With a powerful weapon (and deadly venom to match), Vyper can slither into the back of teams and assassinate high-priority targets in a storm of bullets.
With a powerful weapon (and deadly venom to match), Vyper can slither into the back of teams and assassinate high-priority targets in a storm of bullets.
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Customize your loadout, upgrade Vyper's gun to a M134 Minigun and become the messiest bisexual in the Cursed Apple! Starts off squishy, but quickly becomes a self-sustaining and hero killing monster by mastering the Skill 1 -> Gun Combo!
Each Item and category are fully annotated to help new players pick up Vyper!
L -> R | Weak at first, you must have faith in The Don™
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Close Quarters
Prefered over Monster Rounds for its universal damage increase and upgrade into Point Blank. Don't charge in wildly for the bonus damage yet because Vyper won't have reliable sustain for a while.
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Rapid Rounds
If we want our pew pew to obliterate enemies in the blink of an eye, we gotta start by cranking up the Rate of Fire (ROF).
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Intensifying Magazine
THE item for this build. Starts off fairly weak but with items we'll be buying soon you'll be firing your gun ALL the time for an absurd damage boost.
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Imbue
Quicksilver Reload
Essential for Vyper, lets you reload instantly after using your Skill 1: Dagger. Always use Dagger after shooting a full magazine to reload, it charges back incredibly fast!
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Bullet Lifesteal
After having a tough start, you can finally breathe easy after buying this. Don't be afraid to also buy a Sustain item, but sell it for a Mid Game Defense item later.
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Active Reload
More ammo with a chance for a quicker reload that come with an increase to ROF and bullet lifesteal? C'mon, you gotta buy this one dude.
Buy only one
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Extra Regen
Vyper struggles with health regen, sticking this on won't hurt too much during laning. Sell before buying midgame defense.
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Active
Healing Rite
Can't go wrong with a health burst! Make sure to hang back and not get hit by stray bullets, which end the heals. Sell when getting into Mid Game Defense items.
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Reactive Barrier
If going up against heroes that stun, move you or make you sleep, use this. Will save your ass against Bebop, Dynamo, Haze, Holliday and Paradox. Save this until Late Game, then sell for slots.
The Rattler becomes a large-capacity LMG
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Titanic Magazine
With Active Reload, Dagger and Slithering, you will practically have zero downtime lol. Hold Mouse 1 and slither around to win.
The Rattler becomes a fast-firing SMG
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Swift Striker
Time for our Damage-Per-Second (DPS) to start becoming insanely good. Watch your ammo consumption carefully, you should be Sliding, Active Reloading and Daggering.
After choosing ROF or Mag Capacity, L -> R | Time to get stupid
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Burst Fire
Extends your slithering by a ton and increases ROF massively during hero fights. Item was MADE for Vyper.
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Point Blank
Vyper's DPS starts becoming nutty at close range now! Movement Slowing helps with tracking while slithering.
Sell Sustain first then choose up to two, depending on matchups and damage types used. Can be bought at any time
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Battle Vest
Early bullet resist with a good bonus for staying above 65% health. Can skip straight to bullet resilience, but buy and then sell this as needed.
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Enchanter's Emblem
While the ability doesn't suit our build, matchups with heavy spirit damage may force you to use this. Can skip straight to spirit resilience, but buy and then sell this as needed.
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Bullet Resilience
If you're getting shot a lot or your enemies are speccing heavily into their guns, opt for Bullet Resilience.
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Spirit Resilience
If enemies tend to attack you with spells or skills, opt for Spirit Resilience.
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Active
Debuff Remover
Clenses debuffs and grants HP and movement speed. If you're facing debuff heavy characters, sell a Sustain item and combo this with a Resilience item.
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Metal Skin
Hard counter against bullet-based skills and Ultimates like Haze's. Not as universal as debuff remover, but can save your life against gun-heavy matchups.
W+M1 to victory
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Escalating Resilience
You can skip Titanic Magazine for this if you prefer Bullet Resist over mag capacity. You can also stack this ontop of a Resilience item if you desperately need even more defense along with ammo.
Anything you point this at will turn to red mist
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Active
Blood Tribute
High skill, High reward. No cooldown and low HP drain, so don't be afraid to experiment. Use when you want to banish enemies to the Shadow Realm.
After ROF II or Mag Capacity II, Lucky Shot then Any Order | Cursed Apple residents vs 1000° Knife
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Lucky Shot
In case Vyper wasn't vaporizing enemies fast enough, let's throw the kitchen sink at em too. Stupidly good and a must get, become better and better with more ROF increasing items.
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Glass Cannon
While I would recommend, the 10% health decrease matters with a hero as squishy as Vyper. Great if you're slaying out and want to snowball harder. If you're new, skip to buy a cool Win More™ item.
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Spiritual Overflow
Shoot an enemy hero 12 times (should be easy) and Vyper's gun will become a M134 Minigun. You can skip this too if you feel your ROF is good enough, this item is just a ton of fun lmfao.
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Imbue
Mercurial Magnum
If you've got the souls to spare, it upgrades your dagger -> gun combo. Try opening a fight with this and slithering after for a massive DPS increase! Can be skipped.
Buy only one
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Active
Vampiric Burst
Large burst of lifesteal that comes with a free reload and increased ROF. Recommended, but be wary of the 30s cooldown.
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Leech
Pretty generous lifesteal that's constantly on. More consistant than Vampiric Burst.
If the match is stalling or you want to go bananas, these are your guys. I recommend selling Swift Striker/Titanic Magazine or a Mid Game Defense item
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Ricochet
Insta-deletes minion waves and makes the final push infinitely more bearable. Very nice ROF increase.
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Inhibitor
If your enemies are running high sustain or their support is healing them excessively, you can run this to cripple their effectiveness.
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Armor Piercing Rounds
With Vyper's high ROF, this becomes absolutely disgusting during the late game combined with Lucky Shot.
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Active
Focus Lens
Lethal Venom™ 2: Electric Boogaloo. Treat it as a better Skill 2 that can be used simultaneously; recharges at the same rate, silences and can deal immense amounts of burst damage
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Active
Unstoppable
Become Stun-Immune for 6 seconds, but cannot use while already stunned or asleep. Great to use if you anticipate an enemy ultimate or against troublesome heroes like Haze.
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Phantom Strike
Gap closer that leaves your opponent ready for attack. This item feels like bullying when combined with Focus Lens or Silencer lol, so take advantage of it.
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Silencer
Buildup is almost instant lmfao. Why not? You've got the souls and slots available... hopefully.
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Frenzy
You should avoid being below 50% HP at all costs... but a fat 40% increase to ROF is too juicy to ignore.
*1st* Cancelling reloads with Skill 1 is vital! Try draining a whole magazine then throwing a dagger to refill completely, you'll pump out damage even faster! *2nd* Remember to slither as much as possible, especially after a dash. You have infinite ammo while slithering, which lets us make the most of our low ammo capacity gun. *3rd* ALWAYS stick with a friendly, especially if they can stun like Dynamo, Haze, Warden, Wraith. Having as little as half a second of stun can make a massive difference if Vyper is unloading a bajillon bullets a second *4th* Treat Vyper as a Hit-and-Run hero. Vyper's is effectively a glass cannon, don't charge in headfirst. Hang back until you can guarantee heavy damage. Once you see the opportunity; jump in, attack, then use your excellent movement and stamina to slither away from danger. *5th* Do NOT get caught with your pants down all alone. Vyper has amazing 1v1 potential if she's the INITIATOR and it remains a 1v1. However, if she gets caught off guard in an disadvantagous position or if multiple enemies try to attack it's most likely a death sentence for her. If you're getting chunked by a surprise attack or attacked by multiple enemies, use your Ultimate and RUN AWAY to regroup! Don't risk your life unless you're GROSSLY overleveled!
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