The dodge buff is when you can't really do much else, the heal is for pulling heroes off Death's Door in an emergency, and the stab/blight is for finishing off near-dead enemies that would be wasted on a powerful attack. I'll usually also take her AoE dodge buff, her heal and her stab (or blight, depending on dungeon). She works really well with heroes that have Riposite like Man at Arms or Highwayman use Protect me on them and every time they get targeted they'll attack the enemy back. Because these stack so high you can gather a ton of them easily. Having the Antiquarian interact with curios that give money will always at least give you a Small Antique (500g, stacks to 20) and occasionally a Large Antique (1000g, stacks to 10). Taking Ancestor's Map+Survival Guide, for example, gives you a lot of scouting chance and the higher your scouting chance the more likely you are to find secret rooms which is where the real money is- why risk a dark run when you could hit paydirt on a secret room and get just as much money for none of the risk? Similarly, some quirks that might feel like a waste of space on some other heroes are just fine with her, like the scouting ones. Since you're not using her as a primary damage dealer or healer, it frees her up to take trinkets and skills that would feel like a waste on a stronger hero. Her abbilities are not as good as others, but she is useful in combat too.ĭon't think of her as straight up 'bad'. If it was not required, I usually used protect me or invigorating vapours. I always was healing with her + the heal of the arbalest if neccesary. It was: Antiquarian, Arbalest, Abomination, Hellion. I actually beat the shambler with an antiquarian in my team. Her main draw is still, of course, her capacity for finding treasure. So yeah, she sucks at doing straight damage, but she at least has some support options. And the dodge buff affects the whole party. Her blight is handy when you need to wear down a high-protection baddie, even though it's the weakest blight available to heroes.

Meet him, and if you aren't prepared, you're gonna have a bad day.Īntiquarians have a few skills that are usable, though Protect Me is definitely up there because it lets her pretty much avoid the worst damage and stress as well as making her bodyguard a lot tankier.

Namely there's a chance that the Shambler will ambush your party if you enter an encounter in pitch blackness. Originally posted by Dies Horribly:Dark runs have one particular thing that makes me utterly terrified to do them.

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