Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Showcase one of teams named by Red Hook. This video shows 5 win matches.
Wild bunch is a ,,damage-stress" team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Hellion (accuracy trinket + damage trinket) - damage dealer
2nd: Abomination (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
3rd: Highwayman (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
4th: Houndmaster (dodge trinket + stress trinket) - stress dealer
PROS:
1) Mark synergy (Houndmaster + Highwayman)
2) Porcupine
3) Great damage output
4) Great stress output
5) Great DoT output
6) Great healing potential
7) 2 disruptors
8) 2 deathblowers
CONS:
1) Marks are a menace
2) Stuns are a menace
3) Stress is a menace
Wild bunch is a damage team that combines also stress and DoT. All characters can make AoE damage, next you have 3 self-healers, 2 disruptors, 2 deathblowers, 2 riposters and a mark synergy. Sadly this team is vulnerable against mark and stress teams.
I tried to play a few strategies, such as „mark team“, „porcupine“, „the finishers“ and „full stress“. I tried both variantions of Hellion (damager / stresser), it’s better to stick with damage variantion. For Abomination (melee beast / DoT puker), both variantions are actually good. And lastly Highwayman (bandit / gunslinger), for him both variantions are actually good.
My advice: Firstly open the riposte (Abomination / Highwayman), next use Hellion for debuffing the frontline / dealing some damage. Lastly Houndmaster for applying DoT or guarding someone.
This team has everything… mostly. Good riposters, AoE damage, lots of stress and DoTs. And all of this are worthless. Why? Accuracy. You have no buffs for accuracy (unless Highwayman’s „Vendetta“ and Hellion’s „Adrenaline rush“). Sure, now you can say „Bro, again you played only against novices!“, yes and this is the reason, why. I lost 3x against darkest players with based teams - that’s normal. What is not normal, I spend like… 1 hour in queue to get a different player, because everytime in queue I got only veteran or darkest players… with [World dominantion] or [Kalashnikov’s stress team] - and they started as 1st. So, from the start you have NO CHANCES to defeat these teams. To save my time and nerves, I just skipped them and stay much longer in queue. And honestly I’m glad and not glad to get these players, at the same time.
The team dissapointed me, I was expecting the pure „porcupine“ strategy as the best, but without accuracy it’s worthless. Same for stress strategies. Speaking of strategies, some matches were too short, so I couldn’t try the whole strategy in full strenght.
Perhaps the RNGsus showed his back at me and next time it won’t happend, but I don’t think, this team could be better even with him. Sorry, I don’t recommend it.
Rating: 2/5
Music: Wildness - Cold words
I don't claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the swedish melodic hardrock band Wildness!
#darkestdungeon #butcherscircus #PlagueDoctorForLife
Showcase one of teams named by Red Hook. This video shows 5 win matches.
Wild bunch is a ,,damage-stress" team, here are roles of characters:
1st: Hellion (accuracy trinket + damage trinket) - damage dealer
2nd: Abomination (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
3rd: Highwayman (damage trinkets) - damage dealer
4th: Houndmaster (dodge trinket + stress trinket) - stress dealer
PROS:
1) Mark synergy (Houndmaster + Highwayman)
2) Porcupine
3) Great damage output
4) Great stress output
5) Great DoT output
6) Great healing potential
7) 2 disruptors
8) 2 deathblowers
CONS:
1) Marks are a menace
2) Stuns are a menace
3) Stress is a menace
Wild bunch is a damage team that combines also stress and DoT. All characters can make AoE damage, next you have 3 self-healers, 2 disruptors, 2 deathblowers, 2 riposters and a mark synergy. Sadly this team is vulnerable against mark and stress teams.
I tried to play a few strategies, such as „mark team“, „porcupine“, „the finishers“ and „full stress“. I tried both variantions of Hellion (damager / stresser), it’s better to stick with damage variantion. For Abomination (melee beast / DoT puker), both variantions are actually good. And lastly Highwayman (bandit / gunslinger), for him both variantions are actually good.
My advice: Firstly open the riposte (Abomination / Highwayman), next use Hellion for debuffing the frontline / dealing some damage. Lastly Houndmaster for applying DoT or guarding someone.
This team has everything… mostly. Good riposters, AoE damage, lots of stress and DoTs. And all of this are worthless. Why? Accuracy. You have no buffs for accuracy (unless Highwayman’s „Vendetta“ and Hellion’s „Adrenaline rush“). Sure, now you can say „Bro, again you played only against novices!“, yes and this is the reason, why. I lost 3x against darkest players with based teams - that’s normal. What is not normal, I spend like… 1 hour in queue to get a different player, because everytime in queue I got only veteran or darkest players… with [World dominantion] or [Kalashnikov’s stress team] - and they started as 1st. So, from the start you have NO CHANCES to defeat these teams. To save my time and nerves, I just skipped them and stay much longer in queue. And honestly I’m glad and not glad to get these players, at the same time.
The team dissapointed me, I was expecting the pure „porcupine“ strategy as the best, but without accuracy it’s worthless. Same for stress strategies. Speaking of strategies, some matches were too short, so I couldn’t try the whole strategy in full strenght.
Perhaps the RNGsus showed his back at me and next time it won’t happend, but I don’t think, this team could be better even with him. Sorry, I don’t recommend it.
Rating: 2/5
Music: Wildness - Cold words
I don't claim any rights to the song. All rights belongs to the swedish melodic hardrock band Wildness!
