Cauterize is a valuable asset when the Hero's party suffers from copious Bleed effects inflicted by enemies such as Pillager Hatchetman, Evengelist or Knight. However, among other healing skills, Cauterize is unique in a way that it does not require a certain HP threshold to work. While Cauterize can heal a decent amount of HP, it is somewhat unreliable, only becoming usable on the Runaway or other teammates when they are affected by Bleed. Run and Hide can be upgraded to apply a small Restoration effect on the Runaway, which can save her from Death's Door state. ? Survivability: Because the Runaway lacks any kind of defenses ( Block, Dodge, etc.), she mainly relies on the Stealth effect from Run and Hide to avoid harm when her HP is critically low. Be careful when using Backdraft alongside Cause of Death, as the latter will remove all Burn effects on a target and thus effectively removing a damage source needed to use Backdraft. Since Backdraft requires a burning target serving as a "damage source" to inflict damage on another, it will become unusable if there is only one enemy left in a battle.
The Runaway does not have to inflict Burn via her skills alone.Searing Strike Firefly, Ransack can quickly accumulate or spread Burn effects among enemy Ranks if they hit targets with Combo, which can be applied via the Runaway's Smokescreen, Dragonfly or other skills of teammates, particularly Jester. As the Runaway makes her progress through Shrines of Reflection, she will be able to use more effective skills such as Dragonfly, which inflicts Burn on two targets at once. If the Runaway finds herself in the back Ranks, she can use Firefly to deal particularly high Burn damage to back-Rank enemies. In the early progress of the game, the Runaway main attacks are Searing Strike, Firefly, and Ransack which can get the Runaway back to the front and pull Rank 3 enemies.? Offense: Most of Runaway's offensive skills deal low to average damage, accompanied by Burn effects. She is one of the few Heroes that can use Stealth and also among the few that can heal allies. Furthermore, she can target the back Ranks, provided that she stays on Rank 3 or 4, where she can not use various skills. The Runaway is primarily a front-liner, having access to most of her skills when placed on the front Ranks. ?As a new addition to the Hero's roster in Darkest Dungeon II, the Runaway's skillset has a heavy focus on Burn - a newly-introduced DOT effect. On the back Ranks, she can deal damage to back-Rank enemies but loses access to several useful skills such as Smokescreen, Backdraft or Cauterize (if on Rank 4). (access to all skills Firefly usable on Rank 3 Searing Strike, Smokescreen, Dragonfly, Controlled Burn, and Backdraft usable on Rank 2) Supporter ( Combo, Negative Tokens, Pull Enemies).
The following Paths are unique to the Runaway.
Each Hero has access to 3 shared Paths ( Wanderer, Apprentice, Master) and 3 unique Paths available only to them. ? All Heroes start the expedition with a random Hero Path.