Ethan

Author's notes

ethan

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 8 items · Can get battle vest after or before 1.6k gun items

   1. 1

      Monster Rounds

      Rem/Graves lanes or if unable/need to get lane prio

   2. 2

      High-Velocity Rounds

   3. 3

      Healing Rite

   4. 4

      Opening Rounds

      Built from High-Velocity Rounds

      Still one of the highest t2 weapon dmg items in the game. Although 25% is conditional, the immediate dmg at any point at 50% or above is still strong

   5. 5

      Cultist Sacrifice

      Built from Monster Rounds

      Tempo stealing farm maxxing. Skip weakening AND slowing if u want smooth 4.8k spike otherwise get rest shot OR cq and weakening into cultist. Can sell late late game

   6. 6

      Sprint Boots

   7. 7

      Warp Stone

   8. 8

      Slowing Bullets

      Slowing hex bullets. Highest T2 non conditional weapon dmg available. Buffs almost all our abilities and builds into weighted shots later on

2. 2optional

   Author's category · 3 items · Cancer lanes. Replace BV with any T2

   1. 1

      Extra Regen

      ~150hp regen a minute, super efficient

   2. 2

      Reactive Barrier

      bepop, graves, haze etc. honestly a life safer and now builds into the new T4 Indomitable

   3. 3

      Spirit Shielding

3. 3Mid game

   Game stage · 11 items · Should have 4.8k green by now. Not L-R strict after Hollow

   1. 1

      Bullet Lifesteal

   2. 2

      Weighted Shots

      Built from Slowing Bullets

      Highest T3 non conditional weapon dmg u can get and builds from slowing bullets + fat debuff resist

   3. 3

      Extra Charge

      Cheap easy buy and timed well for nade max

4. 4Late game

   Game stage · 4 items · Roughly ordered in value. Not L-R strict, get whatever you need

   1. 1

      Silencer

      Lovely sexy gorgeous. We apply it easily and it's super useful vs heavy spirit shitting comps

   2. 2

      Crippling Headshot

      LOTS of shred + anti heal and more hp. Always good late if no one has it (it's no longer bugged with hollow point either incase you have it)

   3. 3

      Colossus

      Given Ven's low hp being a weakness, this is still his largest lategame vitality boost you can get

5. 5Alternativesoptional

   Author's category · 4 items

   1. 1

      Weakening Headshot

      Roughly 15-17% weapon dmg in shred that eammates can take advantage of + works on jungle camps. Good alternative to Opening

   2. 2

      Point Blank

      Great slotlock buy and buffs us for playing in our ideal range. The slow stacks with weighted too

   3. 3

      Hunter's Aura

      Can be a replacement for Weighted, not bad at all

6. 6Defensives / Counter Buysoptional

   Author's category · 10 items

   1. 1

      Spirit Resilience

      Exodia. Might as well be core, great basically every single game. Sell battlevest if slotlocked

   2. 2

      Counterspell

      Counterspell

   3. 3

      Dispel Magic

      For when they have multiple STDs

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

Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade			Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 3							Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 101	Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 112