The 5 Best Trios: Darkest Dungeon

[@zaifir8119]

Those are some pretty strong trios, but i can't really get over the lack of 3 Lepers. 3 Lepers is a pretty strong foundation, and works well with most characters in the 4th slot, even when you'd usually want to add a Leper to that Trio to fully complete it and cover its few weakspots.

[@carsonperry6443]

Don’t forget that a Leper in Rank 1 also has greats synergies with all other Lepers, no matter their placement.

[@mr_hawker5817]

yes

[@r2d2sp1]

Oh yes, the famous Trepler (triple leper) combo, normally I like to fill rank 4 with a antiquerian, for some extra dmg and control

[@GatesOfAvalon1]

Imagine not running leper in rank 4 smh

[@NoxLegend1]

Thanks for the advice guys I just started playing this is going to be first build and I am sticking with it until I beat the game.

[@thickveinysausage3062]

A non-DLC variant of the Jestal SB comp is Jestal Houndmaster Hellion. Solves the problems with lack of range, stuns, prot enemies and comes with a guard.

[@DanteCrowlley]

*I don't like hellion stun, I prefer her as damage and self heal*

[@Verbose_Verbatim]

@@DanteCrowlley In this comp, you can use Vestal and/or Houndmaster and/or Hellion to stun. If not doing Hellion Stun, consider that HM's Blackjack is very powerful as a stun (+10% base chance) and reaches ranks 1-3. It's like having a rank-2 Occultist using Hands from the Abyss. edit: in addition, Cudgel Weight is an easy-to-find uncommon trinket for +25% stun chance at -1 SPD.

[@DanteCrowlley]

@@Verbose_Verbatim *I do use HM stun over hellion or others when I can, in fact I have his trinket that boosts his stun chance*

[@rareroe305]

I never used Occultist much in my first couple playthroughs because, you guessed it, he healed for 0 and applied a bleed at Death's Door. Now I'm digging him more though.

[@abysmalist4761]

video idea: top 10 times ive spent 3 hours developing and researching a perfect team for the game to just double crit bleed me

[@Ygv-ana]

Make a early Shambler Hunting Guide, a lot of people skip Shambler in the early stages (when he is easier to deal with) and end up missing on those ancestral trinkets

[@RookieREX]

that might be spoilery tho especially since its directed to newer players...

[@girolamoesposito6131]

For real! Today I just lost a lvl 0 MAA for an ancestral map on week 10. Best trade ever, I basically just won my Bloodmoon run. 😎

[@finempra8730]

Best tip for shambino is to shuffle your party preemptively to avoid wasting turns moving. Best classes for shambino IMO are Highwayman, MAA, and Abomination. Highwayman and MAA get riposte, and abomination can either stun the clapperclaws or dunk shambler with Rage. Finally, the Clapperclaws don’t die after shambler is killed, so don’t hail mary shambler or else the clappers will mess you up

[@rngrtt3689]

​@@girolamoesposito6131That's a great trade deal all things considered. Ancestor's map is a game changer.

[@liberalismisahatecrime4385]

@@girolamoesposito6131 I read your comment and literally the exact thing happened to me on my very next dungeon. I was going on a prophet run to get a focus ring for my leper, I had just camped and low and behold I saw that flower thing that summons the shambler, I decided to tempt fate and summon him. I too brought a resolve level 0 MAA, he died of a heart attack, my other three heroes survived and I got the map, first time I've had that item drop.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Plague Doctor and Flagellant: Great is the weapon that cuts on its own. Houndmaster: Does my dog count for this?

[@whitesaint760]

Idk man I think the best trio in the game is triple hellion. Damage is a synergy.

[@ShuffleFM]

*pain train intensifies*

[@TheFuriousBrother]

HERE COMES THE PAIN TRAIN!!!

[@couchpotatoe91]

Triple hell's hairpin + surgical gloves gogo!

[@H0VA]

Very smart of you as a video maker to leave the team up the entire time in upper left corner when the video isn't broken up in parts, helps alot for searching. Thanks

[@unknownkingdom]

Antiquarian + MAA + Grave Robber. With guard me, retribution and shadow fade you force your enemies to attack into riposte. Ideally the 4th slot is another riposter.. also you can get huge dodge buffs with MAA camp skill and antiquarian buff.

[@kaidenb.7299]

Smart I’ll try that

[@rubberdinghy7708]

If you want you can double up on the antiquarian for double invigorating vapours, that paired with bolster and dodge trinkets make your team very hard to hit. Bit of a low damage output though, so be wary. Still fun to try and gets you lots of money

[@michaelw6277]

I’ve grown fond of Highwayman, Grave Robber, and Hellion (often with Vestal making ‘Gun and Roses’). Ranks 3 and 4 die as quickly as you’d like, a well timed combo of Point Blank Shot and Bleed Out crushes rank 1, you have access to decent bleeds, and being surprised doesn’t mean anything because all three do great damage in the process of repositioning. It works great everywhere and sometimes feels like cheating.

[@andycopeland7051]

It always makes me giggle when I see Leper crit for something like 50. Like DAMMMMM

[@yumiya2927]

You are killing it recently with the content drop! Keep up the awesome work chief!

[@falseking989]

One thing I've slept on greatly is how much I've been using Vestal as a crutch for bad gameplay. However, with proper gameplay Occultist / Crusader / Flagellant can be more effective and is much more rewarding. The single biggest reason I enjoy moving away from using Vestal in every comp is I can now use 2 backline DPS like PD / Arbalest.

[@couchpotatoe91]

At first I thought this was a challenge of playing the game with only 3 heroes instead of 4 for eah mission. Nevertheless I like Hellion, Flagellant and Houndmaster for their bleed synergy, especially the Hellion's +33%dmg vs. Bleeding and the flagellant's bleed debuff. The healing in this team is really good, it has stress heal, awesome camping skills, scouting and plays very well in torchless (houndmaster whistle and hell's hairpin). Lots of crits, lots of bleeds, outside of the ruins this team is an absolute blast to play! If you're lame you can throw in a plague doc, bounty hunter, jester or vestal in this mix, but this is one of the teams where 3 might be enough amd even better against shuffling enemies because hellion and flagellant can't be pushed to rank 4.

[@jordyvranken6578]

which hellion skill is +33% damage vs bleeding? i cannot seem to find it

[@couchpotatoe91]

@@jordyvranken6578 Her crit bonus does that. Meaning whenever she crits, she does +33% more dmg against bleeding for 3 turns. Actually two attacks because one buff wears off when she starts her turn. So pairing her with a flagellant or housemaster is generally a good idea since her bleeds aren't the most reliable.

[@jordyvranken6578]

@@couchpotatoe91 i see yeah, ive even tried this just now but she never crits in the beginning of the fight even with 36% crit chance, so didnt get to see the good stuff yet lmfao

[@couchpotatoe91]

@@jordyvranken6578 Surgical gloves, Hell's hairpin (if you do torchless runs) and her sharpening spear camp ability help a lot with that. Jester (battle ballad) and MAA (bolster) as well.

[@jordyvranken6578]

@@couchpotatoe91 we were talking about the hellion flag houndmaster combo, idk tho. i was using gloves and ancestors pen and still hardly ever crit

[@AzureKite]

Bro I just got finished watching an older video of yours, I went back to home page and you posted this. Amazing.

[@revenant7005]

Wait that’s all? Please make more! I need more DD trio videos!

[@pavisepavisnt]

Hear me out, Anti-HM-MAA. Why them? Well... Fat ripostes from Retribution's crits, Target Whistle's fat debuff and mark synergy with Hound's Rush and the funny dodge spam from Anti's Invigorating Vapours.

[@garethsentry]

Great content thanks, I just started playing after doing Battle Brothers and Urtuk and I'm really enjoying your guides, I had a sweet moving trio with crusader, shieldbreaker, Hwm and Graverobber, lots of fun

[@ShuffleFM]

Did you enjoy those other games? I love BB and I need to try Urtuk still

[@komrade_karma8220]

We got the best comps videos, the best trio video, and the best duo videos Now we need the best solo's video to come out to finish the set

[@H0VA]

What was the title of his best comps video? Unless you are referring to his 5 beginner teams one.

[@komrade_karma8220]

@@H0VA yes, that was the one I was referring too

[@Darksideofthestars]

It's leper.

[@drakematsen4978]

You mentioned JestalBreaker for Endless Harvest, but have you done and actual video about Endless Harvest, Sleeper, Miller, and you? That might be worth doing before DD2

[@eternalrogue832]

Thanks for the content as always Shuffle

[@gamesmash9859]

HWM, crusader, occultist is the trio I think I've beaten the first level of the DD with every single time. I add either a Hellion or SB to rank one and just go to town. The SB version is probably my favorite because of how easy it is for them to shuffle around the battlefield.

[@backintime1916]

GR+HVM+SB are absolutely insane: deals medium-high damage, SB and GR can break through armor, all three characters regularly crit, they have above average dodge, and they are resistant to shuffling. These mad lads destroy Ruins without any problems, most likely they also work well in the Weald and Cove.

[@sarakollaritsch3695]

i've found that crusader-jester-hwm-FL hero is another great setup; I usually use MMA but you could put anyone who doesn't care about shifting between rank 1 and 2. crusader is main healer and secondary dps, jester is stress healer and secondary dps, hwm is primary dps. I usually try to keep crusader and jester leapfrogging between rand 3 and 4 but its not an issue b/c hwm can hop around and reposition if crusader of jester gets into rank 2. crusader and jester can take the enemy back line to task in 2 or 3 turns, hwm can take out the frontline with pointblank and duelist advance and can also redirect to the backline if necessary. The dmg across all enemy ranks is crazy and you can keep healing and stress pretty under control in the last few turns bc crusader will loose any backline targets and can only heal. MMA works great in this team, mainly for for funneling dmg and throwing out stuns. getting riposte on him and hwm is great. I usually have him guarding hwm since he's a glass cannon, but i may guard no one or crusader if i need to throw out heals or want as many riposte procs as possible. This is my go-to team for long vetran missions and it even managed to stand up to Vvulf - though I did loose my Reynauld in that fight to bleed :(

[@theodoax]

Is the alternate title for this video "The 5 Best Polycules"?

[@shadedergu9921]

The first party is also a boss eraser if you have PD Vapor buff your frontliner

[@shadedergu9921]

Also, Jester, Plague Doctor, and Occultist are easily a highlight of this video, not just as the first trio, but because they show up the most in the video. They are just good. A lot of busted parties are gonna have at least one of them if not two of them.

[@walrusinc2736]

It's surreal hearing you say "3 weeks til darkest dungeon 2."

[@goatsplitter]

Best trio is three crusaders and then to round out the crusader trio, you add another crusader.

[@ericm1839]

I appreciate hound master but i prefer bounty hunter. The stuns are so stronk and he has the execute at the end. You do need someone for the camp skill so i go with occultist for the heal and to protect from nighttime ambush or highwayman if you need extra damage in a pinch

[@burlyboomer4283]

I'm a big fan of the Jester, Houndmaster, Flagellant bleed cleave trio. The fourth slot can really be anyone but Hellion, Plague Doctor, or Bounty Hunter (with Molars equipped) stick out.

[@Hevelord]

I Think the best combo is campfire, torches and overconfidence.

[@sebastiangibson9671]

Jestal and leper you can’t go wrong with though you struggle to hit the back you Murder the front without much risk

[@bunnysupreme74]

Today I found out that, surprisingly, GR, PD and Leper make a great team! GR lunges rank 3. PD stuns rank 4 (and rank 3 if it's not dead). Since the backline is stunned, that gives Leper enough time to Intimidate the last backline enemy, to slow him down. Since the backline enemy is slowed down, it's almost guaranteed that GR will be fast enough to throw a poison dart in round 2 and kill it. And since Intimidate marks Leper, it somewhat protects GR being in Rank 2 on the second round. As long as you start GR in Rank 4, she will almost never interfere with Leper being in Rank 1.

[@mr.pepper5297]

I can vouch for HWM-Crus-Occ, put a HM in the back and don't forget to guard

[@khoamama88]

Tried Jestal SB trio this morning in Weald. My SB got crit by the giant for 56 and then one tapped by a mushroom dude. Everyone else was full HP basically.

[@ShuffleFM]

Gotta block against giant for that specific reason, they suck.

[@DanteCrowlley]

*The series so far made me play better then never, week 36+ and my guild n blacksmith is almost 90% done, but I still have problem with long runs, I've already lost the doctor item 2 times due lack of healing or just not tanky enough, I'm getting mad at this point, I can beat most of bosses but I can't beat long runs*

[@zedre7633]

Don't be shy to oversupply and don't throw supplies out at the very start for loot. A completely filled bag isn't bad if you're going long and you can always backtrack to curios if feasible. Also keep in mind the region you're going to. Warrens warrants another stack of medicine over shovels while Weald would be the opposite and Cove requires both. Warrens requires less food since you'll find it in curios, Ruins requires more, etc. Camp skills are also a big part of long dungeons so bringing heroes with good battle or stress buffs help as well as night time ambush prevention that comes with a buff, such as Highwayman or Houndmaster. Scouting chance is also greatly valuable as more tiles means more traps and secret rooms have a guaranteed chance of spawning. Don't be stingy with camping. Making room for more loot is good, getting buffs is good. An earlier first camp can mitigate a lot of damage.

[@DanteCrowlley]

@@zedre7633 *I do use wiki for basic info, but I have money issue in this game, so far I'm sitting around 30k again, and probably will lose it soon as my team gets stronger cuz I do upgrade when my team is stronger, also made sure to have lvl 1 experienced heroes to save some money raising them all from zero all over, yet due oversupply I can't get all the money I wanted, but I'm trying to figure out a better planning on money*

[@zedre7633]

@@DanteCrowlley Money can be a big issue for sure if you're focusing on heirlooms for building upgrades early. If I'm short on gold I usually do a few runs of medium dungeons with an Antiquarian and focus solely on money stacks/gems and ignore heirlooms altogether, you can get upwards of 30k per mission like that if you're lucky even in Apprentice dungeons.

[@DanteCrowlley]

@@zedre7633 *Apprentice usually gives me more heirlooms, sometimes I do a back track torchless if the dungeon is small 'n low chance of food trap spawn, usually I run 2 packs of food, sometimes I must get rid of it to collect the precious, I'm tryin to abuse antiquarian as well but sometimes I just feel its better to finish already*

[@zedre7633]

@@DanteCrowlley I get ya, torch manipulation can help a lot too. Warrens is usually nice to backtrack in darkness since the hallways are short and rooms all connect together. Good luck and hope you can figure out long missions soon!

[@joenuts7713]

Occultist - hound master - man at arms

[@Delicashilous]

2:41 what was that? A hidden room?

[@TheFirebolt2011]

You find secret rooms when you make a critical Scouting.

[@DanteCrowlley]

*The only hero u need os leper*

[@Tocha_official]

Best trio Crusader, Crusader, Crusader

[@Tocha_official]

BTW, can you split / mark this video per team?

[@S_Black]

Rounded out by another Crusader

[@taskfailedsuccessfully4248]

I did PD Houndmaster Flagellant Shieldbreaker I use poison of PD the use impale of shieldbreaker then bleed with Houndmaster and Flagellant it's fucking wonderful when I don't have to do anything but wait for the enemies turn so they can die. satisfying as fuck

[@bigboi1265]

My favorite synergy is Triple Leper

[@wilsonaguiar4646]

Would you consider that based on your videos and views on the importance of momentum, how op stun is and how healing is a reactive move that PD os the best healer in the game? 🤔

[@ShuffleFM]

She very well could be. Her damage mitigation is second to none

[@RookieREX]

are there reliable comp's for ONLY RUNNING 3 heros? 🤔

[@ghorad.197]

i think most of these trio are quite reliable running without 4th member, but not the jestal one, since the jestal want to be on the backline, but the most reliable i think would be the occultist crusader hwm, since all those three works in all front three positions, and you have two damage dealer, two stun and two healer

[@RookieREX]

@@ghorad.197 i suppose people HAVE done more with less

[@hepcilll5520]

Im just wondering, why arent you picking up chests and supllies?

[@ShuffleFM]

Maxed estate with millions of gold, don't need it :P

[@Pika_X]

I have the first team with lepar should I swap my arbalist with plague doctor

[@glorytoarstotzka330]

you should add "Chapters" [aka timestamps on the right of the screen]

[@matiasmorales073]

not gonna lie good trios

[@samuelhamrick2235]

12:47 - 12:54 I don't understand what he means here, could someone please explain this? I've always had stun+riposte in my mind as non-synergy

[@gblincoln]

you write exactly what he said, this team doesn't have a lot of stuns, only vestal will stun and I believe her stun is not the most reliable one, so it will open more opportunities to your HWM to riposte

[@samuelhamrick2235]

@@gblincoln I see now, thanks. I somehow heard it as him saying the complete reverse of what he actually said.

[@Syurtpiutha]

None of these teams include Grave Robber? Who are you and what have you done to shuffle? :P

[@inquisitorthornside3p494]

LEPLER LEPLER LEPLER !

[@francescopaci9435]

are stunned target easier to hit?

[@ShuffleFM]

Nah, same dodge and stuff

[@ronanmurray503]

Do you use a mod to make your party walk faster?

[@ShuffleFM]

Yep! There are plenty out there

[@ExtremeMan10]

Unpopular opinion: MaA, Crusader and Leper are best trio of tanks.

[@TheFuriousBrother]

Throw in a second MAA at rank 4!

[@OK-sd3lp]

Triple Occultists is way more fun. Tanking in robes he he.

[@Doc_Tar]

@@TheFuriousBrother What do you call that team, "armored brigade?" What's the team order 4. M-a-A 3. Crusader 2. M-a-A 1. Leper?

[@PunxsutawneyDave]

I am a little shocked to see the "pumpkin spice latte" of team compositions given as a suggestion. I hope to someday advance my skills to the point where I don't bring Jestal everywhere, all the time, because they are my go to duo.

[@OK-sd3lp]

The Crusader is a Jestal but only takes one spot. Deals damage, heals stress, has mobility, heals. That's all you need.

[@mylesaquino]

Shirt Check Day 4: No Cam

[@zedre7633]

Not even recommending a team with GR as core smh fake fan.

[@Xix1326]

You use Occultist a lot. You love Occultist. You make a great case for Occultist. But... There's no dedicated "Occultist and You" video!! Please bring all your Occultist knowledge and tips into an "and You" video for the dude.

[@ShuffleFM]

I don't think I have enough time with dd2 coming out :(

[@Xix1326]

@@ShuffleFM Understood. Though some of us do not support the whole concept of game store exclusives, so it will be awhile before I see DD2. :-( I'll just have to rewatch all your videos and take notes when you talk about the Occultist. Not an unpleasant prospect. :-D