Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
#darkestdungeon #butcherscircus #PlagueDoctorForLife
Showcase one of basic teams in Butcher's Circus. This video shows 5 win matches.
The Best Doggy is a ,,stress-DoT" team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Man at arms (Spiked shield + accuracy trinket) - guardian
2nd: Bounty hunter (Grappling Mits + accuracy trinket) - deathblow dealer
3rd: Plague doctor (accuracy trinket + stress trinket) - DoT dealer
4th: Houndmaster (dodge trinkets) - guardian
PROS:
1) Mark synergy (Bounty hunter + Houndmaster)
2) Great damage output
3) Great stress output
4) Great DoT output
5) 2 guardians
6) 3 disruptors
CONS:
1) Stress is a menace
2) Marks are a menace
3) Stuns are a menace
4) Disruption is a menace
5) Low healing potential
The Best Doggy is an odd stress team with some strenght of DoT and pure damage. You have 3 disruptors, 2 guardians, 2 (self)healers and a mark synergy. Unfortunately this team is vulnerable against every possible team, no matter on player’s rank.
I tried to play a few strategies, like „mix damage + DoT“, „double finisher“, „mark team“ and „full stress“. I tried both variantions of Man at arms (damager / stresser), both variantions are actually good. And also Plague doctor (stress / DoT), the DoT variantion is better choice.
My advice: Start with Bounty hunter for disruption, next use Man at arms for opening the riposte, then Houndmaster for applying DoT and lastly Plague doctor for applying DoT / healing.
What an awful team! As you can see on paper, you don’t have much advantages - low ranged healing, not great disruption and what’s worse - not great damage output (unless you use Houndmaster as damager). I struggled with this team very long time, I got only these players and I’m glad for that, because it would be impossible. Why? Simple - darkest players played only based mark/stress teams and veterans had simply RNGsus on theirs side. I lost 3x - once against darkest player with DoT team and 2x against veteran players with stress teams.
You can’t make a pressure, your team is fragile and easy to kill. The best strategy for playing is using Man at arms and Houndmaster as guardians (Man at arms + Plague doctor, Houndmaster + Bounty hunter) OR the „full stress“ strategy. Still this comp is trash and I highly DOUBT that „The Best Doggy“ is meant to be serious.
Rating: 1/5
Music: HammerFall - Stronger than all
I don't claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the swedish heavy metal band HammerFall!
#darkestdungeon #butcherscircus #PlagueDoctorForLife
Showcase one of basic teams in Butcher's Circus. This video shows 5 win matches.
The Best Doggy is a ,,stress-DoT" team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Man at arms (Spiked shield + accuracy trinket) - guardian
2nd: Bounty hunter (Grappling Mits + accuracy trinket) - deathblow dealer
3rd: Plague doctor (accuracy trinket + stress trinket) - DoT dealer
4th: Houndmaster (dodge trinkets) - guardian
PROS:
1) Mark synergy (Bounty hunter + Houndmaster)
2) Great damage output
3) Great stress output
4) Great DoT output
5) 2 guardians
6) 3 disruptors
CONS:
1) Stress is a menace
2) Marks are a menace
3) Stuns are a menace
4) Disruption is a menace
5) Low healing potential
The Best Doggy is an odd stress team with some strenght of DoT and pure damage. You have 3 disruptors, 2 guardians, 2 (self)healers and a mark synergy. Unfortunately this team is vulnerable against every possible team, no matter on player’s rank.
I tried to play a few strategies, like „mix damage + DoT“, „double finisher“, „mark team“ and „full stress“. I tried both variantions of Man at arms (damager / stresser), both variantions are actually good. And also Plague doctor (stress / DoT), the DoT variantion is better choice.
My advice: Start with Bounty hunter for disruption, next use Man at arms for opening the riposte, then Houndmaster for applying DoT and lastly Plague doctor for applying DoT / healing.
What an awful team! As you can see on paper, you don’t have much advantages - low ranged healing, not great disruption and what’s worse - not great damage output (unless you use Houndmaster as damager). I struggled with this team very long time, I got only these players and I’m glad for that, because it would be impossible. Why? Simple - darkest players played only based mark/stress teams and veterans had simply RNGsus on theirs side. I lost 3x - once against darkest player with DoT team and 2x against veteran players with stress teams.
You can’t make a pressure, your team is fragile and easy to kill. The best strategy for playing is using Man at arms and Houndmaster as guardians (Man at arms + Plague doctor, Houndmaster + Bounty hunter) OR the „full stress“ strategy. Still this comp is trash and I highly DOUBT that „The Best Doggy“ is meant to be serious.
Rating: 1/5
Music: HammerFall - Stronger than all
I don't claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the swedish heavy metal band HammerFall!
