This build leverages Chunky's increased HP for survivability while focusing on melee weapons with high knockback and damage potential. The aim is to tank through enemy waves while dealing with elites and bosses by maximizing damage per hit and survivability through consumables.
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Score
85
Difficulty
hard
Why This Build Exists
This build differs from existing builds by focusing exclusively on strong melee weapons like the Mace and the Hammer while emphasizing knockback mechanics for controlling enemies.
Weapons
The Mace’s high DPS and knockback make it ideal for keeping enemies at bay while dealing damage, leveraging Chunky's HP scaling.
War Hammer provides heavy damage and resets cooldowns for other turrets, enhancing offensive strategies.
Gives the build a dependable AoE option for crowd control while maintaining good damage output.
Chainsaw's bonus damage against current health of enemies ensures strong performance against tankier foes, particularly useful against elites.
Main Items
Increases max HP and provides better HP regeneration, balancing survivability with damage output.
Provides extra damage through shooting alien eyes while benefiting from Chunky's max HP scaling.
Offers dodge capabilities with a chance to heal, punctuating the survivability of Chunky’s build.
Provides additional HP regeneration with a slight life steal effect, covering some gaps in healing.
Useful for critical hit damage boost, though it focuses on gaining damage rather than maximizing survivability tangentially.
Upgrade Focus
Max HP increases not just survivability but also Chunky's damage output because of his ability to leverage his HP into damage.
Gains from armor help reduce incoming damage, crucial for surviving longer waves with increased enemy damage.
Increasing raw damage is essential for keeping up with elite spawns and bosses while maximizing output.
Early Game
Focus on accumulating HP through items while building towards the Mace for early melee dominance. Collect materials and level up HP regeneration to make the character more resilient against early threats.
Mid Game
Transition to War Hammer and build armor for enhanced durability while managing waves and ensuring to gather consumables for healing. Maintain a balance between dealing damage and staying alive.
Late Game
Utilize crowd controlling weapons and strong synergies with items while preparing for the two bosses in wave 20 by ensuring maximum HP and armor. Focus overall strategy on controlling the battlefield with knockback effects from melee weapons.
Build Reasoning
This build centers on leveraging Chunky's innate bonuses to survive and thrive amidst the relentless waves of Danger 5, considering character traits and weapon choice balances damage, knockback potential, and survivability.
Why This Build Wins
Danger 5 Notes
The dual bosses require resilient uptime on healing and a reliable means of ammunition management to deal significant damage evenly, forcing players to manage engagement wisely.
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