Build ID 5756
"Goo hits harder than you think, doesn't it?" The 1st build in the "Concerns of The Deep" series, made for beginners and for fun. They are not aimed to be the most meta builds. This one is oriented around Puddle Punch (3), melee and your gun. You'll be punching anyone in your way! Extra credit goes to Amba! Join the Viscous Discord: discord.gg/viscord
Buy left to right. Use Puddle Punch (3) to heal yourself with Melee Lifesteal. Use your Alt-Fire (Right Click) to deal a burst of damage to the enemy once you get Express Shot.
More damage at close range, which happens a lot during laning phase. |Can be sold for a slot|
Some decent sustain. Will get upgraded. |Upgrades into: Healing Booster|
Helps you hold your lane and kill Troopers faster. |Can be sold for a slot|
Allows your Puddle Punch (3) to restore about ~100hp when you hit a hero. |Upgrades into: Lifestrike|
Helps with securing/denying souls. |Upgrades into: Express Shot|
Use it with your Alt-Fire (Right Click) to deal a nice burst of damage!
Buy ONE if struggling to remain in lane, to not miss out on souls. Headshot Booster is only if you seek more damage.
A decent amount of healing, useful when facing burst damage. Just make sure to hide when using this. |Upgrades into: Rescue Beam|
Only get if you're facing a melee-heavy lane. |Can be sold for a slot|
A barrier on demand. Useful when going in, or trying to get out. |Upgrades into many different barrier items|
More health to endure more damage during laning phase. |Can be sold for a slot|
Makes laning more difficult for your enemies. You'll also deal more damage to them. Useful against: Haze, Wraith, Drifter, Infernus, Mina, Silver and more.
Buy left to right. If the enemy tends to parry you, try to puddle punch near them to bait them. Don't be afraid to get a survival item if you're struggling to stay alive!
Spirit Strike
Spirit Snatch
Mystic Expansion
Extra Charge
Healing Booster
Lifestrike
Melee Charge
Greater Expansion
Compress Cooldown
Rapid RechargeCrushing FistsSuperior CooldownExtra spirit damage when you use Puddle Punch (3). Has a cooldown. |Upgrade into: Spirit Snatch|
The enemy gets weaker and you get stronger! Works with Puddle Punch (3). Mind the cooldown. Never sell this!
Allows you to land Puddle Punch (3) easier. |Upgrades into: Greater Expansion|
Allows you to displace your enemies more often. |Upgrade into: Rapid Recharge|
Increases the lifesteal of Puddle Punch (3) but also the efficiency of Lifestrike.
A huge increase in survivability. Combined with Puddle Punch (3) lifesteal, it'll heal you a decent amount.
To land heavy melees easier and increase heavy melee damage. Works with Puddle Punch (3) once fully upgraded! |Upgrades into: Crushing Fists|
More range for your whole kit, your Puddle Punch (3) will be huge! Never sell this item!
Lower the cooldown of Puddle Punch(3). |Upgrade into: Superior Cooldown|
More charges of Puddle Punch (3), which means more damage, displacement and mobility!
Constant punches result in a big resistance shred for you and your team, along with a powerful stun to interrupt anyone!
Use your whole kit more often! |Upgrade into: Transcendent Cooldown|
If you're struggling, don't wait too long to grab one of these, so that you die less!
Weapon Shielding
Spirit Shielding
Reactive Barrier
Healbane
Enchanter's Emblem
Spirit Resilience
Counterspell
Warp Stone
Metal Skin
Dispel MagicTaking too much GUN damage, too quickly? Take this. It'll give you a nice Barrier and out of combat regen.
A strong barrier that'll help you stay alive during fights. You think that Spirit isn't the issue? Take a different Vitality Tier 2, like Reactive Barrier against CC! |Can be sold for a slot|
Useful against Mirage's Tornado, Bebop's Hook, Abrams' Charge, Haze's Sleep, Paige's immobilize, any stuns (Including getting parried!) and more!
An easy to trigger anti-heal. Gives you a nice heal when you kill someone, as long as they had the effect on them. This can be used against Victor.
Survival, sustain, cooldown reduction and damage! Keep as long as possible, then replace with better resistance.
Very useful if the enemy team is mostly Spirit oriented. (Check the colored bars when holding TAB!)
Parry ANYTHING. This means almost any abilities such as Geist's Ultimate, Shiv's Ultimate, Lash's Ultimate, etc...
To engage or escape. Grants some nice bullet resistance! Use it vertically for even easier escapes. You can also use it in Goo Ball (4) to change directions.
Become immune to bullets! But mind the on-hit effects like Tesla Bullets or Mercurial Magnum! Useful against: Drifter, Haze, Silver, Venator, Vyper, Wraith and more.
Removes Bebop's Bomb, Infernus' Burn, and more! Does NOT remove Pocket's Affliction.
These items are organized in an order of suggestion. Buy as you see fit. You cannot buy them all. It'll depend on your current match and what would be most efficient.
Transcendent Cooldown
Tankbuster
Phantom Strike
Diviner's Kevlar
Witchmail
Cursed Relic
Scourge
Colossus
Silencer
InhibitorEcho ShardUse everything... More often! Such as Spirit Snatch, Lifestrike, any actives and more!
Lot more damage when triggered by Splatter (1) or Goo Ball (4).
A must pick and top priority if fighting flyers, who you'll have a hard time punching. So bring them down using this!
You'll take a lot of Spirit Damage late game, so this will proc a lot, granting you a lot more charges of Puddle Punch (3)!
If an enemy gets out of control, this will help shut them down. Careful of when to use it if they get Unstoppable or Indomitable! Useful against: Anyone.
Very efficient when going in! And makes you survive more against Spirit oriented enemies.
ColoSUS. Very useful when going in to melee. Makes you a lot tankier too.
Lowers the damage of Spirit heroes by hitting them, which works with Puddle Punch (3). The silence is also really strong!
Incredibly useful to lower the enemies' healing but also damage. Works perfectly against Victor.
Imbue on Cube (2) to save multiple teammates.
If you find yourself struggling to survive during late game fights, pick ONE! They'll allow you to survive much more!
Witchmail
Indomitable
Unstoppable
Plated Armor
Spellbreaker
Juggernaut
Divine Barrier
Cheat Death
Ethereal ShiftBasically an Automatic Counterspell against CC. Works against Cursed Relic. If facing many CC, buy Unstoppable. Very useful against Lash's Ult, Vyper's Ult, Bebop's Hook, Doorman's Ult and much more!
You cannot get stunned by parries while this is active! (Damage will still be negated) This is your pick against many CC in the late game.
A better pick than Metal Skin when facing enemies with On-Hit effects (Toxic Bullets, Tesla Bullets...)
Allows you to survive with burst spirit damage. Very useful against Apollo, Bebop, Grey Talon, Lash, Mirage, and more.
Very useful against gun-focused characters like Haze, Drifter, Wraith, Vyper and more.
Dispel Magic but stronger and for an ally too! Does remove Ultimate-type debuffs (Drifter, Pocket...)
This allows you to Goo Ball (4) away for free.
Allows you to keep the Cube (2) for your teammates, while this acts as your own "Cube". Very useful against telegraphed ultimates, like Lash's.
Helps you deal with various threats you might encounter. Cursed Relic will shutdown any carry!
Use it before engaging to debuff your target. Usually purchased for Focus Lens later. |Upgrades into: Focus Lens|
Slows those pesky mobility heroes. Useful against: Apollo, Calico, Celeste, Mina, Pocket, Rem and more.
More useful than Metal Skin when gun-focused characters have on-hit effects. Useful against: Celeste, Drifter, Graves, Haze, Infernus, Mina and more.
To shutdown ultimates or flying enemies! Useful against: Bebop, Celeste, Grey Talon, Kelvin, Lash, Seven and more.
A decent anti-heal that deals damage scaling with Spirit. Useful against: Abrams, Billy, Mo&Krill, Shiv, Silver and more. DO NOT USE AGAINST VICTOR.
This item can counter Indomitable. Useful against anyone who relies on their abilities, such as Apollo, Calico, Pocket, Lady Geist, Victor and more.
Increases your burst damage considerably, allowing you to secure kills.
Throw a SQUID from the DEEP. Pull them in! Useful against: Apollo, Calico, Celeste, Holliday, Infernus and many more.
Items in this category aren't part of the core build, and do not have any form of left to right priority. They are all useful in their own ways, and got annotations for you to understand why to pick them and what they do. You can pick them to experiment and make your very own build!
Headshot Booster
Weakening Headshot
Opening Rounds
Recharging Rush
Fleetfoot
Slowing Bullets
Mystic Shot
Kinetic Dash
Heroic Aura
Shadow WeaveHunter's AuraWeighted ShotsToxic BulletsPoint BlankBallistic EnchantmentHollow PointBerserkerCrippling HeadshotFrenzySpellslingerSprint BootsExtra StaminaBattle VestDebuff ReducerEnduring SpeedReturn FireGuardian WardTrophy CollectorRestorative LocketRescue BeamStamina MasteryFortitudeBullet ResilienceHealing TempoMystic BurstBullet Resist ShredderCold FrontArcane SurgeTorment PulseBoundless SpiritSpirit BurnMystic ReverbArctic BlastIncreases your poke potential |Can be sold for a slot|
Lower bullet resistance means more melee damage. |Upgrade into: Crippling Headshot|
More damage with your gun & Alt-Fire, but also Puddle Punch (3). |Can be sold for a slot|
Melee hits (Along with Puddle Punch) can trigger this! Meaning you get a charge back after a Puddle Punch (3)! Useful to bait parries and get a charge back easily.
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.
Only 4 shots are required to slow down your enemy. |Upgrade into: Weighted Shots|
An increased in burst damage, especially when used with Express Shot. Both share the same cooldown!
More fire rate but also one more stamina!
Do not get this item if someone else on your team has it. It doesn't stack. Very useful for teamfights to buff your whole team!
Roam around with ease, but also jump unexpected people with nice bonuses!
More shredding to get the upperhand during close range fights.
More damage, a strong slow, and some debuff resist but mind the negative stats!
If you are facing a lot of healing and tanky enemies, such as: Shiv, Abrams, Silver, Mo&Krill, Victor, and more.
More damage with your gun and Puddle Punch (3). Make sure to walk close to your enemies!
Way bigger Puddle Punch (3), which makes it even more of a threat during teamfights.
Some resist shredding, and damage, but only at high health. Thankfully, Lifestrike will keep you topped up! Puddle Punch (3) does not trigger this, so make sure to shoot the enemy!
The more damage you take, the stronger you'll get. This increases your melee damage!
If you want to help your team deal more damage, while also reducing the enemy's healing. This works great against Victor!
When facing a lot of debuffs.
Use Puddle Punch (3) to stack it! The fire rate gain and reload speed should make you able to deal with any enemy.
The out of combat regen will help with sustain, while the sprint speed can help you move around to get boxes! |Upgrade into: Trophy Collector|
More stamina! |Upgrade into: Stamina Mastery|
Sustain, survival, fire rate and damage! You can buy a different Tier 2 Vitality item instead. |Can be sold for a slot|
Lowers the duration of Infernus' Burn, any form of stuns, silence, immobilize and more. |Upgrade into: Spellbreaker|
More move speed, and also regen! |Upgrade into: Juggernaut|
Send back some of the damage you take. Useful when facing gun-oriented heroes.
If you want to Support an ally, this will help them survive more! |Upgrade into: Divine Barrier|
If you tend to rack up kills & assists, this will help getting more souls.
Health but also Stamina upon use. Only take if you tend to frontline a lot and facing ability-spamming enemies. |Can be sold for a slot|
If you want to be more of a Support. You can pull an ally who is in The Cube (2).
A lot more mobility!
This means you don't have to go back to base to heal!
Very useful if the enemy team is mostly Bullet oriented. (Check the colored bars when holding TAB!)
A lot of fire rate whenever you use your Cube (2) or use Lifestrike.
More poke with Splatter (1) but only at T1 or above. |Upgrade into: Tankbuster|
Splatter (1) and Spirit Snatch will trigger this. Allowing you to deal more damage with your melee or gun. |Can be sold for a slot|
Extra burst of damage but requires you to be up close. |Upgrade into: Arctic Blast|
To boost Splatter (1), Cube (2) and Goo Ball (4), but also get extra mobility. |Can be sold for a slot|
Consider Scourge instead. Will help you deal extra damage when in melee range.
More damage. Makes your entire kit stronger. The 15% Spirit increase works with Spirit Snatch.
Anti-Healing and Extra Burst. Easily triggered by your burst damage. |Replaces Healbane in Late Game|
Extra burst potential, along with a strong slow and lifesteal when using Splatter (1).
More damage. A strong burst of damage that interrupts movement. If you tend to be close enough to your target, this can help a lot.
