In Don't Starve I've been enjoying Maxwell by using Shadow Duelists like a projectile weapon that deals 40 damage and costs 2 nightmare fuel to fire.
In DST, it's the same one shotted weak puppet that is fighting against bloated boss hp in a game where nightmare fuel is no longer easy to obtain and now he has an additional cost of a spear and requires the codex umbra to be placed down.
I think the spear requirement should be removed so suboptimal people like me can at least have fun with the shadow duelists.