Amog Character Guide
Poison Specialist With Chain Reaction Capabilities.
This build weaponizes Amog's passive to create a devastating, high-survivability build. The core strategy is to use the Poison Flask and Moldy Cheese to apply poison, then use poison ticks to proc lifesteal and other on-hit effects. This creates a build that is "functionally unkillable" with 100% lifesteal. The build is highly dependent on specific items but scales exponentially once the core items are acquired.
- Primary Mechanic: Poison damage ticks count as hits for lifesteal purposes, creating constant healing.
- Scaling Strategy: The build scales exponentially by stacking Moldy Cheese and other on-hit effects to poison entire swarms of enemies.
- Core Playstyle: A safe, damage-over-time playstyle that focuses on kiting enemies and letting poison do the work.
- Power Curve: The build is weak and vulnerable in the early game but becomes unstoppable in the mid- to late-game.
Passive Ability
Poisoned enemies explode on death, poisoning nearby enemies.
Quick Tips
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Prioritize Lifesteal Tome until you reach 100% lifesteal.
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Moldy Cheese is a mandatory core item; consider restarting if you don't find it.
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Stack multiple Moldy Cheese items using Microwave for exponential damage.
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Poison damage ticks can proc all on-hit effects, including Lifesteal.
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The Plague passive creates devastating chain reactions that clear entire rooms.
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Avoid bosses until your build is ready to handle them with poison stacks.
Strengths & Weaknesses
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Becomes functionally immortal with 100% lifesteal, as poison ticks create constant healing.
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His Plague passive creates devastating chain reactions that can clear entire rooms.
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His passive is excellent for boss killing, as poison damage can be stacked to melt their HP.
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Strong mid- to late-game, as the build scales exponentially with items.
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He is a great character for players who want high survivability without pure tank builds.
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The build is highly dependent on specific items to function.
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He is weak in the early game and vulnerable before he reaches 100% lifesteal.
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He has a slow clear speed initially, as damage-over-time takes time to kill.
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He struggles without Moldy Cheese, as it is a mandatory core item.
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He is less versatile than other characters and is locked into a poison build path.
Build Core
Area poison weapon that throws flasks poisoning enemies in radius.
Magic weapon that summons lightning to strike nearby enemies with chain potential.
Bouncing projectile weapon that throws bones which bounce between enemies for crowd control.
Amog starts with the Poison Flask, a weapon that deals damage on impact and applies poison damage over time. His passive ability, Plague, makes poisoned enemies explode on death, spreading poison to nearby enemies and creating chain reactions.
- Why these are optimal: The Poison Flask is a decent starting weapon, but it requires a lot of investment to be effective. The Lightning Staff and Bone are great secondary weapons, as they have good crowd control and can be used to apply poison with Moldy Cheese.
- Upgrade Priority: Focus on upgrades that increase projectile count, attack speed, and duration, as these are crucial for poison builds.
- Key Mechanics: Poison damage stacks, meaning you can deal more damage per tick by hitting an enemy multiple times.
Increases the base damage of all weapons and attacks. A universal upgrade for any build.
Reduces the cooldown between attacks allowing weapons to fire more frequently.
Tomes are essential for amplifying Amog's damage and providing him with the necessary sustain.
- Essential Tomes: The Lifesteal Tome is the highest priority, as you must reach 100% lifesteal for the build to function. The Damage Tome and Cooldown Tome are also crucial for increasing your poison damage and application rate.
- Acquisition Order: Rush the Lifesteal Tome first, as it is the most important part of the build.
- Tome Synergies: The XP Tome is a good choice for accelerating leveling, and the Projectile Tome is great for increasing the number of projectiles across all weapons.
- Tomes to Avoid: You can avoid Movement Speed tomes unless you are struggling to survive in the early game.
40% chance to poison enemies on hit.
Gain Armor and Overheal for every enemy infected with poison.
+1 Increased chance to proc on-hit effects.
These items are absolutely mandatory for the build to reach its full potential.
- Item Priority: Moldy Cheese is the most important item, as it provides a 40% chance to poison enemies on hit. The Gas Mask is also a core item, as it grants armor and lifesteal for every infected enemy. The Overpowered Lamp is also a great choice, as it doubles the proc chance for on-hit effects.
- Stacking: Stack as many Moldy Cheese items as possible, with 11+ being optimal.
- Item Breakpoints: With multiple Moldy Cheese stacks, poison damage becomes extreme, and you can one-shot the final boss with enough time to stack damage.
27% increased chance to apply stack of Bloodmark when hitting an enemy.
Healing above Max HP allows you to Overheal by 75%. Also gives 20% Lifesteal.
Blocks incoming attacks and emits a damaging shockwave.
Release a wave of poison upon taking damage, poisoning all nearby enemies.
These are strong supporting options that significantly enhance the build.
- How they amplify the build: Unstable Transfusion provides a 27% chance to apply a Bloodmark, which makes it easier to kill enemies. Blood Mark applies stacks with your poison ticks, creating AoE effects. The Chonkplate provides an "overheal" and 20% lifesteal, which is great for survivability.
- Situational Use: Aegis can be used as a second weapon, as it regenerates shields faster based on attack speed. The Toxic Barrel releases poison when you take damage, which can be useful for automatic poison application.
Cast Blood Magic upon hitting an enemy, damaging nearby enemies and healing you for 7.5%. 9s cooldown.
Increase damage by +20% per 100 Max HP.
Weapon upgrades can now have +1 to their stats, and you may be offered three choices instead of two.
These are optional items that provide quality of life improvements.
- Benefits: Slurp Gloves provide an additional heal, while the Beefy Ring provides a damage boost based on max HP. The Anvil is useful for guaranteeing good weapon stat upgrades.
- Why they're not essential: The build can function without these items, but they make the run smoother and more consistent.
Game Phase Strategies
Focus on survival and building your experience/luck foundation. You are fragile without lifesteal, so you must prioritize getting it early.
- Primary Objectives: Rush the Lifesteal Tome to begin your build.
- Survival Tactics: Prioritize movement speed and life steal to stay alive.
- What to Avoid: Avoid boss shrines, as your damage-over-time takes time to kill bosses.
💡 Quick Tips:
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Get lifesteal early, as poison ticks trigger it.
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Movement speed keeps you alive longer.
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Avoid boss shrines until you have poison stacks.
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Open chests aggressively for XP and items.
You should now have 100% lifesteal and are virtually immortal. Your focus shifts to stacking Moldy Cheese and scaling your damage.
- Power Spikes: Once you hit 100% lifesteal, you become nearly immortal.
- Build Goals: Find and stack Moldy Cheese items. Aim for 3-5 at a minimum.
- Boss Approach: You can begin to engage bosses, but be careful and use your poison stacks to your advantage.
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Stack multiple Moldy Cheese (3-5 minimum).
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Dance around bosses while poison stacks.
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Prioritize luck and experience gain stats.
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The Gas Mask is a great item if you find it.
Your build should be near-complete. Continue to stack Moldy Cheese and poison damage to dominate the map.
- Optimal Positioning: Camp near portals or exits for safe farming as enemies get stronger.
- Farming Patterns: Horde waves become farmable with proper positioning.
- Build Completion: With 11+ Moldy Cheese, poison damage becomes extreme, with hundreds of damage numbers appearing.
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Aim for 11+ Moldy Cheese for maximum poison output.
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Camp portals for safe experience farming.
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Your life steal scales with your poison tick count.
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Horde waves are now farmable.
At this point, your build is unstoppable. Your focus shifts to endless survival and domination.
- Final Build State: Max out your weapons and key tomes.
- Final Boss Strategy: The build can one-shot the final boss with accumulated poison stacks.
- Endless Wave Tactics: Camp at stage exits and let poison spread automatically.
- Victory Conditions: Your ultimate goal is to survive as long as possible and dominate the leaderboards.
💡 Quick Tips:
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Portal camping is essential for endless survival.
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Poison stacks can one-shot the 12M HP boss.
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Pick-up range is critical for portal positioning.
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Max weapon damage once all other stats are maxed.