Can i get tips for Leper and Plague Doctor

[Zero Grim]

Ive been playing darkest dungeon a fair bit and have found out a few nice ways to use most classes but the two that stump me are the plague doctor and leper, I havent experimented too much with them and would just like some advice on how other people use them.

[whoiii]

Plauge doctors are a great suppot class thier heal removes conditions , plus invigorating vapor give a quick buff. They have both bleed and blight skills to drain of life from the foes. Put her in the third slot for the best effect.
Problems I have seen they tend to be stress magnets and they will always get targeted for attacks due to being a healer. If you can keep em healthy and calm they are a powerful class, however expect to have them spend time de-stressing after every mission.

[Ysen]

Leper:

They're best against low-dodge enemies (because of their poor accuracy) with lots of health (because of their high damage potential). They also have decent speed - try to kill enemies before they can act if you can.

Focus generally isn't worth using. In virtually all cases, the accuracy buff doesn't make up for wasting a turn. On the other hand, Revenge can be pretty good, particularly when combined with Hew. Just remember that there's a time and a place for it - hitting a 5 health enemy for 30 damage doesn't actually help.

Intimidate has higher accuracy than your other skills, so it can be good for finishing off low-health enemies.

[Legolass]

Quick tip for Plague Doctor. If you get some accuracy trinkets on them their 2 person stun can be amazing!

[Ando]

only place to use plague doctor is the ruins, the 2 other dungeons have creatures with very high blight resist.

no trick to leper, he deals a lot of dmg and he takes a lot of dmg, but hes not versatile. try to use him for high-torch parties, bc if he gets surprised/moved he's useless in back positions and takes longer than others to get back in position. i think he's best in the warrens

[CaesarSahlertz]

@Roder, Plague Doctor still has his uses in the two other dungeons, since they are quite debuff heavy, and the Plague Doctor can cure these. While the damage of the Plague Doctor may not shiine here, the utility and support aspects do.

[Zero Grim]

thanks for the tips guys, i think one problem i have using the plague doctor is im a big fan of hellions and gravediggers who both cure bleed and blight on their own more relaiably, that 70% starting chance to cure just fails to much for my liking.

[Incunabulum]

Plague Doctors are good against Undead and Bandits - use them in the Dungeon and Weald and stack Blight DOTs on enemies and remove Blight/Bleed from your party, saving some supplies for traps.

They are also good *defensively only* in the Sewer - use their Blight/Bleed removal skill - where most of the creatures are immune to Blight.

[Fifty Three]

Here are my Leper's and Plague Doctor's skills, equipment, and the stratigies behind them.

LEPER'S SKILLS

Combat: Chop, Hew, Intimidate, Revenge
Camping: Wound Care, Let The Mask Down, Bloody Shroud, Reflection.

LEPER'S EQUIPMENT (leaving out the negatives)

Steady Bracer: + 10 acc
Berserk Mask: +20% hp, +15% dmg,+2 spd

LEPER'S STRATEGY

Front of the line and usally the first to attack. He rarely misses and thats because of the Steady Bracer (common) that gives him +10 acc. Thereby not having to waste a turn using Focus. I have him swing with Hew and he usally kills or cripples the front 2 enimies within the first turn.

His Berserk Mask makes him more aggressive and a killing machine! If you need more acc his camping skill Reflection is stress healer plus it raises his acc by another 10 !!!

PLAGUE DOCTER'S SKILLS

Combat: Noxious Blast, Plague Gernade, Blinding Gas, Battlefield Medicine
Camping: Wound Care, Leeches, Preventive Medicine, Self-Medicate

PLAGUE DOCTER'S EQUIPMENT (leaving out the negatives)

Diseased Herb: + 20% to blight
Dazzleing Charm: + 10% to stun

PLAGUE DOCTER'S STRATEGY

She's in the last position. I mainly use her Blinding Gas to stun (Dazzleing Charm helps) the enimies in the first turn. Battlefield Med to cure any blight or bleed done to my team. Noxious Blast to help finish off wounded foes.


Hope that helps!

[lesican]

Leper id high damage but low acc. With certain camp skills his acc can be boosted and then he is great

[okmol de grace]

I equip Leaper with 2 Berserk Mask using the camp skill increase it's stress resist and AC he will become powerful.

[Ando]

Originally posted by ^0{Mac}^4Emperor:

@Roder, Plague Doctor still has his uses in the two other dungeons, since they are quite debuff heavy, and the Plague Doctor can cure these. While the damage of the Plague Doctor may not shiine here, the utility and support aspects do.

in my opinion his cleanse is a wasted turn, its a bandaid fix. you prevent more damage by killing whatever is causing the bleed/blight DoTs, than by cleansing it for a round.

a more effective tactic would be to use grave robber and hellion, then let them cleanse themselves with an added buff. but still, i would prefer outright killing monsters to prevent more damage over time

maybe in the unreleased higher dungeons if they ever start causing serious DoT, but once you get that high you're already rich enough to buy 125 bandage items lol