It is known that Panda Claus brings presents to good monsters, but what happens to the bad ones? It is not Panda Claus, but Krampus who pays them a visit and not a very pleasant one.
Role: Denier/Curser
Overview
Krampus is one the oldest Dark monsters in the game. Unlike other deniers of his element, he doesn't possess, but rather he Freezes. He has a high speed stat to make him a pretty decent denier and is able to apply tortures and random negative effects. However, he has a horrible trait and his relics don't help much for a denier. To put simply, he is bland, outdated and outclassed.
Pros:
- Great speed
- Many negative status effect moves
- Low stamina costs
Cons:
- Bad life
- High cooldowns
- Horrible trait
- Only form of denial is Freeze
- Bad relic slots
- Incapable of holding a chain deny
Recommended Moveset
Frozen Celebration
- Brutal Verdict (40 Special dmg + Freeze, 28s, 2 CD)
- Freezing Shadows (AoE 30 Dark dmg + Freeze, 32s, 3 CD)
- Burning Gift (25 Special dmg + Burn + 2 Random Negative Effects, 30s, 3 CD)
- Poisoned Gift / Creepy Shadows (Gift for 25 Special dmg + Poison + 2 Random Negative Effects, 30s, 3 CD) / (Shadows for AoE 30 Dark dmg + Nightmares, 32s, 3 CD)
As a team immobilizer, Krampus needs to be as fast as possible. Using Freezing Shadows first will Freeze all enemies. Creepy Shadows gives Nightmares to all enemies, which is always welcome. Brutal Verdict is there to Freeze another target when needed. Poisoned Gift inflicts Poison combined with your random effects. Burning Gift does the same thing except instead of Poison, it Burns.
Recommended Runes: 3 Speed
Recommended Relics: Killjoy's Sword, Nishant's Sword; Morgz's Armor, Atum's Armor, Nebotus' Armor
Counters
- Krampus has high cooldowns, so Positron is a huge counter as he can activate Krampus' cooldowns with CDA. Timerion is also immune to the many status effects that Krampus can inflict on him due to his Artifact trait, plus he too can activate enemy cooldowns.
- Krampus also heavily relies on Freeze, which means that monsters with Freeze immunity can block the status effect. Gorg and Saika are both good examples.
- Krampus, being a Dark monster, is weak to Light monsters, so Patrion or any other Light attackers are good choices to counter him.