It's a powerful team, sure, but it's notably short on a few things - most obviously, a way to deal with high PROT enemies other than just wailing on them and doing scratch-damage.

I didn't get much farther than 200 kills, and some parts of the journey were PAINFUL. I gave this setup a chance, and it worked, KINDA. after the sleeper there may spawn non unique bosses at the end of a 'chapter' (stress overkill incoming) ( My leper got 80% (max), with quirk, buff and one trinket) The defensiv buffs from the leper and crusader last now the whole fight and make them nearly immune to normal damage. There is a colour that gives you a +15% bonus on virtue

The Leper for killing everything coming too close and tanking everything. The crusader for damage and some stress heals (Holy Lance was very helpful in this party) Vestal for some sweet heals and range attacks Jester for stress, some blood damage and the ability to move the crusader from second position to the third. I assume they too come back later, but I haven't the heart to test for myself.Originally posted by Esce:I got the 300 kill achievement with: Vestal, Jester, Crusader and a Leper.Īlso I got the townevent for +15% chance for virtue ( very helpful, although it runs out after reaching 200 stress) I have yet to lose anyone in endless that isn't a shard merc - I know mercs return eventually but I wonder what happens if a standard hero is deafeated in endless. They're handy to use for the early stage of shard-gen/trinket farm before you tailor-make your legit roster for that purpose, which is very costly if you're not already at end-game. The cost is, of course, using them reduces your shard income and they never really progress beyond their given potential, as you said yourself. Their negative non-shard quirks can be removed, so if you happen upon one with solid 4x positive quirks, you should snag them anyway as a backup option and remove their negatives if you want to maximize them. Once the Miller is dead (which can be done before you have teams of legendary heroes to throw at endless), you can recruit shard-mercs who have each and every skill, armor/wep and camping skill unlocked right out of the gate (and as Fox mentioned, they don't take up a slot, yet you can only recruit a set amount.

They're there for those who don't have the roster to partake in new content.

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