The Pureheart
The Pureheart: A Dedicated Support for Darkest Dungeon
Introducing The Pureheart, a new hero for Darkest Dungeon designed to offer unparalleled support to your roster. Inspired by a beloved character, The Pureheart excels at bolstering her allies’ health and mental fortitude, but her selflessness comes at a significant personal cost.
A Heart of Gold, and Its Perils
The Pureheart’s primary strength lies in her exceptional healing and stress-relief abilities. She is a beacon of hope in the darkest dungeons, always prioritizing the well-being of her companions. However, this dedication can lead her into dangerous situations, making her a challenging yet rewarding hero to manage.
Unique Mechanics and Gameplay
The Pureheart introduces unique mechanics that set her apart from other heroes:
- Selfless Virtue: When pushed to her limit, The Pureheart can activate a unique virtue that drastically lowers her deathblow resistance, makes her immune to healing and buffs, and can force her to act erratically. This virtue can also trigger self-inflicted stress, paradoxically bringing her closer to overcoming the effect.
- Special Provisions: She arrives with a supply of “Raspberry” items, which offer a small but consistent way to reduce stress for herself and her allies. She also has a chance to discover more of these vital provisions from curios.
- On Crit Bonuses: Landing a critical hit grants The Pureheart a temporary reduction in stress, offering a brief respite during intense combat.
- Camping Skills: Her unique camping skills provide potent party-wide healing, defensive buffs, and valuable self-stress relief, allowing for strategic recovery between expeditions.
Combat Prowess and Support Skills
The Pureheart’s combat abilities are a blend of direct support and tactical utility. Her skills allow her to:
- Perform a basic melee attack that also reduces her stress and gains a critical chance bonus when Virtued.
- Utilize “Spirit Pull” to damage, stun, and reposition enemies, albeit with a stress cost.
- Offer significant stress healing and debuff cures with “Gentle Exorcism.”
- Provide potent healing and blight/bleed cures with “Soothing Heal,” though self-casting is less effective.
- Employ “Calming Presence” to stress heal the entire party, though she marks herself and increases her received critical hits.
- Cast “Mystic Barrier” to guard all allies, granting them protection at the cost of a personal guardbreak and stress increase.
- Deal damage and heal allies simultaneously with “Blessed Bash,” especially effective against Unholy enemies.
The Pureheart is a religious hero who favors the Athenaeum, making her a unique addition to any party composition. Her dedication to her allies is unmatched, but managing her own vulnerabilities will be key to surviving the horrors of the Darkest Dungeon.