Build that makes you trans [Fully Annotated]

Author's notes

The left most rows are your left to right and make for a really solid build. Don't forget you can right click any item to queue them up and easily access their components when they're not written in the build. Don't sleep on optional items! If you're looking for builds on the browser and reading anotations, you're already well on your way to learn how to itemise. They're not that scary, throw knockdowns at random people and you'll get the hang of it. Don't forget to type GLHF and GGWP <3

Item categories

1. 1Early game

   Game stage · 6 items · Our 4.8k Spirit Spike can be Cold Front, Suppresor or Mystic Slow.

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      High-Velocity Rounds

      Bullet Velocity is extremely important on Celeste. With Light Eater active, our bullets are our primary source of damage and sustain. This also makes last hitting much most consistent.

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      Extra Regen

      Provides great lane value even when you aren't out of combat. Upgrades into Healing Booster later which will enhance our Light Eater and our Spiritual Overflow further.

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      Mystic Regeneration

      Component of Radiant Regeneration. You don't have to buy it right away if you don't need the health. If you're confident you'll be able to save 1.6k, but not 3.2k, get Suppressor first.

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2. 2Additional Lane Options / Early Countersoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · GLHF

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      Healing Rite

      So powerful you can fully substitute it over Extra Regen. (Although this sets you back on Healing Booster) With 4.8k spirit and healing booster this item completely nullifies damage of double sinners.

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      Grit

      Use this to go for decisive trades in lane. I much prefer Healing Rite over this item when I know I'll make it out of the fight alive due to the additional health it provides.

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3. 3Troll Buy

   Author's category · 1 items

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      Golden Goose Egg

      We never want to buy this item no matter how "AFK" our lane is because the downsides are too severe. This item is really selfish because it removes our ability to teamfight or gank effectively.

4. 4Mid game

   Game stage · 6 items · Our first 3 Late items will have no build paths. try to save 6.4k

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      Restorative Locket

      Extremely powerful burst of healing and the stamina allows you to keep flying above the fight longer. The ability to use it on command makes it amazing to escape a bad situation.

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      Healbane

      Anti-Healing is really powerful, provides a base +7 Spirit as a bonus and the Heal on kill is really good as it allows to stay in the fight longer or keep pushing waves without needing to reset.

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5. 5Important Counter Buysoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · I Love Counterspell!

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      Counterspell

      I love this item and buy it every game. At this stage of the game however, we're looking to purchase a lot of 6.4k items who do not have build paths. If you have 6.4k, buy from the Late section first.

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      Dispel Magic

      Very strong active with a low enough cooldown to be used once every fight, but once again also delays our important late items.

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6. 6Decent Buy

   Author's category · 1 items

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      Rebuttal

      Rebuttal will always be a decent item, but is extremely matchup dependant. If they're light meleeing a lot, parrying by anticipation has much better risk/reward with this item.

7. 7Late game

   Game stage · 6 items · Slot Locked: Replace Cold Front > Restorative Locket > Healbane

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      Witchmail

      As it stands, our Dazzling Trick (2)'s cooldown starts as soon as the ability is used as opposed to when the shield breaks. This makes it really easy to keep re-applying our shield mid fight.

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      Spellslinger

      This item is necessary to scale into the late game. The Fire Rate and Reload Speed allow us to have 100% upkeep on our Light Eater targets as ammo is no longer the limiting factor in fights.

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8. 8Hard Counters / Luxuryoptional

   Author's category · 5 items · sometimes I meow

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      Transcendent Cooldown

      25% Cooldown Reduction on our abilities isn't that valuable because of Witchmail. However if you start purchasing a lot of active items or passives with long cooldowns, this becomes highly valuable.

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      Scourge

      Very strong aura item against high HP targets. It does require us however to put ourselves way out of position to get it's full value requiring us to invest more into tankiness.

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9. 9Items That Didn't Make The Cutoptional

   Author's category · 12 items · They're here to be accessible!

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      Quicksilver Reload

      Our "Reloading" item niche is already covered by Spellslinger. This item ends up being redundant and will need to be sold, but can be useful if you can't afford Spellslinger before an important fight.

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      Mystic Slow

      Alternative to Suppresor. Not as universally strong but this upgrades into Lightning Scroll which is very strong with max level ult + Refresher. This doesn't cover Slowing Hex cases either.

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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

Light EaterLight Eater	Light Eater: Ability unlocked, step 1				Light Eater: 1 AP upgrade, step 51	Light Eater: 2 AP upgrade, step 62			Light Eater: 5 AP upgrade, step 9