Best Builds for The Clown Upgrade Path
Goal: Clown builds that suffocate loops with gas and brute timing.
Last verified 2026-02-27
At-a-Glance
- Role: Killer
- Path shape: Starter -> Intermediate -> Optimized
- Patch source: 9.4.2
Starter
Lowest ownership barrier while preserving the same job.
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
Intermediate
Keep core consistency, then add upside perks.
Base pool (available to everyone)
Base pool (available to everyone)
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Optimized
Full target version pulled from the guide's core loadout.
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Upgrade Step 1: Starter -> Intermediate
- Distressing -> Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance. Preserves the build's core job with a lower ownership barrier.
- Scourge Hook: Monstrous Shrine -> Pop Goes the Weasel. Keeps similar value through hook while lowering ownership requirements.
Upgrade Step 2: Intermediate -> Optimized
- Bitter Murmur -> Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance. Keeps similar value through aura + generator while lowering ownership requirements.
- Hex: Fortune's Fool -> Pop Goes the Weasel. Keeps similar value through hook while lowering ownership requirements.
- Scourge Hook: Pain Resonance -> Deadlock. Preserves the build's core job with a lower ownership barrier.
- Pop Goes the Weasel -> Grim Embrace. Keeps similar value through hook + generator while lowering ownership requirements.