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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.
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
Multiple hits to the same target deal less damage.
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.
-35%
Move Speed
10s
Puddle Duration
1
+36 Damage and +2m Radius
2
-14s Cooldown
5
Bounces 1 times and improves Spirit Scaling
Notes
Splatter T3 deals 50% damage on its second and third hits.
The Cube
26m
3s
0
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
After exiting the cube, the target has increased move speed and stamina recovery for a short duration.
0m
Move Speed
0%
Stamina Recovery
8s
Buff Duration
1
Increases Move Speed and Stamina Recovery
2
+25 Health Regen and +1s Duration
5
Removes all non-ult Debuffs and -20s Cooldown
Puddle Punch
40m
4m
1
1.7s
21s
Materialize a fist in the world that punches everyone in the area, applying knockup.
Puddle Punch's base damage is equal to light melee damage * 1.1.
Puddle Punch only hits players and NPCs. It does not break crates, statues, Bridge Powerups, nor 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.
Goo Ball
11s
0
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
Weapon
Deep Sea Interpreter
Medium Range
Projectile
49Damage 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 damage on a direct hit.
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.[3]
Viscous is commonly referred to as a "tourist".[4][5][6][7] While on the surface, Viscous wants to watch South Pacific,[8] free his "brothers" from New York's aquariams,[9] try climbing some stairs in his goo body,[10] and visit a variety of locations in New York, including Staten Island, Long Island, New Jersey and Secaucus.[11]
"The Cube" is a protoplasmic cube.[14]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]
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]
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 2024. 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".[32]
↑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."
↑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' 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"."
↑Victor's in-game voice line (Clutch Cube): "I... I don't feel pain!"
↑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."
↑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"
Splatter
5m
26s
x0.7
55
-35%
10s
1
