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Darkest Dungeon (2016)

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So hear me out: Heylow, but with a (rank 2) Vestal instead of a Cusader.

Strengths:
- Stun has higher chance, is way more accurate, can be used from the backline and reaches into rank 3. Higher stun chance is nice for MAA guards, and higher accuracy is nice for HM guards. The further reach means you can always stun a defender no matter their position (crusader can't deal with rank 3 guarding rank 4 and vice versa).
- Divine Comfort heals the entire team.
- Illumination can be a cheeky trick up your sleeve when you pull an Antiquarian/Grave Robber and they use their stealth moves.

Weaknesses:
- Generally lower damage output compared to Crusader.
- Vestal is less tanky.
- Heal doesn't clear debuffs, so you have to rely on Arbalest for that.
- Stun and heal can't be used from position 1, so Bounty Hunter getting knocked back (slam, upper cut, etc.) can make things difficult. Bonk can be nice with the 150% daze chance though, and you're very likely to connect your Illumination dodge debuff with the +40% debuff chance.
- No reposition like with Holy Lance. That being said, you're still useful with stuns/heals from the backline anyway which can keep your Jester in Finale position.
- Leading from the last point, if your Arbalest gets pulled you can't easily reposition her in the back with Holy Lance + Dirk Stab

You could try subbing Bonk for Hand of Light, sacrificing a bit of damage and the daze for better reach and accuracy. A power move would be to sub it for Divine Grace, but then she's almost useless if she finds herself in rank 1.

Obviously not as competitive as Heylow but it has some interesting tricks up its sleeves that Heylow doesn't.

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Note that I modified all the corpse sprites to be black silhouettes and with obviously grotesque things modified (like Crusader's sword through his head). This is because my brother gets too disturbed by the corpses, and I can't pause in this mode like in the base game.

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