BEST BINDING BLADE HERO BUILDS | Darkest Dungeon 2
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- These are the current best and simplest ways I can think of to build heroes in the game as it currently stands. They are rather self sufficient which makes dropping them into teams easy, instead of having to build around them heavily such as physician PD.
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0:54 - Plague Doctor
1:46 - Grave Robber (Bae)
2:51 - Highwayman
3:39 - Man at Arms
5:26 - Hellion
6:15 - Jester
7:20 - Leper
8:17 - Occultist
8:57 - Runaway
9:33 - Vestal
10:31 - Flagellant
11:03 - Duelist (Binding Blade DLC Character)
11:53 - The Crusader (Binding Blade DLC Character)
Duellist: “I must be in the perfect rank in the right stance with the correct 3 step combo to get the most out of my kit (assuming my dodges go off).”
Sharpshot HWM: “Not rank 1? Good enough.”
Keep trying, you'll figure her out.
Rouge HWM: duelist advance, PBS, riposte, repeat!
Building a Duelist feels like programming a new character from scratch, for better or worse
yeah, the difference between running her and crusader feels like night and day lmao@@vernontk
Appreciate the Glint in the Dark shout-out. It's one of her best moves both Dpswise and the execution is just 👌. It really makes Graverobber that much better of a character. Once I realized how good it was Graverobber became a mainstay in my teams
I love how HWM and Crusader are still, accurate to the first game, self sufficient characters. They can hop into any crazy team and do well.
Eh I wouldn’t say a character is self sufficient without the ability to heal stress and heal themselves. Highway man is less self sufficient and more the absolute peak at their roll. You could take a single leper and make it through a dungeon if they are all kitted out properly and you take your time. A Highway man would eventually die in one. There’s just some things that need to be done in combat like manage stress and heal that they can’t do for themselves.
HWM feels pretty outclassed at riposte tanking by Duelist, who is also outclassed by vanguard man at arms using retribution, stand fast, bolster and crush as block tokens and self taunt are more reliable. With HWM it appears even his sharpshot damage is beat by simply having a runaway, plague doctor using DOT or just occultist unchecked power with falling stars and artillery. What is good about HWM is versus certain encounters like ambition boss phase 2 he can just steal the block tokens, and in cosmic +tangle fights steal crit and block off frontlines.
I can't fault banneret crusader as a backline with holy lance and zealous plus some healing and destress, block tokens for the whole party, it's amazing. Reap's useful up close versus act 2 lungs dealing damage to the front and boss simultaneously. Otherwise in ranks 1 and 2 he won't be achieving much for most of a fight vs anything challenging, and whilst the regen taunt is nice he won't be performing as well there as man at arms or flagellant
When it comes to crusader, banneret just seems like crusader+ considering what you need him to do usually. His damage isn't great and all the loops with burning opponents so you get a slight boon that aggressor benefits seems redundant in 95% of fights. If he's rank 1 he should be a pure support with the capability of dishing a bit of damage when it's necessary.
Yeah, banneret is the most close to a unique playstyle between all the crusader paths. I can't complain about templar because protecting allies is a huge change, even if in only a single skill. Agressor, however, feels very weird as it tries to be a offensive path and is only a runaway support in the end
Don't sleep on upgraded Reap for Crusader. Unless you're building around the bonus combo token damage on smite, upgraded Reap hits both front ranks as hard as unupgraded smite hits one. This makes it good for token clearing, front rank smashing and incidental self-sustain from the combo token heal. If you are using him for single target damage and feeding him combo tokens, go with smite but for generalist support, consider swapping smite for reap.
Seconded for Reap. Been using that as the main damage skill for Crusader.
I'm loving reap in my agressor +Runaway fire + heal yourself each time you damage some on fire Tenacity then you are on that sweet spot of getting healed doing solid damage and if you get a kill or two you get the token.
Yeah reap hits hard and can dot 2 enemies at once with runaways fire starter.
Forgot to mention that it also inflicts a heal reduction debuff that stacks which can come in handy with cultists and fanatics. Takes a lot of the wind out of the sails of cultists trying to use Worship on their frontliners.
I'd pick the Scourge path on flag, I perfected a way to deal 100+ damage with sepsis and keeping the blight on because of combo, melted all bosses with this, even made lair bosses on 2 rounds with a lucky crit from plague doctor into sepsis, he also has lots of heals both for himself and for his teammates, and can be literally unkillable, literally, been on 17 succesfull expeditions in a row and 3 grand slams in a row too.
Lately Glint in the Dark is a move I always run, because its good damage, but mainly for that execute 1 or 3 if invisibile when its mastered is just amazing for Tangle Knights and other 3 death armor units that can take an entire turn to kill
My reaction to this video is that your analysis was really phoned in and weak when it came to the last few heroes. Instead of outlining the best builds, you sorta just demurred that they're complex and/or flexible.
I really enjoy your content and think you make some of the best DD2 stuff, but I wish the substance of this video (especially with respect to Duelist) was more fleshed out.
Thank you for your hard work.
I'll do better next time. I was trying to get a lot of stuff done before I left town.
Good video, I generally agree with most of the stuff.
The only thing I don't agree on is crusader. Banneret really feels like Wanderer+ - the only thing front-line banneret loses compared to wanderer is Zealous, which isn't that great vs tanky front-line enemies anyways. In exchange he gets better heal, ability to be anywhere in the party and better tenacity.
It was close between those for sure
Started playing Darkest Dungeon 2 a few weeks ago and I have been absolutely hooked, just wanna say I really appreciate all your vids! They have helped me out a lot. I absolutely love this game so far, I hope they keep adding more content and fine tuning the balance
Loved to see this Shuff! I'd like to mention, something that really surprised me about Leper was that Poet still does genuinely good damage with chop (of course his team should have lots of combo to get around blinds), and Tempest is also still good. I still am not the biggest fan of monarch, but Poet and Tempest still feel good to me.
Something I really noticed about instrutrice duellist was that disengage (with the invert stance) feels nice to use after fleche so she can use ruthless instruction
awesome video, just came back to the game after months and was lost with the new characters and what to look for
Nice video!!! I'm waiting for a best team builds configurations now 👀
Edit: I forgot to put teams in the sentence xDD
As in teams? Soon!
Your work is really good, at least top 5 ytber for me
Just clear and concise information here, keep it up!!
Thank you!
"it's the DoTs that grind your teams down"
ah yes, just like the old days of dd1: get crit with DoT, death door checked by the DoT, healer doesn't roll jackshit for speed the next round, get rekt nerd
Blinding gas is very underrated, made fights easier a lot of times, no matter the path i always take pick it, and upgrade it as soon as i can, i ran alchemist as well, blindig gas and plague grenade are carrying the early game upgraded, if i have graverobber on the squad as well it RaPeS the enemy backline (pause). Also i like rouge highwayman with double tap, or pistol shot.
Why blinding gas? You are relying on both debuff resist and 50% miss. If either one fails then you are behind tempo. Two plague grenades pretty much kills any single size back line.
@@keithemerson7662 Not really, because if we follow your logic, the enemy can resist the blight damage, and it's only consistent on a few enemy types as well as the gas, if it doesn't apply DOT then it's 1 or 3 damage 5 if it crits. In my experience gas has way more utility, even if it's just 2 combo or 1 combo and 1 bilnd token on the back line that's the worst case scenario, only in very few cases applied nothing but that's like 2 times for every 50 use. I'm new to the game, only playing for about a month, so i'm sure you know better than me about the bullshit, that backline units are capable of. Delaying, blinding an attack or applying combo worth more for me than just the blight.
@hegcho they resist the one resist check. If they succeed, at least you have some damage. What do you get out of a failed blinding gas that needs two separate checks (stick and miss) to get any value? A resist plague grenade still advances the tempo. I wish anything other than plague grenade opener was viable, but anything else is just a wish, a suboptimal wish.
Backline combo, as far as I can remember, only has synergy with one move, pistol shot? What value have you gotten with a rank 3 or 4 combo token? I'm genuinely curious, and I'm only shitting on blinding gas in the hopes a dev will get tired of it and buff the move, lol.
@@keithemerson7662 Well, my go to squad usually rank 4 PD, rank 3 Runaway, rank 2 Highwayman, rank 1 Crusader i like relying on combo tokens. It's fun and works out more than you think, but that's just my experience, i like unconventional stuff, like on my latest run, rank 4 runaway orphan with fire starter, rank 3 grave robber, rank 2 wanderer vestal with hand of light, mace bash, both consecration, and divine comfort or sanctuary, rank 1 Crusader agressor it did rely heavy on mastery points, but had insane damage, and was a lot of fun as well. Ohh and any advice on the occultist? I don't really know which skills or path to take on him, because he has so much utility but very situation based.
@hegcho oh yeah, runaway consumes back rank combo tokens and grave robber, too. For occultist, it depends on what you want or need him to do. Rank 2/3 melee? Back rank dmg? Flex Focus debuffer? Choose the path and put on most skills that path buffs. I like ritualist and warlock the most. The melee buff one is weakest UCP token use , though, and would stick to star over anemisis.
I'd avoid having him as solo healer, and avoid even having his healing on the bar. Regardless of paths, use the curse that removes dodge when going into creature dens.
I feel like antagoniste is very slept on. Mainly touchet hitting rank 3, plus the stun potential, and the minus debuff resist from her passive can help set up malediction or any other debuffs.
It's really good and tbh the safest way to use base duelist
If you need a break from a hard run, play duelist and get good memorizing her offense and defense switches....shes probably the coolest character because shes the most technical
Seems like not much changed for the old heroes which makes me think more buffs is the answer, not so much nerfs
I think we are at the fine tuning phase. A few adjustments and path reworks.
Great video - makes me want to go back and try some of these builds. Any chance you can provide your final thoughts on which skills to upgrade first for the rest of the characters? I think you stopped after MaA
Path and comp dependent. Also Shuff's builds aren't the only ones around. Here's what I do: Hellion is Toe to Toe if using Howling End otherwise Revelry, Jester Fade to Black, Leper Chop with wand/temp or Bash with Poet/Monarch, Occultist artillery or dagger attack if team has good rank 4 access, Runaway smoke screen or ransack if frontline, Vestal Judgment or Sanctuary then cons. of light, Flag Punish or Acid Rain, Duelist Meditation on all paths and builds, Crusader Inspiring Cry then Reap.
@@blackomega34super helpful. Thank you!
For me, I usually do these:
Hellion - toe to toe or iron swan
Runaway - firefly, dragonfly, or smokescreen
Occ - wyrd or stars
Leper - chop
Flag - more more
Vestal - consecration of light
Crusader - inspiring cry
Duelist - meditation
Jester - tune
I think scourge is better than wanderer tbh. Scourge Deathless is probably the most efficient move in the game.
They need to think about the first 2 crusader paths. Banneret is different enough, and the one that stress heals off of combo hits is . . . fine. Tenacity being different every path is cool but ends up being forgettable. So banneret or wanderer lance team or templar front line when I use him. Agressor is currently not worth it, since it needs fire and BOnnie can only help so much. Crusade was supposed to bring more fire then he did. Maybe one of his paths should be fire based, full of holy fury.
Beat stygian act 5 with these first try: rogue duelist's advance + duelist fleche + alchemist plague grenade. one button deal tons of damage without setup are the best build. anything too slow like vestal bonk just doesn't work, DD2 balance needs a lot of works
I actually LOVE warlock ritualist, cause The Burning Stars do A SHIT TONS OF DAMAGE, like 30 to 51. that shit carry me a LOT of runs
im glad redhook kept the kleptomaniac sniper in the game
Hey I have a question. When will the runaway buff come out? Because I tought it was already out but after I checked in game she didnt get any changes. Am I like an update behind or did it just not come out yet?
After the holidays I think. RH is on vacation atm
thanks for the reply, its always much appreciated when a content creator replies to comments
Pretty much identical builds to mine. To a degree that really surprised the shit outta me. Do you also struggle with the Act 2 final boss over the others?
Nice! The boss I struggle on the most for the mountain is act 4. 2 is usually okay for me.
The way he’s talking feels like he knows about an hero balance patch happening soon
I promise I don't!
thank you
Hi Shuffle, thanks for all your DD2 content, i have a question about progress, which is the best way to do it, i mean, after clearing all 5 chapters, how do i wnat to think my runs? just loop redoing 1 to 5? or is the someways to optimize the runs? thanks
For candles? If you want the optimized way then pick whatever act you can beat consistently, take the region 1 lair, sluice, and every fight you can. Might get boring fast though lol
thanks for the guide shuff.
Nice video.
Warlock is better than Ritualist
Sorry I'm malediction pilled atm
Where bounty hunter
Forgot the Bounty Hunter btw
Depends on the team tbh. Ranged, melee, and support BH are all great.
Banneret is literally Crusader+
You can slap Banneret on rank 1 and be super effective.
Thats the only one i really disagree with
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Did you get that dm? 🙂
@@ShuffleFM Yes! Thank you!