DOCTRINE
Gunner · Slippery · Rat-a-Tat
Identity
Vyper is a gunfighter who stays hard to pin down. Long slides help her keep moving, and her venom hits harder as an enemy's health falls.
Throw a dagger, dealing spirit damage and applying slow. Every subsequent dagger against the same target stacks in spirit damage and slow.
How to use. Keep Screwjab Dagger pressure on one target so the slow and shred can set up Lethal Venom and Petrifying Bola.
Inject a target with lethal venom. After a delay the venom triggers, dealing Spirit Damage. The damage is increased by the target's missing health. Lethal Venom will ignore Petrify's damage block.
How to use. Use Lethal Venom on a target that is already missing health. At the third upgrade, bullets can build it, which strengthens the same focused-target pattern later in the game.
You have increased Slide Distance, can Slide up hills, and can turn faster while Sliding.
How to use. Slither is passive and rewards constant use of slides. At the third upgrade, the slide barrier creates a safer commitment window, but it does not remove the need for an exit.
Throw an explosive bola. On exploding, the bola Slows and Damages all enemies in the area. Direct hits deal Additional Damage and Petrify instead. Petrified units block all damage, but cannot take actions.
How to use. Aim Petrifying Bola directly at the target for the petrify. Only use the ground-target option when the third upgrade allows it. Treat the hit as the opening for your dagger and venom follow-up.
August 12: Petrifying Bola radius went from 8 meters to 12 meters, and the petrify went from 2 seconds to 2.2 seconds. A direct-hit bola is a real all-in.