Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppIf you're having trouble in this Dooley-filled meta, 
Flagship is a great option as the pure glass cannon damage can outrace the slower 
Monitor Lizard builds.
Since you can find a wide variety of Tools, Ammo, Properties, and Friends, its also a pretty versatile deal to boot.
Make sure to check out Kripp's video guide to the right to see the context of all his decisions.
The Flagship makes for one of the best build-arounds if you're going for a one-weapon Vanessa. Its main challenge is finding a Tool, Ammo, Property, and Friend to hit its 5x Multicast threshold.
By building around this, you can create a massive burst engine that will dominate most early matchups and put you on track for a Day 10 win.
You can find it somewhat easily by looking for the Pol vendor, which sells Large items. While you're there, you can also look for your next core item, the Crow's Nest.
The Crow's Nest qualifies as your Property activator while giving your Flagship a huge boost in Crit, along with Lifesteal, which is your main source of survivability.
Some of Vanessa's Tool activations can come from sources like 
Honing Steel, 
Lighter, or 
Powder Flask (ideally you want something small, but you can also look for potent choices from other heroes like 
Battery or 
Multitool.
Since you're going to want to keep Flagship as your only Weapon, you can look for Potions or 
Nesting Doll as your source of an Ammo activator.
The aforementioned Battery counts as both a Tool + Ammo so it's a great chase item for board space economy.
Vanessa usually has a lot of Aquatic Friends to choose from, but if you hit the 
Oceanic Rush Skill, you'll want to adjust your gameplan a bit to make sure it hits your Flagship.
Oceanic Rush
Pesky Pete, which can drop from the Bloodreef Captain PvE encounter, makes an ideal choice for Vanessa but any non-Aquatic Friend can work, such as 
Bomb Squad or 
First Aiden.
Pete fits particularly well however since he can be positioned next to the Crow's Nest for its adjacent activation.
Once your 5x Multicast is taken care of, your goal should be to support your engine with Damage scaling from your remaining item slot and Skills.
Item like Honing Steel or 
Silencer are easy slot ins to empower your Flagship through Damage scaling and CD reduction respectively.
Regarding Skills, try to maximize your Crit-chance and Skills that synergize with the Large-size tag. You should be able to find some good ones at Day 7-8 and onward.
With any successful run, you're going to want to make use of your Stash space. The likes of 
Tropical Island can boost your survivability with Coconuts and Citrus to give your Flagship more time to pop off.
Tropical Island
