Viscous

Viscous
Weapon:; "Deep Sea Interpreter" ; BASE STATS
Weapon Stats
DPS:	50
Bullet Damage:	9.9+0.86
Ammo:	20
Bullets per sec:	5
Reload Time:	2.5s
Bullet Velocity:	254m/s
Light Melee:	63+2.67
Heavy Melee:	116+4.91
Falloff Range:	20m → 58m
Vitality Stats
Health:	550+38
Health Regen:	2
Move Speed:	7.3m/s
Stamina:	3
	; INFORMATION
Voice Actor:	Yuri Lowenthal
Release Date:	August 1, 2024
Voice Lines:	Viscous/Quotes

“

Rolls around deflecting bullets

Viscous vexes his opponents through clever evasion and strategic uses of healing, enabling him to withstand the most brutal of enemy attacks.

Viscous 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 vigilante 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' gun has an alt-fire mode.

Viscous was added to the roster on August 1, 2024.

Abilities

Splatter

5m

21s

Throw a ball of goo that deals damage and leaves puddles of goo behind that apply movement slow to enemies in the radius.

x1.9

90

Damage

1

-5.75s Cooldown

2

+50 Damage and +1m Radius

5

Bounces 2 times

The Cube

26m

4s

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 Space to escape early.

x0.18

35

Health Regen

4s

Duration

1

Increases Move Speed and Stamina Recovery

2

+30 Health Regen

5

Removes all Debuffs and -21.0s Cooldown

Puddle Punch

40m

4.5m

1

1.5s

30s

Materialize a fist in the world that punches units in the area and send them flying. Enemies will be dealt damage, have their dash distance reduced for a brief moment, and have their movement slowed. This is considered a Light Melee attack.

15%

Movement Slow

4s Slow Duration

1

+1 Charges

2

+35 Damage and +15% Movement Slow

5

-11.5s Cooldown and now deals Heavy Melee Damage

Goo Ball

10s

95s

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.

x1.1

140

Damage

0.7s

Stun Duration

1.4m

Ball Radius

60% Spirit Resist

60% Bullet Resist

1

+5s Duration

2

+90 Damage

5

Can cast abilities and use items while rolling

Weapon

Weapon Stats

Falloff Range
20m - 58m

50 DPS

Deep Sea Interpreter

Medium Range

Projectile

Deep Sea Interpreter possesses 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 alternate fire costs 5 Ammo per shot.

Update history

Main article: Update history

Update	Changes
January 27, 2025	Goo Ball turn rate improved by 10%
December 6, 2024	Fixed visual parry cooldown bug with Puddle Punch The Cube cooldown reduced from 48s to 42s The Cube cast range reduced from 30m to 26m Puddle Punch radius increased from 4 to 4.5 Puddle Punch slow reduced from 20% to 15% Puddle Punch T2 slow reduced from 20% to 15% Puddle Punch T3 now also causes the Punch to become a heavy melee Goo Ball damage Spirit Power scaling reduced from 1.3 to 1.1 Goo Ball damage T2 reduced from 120 to 90
November 21, 2024	The Cube regen reduced from 40 to 35 The Cube T2 regen reduced from +35 to +30 The Cube regen spirit power scaling reduced from 0.2 to 0.18 Puddle Punch can now be parried (does not stun Viscous, only blocks the puddle effect for the parrying player)

Background

“

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 hunts the seas... and its denizens are scared to death.
One of those inhabitants, a psychic sea anemone, wants to do something about it. Psychically building itself an ectoplasmic goo body so it can survive on the surface, Viscous desperately is trying to summon The Patrons to keep The Deep safe from the adversary that lurks below.

— A FATE'S TALE

Character interactions

Seven is impressed by Viscous' mission to stop the Adversary.^[1]
Holliday mistakes Viscous' home, The Deep, for the American Deep South. She asks if he's from Mobile, Alabama.^[1]
McGinnis may say she wants to get Viscous' goo after killing him.^[2]
Calico is interested in Viscous' suit.^[3]

Gallery

Portrait
Minimap icon
In-game render
Winter skin
Model sheet
Old portrait
Old minimap icon
Weapon - Deep Sea Interpreter
Neon Prime Viscous
Viscous v2

Trivia

Viscous' current model is a modified version of Kelvin's old model from Neon Prime.
- A work-in-progress alternate model that could potentially be his redesign can be found in the files, labeled Viscous v2.
In Neon Prime, Viscous was a pufferfish in a suit, instead of a sea anemone.
Viscous is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal.
Viscous' head was changed from black to green in the 2024-09-26 Update, because his old icon was easily confused with Dynamo.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Viscous conversations
↑ McGinnis' in-game voice line - "Dibs on Viscous' goo!"
↑ Calico's in-game voice line (killed Viscous) - "I wonder how that suit works."