Occultist (Darkest Dungeon II)

"Witness the infernal and blasphemous power of the void!"

The Occultist is a Hero in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * Back Rank
 * Ranged Dmg
 * Healer
 * Offensive Support

Combat Skills
Note: The Occultist will always start each run equipped with Sacrificial Stab, Abyssal Artillery, Weakening Curse, Wyrd Reconstruction, and Daemon's Pull. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection before they may be equipped.

Occultist has several abilities that add or consume Unchecked Power. Unchecked Power empowers certain skills, and is consumed by these skills when used. There is a 33% chance to apply 1 to himself for each token of  Unchecked Power present at the beginning of each round, and can stack up to 3 times. This is a special token, and as such, is not affected by abilities or combat items that affect Positive or Negative tokens, such as Plague Doctor's Indiscriminate Science or Holy Water.

Shrine of Reflection
The Occultist gains access to 6 abilities over 5 chapters through accessing memories in the Shrine of Reflection.

Chapter One: The Ritual
"Few minds are ready for the other planes."
 * Unlocks dd2 ability vulnerabilityhex.png Vulnerability Hex

- The Occultist

"On certain portentous evenings carefully selected for their astrological potency, he would gather his devotees around the ancient onyx table, and, joining hands with them, he would send his spirit out into the void. Safely tethered by their vital energies, he was free to wander the Outer Sphere in search of some dark communion and impossible power."

- The Academic

Chapter Two: A Door in the Desert
"That pyramid changed everything."
 * Unlocks dd2 ability bindingshadows.png Binding Shadows

- The Occultist

"He found himself in a vast expanse of windswept dunes. Ahead, the stone spires of a pyramidal temple called down jagged bolts from a roiling, angry sky. Undaunted, he crossed the threshold of the towering aperture, settled himself upon the central dais, and prepared for the coming sacrifice."

- The Academic

Chapter Three: Some Parts Must Die
"Back then, I was not yet wise enough to know fear."
 * Objective: Slay Your Virtues
 * Unlocks dd2 ability malediction.png Malediction

- The Occultist

"Terrible though it was, he would pay the price for power!"

- The Academic

"The emptiness in him called out across the boundless gulfs of unknown space... for nature abhors a vacuum."

- The Academic

Chapter Four: The Guest
"It took too much and gained even more, but..."
 * Objective: Protect The Seance
 * Unlocks dd2 ability theburningstars.png The Burning Stars

- The Occultist

"Drawing vitality from the assembled mediums, he would hold fast against the thing, and harness a portion of its power!"

- The Academic

"Imbued with strange currents of infernal origin, his apotheosis was complete..."

- The Academic

Chapter Five: An Eternal Flame
"I am shrouded by an endless night where they prowl and whisper all names."
 * Unlocks dd2 ability anamnesis.png Anamnesis and dd2 ability chaoticoffering.png Chaotic Offering

- The Occultist

"Emerging from his trance, he met the charred, steaming corpses of his acolytes with a shudder. He cound sense the eldritch entity stalking the edges of his consciousness, probing for weaknesses. He had become a beacon - a conduit to unknown regions... and would be assailed by those blasphemous forces all the rest of his days."

- The Academic

Trivia

 * The Occultist is one of eight Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.