Kelvin build guide
by NihilityVersion 3Updated Apr 22, 2026Guide #560950
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1Stage 1: Starting out
Author's category · 7 items · Buy according to what you need!
Golden Goose Egg
If you get a really tough lane, buy this and sell when you hit around 1500 souls
Healing Rite
If you and your lane partner trade damage alot you need this for quick top up during retreats.
Extra Charge
If 2 grenades isn't enough
Extra Regen
The 1 HP/s regen sucked
Improved Spirit
Mystic Slow
Boundless Spirit
Built from Improved Spirit
Your first power spike, boost everything in your kit
2Situational laning buysoptional
Author's category · 4 items
Enchanter's Emblem
If you're stuck in a spirit lane, this help tremendously
Torment Pulse
EXPERIMENTAL TOY! Testing its worthiness.
Alchemical Fire
3Stage 2: Healing Items
Author's category · 4 items
Rescue Beam
Built from Healing Rite
Highly recommended, allows you to save teammates who stepped into the deathball quicksand
Healing Nova
Built from Healing Rite
If your team tend to deathball alot this can be a great option
Guardian Ward
You can buy this early in lane to keep your lane partner afloat.
4Stage 3: Cirno's Cores
Author's category · 7 items · Everything you need, Stage 6's ultra flexible
Healing Booster
Built from Extra Regen
After you get this, get one of the healing items from Stage 2
Enduring Speed
Lets you run faster and resisting slow.
Spirit Resilience
Too much Spirit damage?
5Common Endurance Training for Mid-Gameoptional
Author's category · 4 items
Metal Skin
A really *solid* answer to gunners, does not work against ones that use their gun to spam on-hit effects like Infernus
Counterspell
If enemy team has a ton of burst spirit damage, this can be really useful
Dispel Magic
6Stage 6A: Become the Nicest
Author's category · 4 items
Escalating Exposure
Core beam damage item, beam can stack this item easily on multiple enemies at once thanks to Tier 3 upgrade
Superior Duration
Extends duration for dome, beam and items
Cursed Relic
Highly recommended getting first, extremely good for shutting down threatening enemies
7Stage 6B: Become the Strongest
Author's category · 4 items · Maximize Damage
Juggernaut
Built from Enduring Speed
If there're too many hand-held miniguns in the room.
Spellbreaker
This one spirit guy kept nuking your HP bar?
Spirit Burn
Should only be considered after getting EE and comfortably Boundless or Infuser, by then your beam should deal enough damage to proc this item easily
8Handymann's Utility Kitoptional
Author's category · 8 items · Might be useful
Slowing Hex
Healbane
If enemy has too much sustain early on
Mystic Vulnerability
9Other Endurance Trainingoptional
Author's category · 8 items · If you find yourself in a situation where the usual mid-game greens isn't enough
Bullet Resilience
If there're huge chunky gun damage, this is a good choice
Fortitude
If you stay on the map fairly often
Witchmail
Categories appear in the author's order. Only the editor's default Early, Mid and Late sections are marked as game stages; the author's own categories keep their names. “Built from” links come from the game's item recipes.
Frost GrenadeFrost Grenade | Frost Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Frost Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Frost Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 6 |
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Arcane Surge
Divine Barrier
Built from Guardian Ward
You don't really need to rush this most of the time, Guardian Ward is good enough until late-game
Superior Cooldown
MEGA CORE, reduces all your abilities' cooldown.
Rapid Recharge
Built from Extra Charge
Gives you 2 extra healnades
Greater Expansion
For larger dome and longer beam
Transcendent Cooldown
Built from Superior Cooldown
GIGA CORE, reduces all your abilities AND items' cooldown.
If the debuffs become unbearable or there're life threatening ones
Refresher
Extremely situational, buy only if you think another dome is worth it over other 6k
Healing Tempo
Built from Healing Booster
Boosts move speed and fire rate for you and teammates by popping a nade on your feet
Vortex Web
Suppressor
Silence Wave
Knockdown
If you need to disable Vindicta, Talon, Seven, Lash
Disarming Hex
Decay
Plated Armor
Bullet hell and gun debuffers really grind your gear?
Unstoppable
This might help tremendously if you're facing against a CC team
Cheat Death
Infuser
Tankbuster
Ice PathIce Path | Ice Path: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Ice Path: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Ice Path: 2 AP upgrade, step 11 | Ice Path: 5 AP upgrade, step 14 |
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Arctic BeamArctic Beam | Arctic Beam: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Arctic Beam: 1 AP upgrade, step 7 | Arctic Beam: 2 AP upgrade, step 8 | Arctic Beam: 5 AP upgrade, step 9 |
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Frozen ShelterFrozen Shelter | Frozen Shelter: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Frozen Shelter: 1 AP upgrade, step 12 | Frozen Shelter: 2 AP upgrade, step 15 | Frozen Shelter: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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