Puddle Punch Boosting

Intentionally being hit by Puddle Punch to displace yourself is called Puddle Punch Boosting. Puddle Punch Boosting is a broad term meant to describe the act of displacing yourself, and encompasses a litany of smaller, more refined techniques.

The basic Puddle Punch Boost is timing your Puddle Punch so that it hits you when you are airborne; by casting on a vertical wall then jumping, you can gain significant velocity; depending on your positioning relative to the fist, this can be upwards velocity or forwards velocity.

Puddle Punch Boosting can be executed while in Goo Ball form. When this happens, this is called Goo Ball Punching.

Wall Punch Dashing

When Dashing, your velocity is intended to be set to a set sequence; this means that normally, Dashing disregards all previous momentum; this makes it a generally bad option for moving fast around the map in all situations.

When being boosted by Puddle Punch while Dashing, your Puddle Punch will “stack” velocity with (i.e. add to) the velocity of the Dash. This results in a consistent forward velocity of 1430±10 u/s.

Since Puddle Punch affects your teammates, other players on your team can also use Dash Puddle Punch; this can set up gank parties and large escapes. However, your enemies can also use Dash Puddle Punch for their own movement (they do still take the regular damage).

Wall Punch Dashing is considered a staple of advanced Viscous movement, and usually sets up movement sequences. The technique is useful in all stages of the game; during laning phase you can effectively move around the map quicker for ganks; during mid-game this can lead to fast rotates and easy chases, and during late-game this can be used as an escape tool with your team.

Air Vent Puddle Boost

By timing Puddle Punch as to boost you when you walk onto an Air Vent, you can stack the momentum from both to gain massive vertical momentum and travel long distances.

If you are in ball form, you travel further and faster. This can be done by either upgrading to the tier 3 upgrade and using Puddle Punch while in ball form, or timing Puddle Punch before activating Goo Ball.

Air Vent Puddle Boosting¹⁾ can allow for large cross lane traversal. By chaining these boosts across multiple air vents, you can travel large swaths of distance, or even the entire map.

The Cube

The Cube is Viscous’ second ability. Upon casting, you encase either you or a teammate in a healing goo cube. The Cube can be cancelled at any time by the person who is cubed. The Cube acts as a normal physics object; it can fall, maintain momentum and be moved like a normal prop. Teammates and opponents are able to move the cubed by using Heavy Melee on them. Viscous is able to move The Cube using Puddle Punch.

The Cube has a lower friction coefficient while on the ground, being 0.8 instead of 4.0.

Slope Acceleration

While in The Cube, the normal of the last touched surface is stored; this is speculated to be for velocity calculations while on slopes and ramps. During normal use while on the ground, The Cube acts normally and slides down slopes and ramps. This stored normal is not cleared while in the air; this means that if the last touched ground surface was a ramp, that normal will be stored, and the game will assume that you are currently on a slope and thus give you velocity in the direction of the slope. This phenomenon is called Slope Acceleration.

The stored normal will not update through abilities, Transit Lines, jumps and air dashes. Upon touching the ground, the normal will be updated and acceleration reset.

To execute, be airborne and have your last grounded surface be a slope or a ramp. While airborne, use The Cube. You should observe The Cube being pushed whilst in the air towards the normal of the surface.

The velocity is constantly stacked on while in the air; while using Slope Acceleration and given enough time, you will accelerate to extremely high velocities (maximum ~2000 u/s).

Slope Acceleration also works in Goo Ball form. When exiting The Cube while in Goo Ball, your downwards velocity will be paused for a brief second.

Slope Acceleration can be useful in conjunction with pre-defined rollouts; Slope Acceleration can allow for extremely fast traversal and rotations to predefined locations on the map. However, the usage of The Cube (an extremely powerful support ability) can limit the usefulness of this technique.

Goo Ball

Goo Ball is Viscous’ fourth and ultimate ability. Upon activation, you inflate into a large ball and move forwards at a constant velocity²⁾. Goo Ball has a radius of 1.4 m, or 55 units³⁾ and an hurtbox of 1.8 m, or 70.9 units⁴⁾. The radius increases with +Ability Range.

Upon activation, you will start accelerating to 445±1 u/s over the course of a second. While in Goo Ball form, you have limited turning controls and are forced to always move forwards. You are able to accelerate to 792.50 u/s over the course of three seconds by holding (by default) M1, sacrificing turning control for speed. Upon hitting a wall, you pause for a split second then rebound off; if you were accelerating beforehand, you will have to accelerate back up to peak speeds from your base speed.

While in ball form, you are able to jump. You are also able to Air Jump without using stamina.

Upon upgrading Goo Ball to its third AP upgrade, you unlock the use of other abilities and items in ball form. This allows for more complex movement techniques.

Cube Turnaround

Upon upgrading Goo Ball to its third AP upgrade, you unlock the use of other abilities and items in ball form.

By using The Cube while in Goo Ball, then cancelling, your previous momentum will be reversed (e.g. if you are moving forwards, then use The Cube, afterwards you will move backwards).

This can be useful for chain-stunning opponents or for routing.

Frogpunch

Majestic Leap (3,200) is a Vitality item. The active ability of this item allows you to leap into the air, then quickly descend.

By rolling in Goo Ball, casting Puddle Punch onto a wall, bouncing off the wall then quickly using Majestic Leap, you can leap much further into the air than normal. This is called a Frogpunch. To execute this, you need to upgrade Goo Ball to its third upgrade, which allows you to use other abilities and items while in ball form.

To execute, cast Goo Ball, and start accelerating. Be near a wall and cast Puddle Punch on it in preparation. Bounce off the wall, use Majestic Leap, then get punched by Puddle Punch. The timing for the Frogpunch is tight. You have to bounce off the wall, cast Majestic Leap⁵⁾ and then get hit by Puddle Punch, in that order.

This can be useful for traversing large distances or rotating; you can travel nearly half of the map using a single Frogpunch.

Ball-less Frogpunch

Frogpunch is able to be executed without Goo Ball. However, the Ball-less Frogpunch does not go as far as a normal Frogpunch.

The execution of the Ball-less Frogpunch is nearly the same as a normal Frogpunch, but without Goo Ball.

To execute, be hit by Puddle Punch and then use Majestic Leap. If done correctly, you will go further than a regular Majestic Leap or a regular Puddle Punch Boost.

Magic Carpet Goo Ball

Magic Carpet (6,400) is a Spirit item that allows the user to cast a magic carpet for 8 seconds, allowing you to fly around the map.

Upon upgrading Goo Ball to its third AP upgrade, you unlock the use of other abilities and items in ball form. By casting Magic Carpet while in the ball, you are able to be in Goo Ball and ride the carpet at the same time.

Riding the Magic Carpet while in Goo Ball form does have some advantages:

• You still maintain the hitbox of the Goo Ball; this allows you to still do damage while flying around.
• You have full flying controls; you are able to make incredibly sharp turns while still damaging opponents.

When you hit an enemy opponent or minion while in carpet state, Magic Carpet will disappear.

To execute, cast Goo Ball. After ballooning to ball size, use Magic Carpet. After the cast time of Magic Carpet, you should still be in ball form but be riding the carpet.