The Bazaar Meta Builds (Season 20)

Slumbering Primordial capitalizes on fast Burn triggers (among others) to create a powerful Damage scaling Multicast threat. Heated Shells enables Ammo items to kickstart the combo, but there's also a wide range of variants, including the likes of Iceberg or Elemental Depth Charge.

Build Guides:

• Slumbering Primordial Vanessa
• Burn Vanessa (Early/Mid Game Lines)

Tortuga is a reliable carry that pivots from both Weapon and Aquatic lines, making it a great pivot option during the mid game. Its use of Friends makes it very flexible to assemble, and opens a lot of room for creativity (ex. Piano combos).

Build Guide:

• Tortuga Vanessa

Anchor makes its return as a powerful percentage-based combo build. If you can solve CDR and Crit, it'll quickly chunk down foes no matter how sturdy they are. Since it utilizes the staple Charge/CDR items, its lines can overlap with Sniper Rifle and The Boulder, giving more potential outs if Anchor isn't available.

Build Guide:

• Anchor Vanessa

Private Hot Springs is a spammy Burn item that can completely lockdown the board. Its three second Freeze effect punishes any build that can't one-shot it, especially since the Regen can counteract opposing damage over time (while the enemy still Burns!).

Pyg's Gym is one of Pyg's most reliable archetypes, providing a high front-loaded Damage buff that can quickly end fights. Plus, since Jabalian Drum also plays a similar game plan, you still have a solid "Plan B" in case Pyg's Gym isn't found.

Build Guide:

• Pyg's Gym Pygmalien

Double Whammy is Pyg's classic one-shot build. It's all about having the highest Max Health possible in order to survive long enough to one-tap the enemy. While it's far from its strength during the earlier seasons, an early Pawn Shop can be worth investing into. Fort is another alternative.

Build Guide:

• Double Whammy Pygmalien

Critical Core often works best within the classic Tech shell, but it can also flex into numerous boards with off-hero items. It's a powerful spammy archetype that controls the pace of play, as long as you can solve its Damage output.

Build Guide:

• Critical Core Dooley

Weaponized Core plays similarly to Critical Core, utilizing Dooley's abundance of Tech items to gain a speed advantage over its foes. However, due to its own built-in scaling, it also has the option to include Antimatter Chamber for a more disruptive game plan.

Build Guide:

• Weaponized Core Dooley

Launcher Core is a powerful enabler that can make just about anything loop incredibly fast, regardless of whether you're playing dedicated Flying items. Popular examples include Terry-Dactyl, Ice 9000, Launch Pad, and more. Pretty much anything can work if you're creative enough.

Build Guide:

• Launcher Core Dooley

Potion builds are one of the most flexible archetypes in all of The Bazaar. These setups are often created with Potion Distillery, allowing players to reroll enchantments to find the right combo. Vitality Potion is a common win condition, assuming you can line it up with Fiery/Toxic/Obsidian.

Build Guide:

• Potion Mak

Eternal Torch has one of the highest Burn outputs in the game and can be picked up and worked towards from Day 1. While it takes a bit of time to get going, it's become far easier after the previous buffs to Blank Slate (which can carry the early to mid game). An excellent payoff for a fairly minimal investment.

Build Guide:

• Eternal Torch Mak

Staff of the Moose has a unique line of defense with its passive immunity effect, allowing Mak to hold his ground against all the aggression. When armed with Ritual Dagger it creates an exponential form of scaling due to their combined abilities.

Stellar Swallowtail has emerged as one of Stelle's premiere threats, combining its reliable offense and defense with incredible speed. With support from fast Weapons like Gatling Gun it can create a constant Haste/Charge loop, while items like Hangar or Spotlight solve the scaling.

Lightning Rod strikes once again now that the Slow package has received some buffs. The build's staple skill Slow and Steady received a sizable increase, and the addition of Cauterizer adds another alternative for Damage scaling. As usual, solve its Damage and sustain, then you're set.

Space Laser is a fast one-shot combo build that takes advantage of Charge/CDR. Propeller, Altimeter, Observatory, and Sirens are common inclusions (albeit not all together). While not always easy to assemble, the payoff is there for those who can pull it off.

Note: Jules builds have extremely contextual positioning due to the RNG placement of the Stoves and Coolers. Your mileage may vary.

Giant Sub combines Shield, Regen, and Burn to create a fast and durable build. Dragonmelon makes it naturally bulkier, and can also pair with Durian to give you a Shield conversion angle. Lots of good options within the Food/Tool package.

Note: Jules builds have extremely contextual positioning due to the RNG placement of the Stoves and Coolers. Your mileage may vary.

Giant Lollipop combines a fast hard hitting offense with a respectable amount of Slows. It packs a real punch once its scaling is solved and Quests are complete. It can slot alongside a pretty flexible range of items, but the main priority should be Charge/CDR support.

Note: Jules builds have extremely contextual positioning due to the RNG placement of the Stoves and Coolers. Your mileage may vary.

Froyo Cart combines with Ice Swan to create an endlessly spammy Freeze build. By scaling Crit with skills like Reaching the Summit or Tracer Fire, you can create insane loops with Zarlic and Sorbet.

Build Guide:

• Freeze Jules

Runic Claymore has been reworked into a board-wide Crit engine with simultaneous Damage scaling. It's incredibly flexible, allowing you to slot in pretty much any source of reliable Haste. The Self-Slow package is a safe go-to, but you can build around Beast Call and/or Leather Jacket.

Lost Blade was also completely reworked like Runic Claymore, and now fits into a much wider range of builds. Just like most Karnok builds, the Self-Slow core is an excellent build-around. However, there's still plenty of room to experiment!

Wild Bear combines Max Health stacking with percentage-based offense. With the recently added Hydra Tree, Enrage triggers just got a whole lot easier, and once active, Karnok also becomes a whole lot scarier!

Note: The Dragons builds have contextual positioning due to the semi-random placement of Notes. Your mileage may vary.

Dragon Harp is an absolutely ridiculous new build around, immediately putting the others to shame (sorry Superfan). Expect changes to come soon, as it doesn't take much to turn it into an absolute monster.

Note: The Dragons builds have contextual positioning due to the semi-random placement of Notes. Your mileage may vary.

Superfan is a Multiscaling machine once the Dragon synergies come online. Hoodie is its most reliable source of scaling, but it can also thrive off of the many Dragon-based skills (ex. Draconic Might, Draconic Resolve, Draconic Passion).

Build Guide:

• Superfan Dragons

Note: The Dragons builds have contextual positioning due to the semi-random placement of Notes. Your mileage may vary.

Guzheng has late game one-shot capabilities when combined with the Multimeter Crit Charge package. It's one of the most reliable ways to stack Tempo, and comes with built-in sustain, reducing the need for ideal enchantments.