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DeadlockDeadlock Viscous Guide and Overview

In this Deadlock Viscous guide, you’ll learn the fundamentals of his abilities, unique play styles, and fundamental tips.

Viscous' hero tags are: Evasive, Disruptor, Gooey

Voice Actor: Yuri Lowenthal

Deadlock Viscous Overview

Viscous is a mysterious green goo man that can be an absolute nuisance to the enemy team, due to his wide range of disruptive crowd control effects.

To top it all off, he can be extremely mobile with his ultimate Goo Ball form that lets him roll around like Wrecking Ball from Overwatch 2.

This is your pick if you like to be an ever-present source of pressure that can engage from almost any direction.

Lore

The Bermuda Triangle was never a myth, it was a shadowline nexus deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean. For the most part, the things that escaped this astral gate were benign (like Nessie), but now something dark and predatory known only as The Adversary hunts the seas... and ocean denizens are scared to death.

One of those inhabitants, a psychic sea anemone, wants to do something about it. Summoning an ectoplasmic goo body to traverse the surface, Viscous is desperately trying to summon the Patrons in order to keep The Deep safe from the horror that lurks below.

Strengths and Weaknesses Summary

Very tanky
Can save allies with The Cube
Disrupts enemies with Splatter and Puddle Punch

Difficult to learn
Need good map knowledge
Can accidently save enemies

Deadlock Viscous Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Incredibly hard to kill due to combination of tankiness and mobility.
Adds an inherent safety net to his team with The Cube.
High skill cap that rewards time invested for mastery.

Weaknesses

One of the more difficult characters to learn due to high skill cap.
Using the Goo Ball effectively requires comfortable map knowledge.
A misplaced Puddle Punch can put an ally in danger or save an enemy from death.

Deadlock Viscous Abilities

Underlined = Scales with Spirit

Splatter (1)
Throw a ball of goo that deals damage and leaves puddles of goo behind that apply movement slow to enemies in the radius.
5m Radius	55 Damage	26s Cooldown
35% Movement Slow	10s Puddle Duration	2 Bounces

Splatter (1)

Splatter

Throw a ball of goo that deals damage and leaves puddles of goo behind that apply movement slow to enemies in the radius.

5m Radius

55 Damage

26s Cooldown

35% Movement Slow

10s Puddle Duration

2 Bounces

Splatter Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+40 Damage and +1.5m Radius	+14s Cooldown	Bounces +1 times

Maxing Splatter helps you spread your slowing goo everywhere with a lower cooldown, more damage, larger radius, and two more bounces.

Tips for Splatter

Splatter allows you and your allies to dash faster.
Enemies take reduced damage from extra bounces.
This is one of Viscous’ most versatile abilities as you can use it as a poke, to deter enemies from approaching, or to cut off their retreat path.

The Cube (2)
Encase the target in a cube of restorative goo that protects from damage and increases health regen. Target is unable to take any new actions while cubed. Can be used on self. Press [SPACE] to escape2early.
20m Range	42s Cooldown
+40 Health Regen	3s Duration

The Cube (2)

The Cube

Encase the target in a cube of restorative goo that protects from damage and increases health regen.
Target is unable to take any new actions while cubed. Can be used on self. Press [SPACE] to escape2early.

20m Range

42s Cooldown

+40 Health Regen

3s Duration

The Cube Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
Increases Movement Speed and Stamina Recovery	+25 HP regen	Removes all Debuffs and -20s Cooldown

Maxing The Cube improves its movement speed + Stamina recovery, decreases its cooldown, and improves its Health Regen. Essentially, this path lets you save yourself or an ally more often with additional benefits.

Tips for The Cube

The Cube can be cast on your allies, even while they are channeling. It can be used to protect heroes like McGinnis while they are channeling their ultimates.
The Cube can be moved with melee hits and Puddle Punch.
Rescue Beam can pull The Cube.
Tier 3 The Cube removes non-ultimate debuffs like Shiv's Serrated Knives and Mirage'sDjinn's Mark.

Puddle Punch (3)
Materialize a fist in the world that punches units in the area and send them flying. Enemies will be dealt damage, have their dash distance reduced for a brief moment, and have their movement slowed. This is considered as a Light Melee attack.
40m Range	4m Radius	24s Cooldown
1 Charges, +20 Damage	1.7s Cooldown Between Charges	3s Slow Duration
20% Movement Slow \| 69 Damage \| 0.6s Displacement

Puddle Punch Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
+1 ChCharges and +20 Damage	+1.5m Radius, +60% lifesteal	-14s Cooldown and now deals Heavy Melee Damage

Maxing Puddle Punch unlocks Viscous' ridiculous engage potential as you can punch people from countless angles into your team. The upgrades at another charge and lower cooldown along with more damage and a movement slow.

Tips for Puddle Punch

Puddle Punch can be parried by enemies.
Puddle Punch applies melee items like Spirit Snatch and Crushing Fists, since it is considered melee damage.
It can be used to propel you and your allies into the air, giving you an extra escape tool.
Spend time practicing around the map and feeling out the different angles that your Puddle Punch can reach. You’ll find that you can knock enemies off high ground, knock your allies up to key angles, and more. Be imaginative!

Goo Ball (4)
Morph into a large goo ball that deals damage and stuns enemies on impact. The ball grants large amounts of Bullet and Spirit resist, bounces of walls and can double jump.
11s Duration	110 Damage	130s Cooldown
0.5s Stun Duration	35% Spirit Resist	35% Bullet Resist

Goo Ball (4)

goo ball

Morph into a large goo ball that deals damage and stuns enemies on impact. The ball grants large amounts of Bullet and Spirit resist, bounces of walls and can double jump.

11s Duration

110 Damage

130s Cooldown

0.5s Stun Duration

35% Spirit Resist

35% Bullet Resist

Goo Ball Upgrades
1 AP	2 AP	5 AP
-30s Cooldown	+70 Damage, increases Bullet and Spirit Resist by +20%	+7s Duration and +0.3s Stun Duration

Maxing Goo Ball makes your ball form more impactful with a longer duration, more damage, and best of all, the ability to use abilities and items while rolling around.

Tips for Goo Ball

You can use your other abilities while in Goo Ball.
You can use item actives while in Goo Ball. Warp Stone can be used to give you more movement control.
Play around with different item actives in the Sandbox alongside the final upgrade for Goo Ball.

Viscous Build Guide

Check out best starter build for Viscous

Hero Overview

Weapon Stats

DPS	47
Bullet Damage	9.9
Ammo	20
Bullets per Second	4.76
Light Melee	42
Heavy Melee	116

Vitality Stats

Max Health	700
Health Regen	2
Bullet Resist	0%
Spirit Resist	0%
Move Speed	7.29 m/s
Sprint Speed	2 m/s
Stamina	3

How to Counter Viscous

You can parry Puddle Punch.
Goo puddles from Splatter slows you down.
During laning phase, avoid standing by walls where you can be knocked toward the enemy with Puddle Punch . Try to stand where you'll be knocked sideways at worst.
Don't be baited by Viscous ball form Goo Ball their goal is to wreak havoc and keep your attention. Keep your eyes on the priority targets before targeting the ball.
When The Cube is used in a team fight, try to use it as a window where you might have favorable numbers. Just remember that the cubed enemy will be healing and will get back into the fray.