Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ahoj, everyone! Thank you for coming, everyone is welcome here!
So... promise is a promise.
The campaign through the Butcher's Circus challenge was completed. Now like the final flourish to top it all off I promised to make a stream. To sum up what I have experienced and gone through. I gave you a few choices and you've selected not one, but TWO ideas with equal votes.
I hope, that you've enjoyed it!
Wanna make your own tier list? Click here: tiermaker.com/create/darkest-dungeon---butchers-circus-team-lists-18847552
Ahoj, everyone! Thank you for coming, everyone is welcome here!
So... promise is a promise.
The campaign through the Butcher's Circus challenge was completed. Now like the final flourish to top it all off I promised to make a stream. To sum up what I have experienced and gone through. I gave you a few choices and you've selected not one, but TWO ideas with equal votes.
I hope, that you've enjoyed it!
Wanna make your own tier list? Click here: tiermaker.com/create/darkest-dungeon---butchers-circus-team-lists-18847552






![Darkest Dungeon - Butchers Circus - Better safe than sorry showcase
#darkestdungeon #butcherscircus #PlagueDoctorForLife
Showcase one of teams named by Red Hook. This video shows 5 win matches.
Better safe than sorry is a ,,damage-stress team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Crusader (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
2nd: Man at arms (Spiked shield + accuracy trinket) - guardian
3rd: Occultist (stress trinket + dodge trinket) - stress dealer
4th: Vestal (stun trinket + accuracy trinket) - healer
PROS:
1) Good damage output
2) Great stress output
3) Great healing potential
4) 2 disruptors
5) 2 stunners
CONS:
1) Stress is a menace
2) Marks are a menace
3) Stuns are a menace
4) Disruption is a menace
5) DoT is a menace
Better safe than sorry is an odd damage team with great strenght of stress and very little bit of DoT. You have 3 healers, 2 disruptors and 2 stunners. That’s it, no other advantages. Sadly this team is vulnerable against stress teams.
I tried to play a few strategies, such as „the finishers“, „mix damage + DoT“, „support Crusader“ and „full stress“. I tried both variantions of Man at arms (damager / stresser), both are equally good and bad at the same time.
My advice: Start with one of your stunners (Crusader / Vestal), next use Occultist for disruption. Now for Man at arms, if you have him as damager, open the riposte, if he’s a stresser, buff the team or guard someone.
I was kinda curious, how should be played this team, because… well, if you look closely, you can see many… so many disadvantages. First things first, YOU CANNOT MAKE A PRESSURE. With 2 stunners and 2 great stressers you don’t have much power to beat harder opponents. I lost 5x - once against darkest player with stress team (close call), quite a nice match. Next I lost against an apprentice player with lame based team [Heylow comp], 2x against veteran players with stress team (one of him was in rematch) and lastly against a novice player with stress team.
The team is so bad, you can only hope to get some low-ranked player, because none of the strategies works perfectly. Sure I got only these players, that’s a minus for the score, but it cannot be better played. Yes, you have a little chance to win the match against harder opponents, but if you don’t wanna waste your time and patience, pick some different team. I don’t recommend this trash.
Rating: 2/5
Music: Manowar - Defender
I dont claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the american heavy metal band Manowar! Darkest Dungeon - Butchers Circus - Better safe than sorry showcase](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cF1htEMY-Ro/mqdefault.jpg)

![Darkest Dungeon - Butchers Circus - Sacrosanct vigilance showcase
#darkestdungeon #butcherscircus #plaguedoctorforlife
This video shows a comp made by sis and it shows 5 win matches.
Sacrosanct vigilance is a ,,stress-DoT“ team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Abomination (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
2nd: Crusader (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
3rd: Man at arms (accuracy trinket + damage trinket) - guardian
4th: Houndmaster (dodge trinket + stress trinket) - DoT dealer
PROS:
1) Porcupine
2) Great damage output
3) Great stress output
4) Great DoT output
5) Great healing potential
6) 3 stunners
7) 2 guardians
8) 2 disruptors
CONS:
1) Marks are a menace
2) Stuns are a menace
3) Stress is a menace
4) Disruption is a menace
5) RNGsus is a menace
Sacrosanct vigilance is a weird stress team, with great strength of DoT and pure damage. You have 3 (self)healers, 3 stunners, 2 disruptors, 2 guardians and 2 riposters. Unfortunately this team is vulnerable against mark and stress teams.
I tried to play a few strategies, like „virtue team“, „original setup“, „full stress“ and „porcupine“. I tried both variantions of Abomination (melee beast / DoT puker), probably the „melee beast“ is better option. And Man at arms (damager / stresser), only damage variantion is better choice.
My advice: Start with Crusader or Abomination for stunning someone, next use Man at arms for buffing the team / opening the riposte, lastly Houndmaster for applying DoT.
I’m dissapointed with this team. Long time ago I was hoping for playing this, on paper looks quite nice - lots of stunners, riposting, DoT. Sounds promising. The reality is way more different… First - you cannot activate full porcupine, because of Abomination in 1st position. Second - your Crusader will always miss his first attack, even with accuracy buffs / trinkets. Third - RNGsus will screw you in dealing deathblows. And lastly (at least for me) fourth - you will get only easy players and even that it’s hard to play. I struggled long time to make some progress, usual tactics didn’t worked, the original setup is just bad because of trinkets and what pisses me off, I couldn’t manage to won a match with all characters (only in starting 2 matches). 3 defeats - against veteran player with damage team [Ancient Chinese special] and 2 darkest players with DoT teams. And I was close to be victorious against veteran player, but he used TACTICAL DESYNC on my winning side.
About score: Actually I tried to achieve at least one more victory with all characters alive - playing the „full stress“ strategy against novice player. I won, but 2 characters died.
I don’t like this team.
For another tips and how play this team better, ask sis (on Discord).
Rating: 2/5
Music: HammerFall - Glory to the Brave
I dont claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the swedish heavy metal band HammerFall! Darkest Dungeon - Butchers Circus - Sacrosanct vigilance showcase](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cLorwa2DtYM/mqdefault.jpg)

