cry. But both heal like nothing in the beginning

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You mean 1 HP and 3 HP isn't enough :P

[@RandomSkinner]

Liked the video but you beg for subs and like so i put a thumb down

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You do you. Thank you for watching!

[@lawrencehoward460]

That's such a petty thing to do 😂 I think you may need to pick up a dictionary and study what "beg" actually means. User interaction is the driving force and life blood for these channels and makes all the difference when reaching audiences - without which the channel withers and dies... And then no more content. Not to mention that disliking a video affects your own recommendations which means you're less likely to see gaming videos in your own feed. At the end of the day you're just hurting yourself. Thankfully there are enough of us that genuinely support these content creators so they can keep bringing us the videos we love ♥️