SO YOU BOUGHT YOURSELF A COPY OF DARKEST DUNGEON, GOOD, NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME LOSER BECASUSE WE GOING CRUSADING.

THE HOLY INQUISITION STRAT IS BASICALLY THE ONLY WAY TO WIN IN THIS GAME, YOU COULD PERHAPS TRY ANOTHER KIND OF STRAT BUT, DEUS MIGHT OR NIGHT NOT VULT IF YOU DONT GO FULL INQUISITION, SO YOUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED REGARDLESS.

SO WHAT YOU NEED IN YOUR ROSTER ?

3 CRUSADERS,
3 CRUSADERS AND
1 VESTAL, ITS IMPORTANT TO SPECIFY HOW MANY CRUSADERS YOU GOT IN YOUR PARTY.

CRUSADERS MUST HAVE THESE SKILLS :

SMITE : IF YOU DONT SMITE YOU ARE NOT A CRUSADER, ITS A SIMPLE SKILL THAT DELIVER FAST SOLUTIONS TO AN ONGOING AND ALMOST ENDLESS PROBLEM, WORKS BEST IN THE RUINS AN THE DARKEST DUNGEON.

ZEALOUS ACCUSATION : ACCUSING SOMEONE BEFORE SMITING THEM ITS USUALLY THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION, ALTHOUGH THE BUGGERS MIGHT DODGE, WHICH IS A BUG.
WORKS BEST AGAINST THE RABBLE OF UNDEADS.

HOLY LANCE : SOMEONE MIGHT LAUGH AT YOU WHEN YOU SAY YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU 3 CRUSADERS, THAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THESE PLEBS THAT YOU DONT FEAR RESHUFFLING YOUR PARTY, WHICH IS MROE FOR WHAT YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THE VESTAL, ITS ALSO A GOOD SOLUTION FOR UNHOLY TROUBLEMAKERS.

YOU DECIDE FOR YOUR 4TH SKILL, BUT I USUALLY GIVE TO EVERY ONE A STRESS HEAL.

THE VESTAL MUST HAVE THESE SKILLS :

DIVINE GRACE : ITS A SINGLE TARGET HEAL, I'M ON THE OPINION THAT HEALING IN GENERALS AREN'T VERY GOOD UNLESS YOU HAVE TO TEND TO SOMEONE WHO'S GETTING FOCUSED, BUT ITS GOOD BECAUSE ITS A GUARANTEED HEAL, WHICH COULD BE BOOSTED WITH TRINKETS.

DIVINE COMFORT : ITS A FULL PARTY HEAL, WEAK AT EARLY STAGES BUT GETS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER LATER ON WITH HEALING BOOSTING TRINKETS, CAN BE ALSO USED UP TO THE #2 ROW.

JUDGEMENT : SINGLE TARGET NUKE + SELF HEAL, USE THIS IF YOU NEED TO HEAL THE VESTAL, DONT USE DIVINE GRACE ON YOURSELF, I REPEAT, NEVER USE DIVING GRACE ON THE VESTAL, USE JUDGEMENT INSTEAD.

DAZZLING LIGHT : SINGLE TARGET STUN, ALSO RAISES TORCH LEVEL.



CAMPING:

WHEN CAMPING YOU REALIZE HOW BROKEN THIS STRAT IS (IT WAS EVEN BETTER BEFORE THE NUMEROUS CHANGES AND NERFS, RED HOOK CLEARLY HATES FUN)

THE RELIGIOUS/NON RELIGIOUS PERK IS FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED, BUT ITS A VERY POWERFUL THING IF YOU KNOW HOW TO BUILD AROUND IT, SO YOU BASICALLY CAMP WHEN YOU ARE ON THE VERGE OF :

-BEING AFFLICTED
-DEATHS DOOR DEBUFFS
-ALL AROUND STRESSED PARTY

BOTH THE VESTAL AND THE CRUSADER HAVE GOOD EMPHASIS ON STRESS HEALING, LESS SO ON HEALING, SO YOU SHOULD BE CAREFUL IN TO BALANCING YOUR RESPITE TIME.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT, IS TO TAKE AT LEAST ONE ZEALOUS SPEECH :

-15 STRESS TO SELF
-15 STRESS TO PARTY
-15 STRESS DMG TO YOUR PARTY (NOT YOUTSELF WHICH IS ASS)

THIS IS VERY GOOD WHEN DOING LONG DUNGEON RUNS OR IN THE DARKEST DUNGEON ITSELF.

FOR THE VESTAL HERE'S THE REAL DEAL.

CHANT

ONE HERO GETS -20% STRESS DMG -15 STRESS IF RELIGIOUS

PRAY

EVERYONE GETS +15% PROTECTION AND -15 STRESS

SANCTUARY

PREVENTS NIGHT TIME AMBUS AND HEAL A DEATHS DOOR DEBUFF.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE VESTAL GOT SOME VERY NICE RELIGIOUS CAMPING SKILLS, USE THEM ACCORDINGLY.

ALWAYS GIVE A BUNCH OF WOUND CARE AND ENCOURAGE TO THE CRUSADERS, NO NEED TO WASTE TOO MUCH MONEY.



TRINKETS :

TRINKETS ARE NUMEROUS, AND LOTS OF THEM HAD THEIR STATS CHANGED SO I CAN NO LONGER GIVE YOU ADVICES, BUT HERE'S WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, CRUSADERS HAVE NATURAL HIGH DMG AND HEALTH, THEY GOT A FLEXIBLE SKILL SET WITH NO REAL IMPEDIMENTS, ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE SLOW, SO YOU EITHER GO FOR OFFENSIVE TRINKETS, IN THIS SCENARIO THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHEAP AND COMMON GOOD TRINKETS SUCH AS

WARRIOR BRACER
SWORDSMAN CREST BOTH FOR A CHEAP 15% DMG MELEE

UNHOLY SLAYER RING WICH BOOSTS DMG AGAINST UNHOLY BY 25%, THIS ONE AMAZING IN THE RUINS.

FOR DEFENSIVE TRINKETS, THE BEST ONE'S GOT NERFED MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY AREN'T THAT GREAT ANYMORE:

KNIGHT'S CREST +10% MAX HP (USED TO HAVE A +10 OR SO PROTECTION ASWELL)

TOUGH RING +15% HP +10% PROT BUT NOW HAS -15% DMG AND +10% STRESS DMG, I NO LONGER USE THESE.

CLEANSING CRYSTAL +40% RESIST TO BLIGHT, BLEED AND DEBUFFS, SUPER GOOD IN THE DARKEST DUNGEON.

HEAVY BOOTS +40% MOVE RESIST AND +10 PROTECTION, UNDERRATED AND I THINK ONE SUPER GOOD TRINKET THAT IS VERY GOOD FOR VESTALS AND CRUSADERS ALIKE.



FOR THE VESTAL THE OPTIONS NOW ARE LESS RESTRICTIVE, AND IN ANY CASE, IF YOU FEEL VERY BRAVE BUT ALSO GREEDY, CONSIDER USING 2 HEAL BOOSTING TRINKETS.SOME GOOD TRINKETS ARE

SACRED SCROLL -10% STRESS DAMAGE +33% HEAL BOOST
TOME OF HEALING +25% HEAL BOOST -10% HP
CHIRURGEON CHARM +15 HEAL BOOST

OR FOR DMG/STRESS MITIGATION

CLEANSING CRYSTAL IF YOU FEAR DEBUFFS AND DOTS
HEAVY BOOTS IF YOU DONT LIKE BEING SHUFFLED
CALMING CRYSTAL ITS A MIXBAG OF -15% STRESS DMG + SOME DODGE
YOUTH CHALICE FOR +10% HP

SMITE
KILL AND
DESTROY

ABUSE HOLY LANCE WITH HIGH REACH TARGETS AND USE ZEALOUS ACCUSATION AGAINST SOFT TARGETS.

ITS IMPORTANT TO SHOUT "WE ARE THE FLAME" EVERYTIME YOU START A COMBAT
AND WHEN YOU SMITE YOUR FIRST ENEMY YOU FOLLOW YOUR OPENING WITH "AND DARKNESS FEARS US" , YOU WILL PROBABLY LOOK LIKE A FOOL BUT THIS WILL FUEL YOUR HATRED OF THE UNHOLY.

THIS STRAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY WAY TO PLAY DARKEST DUNGEON WITHOUT FEAR OF DYING, SO YEAH GO AHEAD AND SMITE THE EVIL THAT IS LURKING IN THE SHADOWS

IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, BLAME THE DEVS.