History Characters / DarkestDungeonMonsters

* GiantMook

* EliteMook: They have a Champion variant in the sequel called Fulgore.

* DropTheHammer: Her main attack, aside from the pot, is to smash the party with a giant meat tenderizer.

* PungeonMaster: Is implied to be this, as all of his head minions' attacks are head-based plays on words, such as Headhunt, Head Games and Head Knock. For a more obscure example, "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collect_call Collect Call]]," with which he summons his minions, is based off of an

* FlunkyBoss: Constantly uses "Reinforcements!" to call brigands to its side; it cannot attack on its own.

* PungeonMaster: Is implied to be this, as all of his head minions' attacks are head-based plays on words, such as Headhunt, Head Games and Head Knock.

* EvilerThanThough: Implied to be on the receiving end of this by [[spoiler: The Heart of Darkness]], whose corruption turned one Shambler into the Shuffling Horror.

* DifficultButAwesome: In both games, beating the Shambler offers some truly stellar rewards, but it's not by any means going to be easy, even with a heavily buffed party that just rested. In ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'' it drops [[InfinityMinusOneSword Ancestral Trinkets]] and some other high-value goodies. In ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeonII'' it drops one of its own unique set of indelible Shambler Trinkets, as well as rewarding two Mastery Points and giving a full Torch refill.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: On the Heart's side, having given the Occultist character class eldritch powers, only to have them aid in its defeat possibly. Justified, the Heart probably knew any defeat [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil would never be permanent]].

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[https://i.redd.it/eypvrj75uyd71.jpg The origin comic]] included with the Darkest Dungeon board game offers at least a possible beginning for the Collector. Namely, it got its start as a lowly Bone Rabble skeleton, one of the weakest mooks in the game. Things changed when it got its hands on a wealth of the Ancestor's artifacts and came into contact with a Red hook idol, giving it the physical strength to [[OffWithHisHead rip a Highwayman's head clean off.]]

* BerserkButton: Attacking his minion, Wilbur, will cause him to retaliate with a very powerful strike that hits everyone in the party and has a high chance to stun. Killing Wilbur outright will enrage the King

* WakeUpCallBoss: Can be randomly encountered literally on the first expedition after the tutorial level. The tools for reliably beating him (stunning him, moving him forward, and being able to hit him while he's in the back line, as well as having consistent and strong healing and DoT cures if possible; Life Steal- aside from doing [[LifeDrain the obvious]], and healing him for a ''crap-ton'' at that- hits like a truck and can potentially inflict Bleed, as can the Headhunter attack from its Collected Highwayman, minus the health recovery) are ones that not every possible party might have. They are ones that any solid party probably ''should'' have.

* AchillesHeel: Their poor resistances. Ghouls, unlike most other undead enemies, are as vulnerable to Bleed as they are to Blight, so focused fire from DOT specialists will make the Ghoul kill itself before it has a chance to ruin your party.

* VillainExitStageLeft: In ''Darkest Dungeon'' he simply [[UnexplainedRecovery shows up again and again without explanation]], but ''II'' shows him doing this by retreating into the portal he emerged from at the start of the battle when he's defeated.

** Double points if it's the Occultist who deals the killing blow.

** Double points if it's the Occultist who deals the killing blow.

* ToServeMan: It refuses to feed on anything but the flesh and blood of humans. This is also important in [[HarderThanHard Stygian Mode]]: If 12 of your characters die, the Heart will awaken prematurely and destroy the world.

* ImAHumanitarian: It refuses to feed on anything but the flesh and blood of humans. This is also important in [[HarderThanHard Stygian Mode]]: If 12 of your characters die, the Heart will awaken prematurely and destroy the world.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Can be randomly encountered literally on the first expedition after the tutorial level. The tools for reliably beating him (stunning him, moving him forward, and being able to hit him while he's in the back line, as well as having consistent and strong healing and DoT cures if possible; Steal Life- aside from doing [[LifeDrain the obvious]], and healing him for a ''crap-ton'' at that- hits like a truck and can potentially inflict Bleed, as can the Headhunter attack from its Collected Highwayman, minus the health recovery) are ones that not every possible party might have. They are ones that any solid party probably ''should'' have.

* PrimalFear: Much of the FlavorText surrounding it talks about how humanity has always feared the dark and offers the suggestion that ''this thing is the reason for that fear;'' the similarity in appearance the starry night in both its arena and that of The Miserable Dark town event also implies that the Shambler specifically is the "something haunting the dark" in the Hamlet at that time.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Can be randomly encountered literally on the first expedition after the tutorial level. The tools for reliably beating him (stunning him, moving him forward, and being able to hit him while he's in the back line, as well as having consistent and strong healing and DoT cures if possible; Steal Life- aside from doing [[LifeDrain the obvious]]- hits like a truck and can potentially inflict Bleed, as can the Headhunter attack from its Collected Highwayman, minus the health recovery) are ones that not every possible party might have. They are ones that any solid party probably ''should'' have.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Can be randomly encountered literally on the first expedition after the tutorial level. The tools for reliably beating him (stunning him, moving him forward, and being able to hit him while he's in the back line, as well as having consistent and strong healing and DoT cures if possible; Steal Life- aside from doing [[LifeDrain the obvious]]- hits like a truck and can potentially inflict Bleed, as can its Headhunter attack, minus the health recovery) are ones that not every possible party might have. They are ones that any solid party probably ''should'' have.

* PrimalFear: Much of the FlavorText surrounding it talks about how humanity has always feared the dark and offers the suggestion that ''this thing is the reason for that fear''; the similarity in appearance the starry night in both its arena and that of The Miserable Dark town event also implies that the Shambler specifically is the "something haunting the dark" in the Hamlet.

* NightmareFetishist: One of the Ancestor's comments on it in the first game ("The sparkling eyes of youth- twisted and made merciless!") suggests that the Collector finds a childlike fascination in collecting heads, perhaps in a way similar to how someone else would collect butterflies or birds' feathers.

* NightmareFetishist: One of the Ancestor's comments on it in the first game ("The sparkling eyes of youth- twisted and made merciless!") suggests that the Collector finds a childlike fascination in collecting heads, perhaps in a way similar to how someone else would collect butterflies.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Can be randomly encountered literally on the first expedition after the tutorial level. The tools for reliably beating him (stunning him, moving him forward, and being able to hit him while he's in the back line) are ones that not every possible party might have. They are ones that any solid party probably ''should'' have.

* PrimalFear: Much of the FlavorText surrounding it talks about how humanity has always feared the dark and offers the suggestion that ''this thing is the reason for that fear''.

* NonLethalKO: In II, defeating him doesn't even cause the death animation; rather, he stumbles back and then escapes through the same portal

* ThisCannotBe: In ''II'' when he gets to the Death Door he's occasionally seen faintly shaking his head, as if he's refusing to admit that he's being beaten.