

She puts out a lot of raw damage that bypasses PROT so weathering her attacks may prove difficult, but the lack of powerful AoE damage makes her easily countered by single-target heals. It's not unusual to find her notoriously hard to hit. The Shieldbreaker may have low health but she has very high DODGE. The Fang Talisman can improve her offense, especially if you're using someone like the Antiquarian to inflict party-wide Blights for her to capitalize on. Many also choose to use The Finisher on her since it lets her deliver Deathblows to anyone in the formation regardless of her position or active Guards. The Shieldbreaker's personal Trinkets are very straightforward to use, though most would pick the Graceful Anklet and Scaled Shoulder to improve her longevity and make her harder to kill. If your team has the means to put the Shieldbreaker in position 2 on their own, Captivate can be used to inflict more potent Blights and Daze problematic targets in the middle of the enemy formation.

Expose can cancel enemy Stealth but its main value lies in its Stress and raised Critical vulnerability debuff which can amplify the efficiency of a Stress team. Adder's Kiss lets her inflict a potent blight to a frontal enemy while Impale can do so for the entire enemy formation. If your party can accommodate her movement, then her Back-moving skills can be used. The choice of fourth move is up to your discretion. Be aware that Blocks only negates damage and potential Deathblows, so any additional effects like Stress, Stun, or DoTs will still take effect. Any attacks that she dodges will not consume a Block. You can even get the opportunity to heal her off Death's Door. Throwing up the Blocks will buy her lots of spare turns as the enemy would rather spend their time attacking the rest of the party than waste attacks breaking Blocks. Serpent Sway contributes greatly to the Shieldbreaker's longevity as it raises two Blocks for her, and is handy if she finds herself on Death's Door. Using Puncture on the enemy healer is a common opening move to force them into a more vulnerable position and prevent Men-at-Arms or Houndmasters from coming to their aid. It hits anywhere, bypasses and breaks guard, and can pull the target. Puncture in particular has extra utility in this game mode. As those skills move her forward, she's often seen at the very front of the formation to have minimal disruption on her own party, but they can also be used to help reposition her and her allies. Combined with her long reach, she is capable of striking any point in the enemy formation and nobody is safe from her. These are accomplished with her main skills Pierce and Puncture. The Shieldbreaker's main asset is her ability to counter PROT and Guards. Though relatively low health, the Shieldbreaker is yet highly survivable in short bursts thanks to her Aegis shield.Tactical Analysis Using a Shieldbreaker Her movement, speed, and targeted abilities make her a valuable ally for dismantling intractable monster groups. A highly-tactical hero with solid damage dealing capability, she truly excels when countering monsters with high protection and those who guard their allies. The Shieldbreaker is a powerful ally in the fight to reclaim the Estate and banish the evil that squats in the Darkest Dungeon. * New Consumable Item - Aegis Scale, providing a last bastion of protection for when a hero truly needs it. * 3 New Monsters - frightful illusions from the Shieldbreaker's origin, now slithering forward to infest the Estate * Shieldbreaker class-specific trinkets, including a lore set Though relatively low health, the Shieldbreaker is yet highly survivable in short bursts thanks to her Aegis scales.

A highly-tactical and solid damage dealing hero, she truly excels when countering monsters with high protection and those who guard their allies. “And all around is the desert a corner of the mournful kingdom of sand.”
