Viscous build guide

Lemons Albus Viscous Tumbledore

by Lemon (C Tier)Version 3Updated Jan 31, 2026Guide #434984

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Observed usage

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Published guide

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Author's notes

Tired of gun viscous? Want to play a build that requires mechanical skill?? This might be for you! Remember to arcane surge your ball, only pop ball when you need to escape or you're about to go in to maxamise usage. DO NOT use it for reaching a teamfight quicker Getting around the map with puddle punch is the bread and butter of this build, you have insane rotation potential if you learn to use your punch correctly Only fight with ball!! This build is regularly updated and annotated for new patches

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · Plan your 4.8k spikes
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
  Always give extra damage on splatter
2. 2
  Spirit Strike
  To hit 4.8k investment, use this first before splatter in lane for shred
3. 3
  Arcane Surge
  CAN SUB FOR ANY OF THE 1.6k ALTS, Use before balling or before splatter in lane
4. 4
21.6k, pick 1optional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Spirit Shielding
  If that spirit lane is really strong
2. 2
  Enchanter's Emblem
  Buy while healthy into spirit lane if you're gonna be taking too much heat
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
  Bebop/Abrams/Paradox, you get the idea
31.6k altsoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Cold Front
  last piece 4.8k investment, for brawly lanes that need to get close to you or if you win lane quickly
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
  last piece 4.8k investment, for when ball is on cd. Buy if high tempo/burger box game
3. 3
  Mystic Vulnerability
  last piece 4.8k investment, for if your team/lane does alot of spirit dmg
4One of theseoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Healing Rite
  Only buy in lane if you need to
2. 2
  Rescue Beam
  Built from Healing Rite
  Ambulance time!, learn to use while balling after you cube them. Funny asf
5Mid game
Game stage · 4 items
1. 1
  Phantom Strike
  Rush this for pesky flyers/lash/seven
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Big boost to your roaming pressure, constant gooball uptime
3. 3
  Torment Pulse
  Kill them just by existing! Essential buy for applying debuffs and teamfighting
6Late game
Game stage · 3 items · Time to end their misery
1. 1
  Boundless Spirit
  Built from Improved Spirit
2. 2
  Arctic Blast
  Built from Cold Front
  Lock them in place for the ball, build for suishy
3. 3
  Transcendent Cooldown
  Built from Superior Cooldown
  Nothing stops the ball, best to line this up when you have atleast 3 actives
7Silly late
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Magic Carpet
  Now this is just getting silly
2. 2
  Spirit Burn
  Just huge antiheal and damage
8Resists & Survivaloptional
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Bullet Resilience
2. 2
  Spirit Resilience
3. 3
  Counterspell
  Great against heavy hitting spells and for stealing rejuve
4. 4
9Liveoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Dispel Magic
  Great if they have alot of shred
2. 2
  Metal Skin
  Against heavy gun hitters
10Countersoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Suppressor
2. 2
  Rebuttal
3. 3
  Return Fire
4. 4
11Scourgeoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Scourge
  Great for tanky team with the % hp dmg, try to get expansion after this for huge aoe
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  READ: only buy with scourge/arctic OR with WS to cancel dynamo ult otherwise you make yourself a bigger target in ball for no reason
12DONT BUYoptional
Author's category · 2 items
1. 1
  Ethereal Shift
  Can buy if you need sustained survival while in the middle of their team, keep in mind this cancels ball so its not really worth it
2. 2
  Superior Duration
  All ball builds seem to love this item. TERRIBLE CHOICE. By the time you reach the extra time in ball the enemy team has probably put you to low hp or they're all dead

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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 2		Splatter: 2 AP upgrade, step 4							Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 11