I

Mystic Burst

Always first unless you NEED a regen item

I

Monster Rounds

You can swap for a survivability item, but the lane pressure here is excellent and it helps you farm

II

Arcane Surge

Might be one of the best T2s on Viscous. Always for Goo Ball, often for Splatter, sometimes for the others

II

Enchanter's Emblem

Literally the best aspects of the old Spirit Armor and Enchanter's Barrier. Before Stamina is fine too

II

Active

Cold Front

Yes I'm a Cold Front guy now. Farming is nice, and it's a good burst with T5 Goo Ball

I

Restorative Shot

Kind of a nice semi defensive item. If you can hit it on a hero off CD it outperforms Extra Regen

I

Extra Regen

Nice as a turtle item

I

Active

Healing Rite

If you're almost dead

II

Imbue

Compress Cooldown

Makes it so Goo Ball is always up for your rotations

III

Active

Warp Stone

You'll get this almost exactly when you get Goo Ball T5

III

Tankbuster

Really really strong still

II

Imbue

Duration Extender

Always buy unless you're slot locked (I usually go for Kevlar instead)

II

Debuff Reducer

Hard to find a game where this isn't good

II

Healbane

Easy to apply, and antiheal feels pretty mandatory still

II

Spirit Shielding

Still feels pretty good after the changes. I usually look for this vs Seven, Pocket, Vindicta

II

Suppressor

Still pretty slept on I think. Great with AOE Spirit damage. Haze, Infernus, Warden, Mirage

III

Torment Pulse

I'm demoting this to a later game type item. Use Cold Front as an early game sub, and this is a good late damage bump

III

Superior Duration

I get this most games -- 6% extra duration for Goo Ball, also nice for Cube. But make sure you buy this if you get Scourge

IV

Spirit Burn

Now much easier to proc if you have Tankbuster. This is your item if you want to just do damage

IV

Active

Phantom Strike

Always get if they have more than 1 of: Seven, Bebop, Lash, Vindicta, Gray Talon. Disarm is also very good against Haze, Infernus, Wraith, Vyper, Warden

IV

Active

Scourge

So. Much. Damage. Also strong against Spirit comps. Harder if they have flyers though

III

Fortitude

Raw health goes really well with Goo Ball resists

III

Bullet Resilience

Beware of reductive scaling. But still really good

III

Spirit Resilience

Beware of reductive scaling. But still really good

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Pretty much always a safe buy. Especially if you bought Debuff Reducer

IV

Plated Armor

The classic anti M1 item

IV

Witchmail

Love this item. Great versus Spirit heavy comps (but Scourge first usually)

IV

Diviner's Kevlar

If you're TIGHT on slots you probably want this over Duration Extender because you're probably also getting shredded

IV

Active

Unstoppable

If you're getting silence or movement locked a lot. Also Dynamo

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

I don't buy this much. If you have 2-3 actives and a couple items with passive CDs it can be good, but otherwise it just doesn't feel worth it

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

A pretty solid upgrade if you're slot locked. The snare interrupts a lot of movement abilities

IV

Boundless Spirit

Raw damage bump. Great for Viscous. Pairs nicely with Spirit Burn too

IV

Escalating Exposure

If you already have Scourge and/or Spirit Burn this will make them HURT

IV

Active

Infuser

Smashing this can actually do a ton when you're in the middle of their team