On the Suliens' frozen planet, a brain came alive and self-aware in the chaos of the universe. It felt threatened by Eisul, its natural predator, so it built itself a mechanical suit. Now, Synaptikus is a fully functional monster, ready to fight off Eisul or any Sulien that may stand in its way.
Role: Denier/Support
Overview
Synaptikus is a Metal denier who utilizes Freeze to shut down its enemies. It has many good effects to help deny, such as being able to Trait Disable an enemy and give itself an Extra Turn to deny. Synaptikus can also spam PER and apply Nanovirus after to remove then block positive effects, which is pretty great. Synaptikus also has an AoE form of this, which also gives supports its team with a shield. That's not the only support it has, as it can also cleanse its entire team and gives both shields and damage protection. Another nice feature is being able to bypass Dodge Area by freezing an enemy then freezing the entire team as well as having a Mega Freeze that PER's before it and gives Nanovirus to block the Recently Frozen effect.
Pros:
- Several tortures
- Great moveset
- Can apply True Vision
- Has Trait Disable and PER
- Several Freeze skills
- Great damage output for a denier
- Basal Ganglia bypasses Area Dodge
- Team NER for good Support
- Usually low stamina cost
- Good stats
- Nice Denier Relic slots (tons of potential Stamina Draining)
- Above average Trait
Cons:
- Oscillatory Patterns has a mean 50 stamina cost
- Only has Freeze for denial
- High cooldowns
Recommended Moveset
Brains VS Eyes
- Basal Ganglia (Freeze + AoE 45 Special dmg + Freeze + Drowned, 35s, 3 CD)
- Oscillatory Patterns (Trait Disable + Self True Vision + Extra Turn, 50s, 3 CD)
- Wernicke's Area (AoE PER + Nanovirus + 40 Metal dmg + Team 33% Shield, 30s, 2 CD)
- Powered By Neocortex / Broca's Area (Neocortex for PER + 70 Metal dmg + Mega Freeze + Nanovirus, 28s, 3 CD) / (Area for Team NER + 50% Shield + Damage Protection, 27s, 3 CD)
Oscillatory Patterns has Trait Disable, allowing him to deal with any Taunt or Freeze/Control Immunity monsters right off the bat, and then just about everything else he has is there to start a Freezing deny chain. He has Basal Ganglia to start the Freeze chain off, and the skill can even handle Area Dodge after he Trait Disables any Taunt monsters in the battle. Wernicke's Area removes any positive effects (such as Recently Frozen perhaps) and applies Nanovirus to stop your enemies from getting Recently Frozen applied to them afterwards. You can then shut an opponent down for 2 turns with Powered By Neocortex, and this skill doesn't even need to worry about Recently Frozen because it PERs the opponent before applying the Mega Freeze. You can also roll with Broca's Area to provide your team with some extra NER support.
Recommended Runes: 3 Speed; 2 Speed, 1 Team Speed
Recommended Relics: Sherezar's Amulet, Alces' Amulet; Pumpseed's Staff, Cane of the Atlantis
Counters
- Synaptikus' cooldowns are high, as such, you can use CDA monsters like Pierceid or Thundeer to shut it down.
- Crabbydroid is the best counter for this tiny brain. He's immune to Freeze and has Trait Protection, leaving Synaptikus useless against him.