Shambler (Darkest Dungeon II)

The Shambler is a Cosmic miniboss found in Darkest Dungeon II

Description
The Shambler is a mini boss that can be encountered a few ways in Darkest Dungeon II. One is by interacting with a Shamblers Altar found at the Academic's Study when given the "Combat" option. The other is as a chance to replace a regular road battle when at a low light level of 30 or less (This can also happen when using The Infernal Torch). Shamblers can appear multiple times over the course of an Expedition.

The Shambler is a force to be reckoned with, giving players pause to play the game at low light levels for risk of encountering him. Yet while he is a risky fight to take, he does offer a slew of special and powerful Trinkets which can only be given as a reward for fighting him. He will also increase The Flame by +25 and give the player 2 Mastery Points. This makes him a good target to aim for should the player feel up to the challenge and be looking for some powerful buffs to their team.

Combat Skills
The Shambler himself is not a massive threat to the player. His largest risk to teams himself is in his ability to shuffle the players team comp. His next largest threat comes in the form of his cleave DOT application, having both an attacks that deals bleed and one that deals blight.

The true real threat that the Shambler presents in his ability to constantly spawn in fresh Tentacles. All of his moves will summon Tentacles should the player have killed any during the fight. He will continue to spawn new tentacles so long as he is alive and there is less than two tentacles on the field.

Shambler Tentacle
The Shambler Tentacle (known to many players just as the "clapperclaws" due to their attack name) are the more deadly aspect of fighting a Shambler. They are summoned on the Shamblers first action and re-spawned every time they are killed on the Shamblers next attack. While initially they are of little threat, they buff themselves with each subsequent attack becoming more and more deadly the longer they are left alive. Shambler Tentacles also have an ability to heal themselves upon hitting a target with combo applied.

Strategy
Don't die.

Trinkets
Shambler has a few signature trinkets. Killing it may award one of them.