Grave Robber (Darkest Dungeon II)

"Agile, graceful, and singularly surreptitious."

The Grave Robber is a Hero in Darkest Dungeon II.

Class Description

 * Any Rank
 * Stealth
 * Dodge
 * High CRIT

Combat Skills
🔸The Grave Robber will always start each run equipped with Pick to the Face,  Thrown Dagger,  Flashing Daggers,  Poison Dart, and  Absinthe. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection, after which they are permanently unlocked and available for subsequent playthroughs.























Unique Trinkets
🔸Each Hero has their own 3 unique Trinkets, exclusive only to them. All unique Trinkets for Heroes have Indelible rarity, Bauble cost of 70 and stack limit of 1.

Hero Paths
🔸 All Heroes Start The Game with No Hero Path. Each Hero has access to 3 unique Paths available only to them once they Invest into The Living City. Wanderer serves as the default path for every character and gives a candle reward. The following Paths are unique to the Grave Robber.

Strategy
🔸The Graverobber has some of the most flexible targeting and flexible positioning among the Heroes. Due to her very low base damage on her attacks and very big damage ranges on her other attacks, she isn't suited to dealing large amounts of damage without the right Trinkets. Due to these very big damage ranges, critting becomes a necessity to deal good amounts of damage with her. Her ability to gain +50% chance to crit against targets with Combo and her high base CRIT on her moves helps this, but isn't very consistent, since it's not guaranteed. Furthermore, she doesn't have any way to apply Combo on her own. She possesses the highest sustain out of any hero, with plentiful access to Dodge, Dodge+ ,  Stealth and Self Heals. She can apply Taunt to herself, but can't do this very quickly without Trinket/Combat Item/Inn Item setup, since she needs to get into Stealth first to use Repartee. Some of her skills require position changing, which may require some setup from the player. She also doesn't work great with heroes that require Combo to work well, since a lot of her moves clear  Combo from enemies when she attacks them. Most of the time Graverobber fits the role of a finisher with great sustain, with the potential to start dealing respectable damage or be a great Tank when she gains access to more Trinkets late into the run.

🔸Offense: The Grave Robber doesn't deal very high damage, but can finish off enemies with her great targeting. She also has great base crit on a lot of her moves, which allows her to sometimes deal a bigger burst of damage. This happens even more often when she attacks a target with Combo. Later on into the run, she can start dealing better damage with better Trinkets.


 * The CRIT chances of Dd2 ability picktotheface.png Pick to the Face, Dd2 ability throwndagger.png Thrown Dagger and Dd2 ability poisondart.png Poison Dart will be tremendously increased when targeting enemies that hold a dd2 token combo.png Combo Token. Since the Grave Robber can not inflict dd2 token combo.png Combo herself, she has to be paired with Heroes that can apply said Token.


 * Besides skills benefiting from dd2 token combo.png Combo, the Grave Robber can switch between Dd2 ability lunge.png Lunge and Dd2 ability pirouette.png Pirouette for an effective attack combination. If a target has several Dd2 token block.png Block or Dd2 token dodge.png Dodge Tokens on themselves, she can combine Dd2 ability lunge.png Lunge with the Dd2 token stealth.png Stealth effect from either Dd2 ability deadofnight.png Dead of Night or Dd2 ability shadowfade.png Shadow Fade for a full guaranteed damage output. Because of the movement effects, Dd2 ability lunge.png Lunge and Dd2 ability pirouette.png Pirouette can cause disorder among team compositions. Thus, it is recommended to bring a party that doesn't get out of position if the Grave Robber moves around. If the Grave Robber has Nightsworn Path, she receives a substantial damage boost under Dd2 token stealth.png Stealth effect. Any items that give Dd2 token stealth.png Stealth to the Grave Robber will go well with Nightsworn Path. This playstyle suffers greatly from Grave Robber inconsistent damage range of 4-8 on Dd2 ability lunge.pngLunge (4-11 on Upgrade), since it makes the damage output very inconsistent. Dd2 ability pirouette.pngPirouette is both more consistent in terms of damage and gives Grave Robber some extra survivability with the Dodge Token it gives (Dd2 token dodgeplus.png Dodge+ on upgrade)


 * Dd2 ability glintinthedark.pngGlint in the Dark might seem useful to finish off Enemies on Deathsdoor dd2.png Death's Door, however, using an attack that applies Blight dd2.pngBlight, since it checks Deaths Door twice. The only case where ignoring Deathsdoor dd2.pngDeathblow resist partially is more effective is against Bosses.

🔸Survivability: Despite her low HP, the Grave Robber is quite self-sustainable. Absinthe and Repartee can provide her with many  Dodge or  Dodge+ Tokens to avoid powerful attacks. Since these skills apply a huge amount of Tokens on the Grave Robber, she can heal a large percentage of her HP throughPlague Doctor's upgraded Indiscriminate Science. While Repartee does not provide a significant heal like  Absinthe, it can apply  Taunt on the Grave Robber, making sure that dangerous enemies will focus on her instead of more fragile Heroes, and miss their attacks. Pirouette also applies Dodge, which gives her a bit of extra survivability while also dealing some good damage. If a corpse is available, the Grave Robber can use Dead of Night to gain a large heal, and a Stressheal on upgrade, and  Stealth to set up other skills. Shadow Fade also allows her move back from the frontline and applies Stealth, which allows her to avoid attacks for a while.

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

Chapter One: Luxury's Lap

Chapter Two: Night Cap

Chapter Three: Embarrassment of Riches

Chapter Four: Filthy Rich

Chapter Five: The Afterparty



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter One: Luxury's Lap
🔸Unlocks Dead of Night "Tradition drove us into each other's arms. Or estates, rather."

- The Grave Robber

"Born into money, and married into more, she spent her days on horseback and her evenings in the ballroom. She was the object of her husband's boorish lust and drunken temper, placating his worst tendencies with a veneer of gracious deference. All the while, indulging murderous fantasies of freedom... and the fortune that would soon be hers."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Two: Night Cap
🔸Objective: Enough Is Enough! 🔸Unlocks Repartee "What did Fate expect as She flogged me towards a vindictive action?"

- The Grave Robber

"Night after night of disrespect and abuse - enough was enough."

- The Academic

"She listened, smirking, as his empty apologies came in desperate, choking gags..."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Three: Embarrassment of Riches
🔸Unlocks Lunge "I cannot say I recommend impulsive murder. Always make a plan, love."

- The Grave Robber

"Years of decadence and financial mismanagement had left the estate in staggering debt. Humiliated and facing eviction, she wandered the empty halls, hurling inebriated indignities at the portrait of the deceased, whose hand had rested so possessively upon her shoulder. A gleam of gold on that painted paw reminded her that his rings were unaccounted for... and must have been buried with him."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Four: Filthy Rich
🔸Objective: Loot Your Husband's Tomb 🔸Unlocks Shadow Fade "He meant to leave me as a pauper or a corpse eventually. I'm certain."

- The Grave Robber

"To preserve her social standing, she would pilfer the rings from his fingers - the gold from his teeth!"

- The Academic

"She was awash in exhilaration, the glint in her eyes outshining the fistful of ill-gotten gains."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Five: The Afterparty
🔸Unlocks Pirouette and  Glint in the Dark "What use have the dead for such trinkets and baubles?"

- The Grave Robber

"Armed officials dispatched to oversee the eviction were shocked to find the front doors of the manor listlessly ajar. The lavish carpets were lousy with dirt and leaves. A heap of heirlooms gleamed on the ballroom floor - rings and broaches in a careless pile. The lady of the manor, however... was nowhere to be found."

- The Academic

Trivia

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


 * The Grave Robber is the only Hero so far that has a skill which can kill an enemy outright with Deathsdoor dd2.png Death Blow Resistance, similar to Jester's Finale from The Butcher's Circus DLC of the first Darkest Dungeon.


 * In the game files, the skill Dd2 ability absinthe.png Absinthe is referred to as "artemisia", which is a genus of plant species. One of these species is mildly toxic and is used as a main ingredient to make absinthe in real life.


 * Aubrey, the default Grave Robber name, is French version of a Germanic name. The dress from the Grave Robber's origin comic and the popularity of absinth are also French. It's also a reference to the wife of the game's creative director and artist, Chris Bourassa.