How Good is the Man-at-Arms?

Darkest Dungeon class guides are here! Filthy discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the various DD classes both in general and with the Crimson Court DLC.

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[skelskeleton]

I once killed a brigand pounder with bellowing. Nothing says fun like an elderly man yelling at a medieval tank loud enough that it physically falls apart.

[misteral]

A seasoned veteran of war is one of the best classes in a game centered around dungeon battles. Makes sense.

[seimouralrom]

Remember kids. When wolves come throwing bombs at your door, bring the man-at-arms. The old man gives no shits about explosions.

[sezarsezar]

i think a guide on party building is needed

[bassmage]

If I yelled at a corpse and it exploded, I'd feel pretty good about myself.

[damyzs]

I love how you always indirectly shittalk the Leper when describing the abilities

[dehydrogenaza]

Lol randomly dissing the Leper in an Man-at-Arms video, never change.

[CidGuerreiro]

@5:59 The stress healing comes from the thrill of defeating or inflicting great damage upon an enemy. A corpse is already defeated, it wouldn't make sense to get a stress healing from quite literally beating a dead horse.

[Zorayah]

He protec, he attac, but he also bello.

[powersmurf]

Fun Fact: Ripostes also ignore guards. So if a guarded enemy attacks for example a HM with riposte than the enemy still gets hit by the riposte and not the one who guards him.

[Rhyainn]

These vids are great! I'm getting so much better at DD thanks to you! Beat LV 5 Fanatic yesterday. :)

[TheNoodleGod]

12:18 command has it's uses against the shrieker, as the shrieker has so many turns that dodge debuffs tend to dissipate before you can really do anything with them

[seiban]

I've got to admit, 'never going to have actions' is a fair description for death.

[gamemaster]

Boss killer party: 3 MMA+anyone you like. Before boss fight do camp and use Tactics 3 times. On start of boss battle use Bolster with every MMA. After, you can use Retribution, Crash or Command to win.
Main point of this strategy is very high dodge. Enemies will have hard time to land a blow and Retribution let you counter any attacking attempt. Only Thing from the Stars is weakness for this party, because Return to the Stars and his debuffs ignores dodge.

[ggfan]

I get the sense that this game would be much more fun if the action economy was spread out more. As it is there are a TON of great skills that just never get used because they're not worth the real estate when there are better or even more necessary options. I also think three rounds is WAY too short, it makes debuffs utterly useless against multi-turn bosses and generally makes them less usable. If a dodge debuff lasted for 6 or 8 rounds instead there would be much more compelling arguments for using stuff like that. Man at arms suffers from both these problems, all his awesome buffs never get used because you have to constantly reapply them and he has responsibilities every turn that outweigh them anyway. It makes this game kind of spammy imo.

[IamNCortex]

you should do a similiar video to How Good Is but about enemies

[kostasxanthos]

When you want to yell someone to death, bellow is your friend.When you want surprise round every round, bellow is your friend.When Leper leaks into your class' guide video, bellow is also your friend.

[nightgyr]

Filthy Robot, thanks for all your class reviews. Just picked up this game a few weeks back, and your videos have been very helpful, and I realised how deep and advance the combat can be. In the harder dungeons, you have to REALLY understand the classes + group synergy. AMazing game and thank you !

[GrNen]

These videos are so good. I'm loving the super in depth analysis! Keep it up!

[BertHeymans]

I really like your analytical approach in these videos! Thank you.