Viscous build guide

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by deadlocked.ggVersion 448Updated Oct 10, 2026Guide #722338

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Author's notes

Viscous build curated by the deadlocked.gg team — hover any item for a quick note on when and why to buy it. Full guide with phase budgets and live stats: deadlocked.gg/heroes/viscous. Updated daily.

Item categories

1EARLY GAME
Author's category · 7 items
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
2. 2
  High-Velocity Rounds
3. 3
  Mystic Shot
  Rush it
4. 4
  Extra Spirit
5. 5
2EARLY GAMEoptional
Author's category · 4 items
1. 1
  Headshot Booster
  Poke - sell later or buy Headunter: your choice
2. 2
  Healbane
  Anti heal
3. 3
  Rusted Barrel
  Good in lane if you're against weapon heroes
4. 4
3MID GAME
Author's category · 6 items
1. 1
  Mystic Expansion
2. 2
  Compress Cooldown
  Cdr
3. 3
  Improved Spirit
  Built from Extra Spirit
4. 4
4MID GAMEoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Decay
  Extra damage
2. 2
  Bullet Resilience
  Vs damage burst
3. 3
  Spirit Resilience
  Vs spirit burst
4. 4
5LATE GAME
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Superior Cooldown
  Built from Compress Cooldown
  Cdr
2. 2
  Greater Expansion
  Built from Mystic Expansion
  Add value to your abilities
3. 3
  Spirit Burn
  Anti heal
6LATE GAMEoptional
Author's category · 5 items
1. 1
  Plated Armor
  Good vs weapon carries
2. 2
  Spellbreaker
  If their spirit damage is massive
3. 3
  Mystic Reverb
  Luxury
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
SplatterSplatter	Splatter: Ability unlocked, step 1	Splatter: 1 AP upgrade, step 2			Splatter: 2 AP upgrade, step 5		Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 7