Plague Doctor (Butcher's Circus)

This article is about the hero in the Butcher's Circus. For other appearances, see Plague Doctor (disambiguation).

Plague Doctor
Base Stats & Resistences
MAX HP	31	Stun		20%
DODGE	5	Move		5%
PROT	0%	Blight		70%
ACC MOD	+0	Bleed		10%
CRIT	6.0%	Debuff		35%
DMG	6-11	Death Blow		75%
Other information
Movement		1 forwards, 1 backwards.
Crit Buff Bonus		+20% Blight Skill Chance
Religious		No

Combat Skills

(All buffs and debuffs last for 3 rounds unless otherwise specified.)

Noxious Blast
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-80%	95	9%	Blight (100% base) 6 pts/rd for 3 rds Stress +20
Further levels Level 2 Base 100 0 None None Level 3 Base 100 0 None None Level 4 Base 100 0 None None Level 5 Base 100 0 None None Sound None

Plague Grenade
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-90%	95	4%	Blight (100% base) 5 pts/rd for 3 rds Stress +8
Further levels Level 2 Base 100 0 None None Level 3 Base 100 0 None None Level 4 Base 100 0 None None Level 5 Base 100 0 None None Sound None

Blinding Gas
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-100%	95		Stress +25 -20 ACC (100% base)
Further levels Level 2 Base 100 0 None None Level 3 Base 100 0 None None Level 4 Base 100 0 None None Level 5 Base 100 0 None None Sound None

Incision
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Melee			+0%	85	9%	Bleed (100% base) 4 pts/rd for 3 rds
Further levels Level 2 Base 100 0 None None Level 3 Base 100 0 None None Level 4 Base 100 0 None None Level 5 Base 100 0 None None Sound None

Battlefield Medicine
	Rank	Target	Heal	Effect	Self
			3-3	Cure Blight/Bleed	Cure Blight/Bleed
Further levels Level 2 0 None None Level 3 0 None None Level 4 0 None None Level 5 0 None None Sound None

Emboldening Vapours
	Rank	Target	Effect	Self
			+25% DMG (1 Battle) +10 ACC (1 Battle)
Further levels Level 2 None None Level 3 None None Level 4 None None Level 5 None None Sound None
Limit:	2 Uses per Battle

Disorienting Blast
	Range	Rank	Target	Damage	Accuracy	Crit mod	Effect	Self
	Ranged			-100%	95		Stress +30 Shuffle Single (100% base) Daze (100% base) (1 rds) Clear enemy Corpses
Further levels Level 2 Base 100 0 None None Level 3 Base 100 0 None None Level 4 Base 100 0 None None Level 5 Base 100 0 None None Sound None

Tactical Analysis

Using a Plague Doctor

The Plague Doctor retains her role as the best Blight specialist in the game, but due to how DoTs can't deliver Deathblows in this game, her value instead lies in her ability to inflict Stress. Blinding Gas is especially potent, inflicting at least 25 Stress to the enemy backrow and reducing their ACC to make landing hits much more of a pain. Her Noxious Blast is similarly Stressful and tags frontal enemies with a strong 6-point Blight. Disorienting Blast is by far her most Stressful attack at a base of 30 Stress, on top of inducing Shuffle, Daze and corpse clearing to wreak havoc on enemy lines. Battlefield Medicine can provide a moment of reprieve to ailed allies at Death's Door. Incision sometimes gets included as an emergency skill should the Plague Doctor find herself pulled to the front of the formation.

Because the Plague Doctor operates almost exclusively in the back but has no way to compensate getting pulled forward, ensure the rest of your team has movement skills of their own to help reposition the Plague Doctor. Trinkets to use with the Plague Doctor include the Carnival Masque or Rotting Trophy to raise her Stress output, to be replaced with the Acrid Vial once unlocked.

Fighting a Plague Doctor

First and foremost: Pull her forward if you can. She's got very low Move resist which exposes her to skills like Come Hither or Daemon's Pull. Once the Plague Doctor is in position 2 she loses access to Blinding Gas and can't apply AoE stress to your party, giving you a reprieve against her while you work on everyone else. Ideally, bring her all the way up to position 1 so that she can only fight using Incision.

Her raw damage output is poor, and she works mainly through the spread of Blight. The Blight ticks for so much that that you cannot reasonably counter them with Restoration skills and have to cure them yourself. If you lack the ability to cure it, the best you can do is wait for your heroes to hit Death's Door before healing them.

DLC Exclusive Trinkets

Trinket Image	Trinket Name	Rarity	Class Restriction	Prestige Level Unlocked	Effect	Additional Notes
	Volatile Concoction	Ringmaster	Plague Doctor	Prestige Level 4	+20% Blight Skill Chance +15 ACC
	Hazard Mask	Ringmaster	Plague Doctor	Prestige Level 40	+8 ACC +15% MAX HP +15% Healing Received +20% Blight Resist
	Acrid Vial	Ringmaster	Plague Doctor	Prestige Level 51	+20% Stress Dealt +20% Debuff Skill Chance +30% Move Skill Chance
	Amputation Saw	Ringmaster	Plague Doctor	Prestige Level 60	+30% DMG Melee Skills +30% Bleed Skill Chance +10 ACC vs Bleeding