Grounded: Infused Broodmother solo [NG+4 Whoa! difficulty - No damage]

Official Release v1.4.2.4535
I never thought that I would be updating this video.
Her Infusions*:
Increased Movement Speed
Increased Attack
Increased Max Health
Sour Magic Attack
Explosive Attack
Projectile Bomb
Fresh Magic Attack
*see notes at the end of my description
Thanks to the recent patch, Broodmother's scream is finally perfect blockable (and therefore, a no-damage run is possible). However, her scream still will give a debuff that decreases the player's damage by 50%. Patience is a virtue, I suppose.
Instead of using multiple options as I did here ( • Grounded: Broodmother ... ), one can use the Spicy Staff with *Spicy Mage to deal good damage to her and her minions, simplifying one's efforts in the battle.
Broodmother calls for additional spiders at 75%, 50%, and 25% health, with each breakpoint causing her to scream. After blocking said scream, one should focus on the spiderlings and orb weaver jr's more than herself, as they're more likely to damage the player. If any are infused, it will be a thorn in your side for significantly longer, especially while debuffed.
Unlike the older version of Broodmother, she gets an attack speed boost upon reaching 25% of her health, so be wary of that.
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Items and Equipment:
Spicy Staff Lv. 15 - Normally, it's too slow to be an effective weapon. Thanks to Spicy Mage, the staff can now reach attack speeds that were previously unimaginable.
Glowbasa Necklace - Implant Weakness: Spicy / Spicy Mage / Blastwave
*Implant Weakness: Spicy - Adds a debuff that gives an enemy 50% increased damage to spicy
*Spicy Mage - Every hit performed by the Spicy Staff will increase attack speed by 15%, stacking up to five times
*Blastwave - Any summons created by the player have a 25% of creating an explosion that does 70 damage upon hitting the enemy, of which this damage can affect the player. Needless to say, this wasn't useful here
Wizard Hat Lv. 9 (Sleek) - Used for Wizard's Defense and Wizard's Duel. Wizard's Defense increases the parry window by 30ms for 10 seconds with staves when one attacks with ranged weapons, and Wizard's Duel increases the damage of staves by 40% for 10 seconds when one successfully perfect blocks.
Black Ox Harness Lv. 9 (Sleek) - Its sleek effect adds quickcharge, reducing the charge time of attacks by 12%.
Black Ox Legwraps Lv. 9 (Sleek) - Same as the above.
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Food and Drinks: (due to the cooldown for using buffs, I skipped recording these actions)
Perfect Toast - +5% crit chance and +40% to critical hit damage
Boss Sauce - +5% crit chance
Liquid Rage - +10% attack
Green Machine - 20% faster stamina recovery
Boost Juice - +20 stamina
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Mutations:
Whittle Wizard Lv. 3 - Helps the Spicy Staff apply a burning DoT modifier that does 75 damage every 5 seconds. In addition, it reduces the stamina cost for multiple attacks. The true spiderling murderer.
Parry Master Lv. 3 - Every perfect block recovers 100 stamina, which helps offset some of the stamina use.
Natural Explorer Lv. 3 - Despite combat significantly reducing the speed this gives, what little it does helps get away from those pesky spiderlings.
Coup De Grass Lv. 2 - 5% crit chance, stack all the crit.
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3 - 60% more damage from critical hits, pairing nicely with the other buffs.
Lastly, the Broodmother mount was used for an extra 20% damage increase.
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*Notes:
- If she has Venom Coating, she will inflict it with her screams, preventing a no-damage run entirely. As the devs are fixing infusion effects on attacks such as this, this is likely a leftover bug.
- Spicy Mage's effect stays on for as long as you're using a staff, so you can freely switch to a more damaging trinket once you have five stacks built up. Ironically, I learned this after I completed this video.
- If only the Mantis could get balanced in this manner...

[@hyperfun384]

god forbid this man from going to australia, there's gonna be no spoiders left

[@RumpledStiltStain]

Litteral madness

[@jessicavazquez6082]

Spicy assualt rifle over here eh

[@steelmon1941]

What use does the black ox armour have here?

[@KCGemini]

It helps for those far-reaching max charge shots due to Quickcharge; otherwise, it has little point.

[@KCGemini]

After additional testing, Moth/Mother Demon armor for the chest and legs would have been better overall.

[@pokerdude710]

First time ng+ here. what is implanting is that some kind of trinket

[@pokerdude710]

Glowbasa necklace maybe

[@KCGemini]

It is!
Implant Weakness can be on Science Waffles, Science Cones, Glowbasa Wristbands and Glowbasa Necklaces.

[@0seraphic]

my dear brother kc, is there anything cuter you can try to speedrun next? lolz

[@KCGemini]

Fortunately, this is the last one for giant spiders, haha.

[@kenjievelayo6400]

Can u explain ur equipment build

[@KCGemini]

​@@kenjievelayo6400 Usually, the Spicy Staff is too slow to be used in this manner, but ever since Obsidian added the new trinkets, some weapons that had little use are now much more viable. Implant Weakness: Spicy increases the spicy damage she takes, and Spicy Mage gives the player a 15% attack speed boost with every hit done with the Spicy Staff, up to a max of 5 stacks.
I didn't know it before, but once one has full Spicy Mage stacks, they could switch to another trinket more optimized for damage, such as one with Implant Weakness: Spicy / Boss Damage / Spicy Damage Up Best, as Spicy Mage stacks stay unless you switch to another weapon.

[@KCGemini]

I'm sorry, Zero. I have another idea for a video.
Unfortunately, it's going to require the strongest spider.
*Edit, done: th-cam.com/video/w_3y15toH5g/w-d-xo.html

[@KCGemini]

Save me from myself: th-cam.com/video/hThGdfdEZCc/w-d-xo.html

[@pokerdude710]

Some good news you no longer get the damage debuff from pblocking her scream

[@KCGemini]

Very nice!
Hopefully, the devs eventually prevent the Mantis from being able to do the same thing.

[@Israyl.]

what is this build
?

[@KCGemini]

If you want more information, the lower half of the video's description lists all of these in more detail.
Items and Equipment:
Spicy Staff Lv. 15
Glowbasa Necklace (Implant Weakness: Spicy / Spicy Mage / Blastwave)
Wizard's Hat Lv. 9 (Sleek)
Black Ox Harness Lv. 9 (Sleek)
Black Ox Legwraps Lv. 9 (Sleek)
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Food and Drinks:
Perfect Toast
Boss Sauce
Liquid Rage
Green Machine
Boost Juice
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Mutations:
Whittle Wizard Lv. 3
Parry Master Lv. 3
Natural Explorer Lv. 3
Coup De Grass Lv. 2
Trapper Peep.R Lv. 3
Extra Buff:
Broodmother Mount

[@carterklassen405]

@@KCGemini couldn't this be optimized if you used boss damage up and broodmother damage up, as well as switching the black ox armour?

[@KCGemini]

@@carterklassen405 Indeed! However, I recommend using Spicy Damage Up Best before +Boss Damage/+Broodmother Damage Up, as it's a +50% damage increase. You can also drop the trinket with Spicy Mage for a better one once it builds 5 stacks, as they'll stay for as long as you don't switch out the Spicy Staff.
The Wizard's Hat's sleek ability is why I opted for it, as perfect blocks give a 40% damage increase for staves for 10 seconds, which I found a bit more valuable compared to the extra 12% charge speed increase that the Black Ox Helm would have provided.
That would be an interesting conversion for Stunning Charger, though.

[@pynkahyugauchiha2000]

Tryhard 😎 i am a NOOB 😭

[@KCGemini]

I still remember my first wolf spider encounter. In the end, it's all just practice. (That being said, I definitely have more than my fair share of noob moments in Grounded)

[@pynkahyugauchiha2000]

@@KCGemini i've been try it to defeat infected broodmother (whoa mode) more than 90 times without success even using fresh scimitar 9 and sour axe 9 😔 , phase 3 is a nightmare very fast 😋

[@KCGemini]

@@pynkahyugauchiha2000 Have you tried Giddy Goop? It applies the same effect as Finale Goo and helps slow down some of the attack speed she gains during that phase. With that much effort, I believe you will get it!

[@pynkahyugauchiha2000]

@@KCGemini thanks , in all my worlds i just have been defeat her one time but it was too hard 🙂👍