Hellion (Darkest Dungeon II)

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"Beneath the bloodlust and fury, there is emptiness... and shame."

- -The Academic

The Hellion is one of 12 Heroes in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * FRONT RANK
 * HIGH DMG
 * BLEED
 * BLOODLUST

Combat Skills
🔸The Hellion will always start each run equipped with Wicked Hack,  Iron Swan,  Barbaric Yawp,  If It Bleeds, and  Toe to Toe. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection, after which they are permanently available for subsequent playthroughs.

🔸Hellion begins each run with a unique, permanent Condition that gives her a +25% damage Buff when below 50% HP, and another same  Buff when below 25% HP.

Winded Unique token that can only be obtained by Hellion.


 * -3 SPD per dd2 token winded.png Token
 * -33% DMG per dd2 token winded.png Token

Most of Hellion skills interact with Winded either by removing it or by adding it.











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 * heal=selfbuff
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Unique Trinkets
🔸Each Hero has their own 3 unique Trinkets, exclusive only to them.

Hero Paths
🔸 All Heroes start the game with the Wanderer Hero Path. Each Hero has access to 3 unique Paths available only to them once they invest into The Living City.

Strategy
The Hellion's primary role a front-line damage dealer with large bursts of damage, but not much damage in-between. Her ability to gain extra damage pairs well with her secondary tank role, which often causes her to drop to lower HP since she doesn't gain any defensive tokens like Block token: Block or Dodge. She counteracts this by having a multitude of self-heals, both for HP and Stress. Her bleeds suffer somewhat from this, since they don't scale as well as her direct damage moves with her low-health damage buff active.



🔸Offense:

Ravager Hellion Hellion's offense is a core part of the character. Like Highwayman (Darkest Dungeon II), she starts with normal attacks such as Wicked hack &  Iron Swan that do good damage and in Rank 1 with both she can hit every rank apart from 3. Wicked hack dealing 50% more damage when consuming can deal a high amount of damage with little trinkets and quirk bonuses. With the Ravager Path you can capitalise on these raw damage skills. A big one being on hellion's final Shrine of Reflection Howling End, a big burst move for Hellion at the cost of  Winded. When building around Ravager it's important to think about if you want to run Winded skills, if you do a great one too play around  Winded is  Toe-to-Toe as when it is upgraded It can clear winded easily &  Immobilize can keep you in rank 1. A disadvantage to ravager Is the Bleed gained per turn as it can make the low Hp damage passive more risky to use, but its not all bad, Trinkets like  Empty Stein granting bonus damage when  bleeding,  Carved Bodkin reducing the  bleed by 2 and giving a 20% extra turn when  Bleeding. Sodden Sweater healing if you resist the bleed & a 50% bleed  Res, Fate's Foreteller giving another heal on resisting the  bleed. Tips for Using Hellions direct damage skills The advantage of Hellions direct damage kit is her passive ability. She gains a 25% Damage buff at or below 50% HP and another 25% Damage buff at or below 25%, meaning she can become extremely powerful when close to death. Try to make sure you are not Winded as you approach these thresholds to make maximum advantage of the buff. If you are Winded at low health,  Adrenaline Rush is a can clear it, heal the Hellion to give some breathing room away from Death's Door, and still keep her below the 50% HP threshold so that she retains some of her damage buff. To-to-Toe can help getting to low HP with its taunt generation, but since the Hellion cannot generate Block tokens outside of the Carcass path, take care not to get her killed from getting attacked when her health is low to start with. Now the Last synergies Are good for a half tank Burst hellion, But what if you wanted too max your damage, Well you can ditch And use Blood Lust Or another attack skill If you dont have a bleed attack ally. This way if you stack as much %Bonus damage there is one stat that will Maximize your damage CRIT Chance. With CRIT Chance On Crit you will deal The max value +50% damage This Plus Hellions passive and Bloodlust, And Ravager you can do Insane Levels of damage On Crit. Trinkets Like Celebrated Chalice, Silent Treatment coast nautical compass, Snappy swig with high speed, Buttressing band , and Heartseeker Can maximising critical chance is a good way to optimise your damage output But You can also Go for more conventional damage trinkets  Trinkets Like Sharpness Charm, Gnarly knuckles Stirring snuff , Staggering striker For combo on Hit, wounding words , and  clarifying carcanet Will Increase your damage More without relying on chance.

Great Ally's for these builds Include, Runaway (Darkest Dungeon II) with smoke screen and her move back skills, Jester (Darkest Dungeon II) With his combo, bleed, and vulnerable apply attacks, and Man-at-Arms (Darkest Dungeon II) with Guard allowing you too safely stay at low hp and his remove weak and blind skills are great. -Trinkets (Darkest Dungeon II)]] Page

Berserker Hellion Berserker Hellion Has many different ways too play, Rank One Bleed out, Rank 2  If it bleeds build with low winded skills, or A dance of the two. Lets go over the berserkers strengths, First +10% Deathblow RES, with Hellions already high  Deathblow RES with the The Living City You can get a natural 90%  Deathblow RES at the start of a run, This Is great with hellions passive as you can stay at low hp and worry less about getting one shot. +33% Chance & Bleed-causing Skills: +10% CRIT are a Great bonus too use her Bleed skills, CRIT As mentioned before is good on hellion, BUT Its Even better on Berzerker as not only dose it increase your damage, It also Increases your  Bleed Duration by 2. Doesn't sound like much but for how big hellions Bleed can get this is great vs Bosses with large health pools, Being able too out damage Howling Ends Burst potential but It takes more turns too get the full damage dealt. And the bonus Bleed Chance Is nice vs bosses like the General in the General's Keep who have large Bleed resistance, Also this bonus Lets you pick more aggressive Bleed trinkets without worrying about Bleed just not working. Synergies with the path that are Great are trinkets that allow you too stay alive at low hp, Increase your Haste so you don't act last (as if you act last you are more likely too get hit by more enemy's then you can hit them + bleeding first makes Bleed tick faster). Trinkets Like bloodied-branch Heartseeker  Mortal wardButtressing band Spiked skullcap fishmongers gloves fishermans line leather strop  Clarifying carcanet, Wolfs Blood Are good on any of Bleed hellions builds as  CRIT,  Bleed Duration & Amount, And Haste. Bleed Out Bleed out Is hellions Highest  Bleed damage skill, And even its raw damage Is on par with  Wicked hack,  Bleed out  has its downsides like  Howling End With its  Winded Gain slowing your haste and damage, But a more noticeable downside is Its rank 1 dependence & Its Rank 1 range. The damage Is great but bosses like the Librarian and the Harvest Child Who spend most of the fight outside of rank 1 Can be More challenging. But Fights Like The General in the General's Keep who are locked in rank one It is very good. If you plan too stay in rank one You should consider hero's with Pull skills Like Ransack As long as it doesn't put run away in rank 1,or  Daemon's Pull doing A pull Plus destroying corpses. Bleed out In most Road battles Has enough damage to easily nock a enemy out of the fight by dealing A large amount of Bleed making cleaning up the low hp enemy later a viable strategy. So you don't usually have too hit the same enemy more then once with Bleed out so you should spend your in-between time trying too remove the  Winded with skills like  Blood Lust for more damage if the target is bleeding, or  toe-to-toe If you want to Stick to rank 1 and tank more hits. The biggest thing too keep in mind with a Bleed out Build is if The damage is overkill, as if you  Bleed out a 5 hp enemy your better off just using  wicked hack and letting a ally clean up to avoid gaining unnecessary  Winded. Vs Bosses Is a different story as there large Hp pools make every point of damage matter, A good pattern too keep is Bleed out into  Bleed out into A clear winded skill if you can hit the boss with  Bleed out. The damage of Bleed out Is mostly  Bleed so the -33% damage on the first  Winded Is Not that bad, but the Haste Decrease will quickly become noticeable, so clear it eventually. The strongest Bonus you can get too Greatly increase your damage is the Leviathan Boss trophy, Its +100% Bleed applied can turn  Bleed out Into the strongest damage skill in the game. If It bleeds If It bleeds Is Hellions Second Bleed skill. Different too Bleed Out It can only be used In ranks 2-3. This means That both moves cannot be used in the same rank. This can be built around with characters like Highwayman (Darkest Dungeon II) & Runaway (Darkest Dungeon II) haveing easy move back and forward skills so hellion can dance in rank 1-2. This is great for Using If It Bleeds on rank 3 enemy's then moving in to  Bleed out the front rank enemy. You can even finish this combo with Blood Lust to Increase your damage even more on those targets you made Bleed. If it bleeds is noticeably less damage then Bleed Out at the reward of better targets and no  Winded downside. In most fights that last only Five rounds you want to deal your Bleed as fast as possible so make sure to apply a lethal amount on a enemy then swap to a more burst damage skills Like  Wicked hack as applying a 3 Bleed for 3 is not good in situations were there's only 1-2 turns left. A trinket that directly buffs If It bleeds Is the Bloodied Branch With its +33%  Dealt With If it bleed, This turns its upgraded version into a 4 bleed skill on par with un-upgraded  Bleed out. This Makes Hellions Bleed Damage Spiral out of control the longer the fight lasts melting enemy's.

🔸Survivability: Hellion Is a bruiser type hero, Dealing heavy damage and taking heavy hits. In every path she has a way too stay alive and the greatest would be Carcass. giving Hellion Block Tokens Is a big deal as hellions kit has alot of damage tanking with taunt she has no damage negation like Leper (Darkest Dungeon II) or Man-at-Arms (Darkest Dungeon II) making Hellion very likely to get overwhelmed by damage. But Skills Like Adrenaline Rush Giving Great sustain &   Raucous Revelry With Self stress heal and even ally stress heal she can jump in and out of low hp with ease.

Carcass: Carcass Hellion Is one of thee best Tanks in the game, Great healing, Control, and taunt lead too hellion becoming a unbillable god. But the downside of this path is gaining Winded Each turn making this Slowest, Lowest damage path In the game. But Things are not all bad, Alot of Trinkets (Darkest Dungeon II) For tanks have a low speed bonus. And effects like Speed Tokens and Bleed Skills are unaffected by the Winded downside. But The Winded Gained Is actualy a benefit With its other bonus  Turn End: Per  :  (75%) Giving Hellion Damage negation Each turn, So She can tank More attacks and Heal later In the fight. This Is great as it fixes one of the issues with Tank hellion and creates more synergies with Her kit. Barbaric Yawp Is A strong move on its own And with the Block Bonus you dont have too worrying about winded and the bonus Taunt added with The path, You can effectively control fights better by Lowering enemy damage With  & Focusing them on You With your Block Even getting in a  stun with the right setup. Carcass Is also The only Tank path that has a built in stress management bonus. Gaining -1Stress or -2Stress If your lucky When She is hit with a critical hit. Normaly crits Inflict Stress, but with this path crits stress will be negated, making Hellion a Great target too suck up critical hits. Trinkets That are Great for This path are ones with "When Hit" effects, Bonus Hp, Bonus armor, and dot resistance. Hale Draught, Prodding pendant, Appalling apron  Risky but good, Vanished vanity Combo when hit, Hint of Home, Forest blistering Calibrating Stone mount, Ghastly Gruel,AND Reverberating RedoubtAre all great Trinkets for This Super Tank Hellion Path. Biggest tip for Tank hellion Is remembering that Carcass has Very low damage so build a aggressive team and have hellion tank for them, Picks Like Plague Doctor (Darkest Dungeon II) & Grave Robber (Darkest Dungeon II) are great for dots and damage with self support too.

Shrine of Reflection
🔸The Hellion gains access to 6 skills over 5 Chapters through accessing memories in the Shrine of Reflection.

Barks
Combat =

Landing a CRIT

 * TBA'

Stalling

 * TBA

Bleed

 * TBA

Blight

 * TBA

Burn

 * TBA

Horror

 * TBA

Stress

 * TBA

Torch Decrease

 * TBA

Entering Death's Door

 * TBA

Ally On Death's Door

 * TBA

Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * TBA

Ally Surviving Hit on Death's Door

 * TBA

Hit by CRIT

 * TBA

Ally Hit by CRIT

 * TBA

Pushed by Enemy

 * TBA

Meltdown (Phased out)

 * TBA

Fog Appears (Shroud)

 * TBA

Fog Fades (Shroud)
Positive Act Outs=
 * TBA

Stress Healing Partner - General

 * TBA

Buffing Partner - General

 * TBA

Healing Partner - General

 * TBA

Combo Attack - General

 * TBA

Retaliation - General

 * TBA

Protection - General

 * TBA

Attacking Ally - General

 * TBA

Praise for Support Skill - General

 * TBA

Praise for Attack - General

 * TBA

Stress Heal in Coach - General

 * TBA

Stress Self in Coach - General

 * TBA

Stress Healing Partner - Hopeful

 * TBA

Buffing Partner - Hopeful

 * HAVE AT THEM!

Praise for Support Skill - Hopeful

 * TBA

Praise for Attack - Hopeful

 * TBA

Stress Heal in Coach - Hopeful

 * TBA

Stress Healing Partner - Amorous

 * TBA

Healing Partner - Amorous

 * TBA

Protection - Amorous

 * None but I shall touch you!

Praise for Support Skill - Amorous

 * TBA

Praise for Attack - Amorous

 * TBA

Stress Heal in Coach - Amorous

 * TBA

Stress Healing Partner - Respectful

 * TBA

Retaliation After Partner is Attacked - Respectful

 * TBA

Combo Attack with Partner - Respectful

 * TBA

Praise for Support Skill - Respectful

 * TBA

Praise for Attack - Respectful

 * TBA

Stress Heal in Coach - Respectful
Negative Act Outs=
 * ''TBA'

Dealing Stress Partner - General

 * TBA

Insult for Support Skill - General

 * TBA

Insult for Attack - General

 * TBA

Attacking Ally - Hateful

 * ''TBA'

Stress Damage on Ally - Hateful

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Support Skill - Hateful

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Attack - Hateful

 * ''TBA'

Stress Damage on Ally - Suspicious

 * ''TBA'

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Suspicious

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Support Skill - Suspicious

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Attack - Suspicious

 * ''TBA'

Stress Damage on Ally - Resentful

 * ''TBA'

Stress Damage on Ally on Road - Resentful

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Support Skill - Resentful

 * ''TBA'

Insult for Attack - Resentful
Affinity=
 * ''TBA'

Adding Buff

 * ''TBA'

Guarding Ally

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Adding Token

 * ''TBA'

Follow Up Attack

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Follow Up on Debuffed Enemy

 * ''TBA'

Healing Ally

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Revenge Attack on Enemy

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Moving Positions - Positive

 * ''TBA'

Removing DoTs

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Stress Healing

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Jealous of Buff

 * ''TBA'

Jealous of Guarded Ally

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Jealous of Token

 * ''TBA'

Jealous of Food (Unused)

 * ''TBA'

Jealous of Healing

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Moving Positions - Negative

 * ''TBA'

Jealous of DoT Removal

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Positive Road Banter

 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Negative Road Banter
Inn Items=
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'
 * ''TBA'

Armor Repair Kit

 * Spit and polish - good as new.

Blasphemous Idol

 * The old gods have their wisdom. Some of us have not forgotten.

Book of Bawdy Tales

 * Read it to me? ... Eugh, or maybe not.

BOOK: My time in the Desert

 * Wonder what they hunt out there

Book of Creative Insults

 * Townfolk bickering goes right over my head.

Poetry

 * What are these? War songs without drums?

Boxing Gloves

 * I only pull my punches for friends

Calming Incense

 * *sniff* My eyes feel heavy already...

Candles and Chocolate

 * A lot of fuss for a tussle in the furs.

Clarifying Poultice

 * Hoo! That rouses the senses!

Clotting Poultice

 * Only a coward fears his own blood!
 * Blood is life! Ours and our kin!

Dartboard

 * Hmph. These things are so brittle!

Ceremonial Drum

 * Circle the drums! Beat hard! Beat fast! KALIIIII-YAH!

Slime Mold

 * It's food. You won't hear me complain.
 * (If full) - I want for nothing.

Stale Bread

 * Ah, well. It mops up the wine.
 * (If full) - I take smaller meals on the hunt.

Apple and Cheese

 * Cheese was a luxury in our camp. Mmm!
 * (If full) - *satisfied belch*

Steak and Spuds

 * Let me sear the next lot!
 * (If full) - I'll sleep heavy tonight.

Flapjacks

 * A band of hunters bounding 'round the cookfire...
 * (If full) - My belly is full.

Holy Beads

 * My ancestors never needed these... But why not
 * My ancestors never needed these.

Impermeable Poultice

 * Smells foul so it must work.

Leeches

 * TBA

Meditative Totem

 * Spirits of old, my blood who came before me...

Mop and Bucket

 * If they can't smell the blood, they can't track us.

Nightshade Concoction

 * Chase it with wine if you must. Feh.

Pipeweed

 * Mm. Stinks of steppe grass.

Playing Cards

 * But what do I get if I 'win?'

Restorative Herbs

 * Stinks... but wound rot stinks worse.

Roast Pig

 * Crisp the skins for later.

Songbook of Amorous Ballads

 * A song for the fireside, eh? Come closer.

Songbook of Touching Dirges

 * We sing for the kin we've laid to rest.

Songbook of Rousing Tunes

 * KII-YAH! Shed your skins and howl!

Soothing Poultice

 * Ahh, cool as fresh mud

Speed Bag

 * Train with me, eh? Best keep up!

Invigorating Stew

 * TBA
 * (If full) - TBA

Stimulating Poultice

 * The blood-rush begins...! Who's up to box?!

Stitching Kit

 * What's one more scar!

The Wine

 * Now 'this' is wine! Come, enjoy with me!

Tinned Delicacies

 * TBA
 * (If full) - TBA

Knotted Tug Rope

 * Rrrragh! Hold on tight!

Wax Inoculant

 * The prey in these wastes is half-rotted.

Whetstone

 * A clan is only as strong as its weakest blade

Whiskey Barrel

 * Drink fortifies the spirit!

Whiskey Bottle

 * Share my drink? Hmmph. Only since you asked.

Whiskey Flask

 * Barely a whelp's gulp in here!

Whittling Tools

 * Anyone have a larger knife?

Wild Tea

 * Let us commune with our kin departed.

Morbid Joke

 * TBA

Improvised Strategy

 * TBA

The Very Best

 * TBA

Experimental Remedy

 * TBA

War Paint

 * TBA

Tar-Filled Colambre

 * ''TBA'

Oddly-Tuned Lute

 * TBA

Precious Collection

 * TBA

Guided Meditation
Hero Shrines=
 * Our spirit guides would smoke this stuff...

Shrine 1

 * TBA

Shrine 2

 * TBA

Shrine 3

 * TBA

Shrine 4

 * TBA

Shrine 5

 * TBA

Shrine 6
Locations=
 * TBA

Oasis

 * TBA

Creature Den

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter Success

 * TBA

Resistance Encounter Retreat

 * TBA

Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Exiting Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Valley Assistance Encounter

 * TBA

Region Gate

 * TBA

Exiting Crossroads

 * TBA

Exiting Hospital

 * TBA

Exiting Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Valley Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Watchtower

 * TBA

Exiting Hoarder

 * TBA

Exiting Academic's Study

 * TBA

Cultist Encounter Success

 * TBA

Cultist Encounter Retreat

 * TBA

Tangle Lair Success

 * TBA

Tangle Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Foetor Lair Success

 * TBA

Foetor Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Sprawl Lair Success

 * TBA

Sprawl Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Shroud Lair Success

 * TBA

Shroud Lair Retreat

 * TBA

Exiting Oblivion's Ingress

 * TBA

Exiting Academic's Cache
Quirks/Diseases= TBA Travelling Stress=
 * TBA

Travelling Stress Heal

 * Perhaps there is hope for us yet...
 * We are not so dissimilar...
 * I accept you. We all do.
 * Chin up, shoulders back. We can do this.
 * The road is tough but we're going to make it.
 * Let us share tales of merrier times.
 * Come what may, we are united!
 * Hang in there. 
 * Can I get you anything?
 * It's a long road, but we've got each other.
 * Want to share? I've got extra...
 * You're even tougher than you look.
 * I'm glad you're here, for what it's worth.
 * You're going to live. I won't hear otherwise.
 * At least we aren't facing this alone.
 * Maybe all hope is not lost...
 * There are times I almost feel hopeful.
 * I had a pleasant dream, for once...
 * Whatever comes, we are united.
 * Perhaps we'll find glory after all...
 * This world is worth saving.
 * We are making a difference out there.
 * Hope is seductive, isn't it?
 * We're making good time.
 * If this is my fate, I'm content.
 * All is not lost.
 * We will best these fiends!

Travelling Stress Heal

 * 'Buffoon!
 * 'We're not going to make it, are we?
 * 'Everywhere, the world comes undone...
 * 'Stuck in a coach with the likes of you - feh.
 * 'I'm hungry and tired!
 * 'This cursed coach is a bouncing racket!
 * 'Let me out of this blasted coach!
 * 'Here we are, four corpses in a rolling coffin...
 * 'I can't bear to look out the window...
 * 'It's like a nightmare out there.
 * 'Like rats in a trap...
 * 'What if it's all for nothing...?
 * 'Can I really trust you to have my back...?
 * 'Can't sleep. Awful food. Worse company.
 * 'A waking nightmare...
 * 'We never seem to make any progress...
 * 'Just leave me by the roadside.
 * 'This was all a mistake...!
 * 'We're driving in circles...
 * 'Are we lost?
 * 'This is not the life I dreamt for myself...
 * 'Everywhere we pass - ruin, destruction...
 * 'Fools, fools we are...
 * 'We were damned before we set off.
 * 'Why us? Why me?
 * 'I'm not crying...! Look away!
 * 'I grow so weary of this fight.
 * 'Would it be so bad to give in...?

Trivia

 * The Hellion is one of the eleven Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.
 * There are some differences between the Hellion's Darkest Dungeon comic and some parts of her memories in the sequel. In the comic, Hellion did not participate in her tribe's battle from the beginning, but instead watching it from afar out of fear. Her Chapter 2 memory in Darkest Dungeon II, on the other hand, shows that she did join the battle and appeared to be the leader of her group, considering that she was able to rally her tribesmen. Hellion only retreated and cowered when her group was overwhelmed.
 * Her name, Boudica, is a reference to a celtic queen of the Norfolk in Great-Britain.