Viscous build guide

Lhzz623's Bruiser Viscous

by Lhzz623Version 12Updated Oct 6, 2026Guide #815314

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Observed usage

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Published guide

As written by the author · latest version · not affected by filters

In-game favourites: 276 (as last synced by the API; not match usage)

Author's notes

With the recent nerfs and stuff, I now believe this is the peak version of viscous in this meta.

Item categories

1Early game
Game stage · 8 items · L > R
1. 1
  Close Quarters
2. 2
  Extra Regen
  some lanes you just need this to not loose
3. 3
  Monster Rounds
4. 4
  High-Velocity Rounds
5. 5
  Express Shot
  Built from High-Velocity Rounds
6. 6
  Spirit Snatch
  1st black market
7. 7
  Mystic Expansion
8. 8
  Extra Charge
2Mid game
Game stage · 8 items · L > R
1. 1
  Healing Booster
  Built from Extra Regen
2. 2
  Melee Lifesteal
3. 3
  Lifestrike
  Built from Melee Lifesteal
4. 4
3Late gameoptional
Game stage · 12 items · no order (never sell snatch or greater expansion)
1. 1
  Transcendent Cooldown
2. 2
  Diviner's Kevlar
3. 3
  Crushing Fists
  Built from Melee Charge
4. 4
4Alternative/Counter Itemsoptional
Author's category · 12 items · no order
1. 1
  Rebuttal
2. 2
  Slowing Hex
  very very very op item rn
3. 3
  Reactive Barrier
  really really good if your being focused cc'd
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 5	Splatter: 2 AP upgrade, step 6							Splatter: 5 AP upgrade, step 13