Advanced Viscous Tech Guide
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Unfortunately the Church of Viscous is full due to a limitation in discord. We have created a dedicated viscous discord: / discord
I left out some minor things like for example: you can always squeeze off a light melee after ball stunning before doing a combo on someone without having any duration increases, but I don't think these are important, and the video was already long.
To load the the main map into sandbox so you can practice rotations, launch sandbox then put these into the console:
sv_cheats true
changelevel dl_streets
citadel_hero_testing_infinite_money true
citadel_hero_testing_enabled true
citadel_allow_purchasing_anywhere true
UPDATE: Unfortunately the Church of Viscous is full due to a limitation in discord. We have created a new discord for viscous mains:
discord.gg/22QYc3nNvm
discord tells me there is no text channels here
@@cvf4662 I have updated to our new dedicated discord for viscous mains. link updated in description and here
That's genuinely a way I've never seen viscous be played that's crazy
Ball viscous was in the highlights for a while, and is actually still totally valid and viable to do a TORMENT BALL drain tank. But now it is time to come home and learn combo viscous
welcome to the way
the moment you turned on a camera i instantly did a double take 🤣chad viscous main
lol I was just going to comment. Average viscous enthusiast
i already commented and saw your comment. googang
if only the way he talked wasn't absolutely fken annoying and narcissistic sounding... can not listen to this guy talk or look at himself in the camera for more than 20 seconds
This is a typical viscous player. If you play viscous more you will slowly get transformed
"Who knew punching strangers would feel so good"@@Cyclopsided
Viscous mains turning into their gooey true form
GOO MAN NEVER DIES RAHHH -goober
GOO GANG
I read this like A Good Song Never Dies from Saint Motel and it was weirdly epic in my head
isnt viscos a lady?
@@zyndeath876 nope! he is a.. erm.. psychic male sea anemone
god damn as soon as i saw this gorgeous man in bottom right corner i knew this is viscous chad
I'm just an average viscous enjoyer
Cursed to be chad irl, they have to play viscous to feel what they desire most: round
This is the best guide ever. Literally has taught me a lot of things and I thought i explored all the tech. Cant wait to see more content
I was worried the video would be too long for the typical youtube audience, but I wanted to make sure I gave the reasons for things, not just "hey press these buttons". Glad you like it.
It is hard finding quality content that is not a mix of irrelevant (to a normal game) highlight clips titled ‘best build ever!!!’ or someone passing their speculation for ‘knowledge’ without anything to back it up.
Your video made me very hopeful for the game in general - and of course you would also have poe content!
as a viscous main, this makes me insanely happy
Great video. Thankful for an actual guide with some detailed insight on everything with visc's moves. Every other video guide I've seen is just a brief overview of moves with no other information. I have homework to do in sandbox mode. Thank you. ❤
Glad you like it! The nerfs in todays patch are actually quite minor. slight adjustments to item choices only (superior stam instead of majestic leap in priority)
I was traveling all week, I may need a follow up video on some other cool dribble tech that we have found
Play 180 hours as viscious main. I legit on 9 lose streak using Viscous and think to switch main. Then this vids came to my recommendation. Now i'm on 6 win streak after watching this vids. Thank you!
Is this lockpicking lawyer's Deadlock channel? lol
yo i love LPL, I take this as a huge compliment
agreed
damn he really does have a very similar accent to LPL
Amazing video! Tysm for sharing, viscous is the most fun character I’ve played in any game, his play style is so damn unique and satisfying
foud quite a cool tech with cube+healing beam
you can puddle punch of the cube, so by using 10:00 movent tech you can drag your teammate over a long distance
beam silences you so the order shoud be:
cube + punch + dash + beam + LMB - this drags you with an ally
also you can toss only ally :
cube + punh + beam + LMB - punch will hit not from the cube but from midair so your cubbed ally will fly in the sky
That schmoovment in the beginning was insane. I hope to be doin that shit. My first step is learning to puddle punch better though. I have gotten got by it countless times. Accidentally moving before it goes off so it moves.
I was close to giving up on the goo after patch, this gives me new hope 🙏
same here. got rekt yesterday and was gonna quit. this vid makes me wanna get good at this character again
I've wanted to get better as Viscous and this video really helped me out!
Woah dude! It’s awesome to see that you’ve got a widely viewed video! Not sure if you remember me from college haha. Great work, and great video!
hell yeah dude, i remember you. I had another friend from my hometown in arizona spot me from my path of exile guides lol
@@Cyclopsided well it’s awesome that you’ve gotten a ton of views! The Viscous tech you’ve found is literally insane! I just finally played my first Deadlock match last night.
Полезная информация, спасибо.
Very good explanation, examples, I’ll use it in praccs asap.
Keep going, and master other heros.
Thx
Seeing those big arms playing deadlock give me faith on humanity lol
I'm gonna goo
This is such a good vid man!
Can't wait to cube my ulting teammates
YO You taught me so much holy I got to practice my goo guy! 🤣😂 Thanks!
Anything that helps the community grow. Keep on making the videos, I look forward to seeing the tech incorporated in them
Sick tips man
hope its useful! Needed a single location for all the tech
The first one this video is future unintentional ASMR content.
They made puddle punch a lot nicer looking
LEAST JACKED VISCUS MAIN ???
As someone learning Viscous, this video is really cool! One question: you mentioned mystic shot hitting the closest player when applied with alt-fire - is that the player closest to viscous or closest to the center of alt-fire?
closest to the center of alt-fire's detonation location
I like this video very much, as a player who plays viscous a lot, this is very helpful to me, I would like to ask if I can share this video on social media in China, so that more players can watch it and learn from it, I will include the original author and the link to the original video in order for them to find you, thank you very much!
Yeah, of course.
I like to study the cube part to find different ways to troll my team mates
top tier video keep it up
great tutorial
I cubed a ulting 7 twice in one game because someone on discord said the damage still went through. I can verify the eldritch horror summoning.
15:51 Never should've shown me this list. This isnt a warning list to me, this is a bingo book.
Nah I’m still calling it the Skinner combo
No way is that my favorite ballmaxxer
@@vincentshen5035 reporting for duty o7
Great video well done
I would like to share some thoughts about the puddle-alt-splatter combo after playing some games with this playstyle in mind - it is really hard to hit effective punches if you don't have a height advantage over the enemy, or if the enemy sees you coming. It's telling that the compilation at the start of this video starts off with a majestic leap, fast movement or some sort of interesting flank. If you go towards an enemy in a predictable manner, they can simply dash or move fast parallel to you to make the puddle punch hard to hit. This is something to keep in mind. (this is just a scuffed lash with 3 times the mechanical skill needed)
insanely good vid. Goobers rise up!
as a fellow member of the goey cabal i have never seen a viscous main that isnt jacked and handsome
Poe and deadlock? You have my sub.
and a month or so until poe2 beta.... man
@@Cyclopsided really hope i get into the beta
i love you muscleman
Hi man great guide, can we get maybe a vod gameplay breakdown of a whole game ? To see up in action
If I were to upload vod gameplay with breakdown to a whole game, I'd probably work with Goober, as he executes all these techs but plays in the highest lobbies. I'd get him in a call and do a vod review with him ideally.
I only get chances to play the game OR make content for the game on the weekend, as my schedule is just very busy.
@@Cyclopsided If you do end up doing something like this, I would like to point out that when you're talking to people that have shared interests to you, it's very easy to gloss over information they obviously would already have and it would be very appreciated if you could try to get as granular as possible so that people of all skill levels can ignore what they already know, and learn from what they don't.
if u want i can break down some of my recent games this patch on viscous, though i’ve been focused on other character recently so i dont have many
@@Goober70000that would be great.
"SKIIINNEERRRRR!"
Found a way to make the ball stun melee combo really simple and effective.. I just hold RMB and LMB (for the speed) and Q, then as soon as I get the stun i hit 4 to release ball form. If I am still holding all 3 buttons the combo will work. I get the right click with mystic shot, then the heavy melee. It is *extremely* effective against squishy carries.
MY GOAT
the goot
Not going to lie, I was caught off guard by how fit you are while explaining this gooball character.
It feels good to get my gaming advice from a jacked dude
i literally have never been able to land a puddle punch I'm gonna try this and see how it goes
@5:28 IDK man I think it's cool
Could you make a build viscous for dummys? I am a little scared of builds with this many options when im new to a char.
My build is just an outline and explanation of various tech. The "Concerns of the Deep" guides made by VinylMix are exactly what you're looking for. They have guides for each of the playstyles, and I helped optimize some of them for him, as well as advice from top100 players.
So the short list to memorize is cubing sn ulting infernus, dynamo and mcginnis is fine, everything else is a big no
5:45 .. wait do the mystic punch and vulnerability actually stack? from my damage tests it seemed they overwrite each other?
i'm on tv !!!
Love the vid man you got any other in-depth character guides on the way?
Potentially, but I will be traveling out of town this weekend, so next weekend at the earliest.
I know this sounds kinda pointless but have you checked that mystic shot actually prioritizes the closest person?
To my knowledge when (lets say for easiness sake) when every person on the enemy team is his by a single ability/proc simultaneously, it will always be the same person who will take the proc no matter the distance, as long as they are hit at the same time as everyone else. Maybe it will prioritize whoever takes the most damage? Which means it will be effectively the nearest except for those who take max dmg if they were to be extremely close to each other.
I've only tested this behaviour with bebop bomb and mystic reverb so it might be different for other items
This makes more sense from a programmatic perspective, so it's probably this. Applying the proc to only the closest person would require either another check or have it built into the hit/miss detection in some fashion while applying it to the first person the game calculates the damage is presumably automatically handled by the already existing cooldown mechanic.
Yeah, I don't know exactly how it is calling in the formulas, but it is always just one target and it is the closest to the detonation in every test I did.
All hail the Goo
It would be great if you could move the "Player:" thing on the bottom left above the items so we can see them. The top might be better imo as long as we can see the soul counts
This is true. I'll definitely do it differently for future videos, top may be better. Thanks!
the goatttt
super handy video!
least sexy viscous main
Bro is aiming for the viscous body irl, guide on how to get guns like that when?
its all the viscous combos fr
a decade of lifting and rock climbing tho jokes aside
@@CyclopsidedDrop your „Goo Workout plan“ video
Hello Skinner, would you say that Combo Viscous / Burstcous is better with gun build or ball build or Gun / Spirit hybrid?
I've been training Goo-man a lot recently but have a hard time building. I always try to adapt my build to the game and usually opt in for a lot of tankiness.
What would you recommend for a general build / Your favorite go to items for each category? I saw you buy QSR + SoP and imbue it on 1, together with Echo Shard, is that your go to for spirit items?
What would you say is your favorite Gun items?
What do you usually rush in an average game? (For example, try to maximize your dmg on 1 or build more gun items etc..)
Sorry for the long comment, new to the champ and can't really find any source of info for these questions.
I rush for as much spirit damage in the combo as early as possible, and then mobility to rotate lanes. With majestic leap nerf and superior stamina buff, I now go for superior stamina as my first 3k Item after my basic combo stuff is in place.
also, Yes echo shard is always my first flex slot. its either more damage, OR two cubes. From there it depends on the game.
@@Cyclopsided Hey Skinner, thanks so much for taking the time to respond.
I kinda figured things out on my own.
My current build route is all the burst damage items, into a rushed SoP. Afterwards i either grab more spirit dmg (escalating or echoes), spec into gun perks (the velocity rounds upgrade and headhunter) and then i go full mobility / tank items to survive teamfights.
I will take into consideration to grab Superior Stamina much earlier. I'll grab SS after SoP.
In my testing just now, it appears Warp Stone and Phantom Strike can no longer be activated while in Goo Ball form
you have to level up goo ball to t3 to use things while in ball form.
@@Cyclopsided Thank you! That makes so much sense now!
Great Vid! Do you have any vods of ur games I could check out?
average viscous main
Need your full build guide man
My build "Skinner's optimized kill lane" gives the optimal start into playing burst through lane phase into mid game, and then i give you all the options to either finish with splatter or ball, or go gun. up to you.
This is horrific. I may be trying it
Can you chain the Cube/Rescue Beam (ideally also yanking an enemy) with the Puddle Dash? Not familiar with too much Rescue Beam movement.
not sure what you mean by chain cube/rescue beam with puddle dash, but you CAN place the puddle on the cube while you're rescue beaming them to you, and it will then puddle punch you and them further away! i did not include that tech. i forgot.
I used to main viscous due to high tech combos like these, but after the mad nerfs, the damage seems to be severely affected. My question is, how would u deal with nasty heal characters that have massive health bars, regen, and resist like geist, abrams, dynamo maxed out, shiv or maybe infernus? Do you just let someone else on your team deal with them, focus on the squishies like wraith, haze etc? try to end the game early if possible, and avoid them? or u have a specific ways to take those insane tanks down?
Probably try healbane and just turn into a even more support oriented role with cube and rescue beam i guess, at the end these massive healers cant be shut down all by yourself as viscous alone so you always rely on the team getting the counters aswell
@@IMGaZZA Oh that's already integral to my kit, I switched over to infernus now, and toxic bullet is a must buy for me. Ig I can no longer deal nasty dmg with viscous like the pre massive nerf days.
WIth burst combos, we need to pick and choose who we are dealing damage to. We have very high instant damage that can oneshot carries, but it won't oneshot tanks. However, puddle can be used to greatly impede the value tanks like abrams that have pushed into your team are getting.
Cube can save people. Rescue beam can save people.
Also, BUY ECHO SHARD AND SPLATTER TWICE
@@Cyclopsided thanks for ur insights! I echo shard is a big dmg boost I've been using it since the early viscous days, it's nasty.
this hero is in an eternal spiral of being nerfed and it will keep happening if people learn to do this
I am just accelerating the learning curve. He's been insane for a long time
Yep, the goo is all over the screen
You can turn on insta cast for 3
It is slower than manual cast to use quick cast - instant cast has no indicator. so its a choice, manual is best
THANK YOU all these other guides are soooooo F ING terrribleeeee
Why does your puddle punch snap to the enemy bot at ~5:00?
Puddle snaps to the spot below the center of a target if you aim at the target itself
Does debuff reduction reduce stun duration?
Yeah, all stuns get their duration reduced by it
anyone know how i can join the discord? the link is nto working, also im trying to do the puddle punch tech but im not going as far as he is any advice?
In the church of viscous we now have a pinned link to a dedicated viscous server. Here's also the link:
discord.gg/P24nNEyD
All he do is lift weight and goo
So you're a buff guy playing the goo man in Deadlock and when people called a combo you popularized the "You" combo you thought that was embaressing and never did so?
Subbed. Viscous Gigachad, lead me to the highest rank o7
viscous doesnt interrupt mginnis ult? whaaaaa
Your voice and cadence is heaps similar to fireship
never heard of him but I will take it as a compliment!
Never seen someone game in an apron.
What's the point of viscous's right click? It seems bad for DPS
its huge damage early game AND its splash damage so you can last hit enemies escaping and hiding behind a wall or close to guardian
Quick cast on puddle?
I use manual cast. no instant or quick casts.
hello do you have a build?
Skinner's optimized kill lane. Its just the core starting burst and some options + letting you finish how you like with either splatter/ball or gun
@@Cyclopsided awesome thanks
Anyone have the link to the church of viscous discord? I didn’t see it in the video description or anything
is the character thread in the official deadlock discord. you can get a link on the title screen of the game on the bottom tight
I added a pin, we needed a new channel unfortunately
what items do you imbue on which abilities?
QSR and surge of power or even imrpoved reach would go on splatter.
Superior duration and superior cooldown typically go on Ball.
thats generally where people put the imbue items if they buy them
brooo put away ur biceps i couldnt focus on the video
good tips but i dont really understand cause of no keyboard display and a little of improvised and repeating your words/points so its hard to follow… although I just woke up from surgery so maybe just ignore my comment lol
what is your key binds??
I use default outside of moving melee to my mouse button, to free up Q and E for actives I use midfight such as warpstone.