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Houndmaster and bounty hunter?
What are there best moves or ♥♥♥♥. They don't have to be in the same party I just wanna know some builds for the specific classes
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Frostylicious Jan 6, 2017 @ 12:00am 
They both have a skill that nearly doubles their damage against marked enemies. They both can actually MARK enemies, too. I think those are the only two classes that reduce enemy's protection instead of dodge when marking them. Everyone else reduces enemies' dodge.

They both have strong stun skills (well, the Bounty Hunter has two different strong stuns, and are slightly different from each other; one deals slight damage and can knock an enemy back while stunning them, and the other can stun any enemy in any position).

The Houndmaster has a guarding skill that adds a good amount of dodge for himself (making it VERY useful).

The Bounty Hunter has a skill that increases his damage by a fair amount against stunned enemies, and can reach the 3rd enemy position.

They can both cause bleed on enemies. The Houndmaster has two skills that do that, the one that deals nearly double damage on marked enemies, and the other that attacks all four enemies at once. The latter skill deals small damage, but can potentially give all four enemies a bleeding effect. The Bounty Hunter can use "Hook and Slice" to swing his hook at an enemy and give them a pretty good bleed effect. But these bleeding skills (aside from the first Houndmaster skill I mentioned) are useless in the Ruins and somewhat useless in the Cove.

The skills I mentioned are ones that I typically use alot in party compositions, but the other skills they have are pretty good, too. Keep in mind though, the Bounty Hunter's "Come Hither" skill, which is a skill that can pull an enemy from the back lines to the front, is somewhat bugged. Enemies will sometimes resist the move effect even if their move resist is too low for it to even happen.
LaserGuy Jan 6, 2017 @ 12:17am 
For BH, I typically use Collect Bounty/Uppercut/Finish Him/Come Hither. This build works in rank 1-2. In rank 3, swap Uppercut for Flashbang. Usage is varied. Bounty/Finish are straight damage with bonus against mark/stun respectively, available targeting out to enemy rank 3. The remaining two skills should be used to disable/shuffle the enemy party. In particular, aim to pull stress dealers forward and push heavy hitters backward.

HM is best in rank 2, typical build is something like Hound Rush/Guard Dog/Blackjack/X. X can be either mark (if no Occultist to do it for you) or Lick Wound or Hound Harry (Warrens/Weald only). Hound rush is basic damage targeting any rank. Blackjack is very powerful stun on front three ranks. Guard Dog will protect wounded allies, great against Fungal Shamblers, Giants and other heavy hitters. Last skill is situational. His mark is great if you need to deal with enemies with high protection. Otherwise, Lick Wounds is always a safe choice. Stress relief from Cry Havoc is bad. Don't waste your time with it unless you're absolutely desperate.

Both classes benefit greatly by having a marking character (preferably an Occultist) in the party.
Last edited by LaserGuy; Jan 6, 2017 @ 12:18am
Thanks for the help and insight into the two classes.
Last edited by League of Legends; Jan 6, 2017 @ 3:05pm
Reyggor Jan 6, 2017 @ 4:01pm 
Regarding Houndmaster I've found he can be very effective in the 1st rank too if you need/want to run a hero that requires rank 2 to be optimised, Blackjack/Guard Dog/Hounds Harry/Whistle allows for good utility and still allows for the front 2 row Guard Dog abuse if he's equipped with dodge based trinkets.

Personally I prefer to run the Bounty Hunter for pretty much a stun only role with the capacity of sudden extreme damage for finishing fights so: Mark/Collect Bounty/Uppercut/Flashbang.
KJack Jan 6, 2017 @ 6:13pm 
Bounty Hunter is low key the best hero in the game, due to having some of the strongest attacks and stuns, all the way back to rank 3. Run him with a Grave Robber and Highwayman, and you have the strongest shuffle deck in the game.
Last edited by KJack; Jan 6, 2017 @ 6:13pm
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