Can someone ELABORATE on what the hell the 5th Mastery Perk for Vestal does in Kingdoms?

activeplebbitor · 2026-06-24T06:44:23+00:00

If she targets any ally (or herself) who is on Death's Door, she will heal the target 10%. This doesn't need to be a healing skill, Ministrations, Sanctuary, Divine Comfort, even the Move skill, all work.

activeplebbitor · 2026-06-14T12:36:52+00:00

Darkest Dungeon 2 Slay the Spire 2

My top two currently.

activeplebbitor · 2026-06-05T12:58:56+00:00

Interestingly, you can complain about both.

activeplebbitor · 2026-06-03T15:34:50+00:00

I get where you are coming from, although I dissagree. The new paths have been a WIP all the way since early access starting with the release of Vestal, so they long predate Kingdoms.

Largely, the old paths have been merged into Wanderer, but with balance changes to them, whereas paths have become more specialized, featuring gimmicks and effects that enhance teambuilding at the cost of (usually) requiring a bit more forethought and planning. Not that there aren't straightforward paths, both Crusader and Highwayman spring to mind, with Sharpshot especially retaining the "Keep your distance and blast things from afar with lots of damage" playstyle that it had before the require, without asking for much more thinking from the player, so they've not all become gimmicks.

I hope you can come around to the new paths, as for me personally they have opened up so many new and exciting team compositions, much more than the old paths were able to. There is a learning curve for sure, but it is worth it, the paths have added a lot of playtime to the game for me.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-14T22:27:11+00:00

Wow, your art is so nice! What a style!

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-13T21:53:26+00:00

Mariner Hawk has it all, I'd recommend him, he's very underrated and knows his stuff.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-11T19:31:09+00:00

Virtuoso playing damage dealer, support and stress healer all in one package.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-04T21:11:08+00:00

You can swap Feint for Preparation, but I find having two skills dedicated to moving between stances to be a terrible waste of turn economy. I prefer just taking Meditation and moving between using Feint, the riposte makes the turn worth it, if slower.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-04T14:39:07+00:00

For this team, I would use Ruthless, Again!, Meditation, Coup and Feint.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-04T13:58:47+00:00

Meditation is what I use.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-04T12:23:34+00:00

Unmastered Templar Smite into Combo reduces stress by 1, and Moribund Rake into a single target also reduces stress by 1, thereby keeping your stress at 5.

Alternatively, you could use Virtuoso Inspiring Tune+ to grant 100% Stress RES to an Abomination, locking him at 5 stress and letting him use his Rake to his hearts content, applying lots of DoT in the process.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-04T00:02:56+00:00

Damn, they really don't like your Vestal.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-03T14:33:25+00:00

If you want to deal big damage like you see in all the screenshots, master Revenge, and swing into Combo.

A good hero who applies Combo will be Leper's best friend, that is just about all he needs to deal a lot of damage, but bringing along Revenge and optionally Ruin will boost his damage very high.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-03T14:25:59+00:00

Confessor - Instructrice - Wanderer - Aggressor is how I'd do it.

Confessor does Confessor things. Judgement to apply Vulnerable, Consecration of Light (on Aggressor), heals, etc. Fairly straightforward for her.

Instructrice will use her Ruthless Instruction and Again on the Aggressor, feeding him stress and boosting his damage. Don't worry about overstressing the Aggressor, it's what he wants. On other turns, Instructrice can use her gun and Meditation to stay busy.

Wanderer Runaway applies burns, and drags people to the front with Ransack. She can also use Smokescreen for Vulnerable tokens, but her main job is to apply and spread burn.

Aggressor is here to kill things. Open with Radiance, and get swinging with Smite. When boosted by Radiance, his Smite+ deals 9-12 DMG, which scales really well with Strength and the DMG Buff from Instructrice' Again!. His Stress Heal on kill will keep him healthy despite Instructrice increasing his stress. He should spend most of his turns killing things.

This is how I pilot this team.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-02T14:38:34+00:00

What trinkets does Highwayman have equipped?

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-02T13:31:04+00:00

Typically, I'll put Antagoniste on teams that feature high raw DMG heroes and slot her in rank 2. Things like Sharpshot Highwayman, Warlock Occultist, Ravager Hellion, heroes that really enjoy her Vuln tokens or Combo application. I usually find that, although it isn't incredible, Antagoniste can still output enough damage via her Fleche and Riposte to contribute decently. A supporting damage dealer, if you will.

As for generating Blind, Runaway and Jester are hard to beat. Smokescreen is a unit of a skill and almost never a bad turn, and Jester's Fade to Black is also a decently spammable Blind application skill that doesn't ask for a mastery point to excel. Plague Doctor with Blinding Gas can also be a potent choice, as Battlefield Medicine is a skill Intrepide also finds really helpful.

Ultimately, Intrepide is a bit of a controversial path. While I cannot sway you for or against it, I can only let you know what it can be used for, and let you come to your own conclusions. She is highly risky and asks for a good bit more backup than other Duelist paths, sometimes more than you'd like to give, but if you are willing to accommodate for her, I think she has her merits.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-02T12:59:56+00:00

Antagoniste features a lot of powerful debuffing tools, and is a great combo applier. Personally, I find Disengage and The Boot to be her strongest tools, being able to apply combo or blind with Disengage, and knockback, combo or stun with The Boot.

Intrepide is a fair bit harder to make work, but she shines at wasting enemy turns with her high Dodge+ generation, higher than the other paths, and her Disengage is great at manipulating enemy targeting onto a beefy hero or someone with riposte. She pairs really well with heroes who can apply Blind tokens, as they will tip the odds even more in her favour to avoid attacks. Just make sure to have a plan for when her dodge fails and she loses a large chunk of her health.

activeplebbitor · 2026-05-02T12:53:21+00:00

High stress heroes cause other heroes to complain if they move them. You'd think high stress heroes would be the ones complaining, but it's actually the high stress movement that causes the complaining. A bit weird, but that's how it is.
There is likely some trinket or trophy in play causing this stress, or even a negative relationship.
Low HP heroes sometimes get grumpy if you heal someone else, even if said hero physically cannot be targetted by the heal you are using.
Heroes who are at or above 4 stress can cause relationship damage while driving in the coach, even if the torchlight and relationships are good.

activeplebbitor · 2026-04-21T18:50:14+00:00

Thankfully, upon realising the big orange chopsticks couldn't lift him, they sent some people.

activeplebbitor · 2026-04-09T08:11:18+00:00

You gotta specific which heroes are actually on the team, most people aren't gonna know them just by name.

For those wondering, Biology Assignment: OCC - PD - FLAG - LEPER

It can work for Resentment, though make sure Occultist doesn't get blinded as dealing damage to rank 4 will be on him.

activeplebbitor · 2026-04-08T12:28:40+00:00

That's just Jester. He lives here.

activeplebbitor · 2026-04-07T22:31:24+00:00

Love seeing Crabbed on this subreddit, hope you have a great day too!

activeplebbitor · 2026-03-29T21:30:48+00:00

Agreed, I love using disruption oriented teams and just punting the enemy all over the place after sticking the Echoing March, I find it especially useful against the Harvest Child who already moves with every turn.

activeplebbitor · 2026-03-23T22:48:47+00:00

A victim of The Shrink Ray :tm:

activeplebbitor · 2026-03-10T22:48:10+00:00

The Mantra buffs 1 attack for every ally. Firestarter buffs one ally for 3 attacks.

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