Kripp's Power Drill Dooley Build

Scrapping the Core

The majority of available Cores don't directly support the Power Drill's ability to Charge. Companion Core and Ignition Core are the only ones with inherent applyable effects, though unfortunately the Companion Core isn't ideal as only Friends can Charge it.

On the other hand, Ignition Core is an excellent choice alongside Power Drill if your run allows it. Having another fast way to apply Burn further fuels the Power Drill and ultimately works really well with its aggressive game plan.

All that said, sometimes you just aren't offered the Ignition Core, or perhaps you opted for something else. No problem! There are plenty of ways to build Power Drill that don't require the Core at all. Just make sure you have enough sources to Charge it.

Power Drill

Power Drill relies heavily on having multiple fast procs of either Haste, Slow, Freeze, Burn, or Poison. The actual effects don't matter so much as the quantity and frequency you can apply them.

Enchantments make a massive difference to the Power Drill's potential output. Applying a relevant enchant to a fast-acting item can be the defining factor of whether Power Drill is worth using in your build.

A common play pattern can include picking up a Power Drill earlier when it's offered and saving it in your Stash until later. Then when you pick up enough supporting items and/or enchants, you can slot it into your build.

Kripp had a Fiery enchant on his Power Drill which greatly accelerates it and improves its overall output with a ton of Burn. This is an excellent option if you manage to find it.

Metronome

Metronome does a huge amount of the heavy lifting and is often a must-have alongside Power Drill. The constantly spammed Haste triggers helps create the insanely fast Charge loop the Power Drill needs.

It's by far the build's best target for enchantments. Nearly every one of its enchants is applied when you use an adjacent item, meaning you're getting essentially twice the value out of a single enchantment.

While there are a lot of good hosts for enchants (including the Power Drill itself), the Metronome should be your top priority if you're given the option.

If you're forced to take the random enchant option from level-up rewards (assuming the known random enchant doesn't help), the odds of hitting an applicable effect are pretty good. Though don't be afraid to re-enchant it later if you hit a dud.

Soldering Gun

Soldering Gun plays a major role at enabling the Power Drill early on. Its Multicasting Burn is three Charge triggers on one Small item, which really helps prior to the point where enchantments come into play.

The one main caveat is that you need two specific tags to enable it, making it essentially take up two slots. While normally you can fit it between a Friend and Tool that you're already using, in this build it really wants to be adjacent to the Metronome.

In order to do this you need either Chris Army Knife or Hammlet. Each of these has both necessary tags on the same item, allowing you to fulfill the requirement for the +2 Multicast.

Either one will work just fine, though I suppose Hammlet would be ever so slightly better if you have some amount of Slows. The difference is marginal, but at least worth noting for those looking to fully optimize their build.

Crude Tools

Crude Tools is a Dooley staple due to its incredibly low Cooldown (once upgraded), and more importantly, its ability to reduce your Core's Cooldown. While this does require you to forgo all other Tech items, the tradeoff is generally well worth it.

Throughout your run you'll want to keep an eye on your items, noting whether or not Crude Tools could be a worthy addition. Also, remember to pay attention so that you don't accidentally add a Tech item and mess up your board.

Shadowed Cloak

Shadowed Cloak isn't especially common in Dooley builds compared to other Heroes, but it has crazy synergy with Power Drill. It lets the Power Drill Charge itself with its repeated Haste triggers, and also gives it a solid form of Damage scaling.

It also functions similarly to Metronome in the way of enchants, triggering its effect when the adjacent (right) item is used. Obviously excellent when supporting the Power Drill.

As a neutral item it unfortunately isn't the most accessible, but it's definitely worth checking out Curio or hunting specific PvE Encounters (there are many) to try and find it.

Charge Trio

The remaining Small items of the build are more interchangeable, but all help Charge the Power Drill. Nitro is a short Cooldown Burn item that also has its own Charging ability, and Plasma Grenade offers a board-wide Slow (plus Burn).

Clamera is more unique and less available as a Vanessa item, but it adds an initial burst Charge to the Power Drill immediately at the start of the fight. This is an incredible jumpstart to kick things into gear.

Hot Spot

Hot Spot gives the Power Drill yet another Charge trigger and works very well when the Drill is on the left. It's always important to stack as many abilities as possible to get the Drill up to speed, so having this infinitely-repeatable skill is a nice way to close the gap.

Tracer Fire

Tracer Fire is a great form of Crit scaling alongside the many Burn triggers of the build. However, your choice of Crit skill may vary depending on your enchantments and other items.

While the Power Drill is fast enough to delete many builds without scaling, it's always good to be able to reach 100% Crit to double your Damage against tougher (more Health/Shield/Heal) opponents.

Tiny Dancer

Tiny Dancer can be a great source of flat Cooldown reduction to your entire board, provided you're playing at least seven items. This should be true in most cases as Small utility items tend to make up most of the build.

At Silver tier the reduction is a pretty underwhelming 5%, but improves to 10% or 15% at Gold/Diamond tiers. Either grab it at Gold/Diamond or try and get it upgraded through the Grandmaster event.

Incendiary Rounds

Incendiary Rounds is a rare find for Dooley, but has ridiculous synergy with Power Drill. Placed between the two Drills creates another Metronome-like effect, constantly spam-Charging both items.

It's another fantastic target for enchantments, as it'll also give you twice the value just like Metronome. The more triggers you can spam, the faster the Power Drills demolish the enemy.

Isochoric Freezer

Isochoric Freezer is insanely strong post-rework, allowing it to permanently shutdown builds with fewer active items, assuming their Cooldowns are five seconds or lower.

Combined with repeated Slow effects this gets even crazier, and can really shut your opponent out of the game.

Haste/Slow Support

First Aiden and Multitool fill the flex slots, both providing a solid form of Haste (and Slow in the case of Multitool). Just look for items with low Cooldowns that fulfill one of Power Drill's Charge triggers.

Knife Tricks

Knife Tricks is one of the most powerful skills with Power Drill, allowing it to quickly reduce down its "10 second" Cooldown. Given how often it'll be Charged, it doesn't take long at all before the Drill spams as fast as possible, only limited by internal Cooldown.

Quick Ignition

Quick Ignition is an excellent way to kickstart the build, assuming you've included at least 1-2 Burn items. If you happen to get a Fiery enchanted Power Drill it's even stronger, as it's a faster way to start the main loop.

Solar Farm

Solar Farm is a permanent Haste engine alongside a Burn-heavy Power Drill setup. Unlike other Power Drill builds, this allows Ignition Core to be a more viable choice, warranting its inclusion for the rest of the run.

Kripp had a Deadly enchanted Solar Farm which is a strong source of Crit scaling for the entire board, provided you can keep it moving at accelerated speeds.

Pylon

Pylon isn't quite good enough in most circumstances, but alongside a Heavy enchanted Metronome it does a tremendous amount of work. It becomes another item that can continuously spam triggers to keep the Drill going as fast as possible.

The Haste triggers are more important than the duration, making this an easy pickup later on in the event you get a Heavy enchant.

Bomb Squad

Bomb Squad is nice for its self-Hasting ability. Its Burn and long Cooldown make its offensive capabilities irrelevant, but that doesn't matter. This allows your fastest Friends to create more instances of Haste, therefore triggering the Power Drill.

It fulfills the same role that Jellyfish does for Pufferfish, provided you're including enough Friends to enable it.

Bugs

RED-F1R3FLY and BLU-B33TL3 (along with the other three of the Bug Squad) can all be great inclusions alongside Power Drill. However, the effectiveness of some will definitely depend on whether you find upgrades, as reducing Cooldowns and increasing targets is very relevant.

Given how enchantments are utilized in Power Drill builds, you may also be able to take extra advantage of bonus Charges for the Bugs. The right enchanted Metronome can truly work wonders.

Fiber Optics

Fiber Optics is incredibly powerful if the rest of the build can support it. The main downside is that it doesn't provide any direct support to enable the Power Drill loop, but assuming the rest of the pieces are in place, it's a massive payoff.

Allowing the Power Drill's unmatched speeds to accelerate and Charge an Isochoric Freezer is crazy. It essentially lets you cheat the Cooldowns of another important item, breaking the normal rules of the game.

Pufferfish

Pufferfish is fueled by the double Power Drill + Metronome combo, allowing it to spam insane amounts of Poison and further loop the Drills. It also gives the build access to Poison, enabling useful skills such as Paralytic Poison or Exposing Toxins.

Zoarcid helps spam more Haste triggers for Pufferfish and is enabled by the Fiery Power Drill + Soldering Gun.