NEW PLAYER'S GUIDE: What Heroes Are Strongest Right Out The Gate? A TIER LIST [Darkest Dungeon 2]

This is my opinion on what heroes are strong right at unlock vs. heroes that need a little bit of extra unlocking to feel really good. If nothing else, I can help you have accurate expectations to know what you're getting yourself into when you unlock heroes!
FINAL TIER LIST: imgur.com/a/Mo1Djhx
TWITCH: / mariner_hawk
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro/Context
01:00 Tiers Explanation
03:31 Judging Criteria
04:16 Bounty Hunter
05:46 Crusader (DLC)
08:22 Duelist (DLC)
11:06 Flagellant
13:37 Grave Robber
16:17 Hellion
18:55 Highwayman
20:46 Jester
22:31 Runaway
25:38 Leper
28:04 Occultist
31:12 Plague Doctor
33:20 Man-At-Arms
35:07 Vestal
38:43 Outro

[@AspenArrow]

Nice job! I like that you included all the starting skills with the visuals for them on each hero. ♥

[@larrygarms7230]

The KINGS of dps: Leper & Highway man!! Chop, Duelist and point blank!

[@0rcd0c]

Very accurate placements in regards to what the criteria were. In terms of actual early game power, the characters from the starter team are pretty much top dogs. Between HWM and GR, you only need 1 shrine for PBS and the rest of the shrines can go on PD and MAA who scale extremely well with the unlocks. I'd say Hellion and Jester come after mainly due to first paths being the best ones and some very solid skills but both want their full kits asap because the strongest "staples" come with the last shrines. Leper is an interesting one because he himself starts out with a great kit. However, he needs some combo enablers and most of them require deep unlocks. So he's good "early game" but only when you have almost full unlocks on some other characters.

[@Mariner_Hawk]

One reason I liked this idea when I came up with is how different a tier list like this vs overall strength of characters, I tried to make it clear that they were different to not confuse any new players haha. I'm sure if I did this tier list 10 times it'd have some slightly different iterations but overall I think I got it fairly accurate, thank you for watching

[@Prins_Igor]

As a new player this is really helpful. thank you!

[@Mariner_Hawk]

Thanks for watchin! Let me know if you have any other questions about the game

[@youssefeli]

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[@abcptw458]

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[@luishidalgogarcia654]

Nintendo Switch players here

[@ifeanyioraelosi7305]

You're tearlist is sheet! Aside: Thanks for the BB grand slam video. I now only play the unga-bunga team (Occ, PD, MAA, Hellion) with tick and almanac.

[@Mariner_Hawk]

UR SHEET no thank YOU for watching. Have fun with them crits buddy

[@JohnPaul-nb5iu]

2nd

[@pageessery7782]

1st

[@Mariner_Hawk]

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