Hellion (Darkest Dungeon II)

"The spilling of blood - an offering to the Gods!"

The Hellion is a Hero 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.

🔸Hellion has several skills that add or remove Winded, a special Token exclusive to her. Each Winded Token reduces damage by 33% and SPD by 3, and can stack up to 3 times. Skills that remove Winded, such as  Bloodlust, will remove all stacks of  Winded currently on the Hellion. Winded is a special Token, and as such, is not affected by skills or combat items that affect Positive or Negative Tokens, such as thePlague Doctor's Indiscriminate Science or Holy Water.











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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 Hellion.

Strategy
The Hellion is primarily a front-line attacker with an ability to deal greater damage the lower her HP gets. Therefore, her playstyle revolves around taunting enemies and losing HP in the process to achieve the highest possible damage output. However, due to her lack of defensive skills, she is typically prone to dying prematurely if she receives damage too recklessly and does not have access to her self-heal skills. Some of Hellion's skills, while effective, can severely reduce her SPD and damage via  Winded Tokens if used copiously. Despite her main function as a front-liner, she is capable of dealing damage to the back Ranks.

🔸Offense: To get to a low HP state and maximize her damage, the Hellion can focus on using Toe to Toe to draw enemies' attacks to her. Once her HP is low enough (optimally 25% of HP), she can follow up with devastating attacks, particularly by using Bleed Out and  Howling End. Since these skills apply Winded to Hellion, it will be necessary to use  Bloodlust,  Adrenaline Rush, or upgraded  Toe to Toe to remove  Winded and maintain her damage output. Note that Toe to Toe should be used in moderation, otherwise the Hellion could end up reaching  Death's Door too early and receiving  Weak Tokens, which offsets the low-HP damage bonuses. BringingMan-at-Arms as insurance is recommended, since he can protect Hellion with Defender or draw enemy attacks to himself with  Retribution if her HP is critically low.


 * By using Dd2 ability bloodlust.png Bloodlust, Hellion can deal even more damage against targets affected byBleed dd2.png Bleed . Therefore, it is advised to combine the said skill with Dd2 ability ifitbleeds.png If It Bleeds, and especially Dd2 ability bleedout.png Bleed Out. In addition, Hellion can be paired with Heroes that haveBleed dd2.png Bleed skills such asPortraits-plaguedoctor.pnge Doctor orPortraits-highwayman.pngayman so that she can quickly put the damage bonus from Dd2 ability bloodlust.png Bloodlust into use. It is possible to set up an effective combo by first using Dd2 ability bleedout.png Bleed Out to inflict Bleed dd2.png Bleed, then Dd2 ability bloodlust.png Bloodlust to remove all dd2 token winded.png Winded Tokens. With a Dd2 token buff.png Buff from Dd2 ability bloodlust.png Bloodlust, Hellion can then use Dd2 ability howlingend.png Howling End on the target with Bleed dd2.png Bleed for a devastating hit. To maximize the damage, take advantage of any damage-boosting trinket (including Hellion's personal trinkets Hellion-empty-stein.png Empty Stein and Hellion-rotten-tomato.png Rotten Tomato), combat items (Stimulants), and offensive Tokens (Dd2 token strength.png Strength and Dd2 token crit.png Crit ) from other Heroes' skills (Portraits-jester.pngr's Dd2 ability battleballad.png Battle Ballad,Portraits-manatarms.png-at-Arms' Dd2 ability command.png Command, etc.).


 * If the player wants to avoid the penalties of dd2 token winded.png Winded Tokens, Dd2 ability wickedhack.png Wicked Hack can be used as an alternative. While its damage output is inferior to Dd2 ability bleedout.png Bleed Out and Dd2 ability howlingend.png Howling End, Dd2 ability wickedhack.png Wicked Hack is still a reliable offensive move if Hellion's teammates can apply dd2 token combo.png Combo . ThePortraits-jester.pngr can be a good choice for this task.


 * Dd2 ability breakthrough.png Breakthrough is particularly handy for removing Positive Tokens from multiple enemies at once, as well as pushing Hellion forward should she find herself in the back Ranks. As Dd2 ability breakthrough.png Breakthrough 's damage is extremely low, it does not benefit much from damage boosts. However, thanks to its multi-target mechanic, it can quickly remove Tokens from the enemy team and can also be combined with thePortraits-runaway.pngay's Dd2 ability firestarter.png Firestarter to quickly spread Burn dd2.png Burn effects among enemies.
 * Hellion can reach Rank 3 and Rank 4 targets by switching between Dd2 ability ifitbleeds.png If It Bleeds and Dd2 ability ironswan.png Iron Swan, respectively.

🔸Survivability: The Hellion has no way of applying defensive Tokens via her skills. Nevertheless, she is still fairly capable of staying alive. To alleviate the danger of her risky playstyle, the Hellion possesses a couple of highly useful self-heals.


 * Dd2 ability rauciousrevelry.png Raucous Revelry can restore a portion of Hellion's Icon HP dd2.png and remove a considerable amount of Dd2 token stress.png Stress along with dd2 token horror.png Horror effects while Dd2 ability adrenalinerush.png Adrenaline Rush provides a fairly impressive heal (20 - 25% of Icon HP dd2.png on skill use and for each of 3 subsequent attacks) and removes dd2 token winded.png Winded as well as DOT effects from Hellion.


 * An upgraded Dd2 ability barbaricyawp.png Barbaric YAWP! helps keep the damage output of multiple enemies in check and can even stun them if dd2 token combo.png Combo Tokens are applied beforehand. Therefore, the Hellion can be a quite effective stunner if she goes with Heroes who can inflict dd2 token combo.png Combo on front-Rank targets (Portraits-highwayman.pngayman,Portraits-jester.pngr,Portraits-manatarms.png-at-Arms, etc.).

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

Chapter One: The Eve of Glory

Chapter Two: The Brave

Chapter Three: Night in the Woods

Chapter Four: Shame and Exile

Chapter Five: The Great Emptiness



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter One: The Eve of Glory
🔸Unlocks Bleed Out "I was too young. Too loud... too certain..."

- The Hellion

"She was young to join the warband, but any who challenged her readiness were met with clenched fists and violent indignation. Having bloodied that last of her detractors, the matter was considered finally settled. On the eve battle, she joined her clanmates in raucous celebration, her stein and her spirits overflowing with abundance."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Two: The Brave
🔸Objective: Prove Yourself! 🔸Unlocks Bloodlust "The invaders came. And with them came countless fears."

- The Hellion

"She was the tip of the spear - poised to sunder the enemy line, to live forever in the songs of her people!"

- The Academic

"Her entire life spent in preparation, but when it had mattered most... she had failed."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Three: Night in the Woods
🔸Unlocks Raucous Revelry "I had no more courage than the buzzards feasting on my failure."

- The Hellion

"As the advancing army moved on, she huddled tightly in the tree's clammy roots, hoping to be somehow swallowed up into the earth. At dawn, she woke tormented by the exuberant cries of carrion crows, come to feast upon the corpses of her kin. When at last she stirred, the scavengers took flight, repulsed by sight of this undeserving revenant."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Four: Shame and Exile
🔸Objective: Apologize to 10 Widows 🔸Unlocks Breakthrough "I had survived and I reminded them of those who had not."

- The Hellion

"She had shunned a warrior's death, and her cowardice would be impugned!"

- The Academic

"They cast her out. An exile - unwelcome, and unsung."

- The Academic



Shrine Bullet Point.png Chapter Five: The Great Emptiness
🔸Unlocks Adrenaline Rush and  Howling End "It is said that even Death shuns cowards and fools."

- The Hellion

"Alone and untethered, she wandered the countryside fighting for sport, and soaking her wounds in wine. She sought death at every turn, desperate for a second chance to prove her mettle, but it seemed even that terrible wraith that forsaken her. Her isolation was absolute, her shame barely concealed by a fragile façade of fearlessness."

- The Academic

Trivia

 * The Hellion is one of eight 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.