darkest dungeon how to change virtue chance

How to Change Virtue Chance in Darkest Dungeon

In Darkest Dungeon, Virtue Chance is a crucial aspect of hero development, affecting the likelihood of certain events occurring during battles. Understanding how Virtue Chance works and how to manipulate it can give you a significant edge over your enemies. In this article, we'll delve into the intricacies of Virtue Chance and explore ways to change it.

Virtue Chance Penalties

Heroes with a lower level than the dungeon they're in suffer a penalty to their Virtue Chance, which is based on the level difference. For example, if a hero is in a dungeon that's one level higher than their own, they'll receive a -5% Virtue Chance penalty per level difference. However, when the level difference is six or more (i.e., a level 0 character in Darkest Dungeon), the penalty jumps to -33%.

Virtue Chance Caps and Floor

Virtue Chance is always at least 1% and capped at 95%. This means that even if you manage to raise your Virtue Chance to 96%, it will be capped at 95%.

Benefits of Virtuous Heroes

Heroes with a high Virtue Chance are protected from certain events, such as being anchored by the Drowned Anchorman. Additionally, they're forbidden from using Shard Dust to prevent trivializing its Virtue chance debuff.

Ill Virtues and Buffs

Ill Virtues increase various resistances (Stun, Blight, Bleed, Disease, Debuff, and Move Resist) by 25%. Since this is a shared attribute, it's not listed in the table below. The Ill Virtues also offer two unique abilities:

* 25% - Heal self for 10% of hero's MAX HP

* 25% - Buff one other hero for +10 ACC, +10% CRIT

Act-Outs and Stress

Possible actions on the start of a hero's turn, called 'act-outs,' cannot happen two times in a row for the same hero. Additionally, two different heroes cannot have act-outs occur back-to-back.

Stress-Based Teams and Virtue Chance

To encourage the use of Stress-based teams, all heroes in this game mode have a base Virtue chance of 0%. However, you can still raise your Virtue Chance through Trinkets or buffs. The Crusader's modified Inspiring Cry can even give a +15% Virtue chance for five turns.

Turning Virtuous

When a hero turns Virtuous, their Stress goes down to 80 instead of 40. This means that it's still possible for a Stress-focused opponent to keep pushing the target to a heart attack. Virtuous heroes also retain their Virtue when they suffer from heart attacks and have their stress reduced to 170.

By understanding how Virtue Chance works in Darkest Dungeon, you can make informed decisions about your hero development and team composition. With this knowledge, you'll be better equipped to manage your Stress levels, manipulate Virtue Chance, and emerge victorious in even the darkest of dungeons.

Darkest dungeon how to change virtue chance