Body of Work

"Gaze now upon your great achievement - the sumtotal of your failings. Your Body of Work."

- -The Academic

The Body of Work is the act 5 Boss and the Final encounter at the end of your Confession in Darkest Dungeon II.

It is composed of 3 phases and the player must beat all of them to defeat the boss and finish the game. The phases are Gut of The Coward, Infernal Gaze and The Hateful God.

Gut of the Coward
"The carious gut of the coward, rife with toxic pusillanimity!"

- -The Academic

The Gut of the Coward is the first phase of The Body of Work boss fight.

You Cowardice made form, with 4 faces representing the 4 sacrifices. It causes huge Blight damage to heroes and at the same time has a huge amount of Blight RES, making it impossible to cause to the boss without the use of trinkets. It has an attack a potentially dangerous attack since it causes more damage the more Blight the hero has, something that the boss causes in large amounts.

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 * Turn End: 3

Strategy Due to its high resistance to Blight it is recommended that heroes like Plague Doctor or Flagellant use other support skills, however being only the first phase of the boss and the one that has less HP if the player has enough Raw DMG or other  DOTS this boss is manageable. Due to the high amount of blight that this boss causes, it is highly recommended use skills or combat items that reduce this DOT as it can get out of control quickly with Catabolize. It should be noted that Catabolize can be modified with Block and Weak, thus greatly mitigating the potential damage that could be caused by this ability.

Infernal Gaze
"Its infernal gaze pierces the veil of reality..."

- -The Academic

The Infernal Gaze is the second phase of The Body of Work boss fight.

Unable to escape his gaze, mark a hero to attack him with an unavoidable attack while combining the mechanics of the act 3 and act 4 boss such as Stealing tokens, Dealing massive single target damage, etc.

Windup
 * Preparing to deliver a powerful, unavoidable blow.
 * The boss will target one hero with Token torso target.pngmpt to be the target of this unavoidable blow.

Contempt
 * You are next.

Strategy If the hero is marked with Contempt the hit will connect no matter what. This move can be mitigated with Block and Weak, while the blow can be redirected with Guard so it hits a more favorable target (Tanks). Spamming moves that gives huge amounts of tokens (Take Aim, Repartee, Retribution) can put you in a disadvantge since the boss will steal ALL the tokens, is key to be cautious and prepare for Haymaker.

Hateful God
"Behold the hateful God upon His throne - your failures made flesh."

- -The Academic

The Hateful God is the third and final phase of The Body of Work boss fight.

The Hateful God has high resistances to DOTS but they are not impossible to overcome using penetration. Having some DOT penetration from hero paths, items, or combo skills that use the Mark condition can help in overcoming this and keeping    active. Since the boss has so much health, leveraging DOTS or extreme amounts of raw damage is crucial to success.

Shackles of the Past can mess with your team positioning, so having heroes who can adjust positioning on the fly is helpful in dealing with this debuff.

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A Complete Confession "Your confession is complete. The Cosmic axes are aligned once more. Forgive yourself. Humanity is a weak hypothesis, after all. An unbalanced equation... an imperfect angle. We sow the seeds of our ruin, and seek to deny its reckoning. We make mountains of our mistakes, monsters of our misdeeds. We slip and stumble, we fail and we falter. And yet, in each of us, a hopeful light. Holding fast against the hellish shadows that gather between our good intentions. And in each of us the limitless emptiness ... of a Darkest Dungeon."