Party Combos are certain party combinations made in the embark screen prior to an expedition that display a unique name. They are entirely cosmetic and grant no gameplay benefit whatsoever.
Party Name | Rank 4 | Rank 3 | Rank 2 | Rank 1 | Trivia |
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The Usual Suspects | Reference to the setup being the first many players will form, and possibly the film of the same name. | ||||
Leviticus | Named after the third book in the Jewish Torah and the Biblical Old Testament. | ||||
Soldiers of Fortune | |||||
Divina Commedia | Divina Commedia is the Italian name for the Divine Comedy, a famous narrative poem written by Dante. | ||||
Sightseeing Tour | Party composition resembles a group of tourists (Antiquarians, who are weak and meek heroes), led by a tour guide. | ||||
Hired Muscle | |||||
Fortune Seekers | All heroes are motivated by monetary gain. | ||||
Despair Faction | |||||
Basuras | "Basura" means "trash" in Spanish. | ||||
The Seekers | |||||
Beasts of Burden | All heroes are mentally burdened in some way: the Antiquarian killed her master, the Houndmaster dealt with police corruption, the Abomination has his eldritch disease, and the Man-at-Arms was the sole survivor of an attack by Brigands. The Houndmaster's hound and the Abomination's transformation would also both be considered beasts. | ||||
Glory Seekers | |||||
Seekers of the Grail | A reference to the legendary Quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his knights. | ||||
Blasphemous Scavengers | |||||
The Collection | This is a reference to The Collector (Antiquarian) and its acquired heads; Barristan's (Man-at-Arms), Dismas' (Highwayman), and Junia's (Vestal). | ||||
AAAH! | The name is a reference to the starting letters of the Arbalest, Antiquarian, Abomination, and Hellion. | ||||
The A Team | The A Team is an action-adventure television show from the mid 80s about a group of ex-soldiers for hire. Here the name is more of a pun, as the names of the Heroes here are the Arbalest, Antiquarian, Abomination and Man-at-Arms. | ||||
Easy Money | |||||
Jin-Roh | Jin-Roh (Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade in the US) is a 1999 anime movie about an alternate history where Germany conquered Japan during World War 2. | ||||
Never Miss A Beat | all heroes have high accuracy stats | ||||
Firing Squad | Heroes in this party all have ranged attacks that can hit most enemy targets. | ||||
Dogs of War | A twofold reference; Not only are all these characters powerful fighters, but it makes reference to the line "Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war" from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. | ||||
Long Arm of the Law | All of these heroes are hunting those who violate the law. | ||||
Blood and Iron | The Arbalest and Crusader are clad in heavy armor, while the Flagellant and Occultist have symbolism revolving around blood. | ||||
Marked for Death | All heroes make use of the Mark mechanic. | ||||
Hounds of War | |||||
All or nothing [sic] | |||||
War Party | Party members are commonly seen in wars | ||||
Stun and Gun | Two stunners and two ranged fighters. | ||||
Discount Medicine | All party members have weak healing skills, or can only self-heal. | ||||
Indestructible | All party members are tanks. | ||||
Heavy Metal | All party members make use of metal armour. | ||||
Sisterhood | All party members are female. | ||||
The Huntsmen Corps | |||||
The Iron Fist | Possibly a reference to the Marvel superhero Iron Fist. | ||||
Deathwatch | Deathwatch is the name of a Mandalorian bounty hunting group, featured in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. | ||||
Vagabonds | A "vagabond" refers to those who move often without a home, such as a traveler/wanderer. In this formation each hero is capable of moving themselves to a different position or subsequently move enemies into different positions. | ||||
Trouble | |||||
Crusaders on March | |||||
Blinding Light | All of these characters have some form of ability that blinds, increases the light level, or is religious (the main religious entity being the Light). | ||||
Axe Brigade | Both Helions and Bounty Hunter wield axes as main weapon. | ||||
The Last Crusade | Reference to the historical last crusades of which were done solely by holy crusaders, much like this party contains. | ||||
The Inverted Bunch | This is the team Red Hook, but in reverse. | ||||
The Last Supper | All party members are religious. This is a reference to the last meal Jesus shared with his apostles, according to the gospels. | ||||
The Bait and Switch | |||||
The Vagrants | |||||
Tomb Raiders * | "Tomb Raider" is an action-adventure game about fictional archaeologist Lara Croft, and all party members in this formation are grave robbers. | ||||
The Wolf Pack | |||||
Highway Robbery | |||||
Smokey and Bandit | Reference to the 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit". | ||||
Judge and Execution | Likely a reference to a quintessential dark ages execution, where the Leper takes the role of the King, the Bounty Hunter as the Executioner, the Jester as the Crier and the Grave Robber as, presumably, the condemned. | ||||
The Mercenaries | All four heroes can be hired for their services. | ||||
Les Miserables | Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, and was later adapted into a highly successful stage musical. | ||||
The Four Horsemen | The Four Horsemen symbolize Death, Pestilence, Famine and War. | ||||
The Exorcists | |||||
The Cleanup Crew | All party members have AOE skills | ||||
Sacrosant Vigilance | |||||
Charlie's Angels | Charlie's Angels was television show in the 70's about a team of three private investigators employed by the titular Charlie. This team was also suggested by RedHook when they announced the public vote for party combo names. | ||||
Hell's Belles | Belle is the french word for beautiful (when speaking about a woman), as well as slang for an attractive woman. Being hellions, and in constrast to the ugly creatures they battle, they are hell's belles. There is a pun intended (hell's bells), as well as a likely reference to the AC/DC song "Hell's Bells" | ||||
Cutthroats | All heroes have high damage single target attacks. | ||||
The Quick and The Dead | Three of these heroes are relatively quick, while the Leper in in a decaying state and living in an era when leprosy was essentially a death sentence. Also possibly a reference to a phrase found in the King James Bible. | ||||
The Lawless | All heroes operate in questionable legality. | ||||
Chain Gang | A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Could also be a reference to a song of the same name. | ||||
Night of the Hunt | |||||
Wild Bunch | All heroes have their beast side, or one along them. | ||||
Bloodbath | All party members are capable of inflicting Bleed. | ||||
Persephone and Cerberus | Persephone is queen of the underworld, and Cerberus is the three headed hound, defender of the underworld in Greek mythology. | ||||
Board and Kennel | A "boarding kennel" is a place that temporarily houses pet dogs or cats for a fee. The Houndmasters are the ones running this boarding kennel, while the hounds and Abominations are the dogs. | ||||
Boba Fetch | Boba Fett is a bounty hunter from the Star Wars franchise. "Fetch" is a word the means to go for and then bring back someone or something and is commonly used when playing with dogs. | ||||
Diamond Dogs | In Metal Gear Solid V, Big Boss is an ex-soldier who founded a PMC group named Diamond Dog, which itself is a reference to David Bowie's eighth studio album "Diamond Dogs." In that game, he is also accompanied by his own war dog. | ||||
The Howlers | Each hero can be said to howl in a metaphorical or literal way. The Houndmaster's dog howls, The Jester's singing may be described as howling, The Abomination howls in his beast form, and the Hellion has the move "Barbaric YAWP!" which is a howl of sorts. | ||||
Cry Havoc | A reference to "Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war" from Act III, Scene I, Line 288 of William Shakespeare's Julius Ceasar | ||||
Raining Blood | The closing track of Slayer's third album "Reign in Blood." | ||||
Poetic Justice | Poetic justice is a literary device in which ultimately virtue is rewarded and viciousness is punished. The Houndmaster (ex-lawman) and Crusader are justice while the Jester and Leper are the poetic. | ||||
Garston's Garrison | |||||
The Stance Dance | All members of the party move around in the party using various skills. Jester with Dirk Stab, Solo, and Finale, Grave Robber with Lunge and Shadow Fade, The Highwayman with Duelist's Advance and Point Blank Shot, and the Bounty Hunter who can push, pull and shuffle the enemy party. | ||||
Bountiful Ballad | |||||
Bloody Party | |||||
Motley Misfits | Motley Crew is a term used for a group of individuals working together who hold origins of high contrast in relation to each other (as well as the name of a band from the 1980s). These are also characters with dark humours or high faith, "misfits". | ||||
A Merry Band of Misfits | All heroes are "misfits", while being known for humour and merriment. The jester has the camping skill "mockery", the grave robber and highwayman both have "gallows humour", and the hellion has "revel". | ||||
The Guilty | All characters committed crimes (Highwayman is a bandit, Jester killed a king, bounty hunter murders people for money and GraveRobber, well, grave robs) | ||||
Criminal Minds | "Criminal Minds" is the name of a show about FBI profilers who analyze crimes of especially twisted individuals before they can strike again. | ||||
Stout Hearts | |||||
Gang of Thieves | |||||
Misfits | Misfits are an American punk rock band often recognized as the progenitors of the horror punk subgenre. | ||||
Court of Beasts | All of these characters you could find in a court of some kind, or their characteristics are relating to a beast of some form. | ||||
The Ugly Kid | Jesters have the camping skill "mockery", while the abomination is known for being hideous and disgusting. | ||||
Freakshow | Carnival members are sometimes called freakshows. The Abominations and Jesters could both be seen in a carnival. | ||||
Jokes and Folks | the jesters commonly told jokes hence jokes,while the highwaymen represent folks | ||||
Fools Rush In | From the saying "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." | ||||
Dance With The Devil | All characters have some connection to the devil. The Jester is a trickster, something the devil is related to. The Occultist's skills come from his interactions with eldritch horrors. The Abomination used to be unable to be in a party with religious heroes, while the Hellion has a camping skill called "Reject the Gods". | ||||
The Covenant | All characters made covenants(crusader made a covenant with god,occultist with the Eldritch gods/abominations,bounty hunter constantly makes covenants with people for money,the jester made a covenant with some king | ||||
Suicide Squad | Reference to the Super Villain team of the same name. All heroes have a relation to villains in the team. | ||||
Heathens | All characters are either atheists, heretical, or devoted to the eldritch. | ||||
Rocky Roady Warriors | |||||
Circus Freaks | All of the characters within this party are freaks, could be seen acting in a circus, or both. | ||||
Masquerade Ball | All party members wear masks. | ||||
Tainted Devotion | |||||
The Mercs | |||||
The Motley | Motley Crew is a term used for a group of individuals working together who hold origins of high contrast in relation to each other. It's also the name of a band from the 1980s, albeit with a slightly different spelling. | ||||
All for One | A reference to the Three Musketeers' motto, "All for one, and one for all." | ||||
Rot Squad | Reference to Leprosy, the disease that Lepers suffer from. Causes severe nerve damage that later manifests in rotting flesh. | ||||
Men at Work | Men At Work was a popular band formed in 1978. | ||||
The Walking Heads | Possible reference to the band Talking Heads, with each character representing one of the four members of the band,possible reference to the series “the walking dead” | ||||
The Travelers | All heroes are constantly traveling(the occultist is after Eldritch secrets and artifacts,the antiquarian is after relics,hellion lost her tribe or was exiled from it,abomination is constantly on the move from the church) | ||||
Crypt Robbers | All of members prone to robbing crypts | ||||
Custodian Crew | |||||
Open Season * | |||||
Open Season * | |||||
The Wild Hunt | The Wild Hunt is a European folk myth involving a ghostly or supernatural group of huntsmen passing in wild pursuit. | ||||
The Blockade | |||||
Crit Happens | All heroes have high crit chance. | ||||
The Killers | May be a reference to the band of the same name. | ||||
The Privateers | |||||
Kingdom Undone | |||||
Bad Karma | All of these characters will end up or have caught up with bad karma. | ||||
Heaven's Devils | All heroes are morally ambiguous, while serving a righteous cause. | ||||
Redemption | All heroes have a dark past. | ||||
Pit and Pendulum | The name comes from the story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe, whose works greatly inspired HP Lovecraft's. | ||||
Blood Money | All of these characters will kill or tamper with the dead for a separate cause, be it war, money, or religion. | ||||
Dark Soul's Night | Possibly to the FromSoftware game Dark Souls. | ||||
The Outcasts | All heroes are rejected by society. | ||||
Criminal Intent | All characters frequently commit crimes or actions frowned upon by society. | ||||
Nothing Sacred | Reference to the quote "Nothing is sacred", and how this party aligns with the quote. | ||||
Death Sentence | |||||
Dysfunctional Family | |||||
The Fallen | |||||
Darkness Within | All heroes seem normal at first glance, only closer contact reveals sinfull secrets. | ||||
Bruiser Brigade | Bruiser can mean:tough,hired gun,killer,murderer,myrmidom,bandit,goon etc that greatly represents characters from this party | ||||
Cleaving Time | Shuffling the Hellions with Breakthrough can tear through the enemy frontal ranks. The Highwayman can join in with Duelist's Advance or Grapeshot Blast. | ||||
Merry Men | Possibly a reference to Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. | ||||
Brothers in Arms | Possibly a reference to a song by Dire Straits. | ||||
Monster Within | All of these characters have a characteristic that may be described as a monster. | ||||
Blood for the Blood God | This is a reference to the Chaos God Khorne from Warhammer 40k. | ||||
Cirque des Damnés | Cirque des Damnés means Circus of the Damned in French. It was also an album by We Are The Fallen. Both the album & band name align with the character's personas. | ||||
We of Little Faith | The phrase originally comes from the book of Matthew Jesus says to Peter "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" | ||||
Metal Before Madness | Right to left, the first two both are adorned with pieces of metal, the last two are considered mad. | ||||
The Mad Gamble | All characters are, in some way, based on gambling. The Occultist has the infamously inconsistent Wyrd Reconstruction, the Jester has dice Trinkets, the Bounty Hunter's barks are based on gambles, and the Hellion is just mad. | ||||
Inglorious Bastards | Reference to the movie of the same name. | ||||
Who's Laughing Now? | All of those heroes are passively in a positive mood. | ||||
Cast Out | out casts of society | ||||
The Oddballs | All heroes are bizarre and uncommon. | ||||
A Bloody Banquet | |||||
Blood Drive | All heroes have abilities that cause enemies to bleed. | ||||
Nightshift | |||||
Fire With Fire | Reference to the saying "To fight fire with fire". In this case, fight eldritch horrors with people who summon, and become, eldritch horrors. | ||||
Bloody Hell | All those heroes are known for causing Bleeding and also related to the damned,hellion and occultist are heretics and the flagellant is presumably in the process of redeeming himself | ||||
Eldritch Slayers | Two eldritch-studying occultists and two heroes proud of slaying ungodly abominations. | ||||
Make it Bleed | Reference to the saying "make it rain". Hellion cause severe bleed in enemy ranks through their abilities and occultists cause bleeding in allies through healing. | ||||
R'yleh R'yleh Ole! | R'lyeh is a fictional lost city that first appeared in the H. P. Lovecraft short story "The Call of Cthulhu". | ||||
Unspoken Horror | All members harbor horrifying secrets. | ||||
Heathen Yell | An eldritch scholar, an atheist, a literal abomination who previously could not join religious members, and a warrior who worships pagan gods. | ||||
Grindhouse | |||||
Forefront | |||||
Tip of the Spear | All members can hit the fourth position enemy. | ||||
Status Mayhem | The three back heroes represent bleed, plague and target - three most common statuses in game, while leper has abillity to defend himself from all negative statuses. | ||||
The Trench | |||||
Geysers of Blood | |||||
Of Blight And Blood | A combination of heroes that can blight and bleed enemies equally effectively. | ||||
Plague Bearers | All of these heroes can either cause Bleeding,Blight or are diseased themselves. | ||||
The Pagan Warrior | All party members are atheists or heretics | ||||
Uncultured Filth | |||||
The Godless | |||||
Mixed Bag | All party members are part of different groups of society | ||||
Merciless | All party members kill for brutal or egoistic reasons. | ||||
Rack and Ruin * | |||||
Devil's Playthings | |||||
Traveling Circus | Three front heroes wear masks, while occultist serves as circus owner. | ||||
The Dark Brigade | |||||
Accursed Ones | All members are accursed because they were born with disease or did something heinous themselves | ||||
The Cleaning Crew | The Occultist, Plague Doctor, and Leper all have the ability to clear corpses. | ||||
Inferno Paradise | Possible reference to Dante's 14th century epic poem "Divine Comedy", which consists of three parts: Inferno, Pugatorio (which could be seen as the Estate itself), and Paradiso. | ||||
Tank N' Spank | Between two healers and two high-health high-damage heroes, this party compostion can endure and dish out a lot of punishment. | ||||
Hell's Angels | Possible reference to the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club, one of the most infamous motor clubs. | ||||
Insurmountable Four | Possibly a reference to Marvel's superhero team The Fantastic Four. | ||||
Holy Quaternity | Possibly a reference to the Christian Holy Trinity. | ||||
The Unlikely Tetret | All party members have highly different motivations. | ||||
Hemogoblins | Play on the word "hemoglobin", the main protein in red blood cells. | ||||
Unhallowed Hand | |||||
The Veterans | All heroes would have seen vast battles, making them veterans. | ||||
Scavengers | All party members steal from, or closely examine, corpses. | ||||
The Damned Company | Reference to Warhammer 40k “Damned company” chaos warband that share similarities with the party. | ||||
Shock and Awe | This hero combination is capable of stunning the entire enemy formation. | ||||
Toxic Teammates | All of these heroes are capable of causing blight. | ||||
The Dancing Sisters | The strategy with this party is to have the Grave Robbers use Lunge and Shadow Fade continuously, "dancing" around the Vestal. | ||||
The Shunned | All heroes were shunned in some way in the past: Plague Doctor was expelled from university for dissecting a professor, Grave Robber lost her high-class status due to running out of money, Hellion was exiled from her tribe for cowardice, and Leper was outcast from society due to his disease. | ||||
Bloodbourne | Reference to the FromSoftware game Bloodborne, in which some characters and enemies resemble the characters of the team. | ||||
Death Dealers | |||||
Danse Macabre | A reference to an medieval culture dance and art reminding that everybody is balanced in the death's eyes. | ||||
The Breakers | |||||
Valkyries | Like the fabled riders of Odin, this team is all female. | ||||
Dangerous Lonesome | |||||
Tricky Glory | |||||
The Faces of Stress | |||||
Shrouded Ones | All characters use a mask or hat to conceal themselves | ||||
Commedia dell'arte | Commedia is a form of theatre characterized by masked "types" which began in Italy in the 16th century and was responsible for the advent of actresses and improvised performances based on sketches or scenarios. | ||||
Medieval Spirits | Common figures from the medieval era. | ||||
Black Death | A reference to a real life deceased disease that wiped out 75 million humans. | ||||
The Forsaken * | All of these characters are loners and outcasts. | ||||
Pragmatic | All of these heroes take a straightforward approach to killing their opponents. | ||||
Blight's Out | |||||
Outsiders | Outcasts of their parts of society. | ||||
Bloody Stunners | All the heroes in this team can inflict Bleed and Stun (albeit the Occultist can only do one or the other, and can only bleed other heroes by accident). | ||||
Blood and Blight | A strong composition for bleed and blight skills. | ||||
Trial and Conviction | |||||
Walking Death | Possible reference to The Walking Dead series. | ||||
The Scorned | All heroes were worthless or despicable based on their origins/backstories. | ||||
Doctor and Patient | The Leper's the patient; the three healers are doctors. | ||||
The Plague Robbers | Blights out the ass and stuns full of sass. | ||||
Plague Party | The Leper is afflicted with leprosy. The remaining three can inflict Blight and cure disease. | ||||
The Black Plague | Plague Doctors and those affected with the plague (Lepers). | ||||
Critical Condition | Generally, when three doctors are attempting to treat one case of Leprosy, things are already dire. | ||||
Plague Cart | Refers to the Black Plague, where corpses would be taken away on carts driven by Plague Doctors. | ||||
The Stalwart | |||||
Eldritch Angels | |||||
Red Hook | Red Hook is the name of the developer team that created Darkest Dungeon. This is always one of the first party combinations that can be made. Also a reference to “the horror at red hook” story from the Cthulhu mythos(that the dev team might be inspired by). | ||||
The Hard Way | |||||
Rival Collector | A variation on "The Collection" - again, the Antiquarian is The Collector and the other three party members are the heads. | ||||
Circle of Light | |||||
Hook Line and YAWP! | A play on the saying "hook, line, and sinker". Bounty Hunters can hook backline enemies into range for the Hellion's YAWP! | ||||
Dented Steel | |||||
The Vanguard | The vanguard is the foremost/frontmost part of an advancing military force. | ||||
Hunting Party | |||||
The Fierce | |||||
Holier Than Thou | All follow a faith of some sort, making them holier than others. 'Thou' is a word frequently used in the Bible and replaces the word 'you'. Also possibly a reference to the Metallica song of the same name. | ||||
Burden of Faith | All heroes are religious and thus have faith. | ||||
Glorious Gold | |||||
Scalion's Hunters | |||||
Vengeance Dire | |||||
Stun Smash Parade | Two strong stuns, two strong smashes. | ||||
Gatling Gun | Two Highwaymen in the front slots are able to spam Point Blank Shot, moving back and forth and doing massive ranged damage, not unlike the Gatling gun's rotating barrels. | ||||
Composition Equilibre | Equilibre is French for balance; this party has a healthy amount of everything. | ||||
The Forgotten Ones | |||||
Jack of All Trades | Each of these characters are all-rounders. | ||||
The Bloodletters | The three frontal heroes can inflict Bleeds to different parts of the enemy ranks; combined, they can bleed every position. | ||||
Old Faithful | Old Faithful is a geyser in US Yellowstone National Park famous for reliably erupting many times each day. Presumably whoever named this party found it to be a very reliable composition. | ||||
The Crimson Hand | |||||
Good Bad and Ugly | Reference to the movie: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Presumably refers to the Crusader, Highwayman and Leper respectively. | ||||
Merry Go Round | The Highwayman and Grave Robber both have combat skills that allow them to move forward and backward in the party. The Bounty Hunter moves the opposing party forward and backward as well, with his "Uppercut" and "Come Hither" combat skills, respectively.
(Note: The Vestal is most likely among this party because this party would be all the more impractical without a healer.) | ||||
Gun and Roses | Reference to the band Guns 'n Roses... or simply the fact that there is a gun slinger and three females. | ||||
The Hellhounds | |||||
World of Tanks | "World of Tanks" is the name of an action MMO where players battle other players in tanks. | ||||
Headhunters | The Houndmaster and Bounty Hunter are expert hunters. The Vestals and Man-at-Arms are Collector Heads. | ||||
Law and Order | Reference to the series of the same name. | ||||
For All that is Good | |||||
A Feast of Blood | |||||
The Hunting Hounds of Hell | |||||
Attrition Disposition | Without counting the Abomination's Transform, all heroes involved have low DMG. The party has great durability, Stress recovery, and DoTs to grind out an attrition battle. | ||||
Single Ray of Humor | The Jester is the comic relief among this team. | ||||
King's Court * | The party members may be personalized as: Priest, Jester, Guard and the King. | ||||
Wine, Women, Song | "Wine, women, and song" is a hendiatris (turn of phrase) that endorses hedonistic lifestyles or behaviors. | ||||
Unlikely Lively | |||||
Delvers in the Dark | |||||
Charging Madness | The frontal three heroes have forward-moving abilities between the Jester's Dirk Stab and Hellion's Breakthrough. | ||||
Ghost Busters | Ghostbusters is a 1984 American Supernatural comedy film. | ||||
Vox Machina | Vox Machina is the protagonist party of the Critical Role web series. The heroes in this party reference some of the characters in Critical Role: Vestal (Pike the Cleric), Jester (Scanlan the Bard), Highwayman (Percival the Gunslinger), and Hellion (Grog the Barbarian). | ||||
Blood and Guts | |||||
The Lost Band | |||||
Sacred and Profane | The Crusader and Vestal are sacred; the Bounty Hunter's fighting style and Occultist's dark arts are profane. | ||||
Lords of Position | Play on the dominance of each of these classes skills in the shown positions and strength against all other positions on enemy team. | ||||
Heaven and Hell | Half of these classes would go to Heaven, the Vestal and the Crusader. the others would go to Hell, the Occultist and the Hellion. Also a song by Black Sabbath with Ronnie James Dio. | ||||
Saints and Sinners | In Christianity, the Occultist and Grave Robber would be considered sinners, whilst the Crusader and Vestal would be considered saints. | ||||
Heroes and Heretics | Crusader and Vestal would be considered heroes; the Occultist and Hellion would be considered heretics. | ||||
Faith and Fury | |||||
The Black Shield | |||||
The Wardens | This team could be compared to jobs within a prison: Vestal as the chaplain, Plague Doctor as the doctor, and Bounty Hunter and Crusader as guards. | ||||
The Inquisition | Reference to the Spanish Inquisition. | ||||
Good Cop Bad Cop | Reference to a cliche often associated with police interrogations. | ||||
Witch Hunt | |||||
The Femme Fatales | An all women party | ||||
The Strays | |||||
The Copper Faithful | Possibly a reference to brown being the main featured color, if "default" or first color palettes are used. | ||||
Stunrise Stunset | This is a reference to the song "Sunrise, Sunset" from "Fiddler on the Roof", and the high amount of stun that the party may apply. | ||||
The Cautious | |||||
Witch Hunters | |||||
Soultrain | |||||
King's Court * | These archetypes would be found in a medieval king's court. Vestal as a priest, Plague Doctor as a doctor. Jester as the jester and Crusader as the knight. | ||||
The Masquerade | |||||
The Greater Good | |||||
The Holy Flame | All heroes involved use holy powers, with bonuses against Unholy. | ||||
Holy Rollers | |||||
Holy Shooter | Vestal and Crusader both use holy powers, while Highwayman shoots. | ||||
Safe Shot | Highwayman uses a gun, while Vestal is a healer who can keep others "safe". | ||||
Nuns With Puns | Vestals are nuns and the Jester would make the puns. | ||||
Leper Colony | Leper colonies were historically places where people with leprosy (sometimes other contagious diseases) were quarantined, such as Leper and Abomination. Vestal fills the role of the religious orders which often run such colonies. | ||||
White Light Fever | |||||
Undying Light | A play on the skills of this class to be able to constantly add +7 torch light per team member per round through use of skills, meaning the torch should never die. | ||||
Red Riding Hood | Reference to the classical fairy tale. From Right to Left, they represent Red Riding Hood, The Woodcutter, Grandma, and The Wolf. | ||||
The Dregs | |||||
The Beasts | |||||
Spice and Wolf | Named after Japanese light novel series - Antiquarians are the "Spice" (a commonly traded good); Abominations the "Wolf". | ||||
Antiques Roadshow | A reference to the British TV show of the same name and of course the preponderance of Antiquarians. | ||||
Bloody Retribution | |||||
Critters and Glitters | Two beastly heroes and two money-making heroes. | ||||
Old Dog, New Trick | |||||
Pilfering Pillagers | A money-making party with a rogueish, mercenarial theme. | ||||
The Logisticians | Logisticians manage supply chains in a business or military outfit. | ||||
The Murine Clique | 'Murine' means having to do with rodents, specifically rats or mice - and thus may reference this party's scrounging (money-making) and scuttling (party shuffling) nature. | ||||
The Relentless Tide | A party that focuses on shuffling forward, often with disastrous and damaging results to enemies. | ||||
Penny Pinchers | Each character here has a theme around the way they make money. The Antiquarian is the game's money farmer, the Grave Robber steals from the dead, the Highwayman steal from the living, and the Man-at-Arms was a mercenary | ||||
Dreadlings | |||||
The Wicked | |||||
Misfortune | |||||
The Reflex | A party capable of a high amount of dodge and riposte, relying on reflexes rather than strength. | ||||
Civil Forfeiture | Civil forfeiture is a legal process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of crimes without necessarily charging them (specific processes vary around the world). In this case Leper and Houndmaster are the officers, while Antiquarian is there to appraise the assets. | ||||
The Profiteers | |||||
Curiosity Circus | All characters would not look out of place in a travelling circus with a dark, mysterious theme. | ||||
Dead Man's Party | |||||
Tomb Raiders * | |||||
Eldritch Combatants | |||||
The Lost and the Damned * | |||||
The Abyssal Vanguard | |||||
Protective Howl | Two characters with defensive moves themed after shouting and howling protecting their charges. | ||||
Motley Crew | Motley Crew is a term used for a group of individuals working together who hold origins of high contrast in relation to each other, as well as a band from the 1980s. | ||||
Missile Command | A reference to a classic Arcade/Atari game of the same name - the Crusader and Man-at-Arms are the commanders and shields for the missile launcher Arbalests. | ||||
Head Hunters | A mark team supported by the Man-at-Arms - a Collector Head. | ||||
Artema's Dance | "Artema" is possibly Artemis, a Greek Goddess known as a hunter with a bow, thus referencing the series of three party-shifting fighters, and a character shooting a bow. | ||||
Beauties and the Beast | 3 women and the beast - Abomination. | ||||
Rebel Yell | Possible reference to 1983 Billy Idol song Rebel Yell. | ||||
Deadly Mercenaries | Damage dealers that have higher-than-average crit chance. | ||||
Theory of Relativity | |||||
Dark Deeds | |||||
On Your Mark | The entire team has skills that deal more damage to marked enemies. | ||||
Soldier On | All of the heroes in this squad are from military. | ||||
Let there be blood | |||||
Armored Core | All of these travelers have an above average health pool. Also possibly a reference to the FromSoftware video game series, Armored Core. | ||||
Hit Squad | A hit squad is a team of hired assassins. | ||||
Jericho | Named after the city that, in the Bible, was supposedly besieged until the sounding of trumpets brought its walls down. | ||||
Quarantine Specialist | |||||
K-9 Unit | K-9 is a common designation for police dogs, and K-9 units are police units that include them. | ||||
Battlefield Squad | Refers to the popular game franchise 'Battlefield'. The game has 4 classes; Sniper (Arbalest), Support (Vestal), Enforcer (Man at Arms) and Assault (Houndmaster). | ||||
Wall of Steel | All members wear metal armor and have above average health. | ||||
Movers and Shakers | All of these party members, in these positions, have ways of moving around their positions. | ||||
The Dance of Death | All of these characters are very good in surrounding positions, have the biggest amounts of movement, and can rotate using offensive abilities that allow them to move forward, "dancing." | ||||
Backlash | |||||
Highway to Hellion | Reference to the song "Highway to Hell", and the character titles Highwayman and Hellion. | ||||
Master of the Hounds | A man and his four hounds. | ||||
Manhunt | The selected characters are hunters and can mark the enemy. | ||||
Meat Grinder | Characters that exemplify high damage and a certain level of brutality. | ||||
The Messy Four | |||||
The Untouchables | All heroes in this team can greatly buff their dodge, making themselves untouchable. Also a possible reference to the 1987 film. | ||||
Bloody Murder | All party members can inflict Bleed and are quite deadly. | ||||
Squad on Patrol | Both characters worked for law enforcement or military organizations. | ||||
Mark and Bark | This entire party utilizes the mark mechanic.
Also, there's a dog. | ||||
The Travelling Fools | |||||
We Die Like Heroes | No heals, only heroes. | ||||
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Reference to the novel by Victor Hugo. | ||||
The Bloody Mummers | The Bloody Mummers are a sellsword company in the Song Of Ice And Fire books known for their brutish and outlandish appearance. | ||||
The Jilted | To 'jilt' is to suddenly abandon. | ||||
Bodyguards | The Men-At-Arms serve as bodyguards to the wealthy Antiquarian and the wealth-rooted Grave Robber | ||||
Left For Dead | Possible reference to a video game series Left 4 Dead. | ||||
Rats In The Walls | Reference to H.P Lovecraft's story "Rats In The Walls." | ||||
Command and Conquer | A reference to a video game series Command & Conquer. The Man-at-Arms, all the way at the back, shouts orders and gives supports, while everyone else can deliver and/or capitalize on Marks. | ||||
Belle and the Beasts | A woman, surrounded by 3 strong men. | ||||
Lost and Damned * | |||||
Black Gold | |||||
Lullaby | Themed after putting the enemies to bed - Jester plays a song, Hellion sings, Antiquarian applies sleeping vapors and Occultist dims the lights. | ||||
Bite the Bullet | |||||
Black Monday Murder | |||||
Gallows Walk | |||||
Bard and Guard | Two heroes capable of guarding, paired with a bard (Jester). The Jester and Occultist are also strong stress and physical healers to patch up the guards. | ||||
The Last Resort | Possible reference to the band Papa Roach, with each character representing one of the four members of the band. One of their most famous songs is "Last Resort". | ||||
Highway to Hell | A reference to the classic AC/DC song of the same name. | ||||
The Hounds of Hell | Reference to mythological hellhounds. Houndmaster has a hound, Hellion has hell in the name and Occultist uses dark/hellish powers. | ||||
Cruel Fates | Reference to the Backstories of the characters. | ||||
The Wolf Parade | |||||
Freak Show | |||||
Singer For The Stained | Jester is a musician, the other three have done dark deeds or have some kind of malady. | ||||
Cirque du Slay | A pun on Cirque de Soleil, an entertainment company. | ||||
Darkest Humour | |||||
League of the Damned | |||||
Killing Joke | Possibly a reference to the Batman comic one-shot, The Killing Joke. Could also be a reference to the English Rock Band of the same name. | ||||
Chain the Beast | Abomination is a beast and wears chains, while the other three have a skill that can Stun. | ||||
The Blighters | Every character has a blight attack. | ||||
Damned and Forgotten | |||||
Meddling Kids | This name is a reference to Scooby Doo. At the end of each episode, when the villain is revealed, they often call the main characters "meddling kids." From right to left, the heroes represent Fred, Shaggy and Scooby, Daphne, and Velma. | ||||
Riot Control | The front two heroes use blunt weaponry, the Plague Doctor spreads tear gas, and the Highwayman has firearms. | ||||
Containment | |||||
Masked Avengers | All characters are masked. | ||||
Eldritch Plague | These characters all have eldritch connections, blight attacks, or both. | ||||
Rack and Ruin * | |||||
Observational Study | Three scholars and the object of observation - The Abomination. | ||||
Slow Advance | All characters have below average base speed. | ||||
Cloak and Dagger | All of the characters are lightly armored and utilize daggers. | ||||
Protect The Weak | Two low-health characters, the Vestal and Antiquarian, partnered with two characters that can guard, the Houndmaster and Man-at-Arms. | ||||
The Caged Beast | |||||
The Relentless Crusade | |||||
Greed is Need | Every character in this party has greed of some form, for something. | ||||
Gold in the Grave | |||||
Raiders of the Oft Dark | This party is well suited to looting in darkness. The name is a pun on the Indiana Jones film "Raiders of the Lost Ark". | ||||
Contingency Plan | All of these characters have ways to heal themselves, making them all able to independently recover from death's door. This roster has a contingency plan because all of them are capable of living to see their futures. | ||||
Fool's Congregation | |||||
The Wall | The front three characters all have the ability to raise their own PROT. The Vestal is easily protected by the Man-at-Arms and can patch up the party's tanks. | ||||
Ramming Speed | Ramming is a naval tactic where a ship drives itself violently into another ship while going fast. The first two heroes have forward-moving abilities to shuffle themselves about, and the Man-at-Arms's Rampart advances him for a stunning knockback. | ||||
Sages of Ancient Ways | |||||
Better Safe Than Sorry | This Combo could be considered very safe, because it has 2 Tanks and 2 Healers. | ||||
Bloody Stunday | All heroes in this team have stuns. Hellion and Plague Doctor can inflict Bleeds. | ||||
Scholars of War | All of these characters are, to some extent, scholars. | ||||
Clown Car | This combo was made popular by YouTuber Sinvicta, who also gave its name. | ||||
Tonight's Entertainment | Both characters are performers (Jester is a musician, Shieldbreaker is a dancer) and thus could be seen entertaining. | ||||
Poison Jam | All heroes in this team have blight skills. | ||||
Solid Snakes | A reference to Solid Snake from Metal Gear series, also known as Iroquois Pliskin. | ||||
Sisters of Battle | All party members are female. Some are pious, others unrelenting. | ||||
Eastern Promises | Three travelers from faraway lands coming to trade with a king. | ||||
The Phalanx | A phalanx is a body of troops moving in close formation. | ||||
The Undesirables | |||||
Desert Wanderers | All characters come from a desert region. | ||||
Merchant Caravan | The Antiquarian is good with money (Merchant), while the Shieldbreaker moves around a lot (Caravan). | ||||
Alpha Strike | All heroes in this team have marking synergy. | ||||
The Supreme Suppressors | |||||
Masquerade | All heroes in this team wear masks. | ||||
The Nutcracker Suite | The Nutcracker Suite is a famous classical ballet. Shieldbreaker is a dancer, while Leper could fill the role of the Nutcracker Prince. | ||||
Swan Lake | Another famous classical ballet. This setup has all its members capable of "dancing" about with movement skills. From left to right, they may be representative of Sigfried, Odette and Odile, and the Queen. |
* These names have duplicate party combos.