You guys pranked me about shambler

[PKPenguin]

I was lied to and told that shambler is really underpowered and way easier in this game than in the first one, to the point that it was confirmed that he would be getting a buff next patch. Imagine my shock when he party wiped my (very very strong) team in three rounds because of AoE crits that stacked all of the DoTs with clapper claws that dealt 30+(!!!) damage! I fell for the altar prank in the first game and it seems you got me again here. I can't be mad, you got me

[Pixel Peeper]

Oh, it's strong. I liked doing torchless runs in DD and I don't remember it being that strong, but here it's no joke.

My first two attempts against a Shambler failed horribly, but prepared me for an unavoidable third against an Ordained Shambler (the node just before an Ordained Exemplar, of course).

The short of it is, while this game strongly encourages offense, you have to go all-out here. If you don't, the DOTs will stack, the tentacles will get increasingly high damage bonuses (it's +50% every time they hit something), Stress will accumulate on the whole group, it's real bad.

Kill it. Kill it quick.

[poppindancers]

I think it is the exact same one from DD1.

[snuggleform]

Remind yourself, that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

[Café com Cigarro]

Wait, what? so far the shambler has been the funniest fight i fought yet, and nah, the problem is his ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dance, the best i got was killing him in 2-3 turns, but yeh, the claws still slaps the bejesus out of my heroes, just an average DD day i guess.

[Café com Cigarro]

Originally posted by Tônho:

Wait, what? so far the shambler has been the funniest fight i fought yet, and nah, the problem is his ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dance, the best i got was killing him in 2-3 turns, but yeh, the claws still slaps the bejesus out of my heroes, just an average DD day i guess.

Defeating 1 is ok if you're fresh on the run, but fighting 2 in a row, now that's the RNG ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in your mouth lol

[Yerc2]

I would also say that Shambler is easier than it was in DD1, and it's relatively one of the weaker bosses in this game.
But this is an RNG game, you can get wiped by bad RNG, even if you prepare as much as you can.

[Mister Sir]

idk man, I can fight majority of the bosses pretty much with 100% success rate outside of a few gimmicky act bosses that are too rng heavy. Shambler on other hand? nope, just team wipes every time and I know I can probably beat him if I have generals dream trophy but thats bit too much to ask, having specific lair boss trophy to prevent the whole shuffle ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Even with a pretty move heavy team, I had man at arms and jester, all pretty op, I still got destroyed by shambler. Nothing about him seem easy, shuffle, dot, stress, endless summons that hit for 20+ dmg. This is legit one of those times when I don't get how anyone can call this boss easy.

[TripSin]

They made shambler stronger but left the reward to still suck. Red Hook are idiots.