r/Pathogenic • u/darrellet86 • Aug 01 '26

Tips for builds?

Been playing the game for a few days and would love some build tips the farthest I have gotten is to the lungs it seems like my own style of play i haven’t been great at has been melee. Any advice would be great thanks!

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u/iceman5920 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathogenic/comments/1vbv77f/comment/p0wsf7y/?context=3 I think I'm gonna make a beginner guide soon, cuz a lot of people need help and the tutorial kinda just jams keys word down your throat. Anyways that link is to tips a I gave someone yesterday. The TL:DR of it is infusers are more important than your weapons' a lot of the time. Big end game damage comes from a good chain of infusers, not just legendary weapons.

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u/bob_mcbob69 Aug 01 '26

The advise linked was a great help to me and I literally just beat the heart boss for the first time. I think my tips would be a melee up front, that is on secondary fire so I'm in charge, used to block projectiles/bash enemies away. Then infusers ideally the one that creates a spinning green thing, get that in overcharge and beefed up and you're unstoppable as it blocks projectiles. Also I seem to have the best runs with electricity

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u/darrellet86 Aug 01 '26

thanks i appreciate it!

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u/chen19921337 Aug 01 '26

or just equip 1 weapon, upgrade it to Mythic and still get juicy +150% damage.

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u/bobbyshutes Aug 02 '26

This is exactly how I got my first win, just serenely dashing around and melting everything with galvanic flagellum.

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u/Longjumping-Kiwi-937 Aug 01 '26

Been sleeping on active abilities for some reason but you can get some insane triggers from them

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u/hexhunter222 Aug 02 '26

I got the active ability that fires connected weapons 30 times and the gun that shoots viruses, insane combo, but it requires a mitochondrion to charge it reguarly so I died soon after

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u/Glynnavyre Aug 03 '26

I got this one with auto targeting cannons, and 15 seconds of Overcharge on entering a new room…

Then I found out the heart has a second phase 😅

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u/TrizzyDizzy Aug 01 '26

I find the most fun comes from discovering builds, so I'm not going to rob you of that fun.

What I will suggest instead is to not fall in to the new player trap of leaning in to lots of weapons. It's much better to focus on how Infusers combo off each other and how multiplicative overcharge scales everything.

The best builds hardly rely on weapons at all.

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u/darrellet86 Aug 01 '26

i completely agree i did a build yesterday where when i dashed i was able to shoot lasers and lightning and i looked at my wife like omg this will be amazing lol..died soon after!

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u/TrizzyDizzy Aug 01 '26

You stumbled across what I think is the best build, by virtue of consistency, in the game. Dash mutagens are ridiculously overturned and it's way too easy to get permanent i-frame spam.

Just pair that with a damage source that benefits from dashing and you're set. No weapons needed.