Mo & Krill build guide

Streamlined Palmer

by dale. #VOTEDANNYVersion 2Updated Aug 25, 2026Guide #772744

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Author's notes

Palmer is one of the best Mo and Krill players in the world, but he has a tendency to go through a lot of builds rather than sticking to one. This build serves as an updated version of whatever Palmer's running (minus any crazy changes he makes for like 2 days). This build is maintained by dale_dl on Twitch and Youtube.

Item categories

1Lane
Author's category · 5 items · [Pretty set in stone.]
1. 1
  Mystic Expansion
  Needed to hit multiple targets in lane for big heals.
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
  Extra heals from Scorn and because we put a point into Sand Blast we can poke from far away.
3. 3
  Rebuttal
  Melee squabbles make up a lot of damage in lane, so if you can trick an opponent into hitting your Rebuttal, its basically a free kill. Sell for slots later.
4. 4
24.8koptional
Author's category · 2 items · [Pick one]
1. 1
  Improved Spirit
  Reliable damage increase to all of our abilities.
2. 2
  Quicksilver Reload
  Mainly here for the extra damage on Scorn, but the "reload" part of the item isn't bad at all.
3Important Greens
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Sprint Boots
  Builds into Enduring Speed and gives us a little bit of regen.
2. 2
  Enduring Speed
  Built from Sprint Boots
  Very important to rotate from fight to fight to help out our team and maximize our cooldowns.
3. 3
  Healbane
  Stops enemies from healing while also giving us periodic boosts in health with kills or assists.
4Extra Vitalityoptional
Author's category · 4 items · [Pick one or two.]
1. 1
  Spirit Shielding
  If there's a lot of spirit burst.
2. 2
  Counterspell
  Affliction, mainly, but this item is also fantastic into a lot of spirit burst heroes.
3. 3
  Veil Walker
  Faster rotates and sneaky grabs >:)
5Mid Game Core
Author's category · 7 items · [Not strictly L > R. This order is good, but you should use your brain.]
1. 1
  Compress Cooldown
  Helps us rotate / get into the tunnels more often.
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  More Combo / Scorn / Sand Blast.
3. 3
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
6Late Game Items
Author's category · 10 items · [NOT L > R! Buy what you need, when you need.]
1. 1
  Mystic Vulnerability
  More spirit damage for you and your team.
2. 2
  Escalating Exposure
  Built from Mystic Vulnerability
3. 3
  Colossus
4. 4
7Items Palmer Builds Sometimesoptional
Author's category · 8 items
1. 1
  Golden Goose Egg
  Buy this first or second item and save up for a 3.2k green. Do not buy Tankbuster if you have this item.
2. 2
  Grit
  When Palmer plans on building a shielding item, he buys Grit early to squeeze value out of it.
3. 3
  Extra Health
  Builds into Fortitude and the fastest way to rush your 4.8k after buying your Important Greens.
8Don't Buildoptional
Author's category · 3 items · [Palmer Priciple]
1. 1
  Duration Extender
  "The overwhelming majority of Mo and Krill combo events do not require superior duration OR improved duration." - palmer13579
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  Built from Duration Extender
  "The overwhelming majority of Mo and Krill combo events do not require superior duration OR improved duration." - palmer13579
3. 3

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.

Published ability order

Published ability order: unlocks and upgrades in the author's order, one row per ability in slot order
ScornScorn	Scorn: Ability unlocked, step 1				Scorn: 1 AP upgrade, step 5					Scorn: 2 AP upgrade, step 10				Scorn: 5 AP upgrade, step 14