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
"It's not just restorative, it's great for your skin!"
The 3rd Build in the "Concerns of The Deep" series.
This one is oriented around The Cube (2) and being a SUPPORT for your team, healing them while also debuffing the enemy team!
Feel free to join the Viscous Discord: https://discord.gg/jD3Cauw6n5
Item Build
Early Game
Buy left to right. Mystic Burst will allow you to deal more damage to the enemy with Splatter (1), and Guardian Ward will allow you to keep your laning partner safe when they go in, or try to get out. Feel free to grab an Extra Starter for more healing.
Dash-Jump before the Cube (2) to increase its duration, but you can also use it with Splatter (1) to deal more damage!
Provide you (Or an ally!) with a Barrier and some movement speed for a few seconds. Can be used to help an ally survive a dire situation! |Upgrade into Divine Barrier|
Extra Starters
Healing Rite turns later into Rescue Beam. Pick Restorative Locket if the enemy spam abilities. Rebuttal if your enemies melee a lot. Extra Regen for more passive regen.
Mid Game
Buy left to right. Use Rescue Beam on someone in The Cube (2) to pull them to you safely! Positioning is key, so always try to remain behind your allies rather than in front of them. Once you get Echo Shard, you'll be able to Double Cube your allies! Use Divine Barrier on allies to give them a barrier or cleanse them of Debuffs, like Infernus' burn for example!
Your bread and butter. You'll use it to pull your allies to safety, this even works when your allies are in The Cube (2)! You can also simply use it to heal yourself and an ally.
As you rack Assists (And maybe even kills!), you'll gain stacks. Each stack grants you with more health, ability range, spinrt speed and passive soul generation! Check current stats on the item desc.
Removes all the debuffs from an ally (Or yourself), and grants them a large Barrier with some movement speed. Useful to save someone from a debuff Active, or Pocket's Affliction for example.
Survival (For yourself)
If you find yourself dying a lot, or simply taking a large amount of damage, consider one (or more!) of those items.
If you take too much GUN damage in quick succession, this item will grant you a nice Barrier to help you survive!
If you take too much SPIRIT damage in quick succession or a big burst of damage, this item will grant you a nice Barrier to help you survive!
Grants you decent Barrier when you get CC'd, including when you get Parried! Useful against Mirage's Tornado, Bebop's Hook, Abrams' Charge, Haze's Sleep and more!
Grants you some fire rate and gun damage when above 65% health. Also grants you some nice bullet resistance.
Parry ANYTHING. This means almost any abilities such as Geist's Ultimate, Shiv's Ultimate, Lash's Ultimate, etc...
Late Game
You can grab Alchemical Fire or another Active from the lists on the right. If there are not enough gun-oriented heroes on your team, or too much mobility on the enemy team, do not get Alchemical Fire. You can consider some of the Alchemical Fire Debuffs items below to empower Alchemical Fire with various debuffs if you bought it!
This will allow you to lower the enemy's Spirit Resistance when you hit them with Puddle Punch (3), resulting in more damage for you and your allies!
The debuffer. Throw this at the enemies. If they step in the fire, they'll take spirit damage and have their Bullet resistance reduces. Consider some of the items below to make the debuffs stronger!
Debuff Actives
These will help your team take down strong opponents easily! Silence Wave, Curse or Focus Lens are recommended.
Silence the movement abilities of an enemy. This active also locks Movement items! (Like Warp Stone). Buy if facing Calico, Lash, Vindicta, Grey Talon. Cast it BEFORE they use their movement!
Reduces the healing of a target while also making them bleed based off their current health. Useful against characters that heal a lot like Shiv, Abrams, Mo&Krill, Geist and more!
Stuns a target after a short delay. This will rapidly bring down any flying enemy. Buy if facing Vindicta, Grey Talon, Seven, Bebop, Lash, and more!
Unleash a wave forward that silences enemies hit, while also lowering their spirit and spirit resistance. Useful against anyone and helps your team deal more Spirit Damage!
Silences, Disarms and Interrupts a target. This will also lock their Active items. Useful against any strong carry.
Alchemical Fire Debuffs
All of those items will trigger once an enemy steps on the fire of Alchemical Fire or when you hit them with Splatter (1)!
Your Spirit Damage will apply a Healing Reduction debuff. Since Alchemical Fire deals Spirit Damage, it'll trigger the effect on anyone stepping in the fire.
Slow down enemies hit by Spirit Damage. Since Alchemical Fire deals Spirit Damage, it'll trigger the effect on anyone stepping in the fire.
Reduces the fire rate of enemies hit by Spirit Damage. Since Alchemical Fire deals Spirit Damage, it'll trigger the effect on anyone stepping in the fire.
Reduce the Bullet Resistance of enemies hit by Spirit Damage. Since Alchemical Fire deals Spirit Damage, it'll trigger the effect on anyone stepping in the fire.
Support Actives
These actives can give your team a huge advantage during a fight! Heroic Aura to help your gun carry, Scourge to help your frontliner!
Passively increase nearby allies' bullet resistance by 15%. Upon use, give movement speed and fire rate to allies nearby! Useful when your team is gun-oriented!
A burst of healing for everyone around you! If you plan to keep it in the long run, consider getting Healing Tempo!
Situational & Optional
These items are NOT part of the build but can be bought to create a playstyle that suits you more. Consider Healing Tempo if you have Healing Nova!
Lower the enemy's bullet resistance when landing a headshot. This will help your team deal more damage.
Lowers the enemy's Spirit Resistance when you shoot them. This also provides Spirit Lifesteal against them for you and your allies!
Provides the same effects as Spirit Shredder Bullets, while also lowering Spirit Resistance further when landing headshots.
Lower the resistances of the enemy upon landing headshots. Also inflicts healing reduction. Very useful to help your team deal more damage.
Increases the power of your healing, which includes The Cube (2) and your actives! | Upgrade into Healing Tempo |
Whenever you heal an ally, you'll give them a LOT of fire rate and extra movement speed! Healing Nova will allows you to give the buff to multiple allies!
Ability Point Order
Splatter
The Cube
Puddle Punch
Goo Ball
1
2
1
2
5
1
1
2
5
5
2
5