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附魔纹章

Overstatted item. Spirit resist, spirit power, regen, cooldown reduction, AND a bit of extra health from early vitality investment. Good early priority in most lanes, especially against spirit nukers.

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灵力扩增

FYI: Vyper's movement speed scales with spirit power.

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秘术爆发

You need to hit two daggers to trigger this now, or trigger it on a decent Venom pop, but it still helps a LOT in lane with your poke. Get early in most lanes.

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先发强袭

I like this in losing lanes or vs close quarters heroes; your goal in lane is to keep your enemies at or below half health so Venom is scary, this helps with that. Also good for farming.

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秘术射击

More spirit burst, on your already-good gun. The more aggressive option compared to Opening Rounds. Good in winning lanes or against long-ranged characters who you can poke with this.

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灵力高涨

It's more spirit power. The extra bit of regen is nice, too.

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重装克星

The news of its demise was greatly exaggerated. Still hugely helpful with big venom pops (or bolas), even if it's hard to trigger on dagger now. In losing or farm-heavy lanes, get after Tesla.

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特斯拉弹

Big farm accelerator and buying it now makes Vyper's gun significantly better earlier to make up for the damage we lost on dagger. You're gonna be shooting more early, and this helps.

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不治魔咒

Worth if any enemies with substantial regen / healing are a problem (Billy, Shiv, Abrams, Geist, Kelvin) - easy to proc w/ Tesla. Get early against regen-heavy heroes in lane; otherwise delay or skip.

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疾跑靴

Nice to have, especially if you're going on box and sinners runs, and the regen is a nice bonus too. Can otherwise wait for Enduring.

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疾速不怠

Movespeed good on slippery snake lady, and god do I hate slows. Get early in e.g. a Kelvin lane (may the devil curse his name).

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加速回复

Consistent, good, reliable, friend. I get it most games. Builds into Healing Tempo if you're going the Radiant Regeneration route.

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秘术愈疗

If, and only if, you can consistently hit daggers (or Mystic Shots) this is a quite a good lane sustain option, and it builds into Radiant Regeneration (if you want that item, get it early!)

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额外生命

Get if you're planning on going into Fortitude. Not worth if you're Veil Walker-ing or Rad Regen-ing.

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对等还击

Vs Viscous (Puddle Punch is parryable!) or otherwise very punchhappy laners. Looking at you, Billy and Abrams.

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治疗仪式

If you have 800 souls and your options are buying healing rite or backing to heal, buy healing rite. You REALLY don't want to miss early waves if you can help it.

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元灵防护

Can save your hide in an obnoxious spirit burst heavy lane (e.g. Mina + GT) if Emblem isn't enough - only if you're getting stomped in lane and need all the defensive help you can get.

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应急屏障

Good against Lash, Haze, Abrams, Doorman, GT (triggers on Spirit Snare!) etc. in lane. Can be an extremely valuable early pickup into CC heavy enemy lineups.

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元灵压制

Pretty solid if you need to shut down a gun carry early into the game, but late game I'd rather have Juggernaut. Rusted Barrel is an option too.

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坚毅之心

More consistent than VW and makes you tankier. Get in a slower-paced, farm-heavy game where you're trying to scale into gun damage faster.

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穿幕行者

Good god, they nerfed it. Still good as an aggressive, assassin-ish option for sneaking up on squishies with your bola, and the sustain is still solid. Get if early-game aggression is on the menu.

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容光焕发

I used to be a non-believer, and then I tried it. It's the greediest, squishiest option (don't buy in a rough game!), but the healing can do work and it enables Healing Tempo. Get it early if you do!

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灵力无边

High priority, even if you're itching for more gun-oriented items. Movespeed, scaling for tesla bullets and merc magnum (not to mention your abilities), and did I mention the movement speed?

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健步疾射

Gaben personally designed this item for Vyper. My dad works at Valve and he told me that. Makes your slides 200% more silly and slippery. Priority, except if you have Rad Regen (see Healing Tempo)

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魔力装填

Not particularly important by itself, but we want it as a component of Merc Magnum, and it's nice for a quick reload.

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加强

水银重弹

Crazy, crazy good item. High priority after Boundless. Basically doubles your gun damage AND gives fire rate. Make sure it's always active when you're shooting.

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元灵撕裂

Worth after Merc Magnum and Tesla - I wouldn't buy it before then. You can apply it to petrified enemies - Bola, then shoot them in the head.

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积雷电容

The active is great against Billy (bye Blasted), Viscous (bye Cube), Paige (bye shields), Kelvin (bye Ice Path), etc. Turns off a LOT. Otherwise decent but low priority; good if you're slot limited.

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元灵漫溢

Worthwhile pickup in the very late game; another fire rate + spirit power steroid pairs nicely with Merc Mag. If only the buildup was faster on Vyper.

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跳弹射击

It's VERY fun, and can shred teamfights if you happen to catch them all clumped up (and not die in the process). Only pick up in very late game.

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狂乱

More gun investment, and more movement speed. The MS (and spirit resist) when below 50% can save your skin. Get if you're facing a heavy spirit lineup in the very late game.

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玻璃大炮

It is a LOT of gun damage. The minus max health is tough, but if it falls on your shoulders to be the gun carry in hyper late game, here it is. Goes nicely with the resist shred on Dagger.

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头弹破防

Lowest priority luxury item, but the resist shreds are nice, and it can replace Healbane if you trust yourself (or Vyper's erratic spread) to hit heads.

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赤蟥

Big healing. I prefer it over Vampiric Burst since a big chunk of our damage is spirit.

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治疗律动

ONLY IF YOU HAVE RAD REGEN! Basically permanent Burst Fire. A huge fire rate and movespeed buff as well as a nice healing boost - throw daggers constantly to proc Rad Regen and keep the buff going!

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元灵护体

More and more necessary in today's goofy spirit meta. Get if purple characters are terrorizing you.

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层层防御

Honestly, this is just a better bullet resilience for Vyper. Get this and/or Juggernaut if orange characters are terrorizing you.

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破阵之势

Shuts down gun carries and upgrades Enduring Speed. Good slot-efficient (albeit expensive) item. I prefer this (+ Escalating) for dealing with heavy gun lineups late game.

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重压射击

This is here for the spirit and debuff resistance. Note that this + Debuff Remover gives you time to parry an Abrams' heavy melee after Charge (if they have no duration up).

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法术反制

Great item. Shuts down Lash ults, Abrams ults, Yamato slashes, GT birds / shots, etc. Basically any ability that you can see coming and don't want to get hit by.

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减益消除

Incredibly important against heroes reliant on debuffs to do damage (Infernus, Haze, Mirage), or if you keep getting disarm / silence / knockdown / etc. spammed on you.

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破咒护符

Pretty good into obnoxious spirit burst (e.g. Lash, Pocket, GT, Calico, Yamato), but only in that situation - otherwise Spirit Res is more consistent and cheaper.

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势不可挡

Can be game winning late game vs CC heavy lineups; I wouldn't get early. For midgame, Reactive Barrier + Counterspell / Debuff Remover is better.

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身躯虚化

I feel gross putting this here, but it's just absolutely busted right now and can save your hide in late game fights gone wrong. If Shivs, Minas and Victors can abuse this, then Vyper can too. Sigh.

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减速魔咒

Shuts down heroes with slippery movement abilities in the early / mid game; Calico (it turns off everything but her 1!), Mina, Wraith, Pocket, etc.

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天锤压顶

Often a necessity against dominant fliers. If they buy debuff remover, ask somebody on your team to buy it too and apply it after the first is removed; Vindicta, GT, Lash, Bebop ult, etc.

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沉默之潮

AoE silence is incredibly useful to turn fights, and the minus spirit res is really nice too. Easy to apply after a group bola; good vs pretty much everybody!

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扰动

I HATE this guy and want them to SUFFER. Comboing this after Bola can remove an enemy from fighting for an obscene amount of time. If the enemy is being carried by one person, get and spam on them.

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传送石

The added movement is nice but not essential most games. Can help escape and chase, and bullet res after blinking is huge. Can be good vs slippery gun carries (Haze, Infern, etc).

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幻影突袭

Can be game winning vs a dominant gun carry and/or flier. Get on top of them, drag them down, and disarm them too. Helps if REALLY struggling to stay on them, or if they're in the skybox.

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神圣屏障

I very occasionally buy this if I've had an extremely rough game and am accepting the fact that I'm more useful supporting than dealing damage. It happens, and it's a great item for your team.

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营救光束

Same as Divine Barrier - if you're so far behind that your damage doesn't really exist, better to itemize into helping the people on your team who do deal damage.

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轻盈飞步

The extra slide distance is nice, and if you're slidemaxxing, well here you go.

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火力渐升

See Split Shot. I don't like this item early as it rewards drawn out engagements (which Vyper is weak at), and late game there's just higher value options.

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动能冲刺

If you dash jump a lot and need an economy gun upgrade, sure. Good item but not incredible.

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裂光射击

It's really good on gun Vyper, and not bad on hybrid either, but it's not priority for me. It can help make Vyper's spray more consistent in chaotic fights, and great with e.g. Billy ult.

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炼金之火

Spirit power, gun investment and a good active. Throw it on the ground right after Bola to let it ramp up before they awake. Not priority, but if you do pick it up, pick it up early.

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殷红贡礼

Quite a good item for a more gun-focused Vyper IF you can manage the health drain (wouldn't recommend for inexperienced players!). If you want fury trance, get this instead. Trust me.

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特异供奉

Builds out of Monster Rounds if you enjoy that, and the stats are actually quite good, although I find it a bit greedy for a hybrid Vyper that wants to get active early- you farm plenty fast w/ Tesla.

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毒弹

In theory a tank shredder, but I've always found this item to be a bit underwhelming. Would rather have Tesla Bullets + Healbane, unless you're going against Victor + MnK + Abrams + Billy + Shiv.

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穿甲弹

Yes, it lets half of your bullets go through Petrify, but as fun as that sounds it's not THAT good. That said, this IS good if you're getting owned by plated armor or really high bullet resist heroes.

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幸运一击

I'd rather have Glass Cannon, but this is a lower risk, lower reward option.

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来去无踪

For a funny assassin-ish build. More map mobility, and the ambush bonuses are quite good.

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沉默子弹

Your gun shoots real fast, this can be decent, but again nothing special. Maybe if they're ALL spirit - outgoing damage reduction is quite nice.

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施术之手

Effect is pretty weak for a tier 4 in my humble opinion, but 60% fire rate and a bit of CD reduction is far from nothing. If you need the reload speed, you're doing something wrong.

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秘术扩张

If they're running away too fast before you get the girl juice on them.

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粉碎护甲

Better now with the Dagger changes making it easier to proc, and stacks nicely with t2 dagger. Underrated, but a bit of a detour imo. Crippling Headshot is more worthwhile.

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强效扩张

A bit overkill, but if you're out of things to upgrade and have Mystic Expansion. Does make your bolas bigger, that's fun.

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火速充能

I REALLY wouldn't get this with the current state of Screwjab Dagger - I don't think the price is worth what you get. Still, if you're desperate for the true dagger-slinging experience, here ya go.

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超速冷却

Feels a bit overkill, cooldowns aren't really a problem outside of bola, but another reasonable upgrade path w/ Transcendent.

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灵能涌动

It's solid, but Merc Magnum and Boundless are just higher priority and if we fill up all the slots with purple there's no room for the orange and green, yknow?

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超凡冷却

Only if you have a bunch of actives.

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抑制术

Maaaybe with Ricochet. The outgoing damage reduction is huge, and the healing reduction makes it a decent Healbane replacement in late game, but it's hard to apply consistently (except on bola'd ppl).

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虹吸弹

It's alright. Rewards drawn out engagements, which is where Vyper is the weakest - Leech (or Rad Regen) is just better as a defensive healing option on hybrid Vy.