Venator build guide
by SpyrotrekVersion 4Updated Oct 3, 2026Guide #829031
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***I copied Oses7's build, added/removed some items and annotated my thoughts on each item and changed the ability order slightly.***
1Lane L -> R
Author's category · 7 items
Restorative Shot
Sustain
Monster Rounds
Kill Minions Easier
Battle Vest
Resist, Fire Rate, Weapon Damage, AND Sustain!
Titanic Magazine
Cultist Sacrifice
Built from Monster Rounds
Farm T3 camps easier
Fortitude
Dont have to reset at base for heal + Tanky
Weakening Headshot
Farm easier, Bullet shred on headshots
2Situational instead of Fortitudeoptional
Author's category · 4 items
Warp Stone
If they have lots of avoidable CC or catch, IE Abrams
Dispel Magic
Slow Hex, Mirage, Shiv, Stuff you need to dispel.
Counterspell
Telegraphed Big Ults, Apollo, Rem, Abrams, Lash
3Mid Core | Sell Order For Slots, Resto Shot, Battle Vest, Enduring Speed, Cultist Sacrifice
Author's category · 6 items
Enduring Speed
Move Faster
Fleetfoot
Speed Boost + No slow while shooting
Berserker
Even more damage!
4Late Game Options | Not L -> R but farther left = better | Can sell Weakening Headshot if you decide to go Inhibitor
Author's category · 10 items
Silencer
Reduce their spirit damage + A silence
Inhibitor
Reduce their damage + Reduce their healing, Better than crippling when enemies are doing lots of damage to you
Crippling Headshot
5Counter Itemsoptional
Author's category · 8 items
Debuff Reducer
Shorter CC
Unstoppable
Built from Debuff Reducer
Cant be CC'd
Ethereal Shift
Getting Hard Dove and need to live
6***Important Ability Spikes by Souls***
Author's category · 0 items · 2.6k Souls Tier 2 Shotgun = You Can Heavy Melee After Wall Stun | 3.8k Souls You Unlock Ult | 9.8k Souls You Get Max Ult and do a LOT of damage | 14.4k Souls You Tier 3 Shotgun and blessed melee on Wall Stun | 27.5k Charges on Nade
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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.
Consecrating GrenadeConsecrating Grenade | Consecrating Grenade: Ability unlocked, step 2 | Consecrating Grenade: 1 AP upgrade, step 10 | Consecrating Grenade: 2 AP upgrade, step 13 |
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Spirit Resilience
They have 4+ Spirit Characters / Your Dying to Spirit Damage Mainly (Buy alot of games)
Ballistic Enchantment
Make Nade radius bigger + LOTS of weapon damage
Siphon Bullets
They have 5000 HP and you want your share.
Rapid Recharge
More Nades!
Built from Weakening Headshot
Shred + antiheal, better than Inhibitor if you are stomping and enemies arent touching you
Spellslinger
You want the fire rate and dont need any shred/debuffs
Vampiric Burst
More Healing!
Armor Piercer
Ignore Resists = More Damage, if they have plated you need this before inhib, crippling, or siphon.
Blood Tribute
Fire Rate + Lots of Debuff Resist, better than unstop if they dont have a lot of CCs
Healing Tempo
More Fire rate + healing
Lucky Shot
More damage, unless they literally dont have bullet armor/plated armor then just buy AP Rounds
Ricochet
If they have graves, mcginnis, or if you have billy/dynamo, or if enemies are just sitting on top of eachother
Indomitable
They have like 1 cc and you want a shield
Metal Skin
They have haze/viper and you CANT afford plated
Plated Armor
They have viper/haze/mirage
Escalating Resilience
they have characters that do bullet damage but not with their gun, Buy instead of Titanic mag but would be after Cultist Sacrifice and Fortitude
Frenzy
more expensive blood tribute, meh
GutshotGutshot | Gutshot: Ability unlocked, step 1 | Gutshot: 1 AP upgrade, step 5 | Gutshot: 2 AP upgrade, step 6 | Gutshot: 5 AP upgrade, step 11 |
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Hex-Lined Snap TrapHex-Lined Snap Trap | Hex-Lined Snap Trap: Ability unlocked, step 3 | Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 1 AP upgrade, step 12 | Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 2 AP upgrade, step 15 | Hex-Lined Snap Trap: 5 AP upgrade, step 16 |
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Ira DominiIra Domini | Ira Domini: Ability unlocked, step 4 | Ira Domini: 1 AP upgrade, step 7 | Ira Domini: 2 AP upgrade, step 8 | Ira Domini: 5 AP upgrade, step 9 |
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Unlock1 / 2 / 5 AP upgrade costOrder only; no timings
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