Viscous build guide

Infest Punch Burst

by Gaylord NelsonVersion 13Updated Aug 31, 2026Guide #334884

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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In-game favourites: 20 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

Punch + Splatter + Express Shot + Mystic Shot combo with Rescue Beam utility

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 10 items
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
2. 2
  Healing Rite
3. 3
  Mystic Shot
4. 4
  High-Velocity Rounds
5. 5
  Express Shot
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
6. 6
  Spirit Strike
7. 7
  Bullet Resist Shredder
8. 8
  Spirit Snatch
  Built from Spirit Strike
9. 9
  Mystic Expansion
10. 10
  Melee Lifesteal
  Just to get Vitality 4.8k invest when combined with Majestic Leap
2Flex Optionsoptional
Author's category · 10 items
1. 1
  Fortitude
  Can buy this over Majestic Leap if you want to just perma roam, you won't have the movement though
2. 2
  Dispel Magic
  We get t3 cube very last so debuff removals won't happen for a long time in game (if at all)
3. 3
  Counterspell
3Mid/Late Game
Author's category · 10 items · Sell Mystic Burst and Melee Lifesteal
1. 1
  Majestic Leap
2. 2
  Rescue Beam
  Built from Healing Rite
3. 3
  Point Blank
4. 4
4Countersoptional
Author's category · 12 items
1. 1
  Slowing Hex
  Against Mina/Apollo/Calico
2. 2
  Disarming Hex
  You typically won't need this since constantly punching m1 carries will make them have less accuracy due to knockback or less dps due to needing to parry, but it's still available
3. 3
  Knockdown
  Against Celeste or in you're poor in souls against flyers, I would just get Phantom Strike for them though
5End Game - Splatter Focusoptional
Author's category · 6 items · Pick what you want, sell t2s to make room
1. 1
  Focus Lens
  My preferred buy if game isn't ending
2. 2
  Mystic Reverb
  More splatter damage
3. 3
  Hollow Point
  Replace Bullet Resist Shredder with this for free

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
SplatterSplatter	Splatter: Ability unlocked, step 1				Splatter: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Splatter: 2 AP upgrade, step 6				Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 10