Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks.
Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks.
Description
"Goo hits harder than you think, doesn't it?"
The 1st build in the "Concerns of The Deep" series.
This one is oriented around Puddle Punch (3), melee and your gun. You'll be punching anyone on your path!
Feel free to join the Viscous Discord: https://discord.gg/jD3Cauw6n5
Item Build
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_EarlyGame
Buy left to right. If you lower the Bullet Resistance of the enemy, it means you'll deal more Melee Damage to them! If you feel like you'll parry a lot, get Rebuttal in the Parrying section! Upon acquiring Express Shot, use your Alt-Fire (RMB) to deal big damage! Just remember to wait 3s between shots to get its effect! Use it after a Heavy Melee!
Lane Extras
Buy one of those if you struggle in lane, then sell it later (Or upgrade it!). Monster Rounds to hold the lane, Resto Locket when facing abilities-heavy enemies, and Mystic Burst if you want more damage from Splatter (1)!
Helps you hold your lane, but requires you to focus on Troopers more than the enemies. |Upgrade into: Cultist Sacrifice| |Can be sold for a slot|
A decent amount of healing, useful when facing burst damage. Just make sure to hide when using this. |Upgrade into: Rescue Beam| |Can be sold for a slot|
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_MidGame
Buy left to right. Use a mix of Melee, Alt-Fire and Puddle Punch (3) to deal damage, heal and debuff your enemies! If you don't have a flex slot, skip Phantom Strike and buy it as soon as you get a slot.
Parrying
If you can time parries well, Rebuttal will help you punish enemies who mostly focus on meleeing. Counterspell will allow you to parry so many things, you'll survive a lot more!
#Citadel_HeroBuilds_LateGame
Buy left to right. Don't forget to get an Active as it'll allow you to deal with many different threats by either gaining resistances, movement, CC, healing and more!
Survival
If you find yourself dying easily or taking too much damage, consider one (or more) of those items!
Taking too much GUN damage, too quickly? Take this. It'll give you a nice Barrier and out of combat regen.
Taking too much SPIRIT damage? Take this. This item will grant you a nice Barrier and out of combat regen.
Useful against Mirage's Tornado, Bebop's Hook, Abrams' Charge, Haze's Sleep, Paige's immobilize, any stuns (Including getting parried!) and more!
Actives
Those actives are extremely powerful items to gain the edge against the enemy. Do not buy Return Fire if you have Juggernaut. Recommendation: Return Fire or Scourge.
Use this to do some Heavy Melee Cancels! After starting a heavy melee, activate Fleetfoot to cancel it! This will allow you to trick your opponent.
You need to have Line of Sight for the deflect to work. Sell if you get Juggernaut. Very useful against gun-oriented characters like Haze, Drifter, Wraith and Vyper!
Anti-Healing
Healbane is the cheapest and can be triggered by dealing Spirit Damage! Decay can be easily cleansed. Recommendation: Healbane.
Situational & Counters
These items will help you have a better time against specific enemies or simply allow you to modify your gameplay to something that fits you more. Keep in mind that these items are NOT part of the build. Decay, Silence Wave, Knockdown and Curse are powerful actives that can be bought to counter specific heroes.
This works with Puddle Punch (3) but the enemy needs to not be looking at you. The angle of the Punch does not matter as long as they aren't looking at you. |Sell during Mid Game|
Sustain, survival, fire rate and damage! Keep as long as possible, then replace with better resistance.
Survival, sustain, cooldown reduction and damage! Keep as long as possible, then replace with better resistance.
Useful against: Haze, Wraith, Drifter, Infernus, Mina, Mirage, McGinnis, Seven, Vindicta, Vyper, and Warden.
Useful against: Calico, Infernus, Grey Talon, Kelvin, Lash, Mina, Pocket, Vindicta, Vyper and Wraith.
Useful against: Haze, Wraith, Drifter, Infernus, Mina, Mirage, McGinnis, Seven, Vindicta, Vyper, and Warden.
Ability Point Order
Splatter
The Cube
Puddle Punch
Goo Ball
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2
1
2
5
1
2
5
1
2
5
5