The Bazaar Dooley: Launcher Core Builds

Launcher Core is generally best left in the Stash during the beginning days of the run. At the bare minimum, you'll want to unlock the full board space, as it won't be very effective alongside minimal items. However, the ideal time to play it is once you can find an item worth Charging. Early on, Multicast items are the priority.

The ideal opener generally includes Pulse Rifle or Rocket Launcher as a reliable Medium-sized Multicast item. Multicast is the best way to Charge the Core early on, and Medium items are great as they occupy more space, ensuring that your important items can fly ASAP.

Soldering Gun is another Multicast alternative, but it requires you to find early Burn skills and/or Cinders to make it capable of carrying. And if no Multicast items are available, you can always go with the classic Brick Buddy + Clawrence line. Thankfully, Friends have some overlap with Launcher Core.

• Pulse Rifle — Pair it with Claw Arm + Cog, or look for early Damage skills. Without Claw Arm, you're able to play Levitation Pad to ensure Flying.
• Rocket Launcher — Better with Burn support rather than Damage, but still manageable as a "bad Pulse Rifle".
• Soldering Gun — Ideally aim for at least 4-5 Burn, otherwise it's not worth building around.
• Brick Buddy + Clawrence — Prioritize the fastest Small Friends available. Char Cole can replace Clawrence if needed.

Note: When playing a Pulse Rifle line, you may find opportunities to pivot towards a Tech Build instead.

Economy Items

• Schematics — Provides several chances to find useful Tech items for your board. You may even acquire strong duplicates, or Tech from other heroes.
• Crypto — As a general rule of thumb, always buy Crypto if you're not in need of immediate gold.
• Sat-Comm — Opens the door to many unique off-hero Friend synergies.
• Temporal Navigator — Can spawn a wide range of items, including Medium and Large ones. Not a bad source of passive income.

Additional Notes

• Levitation Pad — Using this allows you to include more Small items if desired, as it guarantees Flying support for your Multicast item.
• Blast Doors — Provides a pretty decent source of Shielding during the early days, and is a great fit alongside Rocket Launcher.

Core Items

• Z-Shield — A great source of Cooldown Reduction that also applies Freeze. Having a Large item isn't necessary, but upgrades are very important.
• Thrusters — Grants on-start Flying to your item of choice, while also providing a small amount of CDR.
• Micro Mach — One of the fastest items available once upgraded, perfect for on-use Charge triggers.
• Beta Ray — Offers Freeze support at very efficient speeds, especially once the board starts coming together.
• Omega Ray — Provides reliable Burn scaling for Launch Pad setups.
• BLK-SP1D3R / YLW-M4NT1S — The ideal spammy Friends for maximizing Launch Pad triggers.

Mid Game Items

• Miss Isles — Replaces Pulse Rifle as a faster, self-scaling Multicast item.
• Propeller Hat — A Flying enabler that provides board-wide Haste support. Gold/Diamond tier is highly recommended to increase Haste uptime.
• Metronome — Provides great Haste support for the Multicast items during the early to mid game, but is often replaced on the final board.
• Monitor Lizard — Can pair alongside Launcher Core + BLK-SP1D3R as another fast Medium item. Gold/Diamond is a must.
• Z-Sword — It's essentially "Z-Shield at home", which is good enough if you only need the CDR.

Economy Items

• Assembly Line — Has the potential to unlock off-hero Flying synergies with Friends like Skyterror.