- Splatter can hit once per bounce. Subsequent hits after the first deal 50% damage for the second, 38% damage for the third, and 26% damage for the fourth.
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Viscous is a Hero in Deadlock. He is a vexing opponent with versatile goo abilities, a psychic sea anemone with an ectoplasmic goo body. He can Splatter his foes with a large ball of goo and Puddle Punch both allies and enemies to knock them around, while encasing himself or allies in a Cube of goo for protection. For maximum disruption, Viscous can morph into a large Goo Ball and bounce off of walls and enemies alike.
Viscous is a psychic sea anemone that fears a dark, dangerous predator that prowls the depths under the Bermuda Triangle. He reached the surface in a body built from ectoplasmic goo; his mission to summon the Patrons to protect his home in the Deep.
Viscous was added to the roster on August 1, 2024.
Weapon
Deep Sea Interpreter
Medium Range
Projectile
49 Damage Per Second
Falloff Range
20m ➞ 58m
Deep Sea Interpreter has an alternate fire mode, which releases a larger projectile that explodes in a small area of effect upon collision, or after flying for long enough. This alt-fire takes 5 ammo rounds per shot and deals 42
+0.36 damage on a direct hit.The alt-fire mode can be used even with fewer than 5 rounds of ammo, and still deals its full damage.
Abilities
Splatter
Splatter
5m
26s
Throw a ball of goo that deals damage and leaves puddles of goo behind that apply movement slow to enemies in the radius.
x0.7
55
Damage
2
Bounces
Goo puddles linger on the ground and apply a movement slow to enemies walking on them.
You and your allies slide faster on goo puddles.
You and your allies slide faster on goo puddles.
-35%
Move Speed
10s
Puddle Duration
1+36 Damage and +2m Radius
2-14s Cooldown
5Bounces 1 times and improves Spirit Scaling
Effect can be dispelled
CC effect suppressed by UnstoppableThe Cube
The Cube
26m
3s
42s
Encase the target in a cube of restorative goo that protects from damage, and increases health regen. Target is unable to take any new actions while cubed. Can be used on self. Press Jump / mantle to escape early.
x0.3
40
Health Regen
3s
Duration
1Increases Move Speed and Stamina Recovery
2+25 Health Regen and +1s Duration
5Removes all non-ult Debuffs and -20s Cooldown
Healing amplified by Healing Booster and affected by healing reduction
Healing triggers Healing Tempo's unique effect- Players can still be targeted by abilities and items inside the Cube, but take no damage.
- The Cube has reduced friction and can be pushed by melee attacks and displacement abilities.
- When casting The Cube on an ally, there is a short initial window in which they cannot leave The Cube.
Puddle Punch
Puddle Punch
40m
4m
1
1.7s
21s
Materialize a fist in the world that punches everyone in the area, applying 
knockup.
Punching an enemy deals
melee damage and applies 
slow.
You and your allies have increased Air Control.
knockup. Punching an enemy deals
melee damage and applies slow.You and your allies have increased Air Control.
x0.6
57.8
Damage
-30%
Move Speed
Displacement0.6s
Duration
3s Slow Duration
1+1 Charge and +20 Damage
2+1.5m Radius and +60% Lifesteal
5-14s Cooldown and now deals Heavy Melee Damage
Benefits from melee items (e.g. Melee Lifesteal)
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff ResistHealing amplified by Healing Booster and affected by healing reductionEffect can be dispelledCC effect suppressed by Unstoppable- Puddle Punch only hits players, NPCs and Breakables. It does not break Bridge Powerups, Sinner's Sacrifices or the Rejuvenator.
- Puddle Punch can be parried, preventing the player from being pushed and taking damage. Viscous does not get stunned if Puddle Punch is parried.
- Parrying Puddle Punch procs
Rebuttal.
- Parrying Puddle Punch procs
- At T3, it can break
Graves' 
Borrowed Decree.
Goo Ball
Goo Ball
11s
150s
Morph into a large goo ball that deals damage and stuns enemies on impact. The ball grants large amounts of Bullet and Spirit resist, bounces off walls and can double jump.
x1
110
Damage
0.5s
Stun Duration
1.4m
Ball Radius
35% Spirit Resist
35% Bullet Resist
1-25s Cooldown
2+70 Damage and +20% Resists
5+7s Duration and +0.3s Stun Duration
Debuff duration reduced by Debuff Resist
Triggers Reactive Barrier
Disable prevented by IndomitableCC effect suppressed by Unstoppable- Cannot carry the Urn while Goo Ball is active.
- Using The Cube on self during Goo Ball keeps Viscous moving in their current direction. If Viscous cancels The Cube, he immediately starts moving in the opposite direction. This does not happen if The Cube runs out of duration instead.
Background
See Viscous/Lore for more story content.
“The Bermuda Triangle was never a myth, it was a shadowline nexus deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean. For the most part, the things that escaped this astral gate were benign (like Nessie), but now something dark and predatory known only as The Adversary hunts the seas... and ocean denizens are scared to death.
One of those inhabitants, a psychic sea anemone, wants to do something about it. Summoning an ectoplasmic goo body to traverse the surface, Viscous is desperately trying to summon the Patrons in order to keep The Deep safe from the horror that lurks below.
Lore
Viscous hoped his goo body would cause surface-dwellers to take the Deep's problems seriously.[4]
Viscous is commonly referred to as a "tourist".[5][6][7][8] While on the surface, Viscous wants to watch South Pacific,[9] free his "brothers" from New York's aquariums,[10] try climbing some stairs in his goo body,[11] and visit a variety of locations in New York, including Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey and Secaucus.[12]
Viscous likes people-watching.[13]
Viscous can't read.[14]
"The Cube" is a protoplasmic cube.[2] The Cube nullifies all pain, even for characters like 
Victor.[15] Viscous doesn't question how the Cube works, even when it can heal non-organic bodies like 
Bebop's.[16] Viscous spends time in the Cube whenever he feels sad.[17]
Character interactions
- Viscous offers the Cube to Ms. Shelly and
Grey Talon.[18][17] - Viscous likes
Holliday's hat and wants to wear it.[19] - Viscous thinks
Seven and 
Warden are scary.[20][21] 
Abrams,[22] Bebop, Holliday, 
Lash, 
Mina, 
Mo & Krill and 
Paradox refer to Viscous as "goo boy".[23]
Haze takes Viscous and his problems seriously.[24] She wants to know more about the Adversary in case more creatures like it come through the Deep's astral gate.[25]- Grey Talon offers to have The Baxter Society help Viscous defeat the Adversary should they fail the ritual.[26]
- Holliday mistakes Viscous' home, The Deep, for the American Deep South. She asks if he's from Mobile, Alabama.[27]
Lady Geist and 
McGinnis want to salvage some of Viscous' goo for themselves.[28][29]
Calico is interested in Viscous' suit.[30]
Paige wants to take Viscous home and give him a hug.[31]
Infernus advises Viscous to decline 
Wraith's offers to play cards.[32]
Apollo accidentally invites Viscous to one of his father's galas.[33]
Update history
View the full update history: Viscous/Update history
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Critical health portrait for Viscous.
Trivia
- Viscous' current model is a modified version of Kelvin's old model from Neon Prime.
- A work-in-progress alternate model can be found in the files, labeled Viscous v2, in which he is a large man with a coral arm and an octopus-like creature in his head.
- A new model labeled Viscous_tourist, in which he wears shorts, sunglasses, an orange cap and a portable camera, has also been referenced in the files and leaked in images in June 2025. The current icon for Goo Ball shows the camera, glove and boot from this new model.
- In Neon Prime, Viscous was a pufferfish in a suit, instead of a sea anemone.
- Viscous' head was changed from black to green in the 2024-09-26 Update, because his old icon was easily confused with Dynamo.
- "Wishing the Hideout was The Cube" is displayed as one's status in the in-game Friends List when playing as Viscous in the Hideout.
- Developer Hopoo has joked on Discord that the
Vortex Web squid and Viscous "went to the same high school".[34]
See also
References
- ↑ Viscous' playstyle description - "Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Viscous' in-game voice line (Unselect): "When you need to be trapped in a protoplasmic cube, you're going to be thinking, 'man, I wish I had Viscous' help. He seems like a nice person who would trap me in a protoplasmic cube'."
- ↑ 2024-08-29 - Kaori; Deadlock Discord - "Yuri [Lowenthal] isn't pocket, but he is Viscous"
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Select): "I was hoping that this suit would make people take the problems of the Deep seriously. I'm not sure it's working."
- ↑
Vyper's in-game voice line (Killed Viscous): "I swear to God, that is the first tourist I have legitimate guilt about killing."
- ↑ Mina's in-game voice line (Killed Viscous): "Tourists..."
- ↑ Victor's in-game voice lines (Killed Viscous): "This isn't the place for tourists."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Killed Holliday): "I hate fighting a fellow tourist."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Unselect): "The Patrons can wait. I want to see South Pacific."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Unselect): "I'm going to go free my brothers from the prison known as "The Aquarium"."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Unselect): "I was planning on trying to use stairs today anyway."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Unselect)
- ↑ Viscous And Infernus Conversation 2 - "How you liking New York?" - "People-watching is fun!" - "You should stop by Jezebel's sometime. If you like people watching, you'll see all types there."
- ↑ Viscous And Abrams Conversation 3 - "I can't read!"
- ↑ Victor's in-game voice line (Clutch Cube): "I... I don't feel pain!"
- ↑ Viscous And Bebop Conversation 2 - "Hey, Viscous! I'm not organic. Why does the cube heal me?" - "We don't question the cube."
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Viscous And Grey Talon Conversation 1 - "Do you want to spend time in the cube? It's where I go when I'm sad. Or injured. Or just want to be in the cube."
- ↑ Viscous And Bebop Conversation 1 - "Ms. Shelly sounds like a nice lady." - "Do you think she'd like being in a cube?"
- ↑ Viscous And Holliday Conversation 1
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Pass Seven on Zipline): "It's the scary criminal..."
- ↑ Viscous' in-game voice line (Warden Multikill): "Warden is scary."
- ↑ Abrams' in-game voice line (Pass Viscous on Zipline): "Don't die on me, goo boy!"
- ↑ Viscous' enemy hero interactions
- ↑ Viscous And Haze Conversation 3 - "Thanks for your help, Haze. Not everyone takes the problems of the Deep seriously." - "We don't live in a vacuum. If there's a problem in the Deep, it's only a matter of time before it's a problem on land."
- ↑ Viscous And Haze Conversation 1 - "Viscous, after the ritual, I need you to tell me about the Adversary." - "But after the ritual, the Adversary will be gone!" - "Yes, but there may be others, and the OSIC needs to be prepared."
- ↑ Viscous And Grey Talon Conversation 3 - "The Baxter Society hunts monsters, right?" - "If we fail to summon the Patron, do you think they can help stop the Adversary?" - "[Sigh]... Bring them my bow. They'll listen to what you have to say."
- ↑ Viscous And Holliday Conversation 2 - "So, where you from?" - "The Deep." - "So like, Mobile?"
- ↑ Lady Geist's in-game voice line (Killed Viscous): "I wonder if I could scoop some of him up for a moisturizer."
- ↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line (Killed Viscous) - "Dibs on Viscous' goo!"
- ↑ Calico's in-game voice line (killed Viscous) - "I wonder how that suit works."
- ↑ Paige's in-game voice lines (Pass Viscous on Zipline): "I just want to take that ball of go-home and give him a hug..."
- ↑ Infernus And Viscous Conversation 3 - "If Wraith invites you to play cards, say no." - "But that would be rude." - "Trust me."
- ↑ Apollo And Viscous Conversation 1
- ↑ 2025-05-14 - @wawamba and Hopoo; Deadlock Discord - @wawamba: "@hopoo are viscous and vortex web squid besties in the lore?" Hopoo: "went to high school, now pretends they dont know each other when they bump into one another"
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