

The better way to deal with him is to stun the Cultist Priest every other turn. If he is killed, the Horror will just summon another enemy, making it pointless. Shuffling Horror spawns with a Cultist Priest. Although coded to only use it if he is alone, it might be possible that it keeps using it every other turn after the summon, dealing heavy stress across the party. Should you decide to eliminate the troublesome Priest, the Shuffling Horror will always summon another monster right away with Echoing Disassembly.

Therefore expect the following succession of Bleed-Shuffle-Bleed-Shuffle for this fight. Since both of Lacerate and Undulations have a 1 turn cooldown, he will alternate between each of them every one of his turns.

It has 2 moves in a single turn and 3 different attacks. The Shuffling Horror is the first of four bosses that Darkest Dungeon has.
