Hyperspeed Sleeper Cleric Build + TONS of Gameplay - Dark and Darker

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Timestamps:
00:00 - The Build (Perks, Skills, Spells, etc.)
02:20 - Budget Gear Guide
04:05 - Gameplay vs. Melee (Fighter, Barbarian, Cleric, Bard)
21:17 - Gameplay vs. Ranged (Wizard, Warlock, Ranger)
25:30 - Duos Gameplay (featuring Ryan6DaysAWeek)
32:25 - Trios Gameplay

[@VeggieTwelve]

Ryan and NotLikeThis the BiS duo

[@J4CKOID]

LOVE your commentary, great video as always!

[@Tiffanycochran-xx9le]

was a beautiful performance! inspiring. thank you for the content!

[@janweissmann6472]

Man i love you, this is EXACTLY what i was looking for as a build for clerik. I am having so much fun. Thx

[@glooomful]

super glad to see another video from you man!

[@wiellin270]

First time watching your content! Awesome stuff, you got a sub! I LOVE how you play Cleric, never picked up the class because of the Slow Speeds and an almost Janky Melee/Caster. But, this build makes a lot of sense, might try it.

[@Forwardslashhug]

Youre so damn good at this game! Great vid!

[@2me300]

Finalllyyyyyy been waiting for you to come back dude

[@adamguenther8966]

Killed the most BIS'd out barbarian I've ever encountered thanks to this video! Thanks for the holy inspiration!

[@EsotericCat]

loved the duos with u and ryan!!

[@Sylvr369]

Perfect timing on YT recommending this video; I just unlocked all of the Murder quests last night (Kill 5 of Class X and Y, Kill X players on this map or that, etc). I might try to squeeze Brewmaster into the build too. 14+ STR on top of Divine Strike will probably be huge for bonking.

[@eriknewjerz]

one of the best content creators for DnD, love watching you stream + upload. clerics forever

[@lookingforsmalldads7588]

Wow, this was peak gameplay I hate solos but this got me excited to go back in

[@ShadowSerpent2506]

Like the Darkest Dungeon quote at 19:50 👍🏾

[@ironoobuochibeli5444]

great video, you're polite, humble and smart, gg

[@MercyxJoey]

First kill with this setup was bis wiz. W/O the ms I would’ve been dead 10 fold. Ty for the setup man, makes melee cleric fun!

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

They don't expect it!

[@GoulsK]

Ty bro tried this build today with a low budget kit ~1500 / 2000g Feels good to be fast ^^

[@averybeck390]

This was great!

[@louisdancie7729]

i was doing sleeper cleric last wipe, very effective indeed

[@AdrianoRodrigues]

Man, that darkest dungeon quote was amazing. If you had it spoken it would be even better. Great fights. As a wizard i will watch for these fast clerics now

[@anddreygg4996]

I love this game so much, it’s so difficult and I barely escape any dungeon, but it’s still so fun, I will become the most evil warlock the game has seen

[@Its2for1]

That was a wild hit at 33:38 haha, you literally killed him with the handle of your warhammer.

[@DobbyGloving]

Just tried this, face tanked a barb, and still won the trade. Great vid man!

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Nice work!

[@keziah5647]

damn dude, you sold me this. multiclassing for +5 mheal onto my warlock and this is def what I'll be using to grind

[@danielholm7958]

this is my exact built for this whole wipe so far. Same abilities and perks. Getting consistant 2-3 kills per goblin cave

[@Tiipps369]

nice vid man, you know whats up

[@Ryan62633]

Do you think that you could make an updated cleric guide sometime soon? I have been maining cleric in trios and I have been wondering which armor I should use if I should use 10 spell or not. Anyways, thank you for the great cleric videos 👍

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Honestly I've been running this build in trios for the entire patch so far, with great success. But I understand you are probably looking for a support build. 10 spell is great. I'll probably make an updated Cleric Guide (again) maybe after Patch 4. If I tire of this build and find a good 10 spell build though, then I'll make a video on it this patch.

[@Ryan62633]

@@NotLikeThisJoe Thank you

[@BornToKill780]

​@@NotLikeThisJoe wondering what u think of creep bein implemented ?

[@Brotection_]

Not really worth it with the bless and holy strike nerfs. Usually area denial via earthquake and locust swarm are also not worth it since you can't heal others while channeling it on a door way or something (not to mention you get ambushed like half the time anyways). And bind requires high spell casting speed scaling to be worth. Can be nice to chase down rogues in trios and such but typically in actual 3v3s it's better to either precast heals to prevent 2 taps or engage/zone melee with divine protection. Currently you can run all the heals, divine strike, and res on just 5 spell with divine protection or judgement. They kind of gutted the other 5 spells on cleric to a mostly unusable state so.. 😂

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I don't like it and I hope the devs don't copy Tarkov too much. (Tarkov added something like this) Footstep sounds are important information that allow counterplay. @@BornToKill780

[@RifleREVO]

nice plays jo

[@Fenarious]

return of the king

[@StoutKen]

The high move speed makes sense but im surprised more people arent baiting out divine protection more.

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Good players will try, which is why I try to be as close as possible before I pop it. That way there is no space to run, and blocking or fighting is their only option. Good PDR fighters with Heater are sometimes a challenge.

[@CMM943]

Joe is Back!

[@AkumosBDF]

You can animation cancel with lantern too. Hold down right click + spam cancel throw lantern and spam left click.

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

When would you use it? Like, mid-swing?

[@AkumosBDF]

@@NotLikeThisJoeThe actions I described are just how you trigger it continuously in general but yeah you could do those actions quickly after or mid swing as well. You can basically just hold those buttons down and spam it nonstop to keep doing it,.

[@backseatslidepuzzle]

Father! The cleric has awakened!

[@shaboingboing799]

My favorite dark dark player

[@Anathorne]

Hi, is one great video :) i like see you use the war hammer, not lot of people like play with. Wath you think about the new patch and the nerf of the cleric ?

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I never liked holy strike (even though I recognize it was strong) so I don't mind. Bless nerf is sad though.

[@ugotarbysvag9078]

This build is crazy

[@x.m1to439]

Great Content bud. Keep it up

[@Nadestorms]

I play wiz lock but respect the build, cool concept

[@LogansArchive]

Yo why is this guy goated af

[@guyclegg]

He is the one

[@pardolagames8994]

You should get a lantern for your War Hammer. Not only you get bonuses but you can also throw it at people

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I've been using +2 wpn dmg lanterns in the recent videos (when I can afford the gear score), but yesterday it was nerfed to +1. Maybe it's time to try buckler again? I'm not sure

[@jongabalis5964]

With the new creep change ive been getting overrun while trying to play support cleric. I'm going to try this 3 mans but use earthquake and big heal

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Creep for everyone is wild. I foresee a reversion.

[@overlordttvi2064]

Dude your eyes look smart 😂😂😂 I did like this in Solos. Duos are for more action and tramwork. Solos for more profit. Gods Love Blessing and Peace ❤❤❤

[@BornToKill780]

Greqta video. I wish they would give us a way to distinguish gear rarity in the dungeon in person. diffrence between a green and legendary adventure tunic is huge

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

It would be cool to see a little more of this

[@L0wSkiller]

Maybe some trim! Or even if the clothes are ragged and torn, and then have more contrast/less faded colors / no tears on the hunter rarities would be neat :) kinda like how some weapons look different in the inventory depending on rarity :) (namely the orange bladed longsword for purple)

[@BornToKill780]

@@L0wSkiller yes this exactly rips tears extra lining anything to show what u r dealing with

[@rowdyruu8275]

Thank you for this video!! Im a new player with no direction other than youtube 😂 i chose cleric as my first class (probably a mistake) and i must say this game is difficult when it comes to pvp. 4 days in, not 1 kill on my belt 🤣

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Have faith brother, you will get better soon. With each death you learn more and become better.

[@brain5437]

how are you doing the quick cast/auto spell selection @ 16:50? i want my cleric duo to have that lol

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

It's not auto selection, it's just good muscle memory lol. You can switch spells before the UI completely pops up.

[@ugotarbysvag9078]

This build looks insane, can’t wait to try it out after work. Hopefully inflation hasn’t hit cuz of this video lol

[@awgmax]

thanks for the guides, can you do a video on the budgetest of budget builds? or the best squire default build setups for the low-playtime scrubs like me?

[@beanclient8062]

junk dashing boots, leather gloves (melee classes) rawhide gloves (caster classes) give the best default stats rn

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

For now you could search by slot (for example, "feet") and filter by uncommon. That should be pretty budget. For default squire with no progression, I'd go heavy boots, frock, cloth pants, spellbook, flanged mace, prot pot, hp pot, bandage, torches, and maybe buckler if you like it.

[@awgmax]

thank you 🙏@@NotLikeThisJoe

[@skip36]

nice vid

[@god6384]

20:40 they should make those wall lamps moveable. It makes no sense they block your way since realistically they would just move if you bump into it. I've died so many times because they blocked my way its ridiculous.

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I thought I could squeeze through and I was clearly wrong.

[@shaqino]

have you tried stacking buff duration? i believe you can go up to 70%, which would add 3 more seconds your divine protection

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

If I can get buff duration without sacrificing any important stats, then I like it.

[@Brotection_]

The main problem with having buff duration with high-end gear is you benefit so much from stacking knowledge/spell casting speed and will/healing. Then anything else that gives you damage and you basically have no room for bdur.

[@god6384]

cleric with so much speed and 3 hit is OP

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Any class can achieve this with current patch's scaling. Just need the right build. I do wish gear was scaled back down to earlier patches. I enjoy high ttk for more counterplay.

[@corwindobrowski5354]

great seein you upload again, I thought you mighta moved on or whatever

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Just was taking a little break. Don't worry, I won't leave :)

[@oAntz]

i tried making the kit and cant find any +all attributes? i just wanna be faster ppl keep running away from me

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

+all no longer exists (for now). This build is older but you can try getting armor rolls instead. Also go buckler instead of lantern

[@professorsarge2770]

I would be dying on purpose for the tokes 😅. Nice build though!

[@ShinyaTheNinja]

killed someone with this exact gear setup idk if it was you or not but def got me a lot of loot I'm a rogue

[@grimeztv2707]

I LOVE YOU... TY

[@cvrbyyl3079]

do you play streched? And if yes how do you play stretched in dark and darker

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

2560x1600

[@awgmax]

@@NotLikeThisJoe ayy 16x10 enjoyer.

[@janinecat1865]

Here to comment how ironmace must have found this video because today's update nerfed everything we see above.

[@Hqzza]

Omg that’s the boostedboiz rowdessy ☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@Idyllicase]

Definitely not 500g anymore 😢 also didn’t mention what chapel you were using for budget but I’m guessing it’s whatever you can afford

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Indeed, prices have gone up quite a bit. I wish there were more ways to fight the market inflation.

[@CosimoBiolghini]

how do you deal with plated fighters?

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Buff before fight, get close enough so they can't run after you pop DP, jump in while activating DP, then swing around the shield until they drop.

[@Wulfrim]

Well that was convincing lmao

[@RollingSoloRPG]

Watching all you wins builds my confidence, then I go in to lobby's and get 2 hit and die every time 😂😂

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Go get em champ!

[@RollingSoloRPG]

@@NotLikeThisJoe I'm gonna run cleric tonight. I will try to channel my inner not like this.

[@shanpuzeira]

u deserve

[@ph-xx4eu]

I saw a version of this in my lobby with brewmaster and I just avoided it the whole match.

[@Brotection_]

Rip holy strike 😂

[@killermen962]

11:35 MF healed the dead mimic lmfao, Wish I could say I don't do that

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

It has unfortunately happened to all us Clerics. I wish I couldn't accidentally buff a dead skeleton.

[@OsaV127]

I main this build in solos/duos you not using holystrike is an insult to god - it lets you 1v1 wiz /warlock (hard counters locks as their mr perk dosnt apply to holly damage and when in phantomise take 150% aoe magic damage) also with that ms you get 2 stokes off before mele fight for free = 40-60 ranger damage. You can litterly trade holy strikes for others damage - out heal them and just push mele with casted shields. Also a heater sheild helps with handaling counters warlock/wiz/ranger and gives you a chunk or armour with a good roll

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I recognize Holy Strike's strength, but I just enjoy the buff/bonk/heal playstyle. Warlocks haven't been a problem with this build yet.

[@germanchokolat1]

how to filter +1 all attributes....

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

They patched +all out. If you still like this build, you can try +armor instead and add other good melee stats.

[@HAHAd2]

Fighter does this build just better imo

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I've always said fighter is an easier and better solo cleric in most situations.

[@llSn0qll]

this build still work?

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I'm sometimes running a modified version of it but it still works. I definitely like using buckler over lantern this wipe though.

[@ZenMunk]

Sucks that due to recent changes in the game, a buff cleric is taking people by surprise and shitting on them. I am so happy I am taking a LONG break from this game, maybe until its back on steam. what an entertaining shit show to watch tho haha

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I ran this build at the end of last season and it worked well. I've been literally 1 shot 0-100 this patch by a slayer fighter, and I don't think this build is anywhere near the strongest you can achieve in DaD compared to other classes.

[@ZenMunk]

makes sense, I personally never engage a cleric with buffs. I wait it out and range as much as I can. The best cleric build now is holy strike with judgment movement speed magic damage. you 2-3 shot most people. Id recommend that if you havn't tried it@@NotLikeThisJoe

[@Azadng]

2 months later, the prices are three times higher x(

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

Yes, the economy goes up and down over the course of a wipe. Also +all doesn't exist anymore. Use any off meta gear because you can finder better rolls at cheaper prices

[@kratarinalol9011]

server?

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

US West or East.

[@kratarinalol9011]

@@NotLikeThisJoe i see thats the resson u dont get a single crosbow and the people give the backs or use a range weapon in mele.... come to europe west , we apreciate u free gear

[@watertaco]

what are you doing 1 death is 1 toke..

[@i_Kodoku]

This build looks great and super good for survivability, but damn is Cleric boring compared to most of the other classes :/

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

This is part of the reason I enjoy this build so much. It's very different compared to the usual playstyles.

[@vitoriapreissler528]

Promo-SM 🙏

[@omen9450]

engagemetn

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

algoalreethumb

[@Sulamanjansulttaani]

Firebox has alot of content with this spec

[@tomj0771]

I think this is kinda broken xd

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

I see your point, but we are vulnerable to pre-fight skirmishing, post DP fighting, magic damage, and more. DP has a very small window of 4-5 seconds.

[@tomj0771]

@@NotLikeThisJoe true as a ranger i have ben dying to this even when i hit the cleric like 10 times with epic longbow and 2 hits of spear so i think its broken its fighter with heals at a down side that you dont have the 70% PDR all the time but i tried it and at least its fun when you play it xd

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

@@tomj0771 With this build, 3 body shots or just 1 headshot and 1 body shot will kill me if the ranger has "mid" gear. That's why dodging and getting a good engagement without taking ranged damage early is so important.

[@momentum7828]

cleric is fcking broken

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

The lengths that we have to go to equal a fighter's power....

[@digz6997]

not bad, just wont work at high rank

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

In this video I kill someone with 2 of his characters ranked in the top ten Solo Leaderboard, but okay man.

[@digz6997]

@@NotLikeThisJoe 1st, when you die it shows wanderer 1 rank show up........ok 2nd, as a top 100 solo warlock last season also with countless hours on all other classes expect bard it would be silly to assume anyone under the top 100 solo leaderboards is any good at pvp because to get there its about farming pve, pvp is a side quest. 3rd, no need to be offended by my comment i dumbed it down in the nicest possible way that its ''not bad'' and the fact remains that anyone at high rank with half a brain just has to avoid you for 4 seconds while divine protection is up and then the cleric turns into a weaker caster than any other caster and a weaker melee'er than any other melee'er making you a complete fish out of water. just like you avoided the barbs in your video the second they shouted, which lasts for what 6 seconds? and you managed to do it while being the slowest class lol. and lastly., the overall best solo cleric build i found working (at semi high rank) was a combination of melee caster with +add magic/true magic dmg and judgement skill for high burst to surprise other classes while pretending to only be a fat slow melee cleric. youre still a worse fighter and a worse wizzard but its more of a surprise than your amazing 4 second buff with a loud sound cue. but okay man.

[@L0wSkiller]

You running 4:3 aspect ratio? Much love 💕 such a cutie in the cam!!! And NotLikeThis is also delectably scrumptious 🫦

[@NotLikeThisJoe]

16:10, I'm running 2560 x 1600