Now that Noxious Blast has been nerfed and can’t do direct damage, Plague Grenade is almost fully twice as good-which is still okayish at best. Add in terrible range and it’s tough to justify its spot in a build these days.

Dealing some damage + strong DOT is ok, dealing virtually no damage + strong DOT is laughable. This used to be a serviceable attack, but then it got hit with a nerf hammer for no reason whatsoever. She also has a problem in that many of her support skills and DOTs are best used early in the fight, so she winds up having more options than she can use round 1 but as the fight goes on she has less and less to do-if there’s no bleeds/blights to patch up she often winds up just twiddling her thumbs. She’s pretty much a dedicated support character at this point, and to be fair she has some really, really strong support abilities… but with her attacks being inexplicably nerfed she has a harder time than ever contributing directly.

It's a really fun class and I enjoy using it, but it's still distinctly lackluster. I’ve got a love/hate relationship with the Plague Doc.

Darkest dungeon plague doctor build