Best Fish Deity Build in Abyssus
Best Fish Deity build at a glance
Fish Deity rewards learning its goo-and-stab rhythm instead of treating it like a conventional gun. Tentacles add persistent pressure while you rotate in and out of close range.
- Primary fire
- Fish Spit
- Secondary fire
- Piercing Stab
- Aspect
- Tentacles (Ocean)
- Weapon Forge
- Softening Acid · Repeating Jabs · Pursuing Horn
- Ability
- Turret
An unconventional weapon built around a goo-and-stab loop. It rewards short close-range commitments, disengagement, and persistent pressure from summons.
Best for: Close-range pressure & control, high-ceiling builds
Recommended Fish Deity build
Underrated because it is unusual. Build raw damage so goo and stab effects chain, and pair with Tentacles (which count as allies) for a summoner-style pressure build.
Primary and secondary fire
Fish Spit (Primary) — Goo that makes enemies more vulnerable to stabs.
Piercing Stab (Secondary) — Forward stab, piercing, high Weakspot damage.
Best Aspect and Blessings
Alternatives: Blood
Exact weapon Forge picks
- Softening Acid — Enemies hit by your Primary take 50% more damage from your next Secondary.
- Repeating Jabs — Weakspot stabs create a second stab.
- Pursuing Horn — Killing an enemy refreshes Dash. Dashing increases your Secondary damage by 25% for 2 sec.
Ability and Charms
Turret — Deploy a stationary turret that fires independently; great with the Combat Bow and summoner builds.
Editorial priorities
These are planning goals, not Ancient Forge item names.
Primary-to-Secondary comboWeakspot stab uptimeDash reset cadence
How to make the build work
- Establish the weapon loop first: apply goo, create a safe opening, then commit to the close follow-up.
- Use Rapid Tentacles or Explosives to keep dealing damage while you disengage.
- Add Supersonic or another defensive slot before increasing close-range commitment.
Solo, co-op and boss adjustments
Solo route
Do not stay attached to one target. Enter for the stab window, leave before the counterattack, and let summons work while you reposition.
Co-op role
Follow crowd control rather than initiating every engagement. Tentacles can cover a teammate’s retreat and keep lesser enemies occupied during elite focus.
Boss plan
Treat every close approach as a short damage window. Keep the goo setup active, but cancel the stab plan when an area telegraph removes your exit route.
Common mistakes
- Remaining in melee after the safe window closes
- Taking only summon damage and neglecting the weapon loop
- Skipping mobility because Tentacles appear to provide enough control
Depth 30 variant
Keep an on-kill or explosion effect so clears cascade even when you are outnumbered.
Fish Deity fire modes
Choose one Primary and one Secondary fire mode at the Workbench. “Recommended” marks this guide’s editorial selection.
Primary fire
- Rapid Goo — Multiple arcing goo orbs.
- Fish SpitRecommended — Goo that makes enemies more vulnerable to stabs.
- Hazardous Goo — Goo dealing stacking damage over time.
Secondary fire
- Piercing StabRecommended — Forward stab, piercing, high Weakspot damage.
- Wide Stab — Wide knock-back stab.
- Chainsaw — Repeated slashes, ramping on the same target.
Fish Deity Ancient Forge upgrades
These are weapon-specific Ancient Forge upgrades, not generic stat priorities. “Recommended” is an editorial pick for this route.
- Elastic Goo — Projectiles bounce, exploding and dealing 25% more damage for each bounce.
- Softening AcidRecommended — Enemies hit by your Primary take 50% more damage from your next Secondary.
- Weakening Jabs — Enemies hit by your Secondary are Weakened and Slowed.
- Repeating JabsRecommended — Weakspot stabs create a second stab.
- Pursuing HornRecommended — Killing an enemy refreshes Dash. Dashing increases your Secondary damage by 25% for 2 sec.
- Long Horn — Secondary range increases by 50%.
- Stunning Strike — Increase the Fish Deity's Stun duration by 300%.
- Discharging Reload — A discarded Fish Deity explodes in a 8-meter radius after reloading, dealing 2000 damage and stunning enemies hit.
How to unlock the Fish Deity
Unlocks in the Pregame Lobby after beating the First, Second and Third Herald (Act 4, Stage 1) across runs; then go behind the waterfall on the seaside path and collect it once the statues fill the pond.
Patch and source notes
Official baseline: Abyssus 1.3.62817, released. This page was impact-reviewed on. Read the official hotfix feed.
Reviewed against the hotfix notes; no documented balance-value change alters this recommendation.
Fire mode, ability and weapon Forge names are reference facts; the selected combination is an editorial recommendation.Names and taxonomy reviewed; legacy effect values are not all independently re-tested. Check the in-game Logbook for a live numeric value, browse the Forge catalogue, and see our methodology for the review policy.
Related weapon builds
Choose the alternative that best addresses this build’s trade-off.