Viscous build guide

Daxiney1331 support viscous

by DaxineyVersion 7Updated May 8, 2026Guide #621506

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Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 6 items · Buy left to right. Arcane Surge will allow you to deal more damage with Splatter (1) but also heal more with your Cube (2). Grab a Lane Extra if struggling!
1. 1
  Golden Goose Egg
  Cash the egg in when your next item is Echo Shard!
2. 2
  Mystic Burst
  For your Splatter (1) to deal more damage. |Upgrades into: Tankbuster|
3. 3
  Extra Stamina
  Grants you one extra stamina to use! |Upgrade into Arcane Surge|
4. 4
  Arcane Surge
  Built from Extra Stamina
  Dash-Jump before the Cube (2) to increase its duration (More healing), but you can also use it with Splatter (1) to deal more damage!
5. 5
  Mystic Expansion
  Increases the size of Splatter (1) for easier hits! |Upgrade into Greater Expansion|
6. 6
  Compress Cooldown
  Reduces the cooldown of your Cube (2) to use it more often! |Upgrade into Superior Cooldown|
2Lane Extrasoptional
Author's category · 4 items · Buy ONE if struggling to remain in lane, to not miss out on souls! Healing Rite turns into Rescue Beam later!
1. 1
  Extra Regen
  Sustain in lane! |Upgrade into: Healing Booster|
2. 2
  Healing Rite
  A large amount of healing, useful when facing burst damage. Just make sure to hide when using this. |Upgrade into Rescue Beam|
3. 3
  Rebuttal
3Mid game
Game stage · 6 items · Buy left to right. You can use Rescue Beam on someone in The Cube (2) to pull them to you! Positioning is key, so always try to remain behind your allies. Feel free to buy more actives to counter your enemies or buff your allies!
1. 1
  Sprint Boots
  More movement speed out of combat! |Upgrade into: Trophy Collector|
2. 2
  Trophy Collector
  Built from Sprint Boots
  As a support, you won't be farming well, so this helps. Sprint speed will allow you to roam and get to your allies faster.
3. 3
4Survival - Mid-Gameoptional
Author's category · 5 items · You'll normally be using Counter-Actives to deal with enemies, but if you find yourself having issues surviving, pick ONE!
1. 1
  Reactive Barrier
  Useful against Mirage's Tornado, Bebop's Hook, Abrams' Charge, Haze's Sleep, Paige's immobilize, any stuns (Including getting parried!) and more!
2. 2
  Healbane
  An easy to trigger anti-heal. Gives you a nice heal when you kill someone, as long as they had the effect on them. This can be used against Victor.
3. 3
5Late game
Game stage · 10 items · Buy left to right. Divine Barrier can be bought before Boundless Spirit if facing lots of Debuffs. Pick a counter active, or support active, to fill your empty active slot. You can also get a different active instead of Divine Barrier!
1. 1
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
  Increases the healing from your healing items, but also your Cube (2)! |Upgrade into: Healing Tempo|
2. 2
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Lowers the cooldown of all your abilities. |Upgrade into Transcendent Cooldown|
3. 3
6Counter Activesoptional
Author's category · 8 items · Read each annotations to know what to pick against who you're facing! Try to get Cursed Relic by late game to counter any carry!
1. 1
  Spirit Sap
  Usually purchased for Focus Lens later. Useful against: Grey Talon, Lash, Pocket, Geist, Mina, Sinclair, Bebop, Yamato and more.
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  Shut down any movement characters! Useful against: Apollo, Calico, Celeste, Mina, Pocket, Rem and more.
3. 3
7Support Activesoptional
Author's category · 4 items · These actives can give your team a huge advantage during a fight! Make sure to read annotations
1. 1
  Guardian Ward
  Can be used to help an ally survive a dire situation or to go in! |Upgrade into Divine Barrier|
2. 2
  Healing Nova
  Built from Healing Rite
  A great pick if you tend to fight with your team a lot. It'll also allow you to give Healing Tempo to all allies hit.
3. 3
8Survival - Late-Gameoptional
Author's category · 4 items · If you find yourself struggling to survive during late game fights, pick ONE!
1. 1
  Spellbreaker
  Allows you to survive with burst spirit damage. Very useful against Apollo, Bebop, Grey Talon, Lash, Mirage, and more.
2. 2
  Indomitable
  Built from Reactive Barrier
  Basically an Automatic Counterspell against CC. Works against Cursed Relic. If facing many CC, buy Unstoppable. Very useful against Lash's Ult, Vyper's Ult, Bebop's Hook, Doorman's Ult and much more!
3. 3
9Optionals & Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 9 items · Items in this category aren't part of the core build, and do not have any form of left to right priority.. They can find their uses, and got annotations for you to understand why to pick them and what they do. You can pick them to experiment and make your very own build!
1. 1
  Weapon Shielding
  Taking too much GUN damage, too quickly? Take this. It'll give you a nice Barrier and out of combat regen.
2. 2
  Return Fire
  Send back some damage that you take. Pairs well with Metal Skin.
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
SplatterSplatter	Splatter: Ability unlocked, step 1				Splatter: 1 AP upgrade, step 5	Splatter: 2 AP upgrade, step 6					Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 11