How do I beat this game!??????

[EvilNando]

got to a point where the only thing left to do is go after the darkest dungeon , yet I dont seem to find a way to beat it, stress damage is always too high so much so that bringing a stress healer is irrelevant as its better to just deal damage than waste a turn healing 10-8 stress

what exactly is the trick here? do I need to keep grinding items or locking/removing traits?
honestly Im lost and probably about to just drop the game for something else

[No One]

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[megansweden]

Is it the first Darkest Dungeon that you're having problems with or one of the later ones? As long as your squad is fully leveled up and has all their gear and skills leveled up, any team that was good at Champion dungeons should be fine in DD1. Kill the Priests, keep the dancing cultists alive and use them to stall and heal/de-stress at the end of each battle. They have no attack moves and will heal themselves each turn so if you play it right you can stall on them for a long time. If you kill the Priests fast enough, you shouldn't even need to stall that much.

[Daddydem1]

Originally posted by EvilNando:

got to a point where the only thing left to do is go after the darkest dungeon , yet I dont seem to find a way to beat it, stress damage is always too high so much so that bringing a stress healer is irrelevant as its better to just deal damage than waste a turn healing 10-8 stress

what exactly is the trick here? do I need to keep grinding items or locking/removing traits?
honestly Im lost and probably about to just drop the game for something else

You can just use the op cheats mod

[SleepingSeaweed]

Your characters have to be level 6 for darkest dungeon, or they'll get a stress penalty on entering and take increased stress damage.

That aside, you kind of figured it out already - play more offensively. Stun or kill enemies to stop them from acting, accuracy and speed are crucial, bring lots of damage, make sure you can eliminate the enemy back ranks and have skills that work in different positions for when you get shuffled.

[wilky]

DD1 is not very difficult. I did it with an PD / Occultist / Grave Robber / Shieldbreaker. Basically, you should prepare your party as if you're going to fight a Shambler. (Hint: Shamblers have 33% prot and can shuffle your party, hence my choice to bring the GR / Shb and the PD for blight synergy.)

DD2 is arguably the most difficult (non-CC) mission in the game. Man-at-Arms is borderline mandatory here, and this is also a great mission for Houndmaster. I equipped my HM with two +dmg trinkets (e.g., Fuseman's Matchstick) so my MaA was guarding the HM during the mini boss fights. My other two members were Abom / Flag here, since they are highly useful support characters.

DD3 is either really easy or dicey. Basically, you should prepare your party as if you're going to fight the Brigand 16 Pounder. In other words, you need an accurate & hard-hitting team that can strike the back ranks. Hellion is great here (hint: consider using Adrenaline Rush on turn 1 of the mini boss fights). This mission gives you extra opportunities to camp, so you might consider bringing heroes with nice camp skill buffs (e.g., Vestal's Bless). Also the Jester with Battle Ballad makes sense. The most important thing is to bring at least two heavy hitters for the back rank, though. My party was Vestal / Jester / Highwayman / Hellion.

DD4 is not really a dungeon; it's only the final boss fight. This fight is not super difficult, but you should be prepared to deal with stress so I would probably bring a Jester (may want to consider Finale anyway). Plague Doctor is pretty good here (don't forget to spec Battlefield Medicine). You can kinda just bring whatever, and you'll probably do fine, but I brought Dismas / Reynauld so I could notch off that achievement. Crusader actually works pretty well (due to Inspiring Cry).

One final note about DD4, make sure you bring all the antivenoms/bandages/etc.