Any tips for using Charon?

[FalcieAdam_]

I got excited by the lil' story twist after beating The Reaper and totally forgot about the character after I got their "Unlocked" notification.

After rummaging through some general guides, all I have managed to grasp are the following: It's either a DoT(Pain) comp character with freebie pots, or self-inflicted(?) pain that uses pot charges to deal much more heavier damage.

I will be running a test comp with her and pressel just to be safe, but I would much appreciate any knowledge about their team/card building strategies.

NOTE: My progression took me as far as the Forgotten King and got rekt at 500HP.

[Pars'd / 2]

The self-damage team with Charon & Huz is considered to be really good because Blood Mist 3 lets you turn on damage sharing & splitting self-damage on 3 party members is 3 extra procs of Soul Stigma.
Otherwise it's just Forbidden Flame does a lot of damage with the bonus and the only thing to be cautious of is not getting to greedy with self-damage.
Can't give much advice for pain build, but good members for that are Chain & Joey.

[FalcieAdam_]

Originally posted by Pars'd / 2:

The self-damage team with Charon & Huz is considered to be really good because Blood Mist 3 lets you turn on damage sharing & splitting self-damage on 3 party members is 3 extra procs of Soul Stigma.
Otherwise it's just Forbidden Flame does a lot of damage with the bonus and the only thing to be cautious of is not getting to greedy with self-damage.
Can't give much advice for pain build, but good members for that are Chain & Joey.

I haven't used "Soul Stigma" nor "Let me absorb you!" just yet, but they do sound very potent. Now, if I were to Set SS as a Fixed Ability, or as a top-of-the deck card with an upgrade then which skills do you recon I should trigger it with on Huz?

( Currently testing out Huz for the 1st time w/ Hein, Johan and Ironheart )

[Dr. Madcat]

I've recently managed to complete the game with Charon, and that pain damage can get very potent. Not only is Enroachment passed between enemies on kill, but if you have multiple Pain users Charon's Shadow Pillar becomes extremely strong. I cast one on Forgotten King with a bunch of Grievous Burn and Enroachment stacks and that was 110 HP of his gone :P

Evil Phantasm and Forbidden Flame are also very solid spells for having to put your allies at risk. I'd say the risk is justified.

[FalcieAdam_]

Originally posted by Madcat:

I've recently managed to complete the game with Charon, and that pain damage can get very potent.

Happened to me about an hour ago prior to my coffee break: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2DzQAqIh0

I was testing out Charon+Huz separately, then I added them into a single group... as per recommended by @Pars'd / 2

[Dr. Madcat]

It's like they were made for each other LOL

[Pars'd / 2]

Originally posted by FalcieAdam_:

I haven't used "Soul Stigma" nor "Let me absorb you!" just yet, but they do sound very potent. Now, if I were to Set SS as a Fixed Ability, or as a top-of-the deck card with an upgrade then which skills do you recon I should trigger it with on Huz?

All of her skills that inflict pain damage. That is the whole point after all. They all heal too, which makes it harder to get greedy with self-damage.

[Samseng Yik]

Beginner Answer
She is a kinda good DPS hero with DOT focus.
You don't need to play her card often, yet still can yield good damage.
She also has heal, and give you an item to use in combat for healing.
So she is very great when you need to heal but don't have healer card at hand.

Advance Answer
She has some party harming skill that can synergize crazily with some other hero skill.

[FalcieAdam_]

Originally posted by Pars'd / 2:

The self-damage team with Charon & Huz is considered to be really good because Blood Mist 3 lets you turn on damage sharing & splitting self-damage on 3 party members is 3 extra procs of Soul Stigma.
Otherwise it's just Forbidden Flame does a lot of damage with the bonus and the only thing to be cautious of is not getting to greedy with self-damage.
Can't give much advice for pain build, but good members for that are Chain & Joey.

I marked this as an answer. Good tips all around, including @Samseng YiK