Sniper Shot is your basic ranged attack, but try to use Sniper's Mark first to mark the target and deal bonus damage. The dedicated ranged combatant, an Arbalest can only move backwards in formation and is all but useless at the front row. Psych Up, for instance, will see your Abomination outclassing all other heroes on the damage front, while Eldritch Blood makes it much less likely your hero will contract a disease or suffer from effects like blight and bleed. The camping skills available to an Abominations usually come with big drawbacks, but offer big rewards as well. To be most useful, you should team up the Abomination with classes that have stress reduction abilities. The Abomination also has to transform into beast mode to use his most damaging skills, which raises the stress of every other hero in the party. For starters, none of the religious classes – the Vestal, Crusader, and Leper – will join a group containing an Abomination, which reduces your party combination options.

The Darkest Dungeon mods you need to installĪbomination Preferred position: Slot 2 or Slot 1Ī very odd hero, the Abomination automatically gets all his class skills from the start and is capable of dishing out large amounts of damage, but he also has significant drawbacks.

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(Note that in the preferred position listing, Slot 4 is the far back, while Slot 1 is the very front).įor more details on keeping your party sane and breathing, you may also want to check out: Not counting the custom heroes available through various user mods, at launch there are 14 Darkest Dungeon classes available for putting together a wide range of party combinations.īefore you can start picking a party lineup though, you need to know the best and worst skills each class has available, as well as what unique class camping skills will give you an edge in longer dungeon quests.īelow you can find a rundown of every single hero in the game, along with the best classes for filling each role and lineup position.

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