

The big speed debuff also makes it helpful against enemy medics and stress inducing enemies who tend to have high speed.Ī strong attack with blight that can only be used in the middle ranks. This attack ignores stealth and will move her back 1 spot, this is really good in the Weald or later difficulties on missions since many enemies can have stealth on themselves. The attack will hit the entire enemy party and even give them a minor blight, this is what makes it so good when you take 2 Shieldbreakers, because you can just continually use this over and over again and easily tear apart formations. Like the Kiss, this can only be used at the very front and will move her back 1 space, but it gives a really good hit to your foes. One of, if not the best attack if you take 2 of them. The power of the attack itself combined with the blight can make quick work of enemies or even one-shot them if it crits, especially in the Ruins. It can only be used if she’s at the very front and can only be used against one of the front 2 enemies, it will also move her back 1 space. This is really good in the Ruins, the Cove and even the first Darkest Dungeon mission, because of the guarding there will be as well as dragging enemies that are weak forward for others to kill.Ī strong attack with a strong blight. It doesn’t end there, it also has a chance to drag the target forward and lower their speed. This attack moves her 1 space forward but the real benefit from it is that it not only ignores guard but it also breaks it, which means whatever the target that got hit by it can’t be protected for 2 rounds. The 2nd detail is the key to her utility in regions with a lot of protection in enemies mainly the Cove and the Weald, allowing you to get through those enemies that you would normally spend turns to kill go down much quicker.

This attack moves her 1 space forward and ignores protection at the same time. Like all every other class in the game, she has 7 abilities: If you want to see her details and skills in exact, here’s her wiki page: – The Shieldbreaker is a frontliner that can tear through enemies thanks to many of her skills ignoring protection and guard, as well as using blights to her advantage.Īt level 0 resolve she can still be useful despite her low damage and health, recruit her if you have space in your roster.
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This guide will help you see her like that as well as how to overcome her weaknesses. But once you figure out the huge advantages and strengths she has you’ll see her as the exact opposite. You might consider her to be one of the weakest front-liners in the game. Though relatively low health, the Shieldbreaker is yet highly survivable in short bursts thanks to her Aegis shield.The Shieldbreaker is one of the most interesting classes in the game. Her movement, speed, and targeted abilities make her a valuable ally for dismantling intractable monster groups. A highly-tactical hero with solid damage dealing capability, she truly excels when countering monsters with high protection and those who guard their allies. The Shieldbreaker is a powerful ally in the fight to reclaim the Estate and banish the evil that squats in the Darkest Dungeon. * New Consumable Item - Aegis Scale, providing a last bastion of protection for when a hero truly needs it. * 3 New Monsters - frightful illusions from the Shieldbreaker's origin, now slithering forward to infest the Estate * Shieldbreaker class-specific trinkets, including a lore set Though relatively low health, the Shieldbreaker is yet highly survivable in short bursts thanks to her Aegis scales. A highly-tactical and solid damage dealing hero, she truly excels when countering monsters with high protection and those who guard their allies. “And all around is the desert a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.”
