Darkest Dungeon Level 2 Guide: Darkest Dungeon

[@АлисаАнна-г1с]

The good thing about cultists is that they are totally harmless when they are the only one left standing. I always try to actually leave them alive and stun to prevent guards, while bursting other enemies. Harmless cultist in the end means 1-3 free turns to heal and stress relief.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

They can allow for some healing which is nice. Thank you for sharing!

[@fisyr]

I usually try to leave them alive. If they protect a target I want to kill, I usually just stun them and I focus my targets down so that they don't have a chance to heal them, effectively negating what they are doing. The fact they are harmless and give me extra healing turns is just too valuable to pass.

[@johnathanjurgensen6418]

MaA/vestal/HM/MaA easiest mission in the world. Give the one in the back the guardian’s shield who’s sole job is buffing, debuffing, and babysitting the vestal. Everyone else run as needed. For camping skills go double tactics for both MaAs and whatever stress relief skill you’d like. I was literally dodging 90% of attacks. Hope this helps

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing

[@jama211]

Nice

[@PondGaming]

This strategy is absolutely amazing. I'll add one thing: Camp after the second fight on the left (use map on wiki). Then double tactics. This ensures the buff go on for the next 4 battles, including the 2 boss fights. Use the final camp in the starting room after you make your way back there. This ensures the buff go on for the last 3 fights.

[@angel-6776]

Brb training another Man at arms. I brought my only one to the first Darkest Dungeon. In all seriousness your vids really help me tackle the infamous Darkest Dungeon so huge props for that.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you! I'm glad they've helped.

[@VikingLord2000]

Lost my Leper due to every enemy targeting just him for an attack. So long Tipp Phell Hoff.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I really dislike when that happens. It makes you feel like you had very little options in keeping them alive sometimes.

[@senioy]

U got to be thankful that u lost a leper - he is by far the worst class, even considering the hundreds of modded classes. Leper is STILL the worst by a very large margin

[@sorrychangedmyusername3594]

Ugly bois moment

[@incrediblis3567]

@@senioy well you can give him high move resist trinkets which i recommend the pirate boss trophy trinket Boosts move resist and increases healing recieved And just keeping a jester in your team for stress and buffs

[@vulcanjedimaster]

Thanks for the guide! Took me two goes though, because of bad RNG. In the fight with two Templars, before Man at Arms turn, Vestal took both Revelations and an aoe that put her on death's door with a blight. On her turn she immediately failed the death blow check. Before I got to the final fight everyone was very stressed and low health so I decided to bail, losing the Houndmaster. I figured that was just really unlucky and had backups of all those classes, so just went straight back in. Everything went flawlessly :D

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The revelations can certainly target only one person very quickly which is super annoying.

[@mariobaic6180]

This guide is so good, and the team is so goood, that I forgot to bring torches, and still beat the second darkest dungeon first try. Only difference was, using if it bleed on helion instead of adrenaline rush so that I can hit rank 3.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Glad to hear! This is a brutal dungeon so getting it done first try is awesome.

[@vikbys]

I just picked up this game the other day, with only a couple hours played so far. But I wanted to say I am really enjoying your guides, and your content in general, after finding your channel. I hope you keep it up!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you so much! Glad to help.

[@kosta2177]

The best video about the second level. Short and informative. Thank you.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you very much!

[@TimTimSalabim]

I'm on my first playthrough of this game and this is by far the hardest dungeon I have encountered so far (and I've beaten almost all of the bosses). So thank you for the tips!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The 2nd dungeon is probably the most grueling because of the lack of trinkets and the enemies are hard.

[@yuno7825]

so I went to do it my first try, and I just got all my squad wipped for the first time, 3 from hearth attack and 1 from a death blow. The monsters were always dodging the shit out of me and criting. I even got the achivment for valient sacrifice... I got really mad jesus christ I only needed to kill the last miniboss too -.-

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The second level of the darkest dungeon is probably the hardest first time through. The third is up there, but overall I would say the second is the hardest consistently. I had to back out my first time as well since I was woefully under-prepared for the revelation ability.

[@thomasreese5000]

Thanks this gave me the confidence to keep attempting DD2, I ended up succeeding with "Criminal Intent" group, Bounty Hunter, Highwayman, Gravedigger, and Occultist. Its a great feeling after losing many adventurers!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Just to beat it home, I think the Man At Arms is vital for this dungeon. An additional tip, if you have eldritch slayer quirk or ring, I would heavily recommend using that individual/trinket if they work in your lineup. To clarify the path I take, follow the path below: From the starting room, go left, down/left, then down (first fight, this image can be seen at 1:58 ) Then retrace back to the starting room and go, right, right/down, and then down ( second fight, this image can be seen at 5:15 ) Last room, retrace back to the starting room and go, up, left/up, up, and up (final fight, this image can be seen at 7:58 ) The trinket room is at the end. I made this video mostly about the three main fights since the fights in between are not as hard in my opinion. I show the first fight to show the general order of my attacking. Thank you for watching and put down the party composition you used to get through the second level.

[@facundoescobar390]

Just what I needed!!! Thanks a lot!

[@MrThaumaturgical]

Beat this today with the Antiquarian forcing my Highwayman with Riposte to block for her. Made it very smooth

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for sharing!

[@juhanpauklin1288]

Just finished the quest. your strategy worked perfectly! No one even went on death's door! Had to use a occultist instead of a vestal, but it worked out fine. Just came to show you my gratidude.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Glad I could help!

[@narayanemery4345]

It's definitely the best channel on darkest dungeon. You saved my ass from a deep depression, a big Thank you from France

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you and good luck!

[@luiscaldera2200]

I was in the second Templar battle when I lost my highway man. I only had a Vestal, Plague Doctor, and Leper on my party left. I took the chance and kept going. They eventually pushed through and we won the final fight! All thanks to Plague Doctor in the second rank aswell. She powered up Leper to deal massive damage and her incision attack helped so much. Just never be afraid to take risks. It all works out in the end!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Very nice! I am glad to hear you got through it.

[@luiscaldera2200]

@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I was thinking of just retreating, but I just said, it's either I lose or i win. So I won😎

[@Arcantropolo]

Got it on the first try, which is a pretty amazing feat for me considering I forgot to bring torches along, causing my vestal being 8 stress damage away from a heart attack.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

8 stress away is still a mission accomplished!

[@FU6713]

I was going to use bounty hunter because of the size 2 advantage Good thing I watched this video I also got my beast ring for this dungeon too also when you talk about the enemy type I just realised how useful those beast and eldritch rings in my inventory are

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

They certainly add a boost!

[@FU6713]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming it was so good that I didn’t even need to use half of my antidotes or bandages

[@tiagocosmos]

hey man i just did this mission a couple hours ago with the same exact party and set up you have except I used the Feather Crystal on the Man-at-Arms (and he still got outsped by Cultists) I broke a cold sweat, but I did it! I didn't even lose anyone (I lost two heroes in the first DD mission, one of which came back to life through the "From Beyond" town event). thanks a lot for this video!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Excellent glad to hear! The MAA is super slow, but a little bit of RNG can help to have him go first, but the cultist are pretty fast.

[@naughtyfins6810]

Today i successfully cleared lvl 1 and 2 thanks to your videos. Thank you)

[@teckdeck6480]

I always bring snake scales to these dungeons just in case going in first time wish me luck Edit: My hellion just got stalwart Edit2: Just dominated this dungeon everyone has full health and barley any stress that stalwart was crutch thank you so much for this guide

[@Ademilson0153]

well, i'm really happy not ignored your channel, and subscriber to it. that's a very nice guide. in my recent save, i didn't pick any MAA, cuz i just don't like this guid, but i see that i need at least one. thanks you.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for subscribing. I think having at least one is a good choice, but they aren't necessary.

[@BlinchixOfRivia]

Did it following your guide, but with another team. 0 losses, but I had 1 affliction (and death's door) because I got SUPER unlucky. HwM got 1 revelation because my Houndmaster got outspeeded. Then templars stunned the Houndmaster and did 2 consecutive revelations on HwM, sending him to death's door and giving him an affliction. Still managed to beat the dungeon

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Congratulations! It's by far the hardest dungeon for sure.

[@philippaul6039]

Thanks for the guide, it was very helpful. To be honest I put torches on everyone but my crusader who I put two virtue items on XD I kinda wanted them to stress him out cause he had an extra 45% virtue chance.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Not a bad way of doing it either!

[@philippaul6039]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I'm on lvl 3 now and it's pretty hard. I have no idea where to go XD also I run out of food

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I do have a guide for that one if you need it eventually. But yeah it's huge and can be really annoying to navigate :(

[@philippaul6039]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I did see the guide but unlike 1 and 2 you were going for a more "greedy" run so it wasn't like the other 2. You also didn't show the map enough so I couldn't tell where you were lol

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It was one of my first ones so it's not the highest quality sadly. I believe I have a path option in there still or the comment.

[@ayonmetar2301]

Amazing vid. Thanks for the guides. I wouldn't have the patience to trial and error myself through this granite-wall-game.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The darkest dungeon gets really hard near the end and this is probably the hardest one.

[@ayonmetar2301]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Finished the fourth dungeon literally 20 minutes ago. Thanks to your guides I made it through all four without losing anybody, first try each. I guess preparation is half the battle. Maybe 75% in this game. The remaining 25% is hoping not to get screwed by bad RNG. Anyway, thanks ; )

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@R_FangZ]

I just know this would have been such a bitch to do on my own but after I watched your video it really was a piece of cake 💯 I even had enough health to go grab the ancestor trinket afterwards. Thanks for sharing!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching! I'm glad it went well.

[@ashentoast9051]

You are a saint to the DD community

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you!

[@Doctharkun]

This level send me into a 2 years vacation from darkest Dungeon. So here i am!!!!!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It's the toughest one. If you get by this you're in the clear!

[@Doctharkun]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming thx dude, already suscribed. Starting from Zero, already went overconfident and got wasted

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

@Doctharkun it's a tough game and I can help out if you have any questions!

[@theaniquiler7248]

I went to DD2 in my first time without torches because I thought the talisman of the flame automatically left the light level at 100 and I just made it with 2 Man at arms, 1 Houndmaster and 1 Occultist. It was really stupid because I had to wait around 20 rounds each encounter for the reason that the levels of stress are over the ceiling! And my houndmaster was the only way of stress relieving. Anyways, good video, thanks for the tips!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Yeah the stress levels in the darkest dungeon are something else. Definitely not childs play in there.

[@anzek25]

Just finished my 1st playthrough and forgot to pick torches for this mission. I somehow managed to keep torchlight up with musketeer's Skeet Shot and camp planning, as when you camp you get torchlight maxed up

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It's a tough one. But I'm glad it went well!

[@dennisduong7717]

I find that the max stun Occultist (200%) is the best counter to the Templar bosses because they need to do the Relevation attack once per Round, and they only have a 97.5% stun resist. This means that the Occultist can just stun one, and that enemy should be unable to do physical damage. Example team: Houndmaster / Jester / Flagellant / Occultist. Jester provides Stress healing and Battle Ballard to make up for lack of trinket space. Houndmaster provides 2 turn dodge with the trinket Huskfang Whistle. Flagellant is the main healer. The Occultist stun locks the Templar bosses.

[@geekinwithJamesHancock]

Worked perfectly. Many thanks!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I am glad it worked!

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

Had to back out twice now because they always try to focus blast revelation on the only character who doesn't have a talisman before the MAA can even defend. Though people did recommend I take the two Templars first when my party is strongest but I'm starting to think they're better left for the end when you can afford to lose one or two heroes.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The MAA can be a little slow, so if you want to take care of that issue, find your best speed trinkets and put them on him or even a quickdraw charm. His main job really is guarding and bolster and the occasional stun, so damage trinkets are not required. If you didn't like this line up, try a Houndmaster, Occultist, MAA, and Bounty Hunter. Great damage and hp.

[@Sergei_Ivanovich_Mosin]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Sadly I lost my only champion level houndmaster on my first attempt so that's a no go, I was thinking maybe a PD to help minimize that ridiculous blight damage you take and with a blasphemous vial she'd have enough of a stun chance to completely take the polyp's out of the first fight (or maybe a speed trinket to make sure she can always get battlefield medicine before another hero can take the blight damage hit) but I'm not sure how viable that idea is. On the bright side I got apparently a pretty common bug that puts a 4th talisman in your trinket inventory, so guarding is no longer an issue, thank you RNGesus.

[@555minestone]

thanks, i managed to finish the quest with a pure mark party, houndmaster, bountyhunter, occultist and arbalest, got 2 of them on death's door thanks to 3 crits in a row from a warlord and a stupid dodgy dog (occultist heal also didn't help that much). the only time i had to guard arbalest was in the 2 mini boss room and my biggest mistake: forgetting to re-mark them since their 4 actions consumes the mark quickly if i don't play optimally

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Multiple actions definitely gets rid of marks quickly. I understand that pain.

[@carmanstriker1853]

Went through all the normal dungeon bosses on Darkest Difficulty. No deaths. Thought I could handle this dungeon without a guide. Didn't need it for the game thus far. Got to this dungeon, got the second Altar thing activated, was looking like a relatively clean run. Then I got triple crit by three of those goddamn robed cultists first turn in a hallway fight. Lost my highwayman the next turn to his first Deaths Door check. Thomas had never seen such bullshit before. Watching this I can see I was woefully unprepared Party-Comp Wise for this. I think I'm done playing Darkest Dungeon lol.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

If it makes you feel any better this is probably the hardest one for sure.

[@Akaritomi]

So I decide to take a team similar to this due to the success of the video. Fight 1: Hit by 4 Crits in a row stressing everyone to hell.... ON THE FIRST FUCKING FIGHT!! (Thanks Obama) My team caused each other to die from heart attacks. My vestal was crying in a corner to death. Hellion was yacking at a wall to death. Houndmaster was talking so much shit that he killed himself. MaA was the last man standing and he had his heart attack while talking mad shit to himself. LOST THE DEATH LIMIT OF BLOODMOON GOING BACK TO SQUARE 1!! Perfect preparation and planning for battles you already know about mean nothing in the face of RNGesus bending you over and going in dry with 4 critical thrusts into your soul.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

So I feel you on that :(. Maybe it'll help since it's a different party but try a hound master, occultist, maa, and a bh. Not saying the rng will be better but maybe?

[@Akaritomi]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming sounds reasonable. Now to work my way back up from the bottom lol. Gonna do my best to avoid deaths at all costs this time.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Yeah I'm sorry that happened. Those finger of death's are just so dumb sometimes.

[@sk4dic]

I managed to beat it using Flagellant, Shieldbreaker, Abomination and Vestal. I didn't put a Talisman on the Flagellant and instead gave him a Martyr's Seal, so that he doesn't die in case he's at death's door. All in all, it was a pretty smooth run.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Very good! Thank you for sharing.

[@juliostits1952]

This was a really good comp just used it and the Martyrs seal combined with the Eternity’s collar on the Flagellant is just too op I’m definitely gonna use it more thx for the idea 🙏

[@halogamer41]

Finished it on tbe first try with the comp you used, but my hellion got afflicted so I had to prematurely camp and grind stress heal after killing everyone except the cultist that uses flesh to flesh lol. Almost retreated, glad I didnt

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Excellent! This is probably the hardest one, so you should be good from now on. Good luck.

[@larrydotson2625]

Just beat the first part of the Darkest dungeon and it was pretty hard. Did not want to go into the second dungeon unprepared because I know it will be harder.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The 2nd level is probably the hardest because of the mandatory trinket slots.

[@anderfu8273]

Wow, everyone lovin doggie and sheildman in these guides.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It is the easier strategy for sure.

[@mesh2138]

Oh god this Looks even harder than the damn shuffler boss LOL! I did go blind to shuffling horror tho

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The second is probably the hardest. 2nd, 1st, 3rd, final. that is the order in my personal opinion.

[@bababoeeydestroyer]

this was a rough trip, I lost my hellion due to heartattack at death door ,houndmaster and vestal

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The second is by far the hardest in my opinion.

[@JANNOS838]

Thanks for all!!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You are welcome and good luck!

[@ThePigeonStoop]

This showed up randomly in my recommended. First time seeing you and I love your content so far take my subscribe button. I myself logged in over 3000 hours total (I fucking love this game and mods help keep this going.) Question, Why didn't you focus the Rapture? I focus the Cultists Priest because of how dangerous that Big Damage+Stress is with "The Finger". Killing the Priests is highly recommend as it leaves Rapture Cultist which can ONLY Heal itself and Wall a friendly but if there are no other enemies it only heals itself. You can stress heal and heal your party while it heals itself. The % for reinforcement doesn't go up, this also doesn't mean reinforcement is impossible, If there are 2 cultists they will summon reinforcement (seems quicker) if you take too long but it seems that it MUST be 2 cultist. I could be wrong but I have defeated enemies by Round 3-4, left the little guy and gotten to Round 7 or so multiple times with no reinforcement threat inbound with 1 Rapterous Cultist.

[@UnfortunateRobo]

Manage to complete the quest with vestal houndmaster MAA and leper Sadly my houndmaster died on the last iron crown

[@Jcarroz]

Even with a group of level 6 heroes and the vid I got worked in this level! Only killed 1 mini boss battle and lost my hellion to a mob and then lost the hound master in my retreat... bad day..

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Sorry to hear. Maybe try this party if that didnt work for you. Put a speed trinket on your MAA so you can protect faster and use this line up: Houndmaster, Occultist, MAA, and Bount Hunter. The marks should allow for more and quicker damage and here is the video on how I handle it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn-mnqybdqubatU

[@skyisclear8461]

I've just found your channel and have been binge watching. Your content is great. I am about to tackle the Darkest Dungeon. If I pick you up correctly, are the right trinkets crucial? And which ones? I might have to keep grinding to get them. Thanks!

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for the comment! Really strong trinkets do not come until the champion level bosses (Resolve level 5), and the ancestral trinkets are really late game.Therefore, good mid game/early game trinkets are the ones that increase hp, accuracy, reduce stress, or increase scouting. I personally was never drawn to the chance % increase and the resistance increase trinkets. Damage increasing trinkets are good if you have no other options or if their draw backs are not too detrimental. There are a lot of trinkets in the game, since there are hero specific trinkets and general trinkets. For new users, I believe increasing your scouting chance and trap disarm chance is crucial, thus the Survival Guide is strong (10% scout chance, 10% disarm trap, for only minus 1 speed), Other not too bad trinkets involve the Life Crystal, Health Stone, and Damage Stone. I hope this gave you some direction. With there being so many trinkets it can be hard to recommended some since your party composition can also effect what you choose to take.

[@skyisclear8461]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Thanks! Yes, I've beaten all the bosses and am getting some ancestral trinkets. I'm at a crossroads - I've had one Darkest Dungeon run but lost two 6th lvl characters and don't want to keep going back to grinding and losing the few really good trinkets I have by sending my best characters, but if I *don't* send them I'm not likely to beat the DD... So it's a tricky balancing act. Anyway thanks for the excellent guides.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It is terrifying once you get to the darkest dungeon. It's a different animal because of the different creatures and bosses, so I understand the hesitation of sending in your favorites.

[@REgamesplayer]

Went in with Musketeer, Mercenary, Occultist and Man at Arms. I had some really bad luck with Occultist getting insane and starting stabbing my own guys and refusing to do camp skills. However, my main mistake was taking too many turns buffing and killing support units while priests were doing too much stress and health damage. It did not helped that my Occultist proved to be piece of .... and were doing his typical 0 damage heals. This put me behind and I quickly started to struggle. Combine this with lack of information of where to go and what to do and you have a recipe for disaster. For example, I found ancestral items first. Went back, triggered more mobs which were not necessary as I thought quest items are randomized in a same pattern like other missions of this type. Sigh. This dungeon is way too tough. It relies on a player knowing what to do and that is just too much to ask. First mission was just right in difficulty, this one is too hard.

[@creativ3thinker]

Used all the same abilities and gear and my Hellion was 100@ stress on second fight. So as there was no point in continuing I just abandoned and lose my Vestal in the process. Frustrating as hell.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

2nd enemy fight or 2nd Templar fight? If it was the 2nd Templar fight, I think you could have pushed through. If it was the 2nd enemy fight, I wonder how so much stress built up. The enemies are hard but to get that level of stress would be a horrible case of RNG.

[@mrvinyee7539]

my fucking bounty hunter died then the rest of my team crumbled fucking perfect

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Did he get bursted down? The bounty hunter is probably the most vulnerable as he depends on heals or protection.

[@kesatoria7176]

you are so lucky dude, i take legit every 2 turn one crit of one of the priest and my teammates even with 30% of crit never crit the RNG is killing me

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

They definitely critical hard, but I have find consistent success in this dungeon. If it helps, this is by far the hardest dungeon.

[@kesatoria7176]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming yeah i finished the game now, it really was the hardest dungeon and i must thank you for your videos that helped a lot :)

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

@kesatoria7176 glad to hear and congratulations!

[@hibosmo]

"kill the cultist first" wich one bro? the priest cultist or the raptarous cultist xDD

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That is true. I would have to rewatch and see which ones I meant. Thank you for watching.

[@StefanSochinsky]

My butthole puckers up for a solid hour every time I've ever had to do this dungeon. On a side note, I found it kind of odd that you chose to do the 2 Templar fight in between the other two; I usually like to do it first (that way if it goes sideways, at least i won't have done the rest of the mission only to fail at the end of it).

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That's fair. I've done this way my whole time playing but it does have it's risks.

[@moonmooon338]

I've got the Valiant Spirit town event (+15% Virtue Chance on Next Quest) for this second Quest. I want to use that + the Ancestor's Tentacle Idol so badly lol (both made a 35% Virtue Chance). But Idk. What do you guys think?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I personally am not a fan of virtue farming but some people love to do it. I usually take the angle of taking in items that will beat a boss before I rely on RNG. However people have had great success with it. I would feel even more apprehensive in the darkest dungeon itself since it has the hardest enemies in the game.

[@moonmooon338]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming thanks for your advice my friend 🍻

[@BenderIsGr8]

What are the thoughts on using Houndmaster's guard, since he both self-heal and Self-stress heal, as well as having a ridiculous high dodge just to completely avoiding anything?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You could do that. You'll be stuck defending the whole time which isn't the worst. He can be a little squishy which is why it's not my favorite.

[@themoeszyslakexperience4639]

Great video! If you manage to kill the priest before the cultists, can you let the rounds go on and on while fully healing and "destressing" the group?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I am not entirely sure, I know people used to do that but they may have patched that somehow.

[@Backup_Dice]

I forgot that this 1 needed torches. Maybe next week 😡

[@Backup_Dice]

2nd attempt RNG gave 3 crits onto the vessel during the second cleansing room before I could guard her

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Hmmmm. That is really rough, all I can think of, is maybe a quickdraw charm on a MAA/Houndmaster. She will receive some damage of course, but that is unlucky.

[@GTurn00610]

I cant figure out where did you use the first camp.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It would be after the first fight to the left.

[@casinubrobbriu]

Hello! Have you uploaded also the guide for the first dd? Can't find it..

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I have not yet :(. However, I believe around the new year I should be entering the Darkest Dungeon on my new playthrough. I will strip some footage from that with my party comp.

[@joeb2009]

my hellion had a 53% crit chance, and she still barely got any crits in the final templar battle

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It be like that sometimes. Sorry to hear

[@joeb2009]

Man at arms held it all together despite being afflicted

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

@joeb2009 the old mad lad held it together

[@Pekaj]

It's easy until templars don't dodge atacks 10 times in a row

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That would definitely make any fight difficult. I'm sorry to hear.

[@Pekaj]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming I just discovered that lowering dodge stat with occultist while fighting them is great idea and that helped me a lot. He makes fighting templars much easier.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I do enjoy the lineup of mark and bark. The occultist does add a nice dodge reduction mark comp.

[@DonsFan56]

I used my only MAA in the first dungeon run!! I’d hate to spend a half-dozen runs levelling another up, is there any other strategy you recommend? Ie the one hero without the trinket being exceptionally high dodge or one that has any skills to help, please?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Yep there is an alternative to it. The hound master would be great one to do, because he gets extra dodge as he protects someone else. Now what I will say about that is, the hound master would have to continually do that same skill over and over again, since his protection skill lasts one less turn than a MAA. It would give high dodge and still protect the individual without the trinket. Therefore, you are going to need some massive and reliable damage during the miniboss fights. Let me know if that does not work for you!

[@DonsFan56]

HiDdeN SQuiDZ Gaming thank you for replying! I have a lv 5 houndmaster so I’ll get him to lv 6 and then send him in with a hellion, vestal and either a jester or BH (I’ll need to check what lv6 heroes I have!).. I’ll try it tomorrow!

[@DonsFan56]

So this may sound mad.. but I noticed in your video that the vestal actually wasn’t targeted often.. so I took the gamble! Ves-HM-GR-Hellion, vestal unprotected. I went for the damage from the front three, using AOE/single target heals and occasionally stress heals from HM. Vestal got hit once by revelation but other than that was actually left alone! I succeeded, but only just. Honestly I wish I had the MAA with guard instead, and then using bolster and riposte on him would have made it much much easier!! Thank you for the video, earned a sub:)

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

If you got away with it, take that win! I personally treat darkest dungeon as the worst case scenario will always happen (even though it doesn't) just because I do play a little more conservative. I am glad it worked out though.

[@pufuleteee123]

ty

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Thank you for watching!

[@Максим-о2в7о]

I don't understand how you leave the boss room with half HP but when you come to the next boss everyone is at full HP again?? what's the catch?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I probably used a campfire.

[@greed1sgood130]

this is a nice guide, but this comp.. i played second dd on medium difficulty and without any torches and felt like it really lacks direct damage. hellion is okay, but man at arms and houndmaster together just cant finish enemies quiclky enough, they dont crit that often, so i lost hellion on second fight as two priests were critting my frontline 3 times in a row with death lash, theres was nothing to do about it, aoe or target heal didnt do anything, also theres wasnt an option to protect hellion in case man at arms had almost the same hp, maybe if i brought houndmaster's dodge ability. so im just wondering is it me getting bad rng, am i bad at this game or this comp sucks

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

The comp can be a little low on damage at moments since some enemies have high bleed resists. If you want to play a fast loose style of zero torches I would try this comp then: Houndmaster, Occultist, MAA, and Bounty Hunter. A little more HP, mark strats will quickly remove high priority enemies and hopefully the Occultist doesn't get too many sub 8 heals. Fighting without torches in the darkest dungeon is also a quick way to receive way more critical strikes though. I don't find it worth it since there is really nothing to gain with the torch being lower and with the enemies doing more damage and stress per hit.

[@greed1sgood130]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming sounds legit, thanks for the answer

[@greed1sgood130]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming actually ive just done second dd with torches pretty easily, with your pathing tips, comp was the same, thank you very much once again

[@newtguy]

I abandoned this quest when I was about to lose and when I did, I got another torch trinket. So, now I have 4. Should I use all 4 and not worry about bringing the man at arms?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Are you sure you didn't pick up one from your dead hero?

[@newtguy]

HiDdeN SQuiDZ Gaming I have 4 in my inventory. When I came back in town after abandoning the quest, I saw an x on the chest. So, I opened up the trinket chest and there it was, a torch trinket as if it was a new trinket I haven’t had. I rearranged the trinkets and now I see 4 of them next to each other.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I wouldn't even really bother about the protecting too much then.

[@newtguy]

HiDdeN SQuiDZ Gaming I just beat it using 4 torches, no need to guard anyone haha.

[@defizero4383]

Two MAAs make the boss fights a joke lol.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Interesting. I have not done a double MAA strat with this yet. A slow, but steady comp for sure.

[@TheSilvercue]

What other thickets have you used, you get so many crits…

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I'm not sure about the critical strikes. It may have been good luck or setup.

[@thevengefulone3948]

How exactly do you stress heal with this comp? I tried it, but my vestal got hit twice by a revelation before I even could protect.. needles to say that run didnt end well lol.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

This party is not going to stress heal well outside of camp skills and killing enemies which means near the end there will be some decent stress. The houndmaster can cry havoc, but make sure you control the remaining enemies so they don't add more. The slow speed thing, I am not sure what trinkets you have but here are a couple different options you could go: Quickdraw charm, you would have to be more wary about defending more frequently since his speed will be horrible after the first round. Feather crystal or ancestors candle are good for two speed and should allow you to go before both minibosses most times Another successful party I used was this: Hound, Occultist, MAA, and BH kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn-mnqybdqubatU

[@senioy]

Use speed trinkets and quirks on the man at arms

[@bestintheworld5945]

Question with this: My Hellion keeps getting a 90 stress at the beginning of the dungeon. Is this an update or is this random? I experienced it twice so I'm positive I started this dungeon with 0 stress

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That should not be happening. If she is resolve 6, there should be no additional stress going into the dungeon. Maybe it broke or something.

[@bestintheworld5945]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming Hmm position 1 always gets like 90% stress and virtue debuff at the very start. Really frustrating so I had to run the dungeon with an abusive Hellion. Good thing I was still able to make it but really hard because of that stress

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

That's just super weird. I haven't heard of anything like that before. I'm glad you got through though!

[@apoptose1558]

Didn't you take her to a previous DD run? Characters can really only enter DD once, if you send them again (only possible on Radiant btw) they get high stress from the start.

[@ErrorCarry]

Why u putthe 2x boss as the 2 boss fight? That makes absolutely no sense

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

You could do it first. I'd avoid it at the end since that is when your party will be its weakest and has no chance for recovery. I like it right after the 2nd campfire though since I'm at a fairly fresh and reset point.

[@yamakasdf]

First try. Lost all my squad.. WTF those templars and this dunjeon....

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

It's probably the hardest for sure.

[@yamakasdf]

Reassuring and worrying 🤔

[@walterlotte4215]

Focussing the cultist makes no sense at all honestly. Passing up free turns of heal and stress relief? Why?

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I know some people like that strategy but I prefer to remove the utility enemies so my stuns and marks can hit unaffected. It's my preference but leaving them alive works for some people.

[@andreusvidal3491]

I did it first try copying your exact people

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Awesome!

[@andreusvidal3491]

@@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming yeah I was super scared tho cause my man at arms was about to be afflicted near the end

[@cb2291]

Is this a mod

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

Which aspect? I do not believe I had any mods on here.

[@cb2291]

Nah, I realised I just hadn't progressed the story yet 🤣- most of the videos are people doing dungeon runs so you don't see the story-unique monsters

[@epaomirimiri]

I just did this blind before watching this video. I did not bring any antivenom. 🫠 Arbalest/Occultist/Highwayman/Leper. I lost my Leper to Heart Attack before I got to the second miniboss, but somehow, SOMEHOW, managed to squeak out the other two fights with a lot of lucky rolls on Death's Door. I should not have made it out alive, but it helped that the Occultist and Highwayman went Virtuous. Arbalest wound up going Afflicted, but we managed to squeeze out a win anyway. Highwayman's Riposte really saved my bacon.

[@HiDdeNSQuiDZGaming]

I'm glad you got through it!