Hungering Darkness

Role: Melee Tank

Playstyle
The Hungering Darkness (or "Huggy" as many players call it) is Jakob Lynch's henchman-level totem. A powerful beast that wants to get into melee as soon as possible, where it feeds on the Brilliance that the Honeypot crew are dealing out to heal itself - making it a rapidly-recovering tank of a monster!

Fired from Jakob's Derringer
Huggy wants to get into melee as fast as possible. Fortunately Jakob can make that happen as his Derringer attack has a TOME trigger that puts Huggy within 1" of the target of the attack (regardless of where Huggy was before this happened). Use Jakob to put Huggy where he wants to be (i.e.: in the face of the enemy).

Obey!
Huggy has an obey which is not only powerful on its own BUT also gives the affected target 1-2 Brilliance (depends if a Mask is flipped/cheated for the duel). Like most Obey's its not easy to pull off (needing a 10+ to work) but, if you have one in hand (or have stacked your deck with one) its almost always worth using to disrupt your opponents plans by turning them against each other.

Risky Healing (Bonus Action)
Huggy is best activated LATER in a turn when it has sustained some damage, due to its only bonus-action "Consume Brilliance". This removes 1 Brilliance from every target (friend or foe) within 6", but then heals Huggy for the total amount of Brilliance removed (meaning if Huggy is on 1-hp, but there are 7 models with Brilliance within 6" of it when it activates, it will effectively heal to full health!)

"Consume Brilliance" should be used predominantely for this effect - keeping Huggy alive. However don't ignore the fact it also forces the enemies to make a very high TN 14 WP duel which, if they fail, makes the victims also suffer SLOW (which can be extremely punishing to an opponent's action economy!)

NOTE: If Huggy is undamaged, and not surrounded by many models, consider NOT using its Bonus-action. Save the Brilliance feeding for when you need to heal Huggy. Your opponent may avoid attacking you to discourage this, but in doing so they are just going to allow Huggy to stay in Melee, attacking everyone it can get its tendrils on!

How to Counter
Huggy can heal a lot, but it can't heal if dead, and its healing is limited by how many targets around it have Brilliance. Keep your forces dispersed to reduce its healing ability, then hit it hard enough and it will drop!

Alternatively, it may be wise to not engage Huggy at all. If its not damaged, it may be discouraged from using "Consume Brilliance" (as it will remove Brilliance from all targets in range, but only have a CHANCE of causing enemies affected to gain slow). It may be risky, but sometimes ignoring the beast may be your best way to handle it.