Darkest Dungeon

This achievement is for getting 300 kills during a run through the Color of Madness DLC.

I refer you to Uncle Fester's Guide on Steam:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=15807...

Uncle Fester's guide really covers just about everything you need to know. There are many different group and trinket compositions that will get you the achievement (see the comment thread below Uncle Fester's Guide). Instead of repeating what was put there, I'll simply relay my personal experiences that (finally!) worked in trying to get this achievement.

My team:
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Vestal - Jester - Shieldbreaker - Shieldbreaker

My trinkets:
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Vestal - Sacred Scroll (better healing, lower stress), Heretical Passage (better healing)
Jester - Bright Tambourine (lower stress taken, better stress removal skills), [anything else -- I didn't have much]
Shieldbreaker - Heavy Boots (protection, move resist, lower speed), Spectral Speartip (increased damage and HP)
Sheldbreaker - Fuseman's Matchstick (increased DMG and critical chance on ranged attacks), Hag's Ladle (increased blight chance)

NOTE: the Heavy Boots on one Sheildbreaker was to try and get that Shieldbreaker to go second in any given turn, thus enabling me to use "Impale" or "Adder's Kiss" with each Shieldbreaker in succession (see below).

My skills:
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Vestal - Judgement, Dazzling Light, Divine Grace, Divine Comfort
Jester - Dirk Stab, Finale, Battle Ballad, Inspiring Tune
Shieldbreaker (both) - Pierce, Puncture, Adder's Kiss, Impale

Good quirks on my characters:
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Gifted (+20% healing Recieved)
Evasive (+5 dodge)
Irrepressible (+5% virtue chance)
Musical (+25% stress heal recieved)

Please note that there are other good quirks which my characters did not have. Again, refer to Uncle Fester's guide, linked above.

Camping Skills my characters used:
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Vestal - Pray, Santuary (both stress relief)
Jester - Every rose has its thorn (stress relief), Turn back time (stress relief), Tiger's Eye (accuracy and critical chance boost for a sheildbreaker)
Shieldbreaker - Snakeskin (protection and HP boost)

Provisions:
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Food, antivenom, bandages, medicinal herbs, keys, holy water, laudanum -- as much of these as possible. Holy water is optional, but I needed it for the added trinket boost to healing for the Vestal

Do not bring: torches (there's no need), shovels, and other DLC provisions, including shard dust.

General Character Strategy:
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Jester -
1. Battle Ballad most of the time - increase party speed, accuracy, and critical chance; plus buff Finale's damage and critical chance, should it be needed
2. Inspiring Tune - decrease one party member's stress, plus buff Finale just like above
3. Finale - on bosses, or strong opponents, but only when the opponents had re-arranged my squad resulting in the Jester being in the front (the only place from which the Jester can use Finale)
4. Dirk Stab - used very rarely, but good to finish off baddies or move the Jester forward

Vestal -
1. Switch between Divine Grace to heal one person, or Divine Comfort to heal the entire party. NOTE: a critical heal on a character will often (always?) reduce their stress!
2. Judgement - used when I want to do a bit of damage, and also heal the Vestal
3. Dazzling light - used to stun when I thought I could get away with it

Shieldbreaker-
1. Impale - used when there are multiple enemies and the Sheildbreaker is in the first position. Spreading blight among the baddies is great. Also keep in mind that this hits all the baddies - meaning you have four chances for a critical, and remember that the critical hit has a chance to do some stress heal to you and possibly a party member.
2. Adder's Kiss - used when in the front spot, and when a larger foe is in range. 5 points of damage over time is pretty nice
3. Pierce - used when the Shieldbreaker gets a turn and isn't in the front spot. This attack is armor piercing.

My typical turn would be: Jester (Battle Ballad or Inspiring Tune, as needed), Shieldbreakers (Impale or Adder's Kiss, as dictated by the situation), Vestal (heal). And that's really it. Rinse. Repeat.

Tips:
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I've put some in the text above. However, some advice bears repeating. If possible, use Sheildbreaker's Impale -- this can help with stress healing. Likewise, use Vestal's Divine Comfort for the same reason -- critical heals can relieve stress.

The Vestal is there to physically heal, rarely to do damage or try for a stun.
The Jester is there to speed up the party and stress heal, rarely to do damage.
The Shieldbreakers are there to infect everyone with blight. The armor piercing is nice, too.

Beyond that, the random stuff that can happen to your squad can hopefully be manageable. This isn't different from the rest of the game, but multiple boss fights can really wear down your party and make a run to 300 impossible. I personally think several of my runs were ruined by some bad luck -- just like some runs in normal dungeons. This is Darkest Dungeon, things can turn on you quickly and become exceptionally frustrating. However, with the above crew, trinkets, perseverance, and a bit of luck, I got this achievement.

Please let me know how I can improve the guide if you have a differing opinion. I merely noticed the lack of guide and wanted to at least put something up. I highly recommend giving Uncle Fester's Guide a read -- there is a ton of good material there.