Additionally, it might be a good idea to decrease the Horror's PROT with a mark, as he is fairly slow and the party has a decent chance to capitalize on the mark before it runs out. Blights are slightly less effective because of higher resistance.

Bleeds, on the other hand, proc twice per turn making it excellent choice. As common with most two-action enemies, debuffs and stuns will not be very effective. It has two actions per turn, does massive stress damage with Echoing Disassembly and inflicts bleed when Lacerating your party members. Blasphemous Vial and Stun Amulet)Īs the name indicates, this particular boss is especially adept at disrupting your hero's party order, shuffling them with Undulations. To this end, the Plague Doctor can prove herself particularly useful, being able to stun both targets at once with the right trinket selection (i.e. The better way to deal with him is to stun the Cultist Priest every other turn. If he is killed, the Horror will just summon another enemy, making it pointless. Shuffling Horror spawns with a Cultist Priest. Although coded to only use it if he is alone, it might be possible that it keeps using it every other turn after the summon, dealing heavy stress across the party.

Should you decide to eliminate the troublesome Priest, the Shuffling Horror will always summon another monster right away with Echoing Disassembly.

Therefore expect the following succession of Bleed-Shuffle-Bleed-Shuffle for this fight.

Since both of Lacerate and Undulations have a 1 turn cooldown, he will alternate between each of them every one of his turns. If the Priest is left alive, the Shuffling Horror's attack pattern will remain always the same making it a very predictable enemy.It has 2 moves in a single turn and 3 different attacks. The Shuffling Horror is the first of four bosses that Darkest Dungeon has.

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