They may become stalwart and receive a massive buff and stress relief… or they will more likely start freaking out and receive a massive debuff instead.

When a hero reaches 100 stress their fortitude is tested. Stress is a unique mechanic that explores the idea of how mentally damaging entering these types of experiences may be even for the mightiest of heroes. This could be through straight damage, throwing a debuff, or marking one of your heroes for death, causing all other enemies to focus on that marked target.ĭespite those dangers, the deadliest of enemies are the ones that attack the stress level of your characters. Throughout the 5 themed dungeons, players are pitted against numerous types of enemies looking to cut their team down through various means. With turn-based combat and a behind the scenes D6 style roll system seemingly ALWAYS in the games favor, a large bit of strategy is required to ensure survival.

This defeat was one of many that I have suffered firsthand and one that I imagine countless others have experienced.ĭarkest Dungeon is a brutal dungeon crawling experience tasking players to recruit, train, and guide a ragtag group of heroes through Gothic themed dungeons to reclaim your family’s estate from the darkness that has taken over. The Wizened Hag sat in the back row, separated from my party by only a giant cauldron with 100HP, which regenerated back to full health every time she threw one of my party members into it. I was wrong… dear God was I wrong… Despite how easily the team I had made sailed through previous parts of the dungeon, I had only one character that could attack “back row” enemies.

I cruised through this medium sized dungeon fairly easily, so I naturally went into the fight confident that victory would be simple and swift.

The time had come and I had finally reached “The Wizened Hag”, one of the numerous bosses in Darkest Dungeon.

How to defeat the hag darkest dungeon