Kripp's Giant Ice Club Pygmalien Build

Assembling the Combo

One challenge of the build is finding the pieces in a timely matter. Unlike many other builds that you can gradually assemble from the beginning, this one will require you to seek vendors towards the mid game.

Both Yetarian Club and Stopwatch are only available at Gold/Diamond tier, meaning they won't show up in earlier shops. So up until that point you'll need to work with what you've got.

Building up your Economy is a good start. You'll likely need to reroll at some more expensive vendors to increase your odds of finding the items. ATM and Rewards Card are two examples of great early investments.

As far as creating a playable build in the meantime, look to find an item that scales based on buying or selling items, or take advantage of strong in-combat scalers like Showcase, Weights, or Ganjo.

Giant Ice Club + Stopwatch

Yetarian Club is a really unique Large Weapon in that it actually counters Freeze. Any time an item is frozen it Charges two seconds. This means even with its long 10 second Cooldown it can dish out a ton of Damage quickly under the right circumstances.

Pairing it with Stopwatch creates a ridiculous two-item combo. Stopwatch Freezes both players' entire boards, which stacks up a chain reaction of Charge triggers for the Yetarian Club to repeatedly bonk the opponent.

What takes this interaction to the next level is with a Radiant enchant, because instead of having to wait for the Yetarian Club to unfreeze, it gets to immediately smash for massive Damage while the entire board is locked down.

Kripp enchanted his Stopwatch with Shielded in hopes of being able to find Emergency Shield. This would create a powerful interaction where upon reaching half Health, the Stopwatch would immediately trigger the combo. It's not necessary for the build to work (and he won before he could find it anyway), but is a cool interaction to keep in mind in case the opportunity arises.

Spices

Spices effectively doubles the Damage output of this build to increase the potency of the combo. Its timing is rather convenient, as despite its long eight second Cooldown, it should go off before Stopwatch (barring random Haste/Slows/Freezes).

While many other items of the build are replaceable, Spices is pretty important for its big boost in Damage. Unless you find various other strong means of scaling, it definitely justifies the slot on the board.

Small Items Package

The remaining items in the build are actually very flexible, but in most cases, Small items should be favored. This is because each item on board counts as its own separate trigger for the Stopwatch + Yetarian Club combo. More items equals more triggers, which equals more bonks!

Marbles, Metronome, and Thrusters are all useful utility items. Each one is mean't to either accelerate your game plan or Slow down their's, buying more time for the combo.

Keep an eye out for Small items from other Heroes, as most options in Pyg's pool are generally pretty weak. Though at the end of the day, as long as you have something to fill out the board it should be fine.

Belt

Belt doubles your Max Health to help make sure you can survive until Stopwatch activates. Otherwise you run the risk of being bursted down before you pull off your combo. This also makes skills like Emergency Shield or Second Wind significantly better, ensuring you have enough Health for them to actually take effect.

Second Wind

Second Wind doesn't have a lot of use in many builds as the timing on its Healing can often be unreliable. After all, if it goes off too soon the effect is essentially wasted. However, paired with Yetarian Club gives the build an excellent insurance policy.

The first strike of the Yetarian Club won't be anytime soon, so having access to a big burst Heal can really help turn the tide in close matchups (if you don't outright kill them first).

Big Guns

Big Guns is the most reliable way to up the Yetarian Club's Damage. Alongside some reliable Crit Chance scaling it will drastically improve the build's overall output. Alongside Spices effectively gives you quadrouple the Damage. At that point you really can't ask for anything else, so be sure to pickup Big Guns whenever it's offered.

Blizzard

Blizzard is an insane skill for any Yetarian Club build, albeit a rare one. Assuming you're strong enough, it's well worth taking on the Frost Street Champion in hopes of getting it (or any of the other amazing Freeze drops).

This essentially acts as an immediate Stopwatch effect, accelerating the build to be as fast as your shortest Cooldown item. Even without anything speedy, at worst it's another chain of triggers, ready for the beatdown!

Fort or Phonograph

Fort gives the build a different angle of attack, allowing it to multiply its Damage output with the likes of Spices, all while slowing down the overall pace of combat. Freeze skills can help make up for the lack of Stopwatch, but when you factor in its higher scaling, it generally doesn't need to swing more than once or twice.

Alternatively, you can opt for a faster setup with Phonograph. This gives the build a faster startup in exchange for the disruption and Multicast. Both are valuable assets for taking Yetarian Club to the next level, and which one you choose will ultimately depend on the rest of your board.

Cold Room

Cold Room accelerates the countdown towards Yetarian Club since it Freezes multiple items at once. Upgrades are important for this as the quantity of Freezes (and in turn Charges) differs between tiers.

The Multicast from Fort creates a total of six Freezes at once (assuming Diamond Cold Room), more than enough to get the Yetarian Club clobbering started.

Piggles

Piggles may not get full value alongside only one Small item, but it with Fort's Multicast the Charge effect becomes far more effective. Considering Stopwatch is such a valuable component of many Yetarian Club builds, it justifies the slot even when supporting just one item.

Spyglass + Salt

Spyglass gives a reliable amount of Crit Chance to the Yetarian Club while also increasing an enemy item's Cooldown. This is particularly effective with Fort since stacking a longer Cooldown duration becomes all the more punishing.

Not having Stopwatch means there's less reliance on having Small items, making this a good utility option if you're able to luckily find it during your run.

Salt has incredibly fast Crit scaling, so even without Spyglass or skills you can easily reach 100%. Its fast Cooldown works great with Yetarian Club since you'll have time to stack up before the first attack goes off.

Matchbox

Matchbox normally wouldn't have as big of an impact here, but in this case it scaled to insane proportions thanks to having a Fiery Gumball Machine. This allowed every single Gumball to add two more Burn, which is why it reached an insanely high 53 Burn.

Note that this will probably be nerfed after this has been written, but it shall remain here for context as to why the Matchbox was included in Kripp's particular run.

Luxury Tents

Luxury Tents adds a nice bit of survivability to the build with its cheat-death effect, but more importantly it allows you to take advantage of any Restorative enchantments. By applying Restorative to Yetarian Club and/or Stopwatch you can grant them Multicast.

While Fort is generally a lot easier to pull off, this does create a much sturdier build overall, so if the stars align it's a powerful direction to follow.

Bottled Tornado combos incredibly well with the cheat-death of Luxury Tents. Starting the Sandstorm early will almost always be more detrimental to the opponent and should lessen the gap for Yetarian Club to get the job done.

Igloo + Keychain

Igloo is a defensive Freeze item that offers excellent Shielding and incredible enchantment potential. Its built-in emergency effect gives builds a great comeback mechanic, creating immediate Freeze and Shield while triggering all other benefits (such as Charging Yetarian Club).

Keychain is a fantastic way to maximize Freeze triggers, as alongside Igloo it's effectively a Coolant (without the Cleanse). This of course won't work in every setup, but when you're able to guarantee or effectively limit what it targets, it can be a great addition.

Sapphire tops off the build to make its Freezes all the more deadly. While rare outside of Mak, it's always an item worth keeping an eye out for, as it's a welcome inclusion for pretty much every Freeze board ever.