Occultist (Darkest Dungeon II)

This article is about the hero in Darkest Dungeon II. For other appearances, see Occultist (disambiguation).

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Occultist
Default Name
Alhazred
Stats [Compare Stats] [View/Edit Data]
	Base	Upgraded
HP	31	31
Speed	5	5
Resistances
Bleed	30%	30%
Blight	30%	30%
Burn	30%	40%
Disease	30%	40%
Stun	20%	20%
Move	20%	20%
Debuff	30%	40%
Deathblow	60%	75%
Low ▪ Medium ▪ High ▪ Upgraded
Movement
2 forward, 2 backward

“	To know the abyss, one must embrace it.	„
	~ The Academic

The Occultist is one of 14 Heroes in Darkest Dungeon II.

Occultist is a flexible hero capable of playing a variety of roles and in a variety of positions, but primarily takes on the role of an offensive support hero, capable of disrupting enemies via various debuffs, while aiding his allies with healing or setting them up for devastating damage. Occultist is equally capable of dealing great damage himself with several of his skills, boasting great damage on certain skills with above average crit rates. Occultist is not without weaknesses however, chief among them being his fragility and on occasion his instability. Many of his debuffs are very reliant on RNG, and his ability to heal can vary greatly from among the best in the game to the worst. Additionally, to access many of his strongest skills he must have Unchecked Power tokens, which while very rewarding to use require him to spend turns generating them, and can inflict Burn onto himself

Class Description

• BACK RANK
• RANGED DMG
• HEALER
• OFFENSIVE SUPPORT

Unique Attributes

Unchecked Power

A token that enables or empowers certain Occultist skills.

• Consumed upon use.
• Turn Start: 33% chance of 1 per token.
  • Cannot be resisted.
• Duration: Until end of combat
• Limit: 3

Skills

The Occultist starts the game with Sacrificial Stab, Abyssal Artillery, Weakening Curse, Wyrd Reconstruction, and Daemon's Pull. All other skills must be unlocked through the Shrine of Reflection, after which they are permanently available for subsequent playthroughs.

Sacrificial Stab

	Type	Rank	Target
	Melee

	Damage	Crit	Self
	3-6	15%	Add when Target
	Upgraded
	4-8	20%	Execution 1 Add when Target On Killing Blow: Add

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Abyssal Artillery

	Type	Rank	Target
	Ranged

	Damage	Crit	Target
	3-6	5%	Add (25%)
	Upgraded
	4-7	10%	Add (33%) Add when Self x2

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Weakening Curse

	Type	Rank	Target	Cooldown
	Ranged			1 Turn

	Crit	Target
	5%	Add x2,
	Upgraded
	10%	Add x2, Remove ,

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Wyrd Reconstruction

	Type	Rank	Target
	Heal

	Heal	Crit	Target
	Requires Target HP < 50% Heal 0-33% +100% CRIT HEAL when >=2	5%	3 (50%)
	Upgraded
	Requires Target HP < 50% Heal 0-50% +100% CRIT HEAL when >=2	10%	2 (50%)

Notes

Wyrd Reconstruction has a number of unique interactions with critical healing: The critical heal does not use the maximum value of the skill as in the case of a critical attack, but the randomly rolled value. This means that it is possible to roll a critical heal for 0% of the target's health while simultaneously bleeding the target. A critical heal restores 200% of randomly rolled amount instead of the usual 150%. The upgraded version of this skill is the only heal in the game that has a 10% chance to critically heal instead of the usual 5%. When the Occultist has both a Crit token and 2 Unchecked Power tokens, only the tokens will be consumed.

Media
Animation Sound Effect

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Daemon's Pull

	Type	Rank	Target
	Ranged

	Damage	Crit	Target
	2-5	5%	Pull 2 Add Target Team: Clear Corpse
	Upgraded
	3-6	5%	Pull 3 Add Target Team: Clear Corpse Add when Self x2

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Vulnerability Hex

	Type	Rank	Target	Cooldown
	Ranged			1 Turn

	Crit	Target
	5%	Ignores Add x2 Remove
	Upgraded
	10%	Ignores Add x2 Remove ,

Media
Animation Sound Effect

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Binding Shadows

	Type	Rank	Target
	Melee

	Damage	Crit	Target	Self
	3-6	10%	-10% RES when Target	Add (50%)
	Upgraded
	4-8	15%	-15% RES when Target	Add (66%)

Notes
The Debuff cannot be resisted.

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Malediction

	Type	Rank	Target
	Ranged

	Crit	Target	Self
	10%	When Damaged: 2 or 2 or 2 (3 Rounds)	Requires >= 2
	Upgraded
	15%	When Damaged: 2 or 2 or 2 (3 Rounds) -20% RES	Requires >= 2

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Anamnesis

	Type	Rank	Target
	Melee

	Damage	Crit	Target	Self
	1-2	5%	3	Requires >= 2
	Upgraded
	1-3	5%	4	Requires >= 2

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The Burning Stars

	Type	Rank	Target
	Ranged

	Damage	Crit	Target	Self
	8-16	10%	Ignores Add	Requires >= 2
	Upgraded
	12-18	15%	Ignores Add	Requires >= 2

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Chaotic Offering

	Type	Rank	Target	Cooldown
	Buff		Self	3(2)

	Self
	Requires HP > 15% 15% Self DMG Add Random Side Effect Turn Start: (3 turns)
	Upgraded
	Requires HP > 10% 10% Self DMG Add Random Side Effect Turn Start: (3 turns)

Notes
List of Random Side Effects (can be resisted): 20% 2 18% Shuffle 18% Daze 18% Weak 18% Taunt 4% Stealth 4% Stun

Media
Animation Sound Effect

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Act-Out Attack

	Type	Rank	Target
	Melee

	Damage	Crit
	3-6	15%

Notes
May occur when two heroes have a Respectful or Hateful relationship.

Unique Trinkets

🔸Each Hero has their own 3 unique Trinkets, exclusive only to them.

Image	Trinket	Description
	Seeing Sphere Indelible 65	Turn End: Convert to Apply on Hit: Daemon's Pull Skill: 1 Negative Token (66%) Gain when Moved by Enemy: 1 Negative Token (33%)
	Scalded Skull Indelible 65	If Target : +50% Healing Given from Skills Ranged Skills: +25% RES Piercing Random Ally on Turn Start: If >= 2: 1 (33%)
	Shambler's Eye Indelible 65	+10% DMG per Stress -10% Healing Given from Skills per Stress Gain on CRIT: Binding Shadows Skills:

Signature Inn Item

SIGNATURE ITEM	EFFECTS	BARKS
Guided Meditation	"Let us empty our minds..." [2 Targets] Occultist Combat Start: Add 1 Positive Token (Until Next Inn)	Let us travel both time and space. Who knows what we might discover? Walk with me. Let me take you to the outer spheres...

Hero Paths

All Heroes start the game on the default Wanderer path, which rewards candles upon reaching the second Inn but has no other effects. Other paths may be unlocked in The Living City by spending Candles of Hope.

Unique Occultist Paths
	Ritualist "A curse upon my enemies, and a curse upon myself."		Warlock "Those beyond the veil hear my calls and obey!"		Aspirant "I drift in the starless skies of the void."
Healing Skills: +33% Healing Given Cursing Skills: +10% Chance Self: Cursing Skills: (15%) Cursing Skills: (15%) Cursing Skills: (15%) Turn Start: (33%)		-20% Max Ranged Skills: +25% DMG Turn Start: (33%)		+25% Max Melee Skills: +25% DMG Anamnesis Skills: +125% DMG Cursing Skills: -15% Chance -15% RES Combat Start:

Notes

The token generated by Ritualist cannot be resisted.

Trivia

• The Occultist is one of the twelve Heroes returning from Darkest Dungeon, and one of the first nine Heroes to be available in the sequel.
• The Occultist is one of the very few Heroes that can apply all 3 DOT effects (Bleed, Blight, and Burn) by themselves.
• The Occultist's default name, Alhazred, a reference to the author of the fictional book, Necronomicon, mentioned in The Call of Cthulhu by by H. P. Lovecraft.