Altar

Altar
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HP	20
Speed	7
Resistances
Bleed	40%
Blight	30%
Burn	20%
Stun	10%
Move	10%
Debuff	10%
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Other Attributes
Types	Cosmic, Cultist
Size	1
Turns per Round	1
Permanent Condition(s)
On Spawn: Act-Specific Party Buff

The Altar is an enemy in Darkest Dungeon II encountered in all Regions at Oblivion's Rampart and Oblivion's Ingress.

Description

The Altar functions as a back-rank support unit that provides its allies with strong buffs and heals. Many of the Altar's skills change based on the current Confession. Notably, the Altar, while alive, always provides its allies with a confession-specific buff.

Strategy

When fighting Cultists, it is highly advised to kill the Altar as soon as possible: some of the Altar's buffs can be highly disruptive, like party-wide Stealth or Taunt.

Altars can somewhat annoying defensively, as they always spawn in the back ranks and can generate Block tokens or use other defensive abilities to redirect damage. Thankfully, they have fairly low HP, RES, and RES.

Common Skills

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	DMG	CRIT	Self	Effects
Azoic End	Picks 2 random targets		6-10	10%	Deathblow	• +3
Flesh Weaving Cooldown 1			-	-	• • (Confession III or later: )	• 6 (Confession III or later: 10)
Worship			-	-	• Only used when self has x2 • Remove All	• • Heal 25% • Remove

Notes

• Altars will only generate tokens if a Cardinal, Deacon or Exemplar is present, which are the only enemies that can be targeted with the Worship skill.
• Azoic End will only be used if the Altar is the last enemy alive.

Act-Specific Skills

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	Self	Effects
Altar of Denial			• Used once as its first action in combat	Round start (20%) or 2 (13%) This buff lasts as long as the Altar is alive.
Bone Weaving				x2

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	Self	Effects
Altar of Resentment			• Used once as its first action in combat	Gain when attacked: (25%) This buff lasts as long as the Altar is alive.
Bone Weaving				,

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	Self	Effects
Altar of Obsession	(Allies)		• Used once as its first action in combat	Round Start: (75%) or 2 (25%) This buff lasts as long as the Altar is alive.
Bone Weaving				• Remove •

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	Self	Effects
Altar of Ambition	Self		• Used once as its first action in combat	Round End: Random Ally: Extra Turn (50%) This buff lasts as long as the Altar is alive.
Bone Weaving				• Remove •

Skill Name	Target	Ranks	Self	Effects
Altar of Cowardice	(Allies)		• Used once as its first action in combat	Apply to Attacker When Hit: Knockback 2 (25%) This buff lasts as long as the Altar is alive.
Bone Weaving				• Remove •

Notes

The Knockback effect from Cowardice cannot be resisted.