Warden build guide

phyden [UPDATE 8/30]

by phyrosiumVersion 92Updated Sep 27, 2026Guide #598526

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Author's notes

standard hybrid warden

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · standard L->R
1. 1
  High-Velocity Rounds
2. 2
  Opening Rounds
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
3. 3
  Quicksilver Reload
4. 4
  Swift Striker
5. 5
  Titanic Magazine
  skip if you are getting escalating res instead
6. 6
  Battle Vest
7. 7
  Fleetfoot
8. 8
  Bullet Resist Shredder
2Lane Healing
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Extra Regen
2. 2
  Healing Rite
3Mid game
Game stage · 4 items · standard L->R can rush merc mag if enough souls
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
2. 2
  Mercurial Magnum
  Built from Quicksilver Reload
3. 3
  Spiritual Overflow
4. 4
4Pick 1-2 per gameoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  shiv, pocket, infernus etc (heavy DoT)
2. 2
  Counterspell
3. 3
  Metal Skin
  haze, vyper etc for gun
5Late game
Game stage · 6 items · prio what you need
1. 1
  Crippling Headshot
2. 2
  Spellslinger
  this item is very broken especially when you max flask (get first t4 when you want to do more dmg in fights)
3. 3
  Colossus
  makes you incredibly healthly around 5.5k+ hp (get first if you want to survive more in fights and you have enough dmg)
6Situational Gunoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Silencer
  makes it easier to cage a target so they can't use abilities
2. 2
  Frenzy
3. 3
  Weighted Shots
4. 4
7Additional Spiritoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  swap bullet resist shredder with this if you want more lockdown
2. 2
  Suppressor
8Situational Greensoptional
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Juggernaut
  against gun carries like vyper, haze, wraith
2. 2
  Unstoppable
3. 3
  Indomitable
  get before spellslinger if no slots if you got reactive barrier
4. 4

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
Alchemical FlaskAlchemical Flask	Alchemical Flask: Ability unlocked, step 1				Alchemical Flask: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Alchemical Flask: 2 AP upgrade, step 6	Alchemical Flask: 5 AP upgrade, step 7