Andrew Brown also specal affliction that benefits him. Really big mistakes

Let's Not no, he Mentioned it

didn't know that last bit. thats AMAZING. because honestly if you lose one character in the party, stress bumps alone can heart attack others, and then you get party wiped before you can retreat.

Yea he didn't really go in depth with the deaths door bit, but he did say that flagellant does do well because of his deaths door benefits when stuff goes wrong, and admitted he couldn't remember the rest of the benefits, but he sees them as more of icing on the cake, not as a general playing strategy. Besides, I see these guides as more of for advanced players anyways so sometimes I'm surprised he goes as in-depth with the characters as he does to begin with

man he is so unkillable i didnt even know about that last one.

It's revenge for all the crit 0 heals with bleeds that occultists do.

SauceNinja same situation, except my flagellant slapped himself to death

omg... thanks for good laugh mate XD

@Bazzralic The abomination isn't a bad guy, he's just loathed for what he is. The occultist, on the other hand, is willingly dealing in dark magic for the sake of...whatever it is he's seeking.

"Local Man gets overexcited and slaps his party member to death"

I like it too.

Well he is meant to raise the skill ceiling to make the crimson court actually possible

@@Kain-wk6xk that isnt what the word skill ceiling means , skill ceiling is referred to as the maximum amount of skill you can have in the game, for example if you known every curio interaction in darkest dungeon memorized you have hit the skill ceiling for curios

@@lolmanmagee2785 yes and flagellant raises it. The capacity to heal in percentages was huge in the game as it essentially it worked like a camping skill. During the crimson court it meant that health was no longer limited by a strict number (i.e how much your vestal healed.). On top of that, you could use him as a first row healer, somthing which wasn't possible before which increased the max number of feasible party combinations. So not only were you not limited by how much damage you took (provided you were skilled enough) but there was much greater choice in your options. Thats why people ended up using him to fudge so many bosses.

@@Kain-wk6xk im not saying anything about the power level of the character... im saying you r vocabulary is incorrect, saying the flagellant raises the skill celling would mean the flagellant is somehow making the game more complex and thus raising the skill celling (a example of somthing that could raise the skill celling is if for example, removing aim assistance from a first person shooter) what you are describing is more of a inflation of power as the flagellant is a very powerful hero

yeah he gains dmg and speed at low hp, so he can act first and exanguinate. It really helps get him off deaths door.

He also heals the teams mortality debuffs, and never recieves them when he hits deaths door. He's pretty much the ultimate oh shit button for your team.

anorexicshrooms i dont think flagg heals the party when at deaths door, he heals them when he dies, thats why the ability is called Martyr. Im not sure about the stunning enemies part.

its what i read on the wiki

As a person who always take flagellant to fight, even to cove(xd), yes he does heal party when he hit deaths door, and when he dies, he stun entire enemy team. Always taking item to buff a little Deaths Door resist, making 87%, balancing on thin ice, stacking self heal every 3 rounds to negate possibility of dying from bleed. Second item is always Junia's Head. In battle, you will have like 21343525 dmg per round from bleed you inflicted yourself, and you took from others by "suffer", as i mention before, bleed, or blight will never kill you. Now, we have a monster who heal himself, and one guy in your team per round for nearly 70% of hp. And do it consistently. If everyone in team is at full hp, you can use Exsanguinate, still heal yourself, and do tons of bleed to enemy. OH, THE MOST IMPORTANT: BECOUSE BLEED, YOU DID TO YOURSELF, (remember about reclaim, which negate chances of dying from bleed, you are safe),EVERY ROUND YOU ARE HITTING DEATHS DOOR, AND YOU HEAL ENTIRE PARTY WITH THE SAME HEAL, AS VESTAL PARTY HEAL, OFTEN DOING THAT CRITICALLY, SO YOU HEAL STRESS. AND THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS HEAL DON'T TAKE YOUR ACTION. ITS FREE :D *sorry for my bad english, i tried my best :c

same

Andrew Brown flagellant benefits from stress

I always knew endure was good, but I totally forgot about the lash's solace synergy. You make a good point.

Endure allows to, in a way heal 78 stress for 2 respite points.

Let's Not, Say that again after a heart attack

Though personally I don't like Rapturous, it still stresses out the other heroes a bunch and is only occasionally useful, most of the time it's as damaging as any other affliction.

AZ_Bros yesssssss give me the Grave Robber!

true, true

I mainly use him as a dps and then healer in emergency situation, his bleed is just way too good/op.

He is a very good dps, no question. But I think some people underestemate his Tank and healing capabilitys.

Shame that Death blow resist locked on 87% and can't be higher no matter what

I copied my comment from other place, couse its long, my english is bad, and i don't want to write it again. I find strategy from video the most safe, then is going your startegy which is something between safe and berserk. So i showing my berserk ambulance startegy :D As a person who always take flagellant to fight, even to ruins(xd), yes he does heal party when he hit deaths door, and when he dies, he stun entire enemy team. Always taking item to buff a little Deaths Door resist, making 87%, balancing on thin ice, stacking self heal every 3 rounds to negate possibility of dying from bleed. Second item is always Junia's Head. In battle, you will have like 21343525 dmg per round from bleed you inflicted yourself, and you took from others by "suffer", as i mention before, bleed, or blight will never kill you. Now, we have a monster who heal himself, and one guy in your team per round for nearly 70% of hp. And do it consistently. If everyone in team is at full hp, you can use Exsanguinate, still heal yourself, and do tons of bleed to enemy. OH, THE MOST IMPORTANT: BECOUSE BLEED, YOU DID TO YOURSELF, (remember about reclaim, which negate chances of dying from bleed, you are safe),EVERY ROUND YOU ARE HITTING DEATHS DOOR, AND YOU HEAL ENTIRE PARTY WITH THE SAME HEAL, AS VESTAL PARTY HEAL, OFTEN DOING THAT CRITICALLY, SO YOU HEAL STRESS. AND THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THIS HEAL DON'T TAKE YOUR ACTION. ITS FREE :D *sorry for my bad english, i tried my best :c

@Zefir Thx for the reply. I see why your playstile works well for you, but I think i stick to my own. @keltkenterbery the main Idea is to have so much hp (48 hp without quirks) thanks to the trinkets that you very rarly hit deaths door. And only if it happens I rely on the deaths door resist buff from marytrs seal. In my first darkest (normal) difficulty run with the DLC I lost one Flagellant despite having one in every boss kill, Crimson Court and Darkest dungeon team.

he only sucks with skellingtons since they have an extremely high bleed resist

I don't like it. I've used it and judged it worse than his other options.

I use it mainly in replacement of Suffer when I'm expecting my back row to be hit more than my front row, especially in dungeons with few dots. That way I can take a little of the pressure off my back row while "transfering" damage to my Flagellant to use Exsanguinate or Redeem.

I think its an awesome ability, since the more dangerous enemies are in the back, so you bleed them then pommel them with other heroes

and its powerful when you also have a blight dealer , like abomination so you have bleed and blight , enemies die in a couple of turns

Absolutely agree with these! They're small perks of the class, but not (as many players assume/argue) things you wish to push onto the Flagellant. It's not that the Flagellant is GOOD at high stress or low health, it's that they are better than other characters when they're forced into those positions.

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And rain of sorrows stacked with plague bomb can crush the back row

I'll take it!

Unfortunately, that's not the case. The bleed from Reclaim can be resisted.

As for high stress, I like to get him rapturous, then stress heal him back down near 0, just to keep him there.

As if that takes away from the rest of the experience

Filthy runs large rosters (larger than necessary, really) and virtually never uses stress relief (as he said in video); he lets people recover stress simply by being in town multiple weeks, which the large roster allows. If you save gold as he does by not using stress relief, it makes even less sense to use the most expensive version. Having watched most of his first CC play through, I have to agree with his particular assessment of the skill for the way he plays. Part of the beauty of the game is there are so many potential combos, but I still think his use of the abilities is as efficient as one might hope to have. Cheers

Apparently the Bank is quite overpowered right now.

No, that's wrong. Bleeds and blights don't refresh existing bleeds and blights.

@@FilthyRobot then the bar is lying to me :D Thanks for the info, I'll consider that

I assume that they are not in that party order.

Yeah, uh, let's take the close range combatants and put them in the back while sticking the backlines in the front.

Random Dude he’s reading it from front to back 🤦‍♂️

Common sense is weak in this thread

This would only really work if the game had more than 1 good healer. The occultist is too inconsistent and both flagellant and vestal are religious.

TheSeedfreedom that is true, I've lost many heros depending on an Occultist's heal... that usually sucks when you really need it.

is it weird that in some parties i use an arbalest as a dedicated healer/back-row damage? since her bandage gives a +33% healing received buff, and her own CC trinkets buff that healing while also giving her decent damage and accuracy, i find her quite capable of sniping the back rows off quickly, while sustaining the party with ever-increasing heals while the front rows get whittled away at

TheDarkGenious I’ve done the same. The only problem is that she can’t heal rank 4 so... just hope rank 4 takes little to no damage

DeadGuyInTheGround put her in rank four, have someone guard her maybe

If you have Color of Madness, I believe that abominations no longer trigger holy heroes like lepers, vestals, and crusaders.