Up front I like HWM/HEL/FLA or anyone who can lay down sick bleeds and you want them fast. It's slightly more resistant to Blight than Bleed (80/73 at Champion), so the main blighter I'd use is PD with Blasphemous Vial. What minimum upgrade levels do heroes need? You want to lay down DOTs that stick. What kind of teams are strong/weak for this encounter. Originally posted by fogandsteel:I also need advice on the Thing from the Stars. You can never anticipate him, so you must build for the rest of the dungeon. An L0/L1 party with incomplete preparation might be below the viable threshold, and then you exercise judgment and duck the fight.ĭon't plan to build a specific anti-Shambler party. Ergo, any fully-upgraded L2 or L4 party should handle L1/元 Shambler as-is. This is viable with good AoE attacks, like Highwayman's Grapeshot Blast and Shieldbreaker's Impale.Īny decent party should already have projection to #c, move-and-act, and some sustain off Death's Door. Kill Sycophants ASAP to 'debuff' them, hit Shambler with any free attacks You can usually kill Shambler on round 4-6.ĭ2. Focus fire on Shambler, mop up Sycophants later If you ignore them for 3 rounds, they have gone exponential.Īs you kill the Sycophants, Shambler summons more for free, always keeping 2 in play.ĭ1. Killing Shambler isn't hard: just focus fire on him. Sycophants have low HP of 8-16, but not easily one-shotted. They don't miss you.Īnd their self-buff is huge, +50% DMG per buff.ĭ. This is exponential, and that will kill you.

That's the price of a Shambler kill.Įither do him last and pay in hamlet, or do him first and use rest of dungeon to stress-heal.Ĭ. He can stack bleed + blight.Įxpect to take 50-120 stress per hero.

He's nil threat to kill you by melee damage. If your party can't hit #c, the rest of the dungeon probably already kills youī. It goes without saying that all 4 heroes must hit #c. In hallway, pre-shuffle yourself into reverse order. If you're weak here, judge that you are simply Not Ready Yet.Ī1. If your party is strong here, you're (more likely to be) ready. Have, and pause in hallway to click and activate, move-and-act skills.Įverybody wants to be able to move-and-attack, or move-and-act, or have Forward/Back 2 or 3. He does almost 0 damage, himself.īut his Sycophants get exponential buffing from uncapped(?) self-buffs after every hit.Ī.

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