Viscous build guide

AndrewChicken's New Age Gun Viscous

by AndrewChickenVersion 3Updated Sep 10, 2026Guide #803457

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Author's notes

It's like Warden, but you have the best movement/displacement ability in the game and The Cube. Enjoy!

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 10 items · Sell Mystic Burst & Close Quarters for slots as needed. L-R.
1. 1
  Mystic Burst
  Early Splatter burst. Sell later or upgrade to Tankbuster.
2. 2
  Close Quarters
  Early lane damage scaling. Sell later for slots.
3. 3
  Extra Regen
  Do not sell later. This upgrades to Healing Booster for a massive leap in sustain. Get earlier on lane if struggling.
4. 4
2Mid game
Game stage · 7 items · L-R, though you can skip around and buy situationals as needed.
1. 1
  Healbane
  Anti-heal. 100% uptime with Merc Mag.
2. 2
  Quicksilver Reload
  Yes, imbue it on punch! Trust me, it's the way!
3. 3
  Mercurial Magnum
  Built from Quicksilver Reload
  The bread and butter of this build.
3Situationalsoptional
Author's category · 3 items
1. 1
  Spirit Resilience
  Spirit ow :(
2. 2
  Metal Skin
  Gun ow :(
3. 3
  Dispel Magic
  Debuffs ow :(
4Late gameoptional
Game stage · 8 items · No order, pick what makes sense. Most generally impactful items on the left.
1. 1
  Healing Tempo
  Built from Healing Booster
  Even more healing, can apply it to your gun carries with cube, and a permanent 35% fire rate bonus. Broken!
2. 2
  Tankbuster
  Built from Mystic Burst
  No-brainer upgrade for any tanks.
3. 3
5How to Play:
Author's category · 0 items · This build is basically just every other M1 carry build in the game, but with the added benefits of GOO! Rapid Recharge lets you use punches liberally for movement & displacement. We imbue Merc Mag on Puddle Punch to ensure that we always have the spirit damage buff up, but also to enable an infinite healing loop! This imbue ensures that every punch deals a small amount of spirit damage, proccing Radiant Regen constantly. Healing Booster buffs that healing, as well as the innate lifesteal from Puddle Punch and the healing from Cube! Then it's back to Spiritual Overflow and Siphon Bullets as usual.
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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 7						Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 13