How to easily defeat The Sunken Crew

[Mr. G]

*All credit for this move goes to "rundownweather" from Reddit, thanks for this tip.
So for this boss there is a very easy way to defeat him (credit goes to the awesome guys on the DD Reddit).
You get an Occultist and give him trinkets to buff his move resist and move skills (see video for specifics). In battle you simply pull the crew in front of the Anchorman which negates the Crew's main ability for the entire battle. Boom done. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVkOUv6iTU&index=29&list=PL9dRmniOo2QYGjHrhNWXZ6Wtt7HLBdXjF

Yes it's cheesy, but it works.

[jackinthebox4]

K. Just won the champion version the hard way and im just now remembering this.

[Mr. G]

Originally posted by jackinthebox4:

K. Just won the champion version the hard way and im just now remembering this.

Looks like I was too late.

[Sunwave]

Seems you also did a lot better in the dungeon itself than before. Congrats. =)

ONLY thing I want to say is that you were lucky with the explodey corpse at 9:45. What if he had a lucky speed roll on turn 2 and went first? He'd have exploded in your face (They always explode on their second turn). Try to kill them first, no matter the cost. I don't know if you've seen what they do, but you never, ever want to risk them going twice. XD

But aside from that, I saw no problems with you handeling the enemies. You certainly are getting better. If you play similarly in champion dungeons you should do a lot better too.

[Mr. G]

Originally posted by Sunwave:

Seems you also did a lot better in the dungeon itself than before. Congrats. =)

ONLY thing I want to say is that you were lucky with the explodey corpse at 9:45. What if he had a lucky speed roll on turn 2 and went first? He'd have exploded in your face (They always explode on their second turn). Try to kill them first, no matter the cost. I don't know if you've seen what they do, but you never, ever want to risk them going twice. XD

But aside from that, I saw no problems with you handeling the enemies. You certainly are getting better. If you play similarly in champion dungeons you should do a lot better too.

Thanks for the encouragement, this game does not get any easier as you progress.

[Gustuv Wynd]

I usually use the bounty hunter to move things to the front. Does a little more damage and I think has a higher base chance of success. When there are only two targets, his uppercut will move the front one back thus moving the back one forward. The same happens with his flashbang skill...if there are only two the "shuffle" will just make them switch places. The bounty hunter has three skills just for moving the enemy around...it's kind of his specialty. Plus two of the moving skills come with stuns.

Though I would have an occultist with him anyway...but he would be marking and debuffing rather than moving (it is awesome if you can get a stack of debuffs on a boss for -90% damage and the bounty hunter gets a bonus attacking marked enemies).

[Mr. G]

Originally posted by vagrantstorm:

I usually use the bounty hunter to move things to the front. Does a little more damage and I think has a higher base chance of success. When there are only two targets, his uppercut will move the front one back thus moving the back one forward. The same happens with his flashbang skill...if there are only two the "shuffle" will just make them switch places. The bounty hunter has three skills just for moving the enemy around...it's kind of his specialty. Plus two of the moving skills come with stuns.

Though I would have an occultist with him anyway...but he would be marking and debuffing rather than moving (it is awesome if you can get a stack of debuffs on a boss for -90% damage and the bounty hunter gets a bonus attacking marked enemies).

Good to know, the BH is a very versatile character.

[Lauleyhn]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=879287854

[Bartleby's Knees]

Originally posted by Ninja Pirate:

*All credit for this move goes to "rundownweather" from Reddit, thanks for this tip.
So for this boss there is a very easy way to defeat him (credit goes to the awesome guys on the DD Reddit).
You get an Occultist and give him trinkets to buff his move resist and move skills (see video for specifics). In battle you simply pull the crew in front of the Anchorman which negates the Crew's main ability for the entire battle. Boom done. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bVkOUv6iTU&index=29&list=PL9dRmniOo2QYGjHrhNWXZ6Wtt7HLBdXjF

Yes it's cheesy, but it works.

Hey whatever you can do to win. Definitely don't be afraid to experiment with these kinds of things, makes the whole playthrough and your individual runs a lot more flavorful. I've never used this strat myself so I don't know how well it works on champ dungeons, but good job on the victory. Seems like you're getting the hang of it with the work and advice.

Originally posted by Sunwave:

Seems you also did a lot better in the dungeon itself than before. Congrats. =)

ONLY thing I want to say is that you were lucky with the explodey corpse at 9:45. What if he had a lucky speed roll on turn 2 and went first? He'd have exploded in your face (They always explode on their second turn). Try to kill them first, no matter the cost. I don't know if you've seen what they do, but you never, ever want to risk them going twice. XD

But aside from that, I saw no problems with you handeling the enemies. You certainly are getting better. If you play similarly in champion dungeons you should do a lot better too.

I've actually had quite a few instances where they don't explode on the second turn. Of course that doesn't mean you should take the risk, the punishment is very harsh.

[Weeb to the Max]

Great tip! Made this boss really easy to deal with.

[A New Player]

Virtuous heroes in position 1 make the boss a joke as well.

Now you just need to rely on RNG.

[Lewo]

you really should remove this video because it gives wrong information.
occultist swap does not work anymore and I lost 2 of my heroes.

[PalmTree]

Originally posted by Lewo:

you really should remove this video because it gives wrong information.
occultist swap does not work anymore and I lost 2 of my heroes.

Don't rely on guides from 3 years ago about a game that has regular updates and balance changes. That should just be common sense.

[Skinny Pete]

Originally posted by Lewo:

you really should remove this video because it gives wrong information.
occultist swap does not work anymore and I lost 2 of my heroes.

Serves you right for necro'ing three year old dead threads.