The Top 3 SURVIVAL BUILDS in Dead Cells

[@Veedotme]

If you have a Survival Build that wins games and wasn't posted, let us know in the comments 👇🏾

[@Nova-ly7tx]

Propably really basic, it helped me to get somehow into 5BC: Symmetrical lance, Spike Shield or Punishment, Giant Wistle amd Ice Armor. What doesnt Kill me, Soldiers Resistance and Gastronomy. Attacking mid air to kill stuff, trying to kill deadlier enemys with the Wistle and otherwise just parrying my health up on enemys I know I can parry

[@АнтонКострико]

Ice shards + boi's axe +steel trap+ crusher. Mutations - gastronomy + heart of ice (musthave) + either soldier resistance or kill rhytm. You need to find oil and fire and poison on traps which is pretty easy, and try to find bonus on burning oil and/or poison on weapons (axe is more important as a main source of damage here). This build clears 5bs without any issues (except giant maybe, go easy kill scarecrow or time keeper) and it feels like a tactic build with tons of survivability

[@gabrielsimionato9834]

I was struggling to beat 3 BC and thanks to the first and third builds I am now on 5 BC and got to the collector ( although I died in seconds against him) . I used the first build with an ice shield in the backpack and armadillo pack + frostbite+ soldiers resistance

[@Veedotme]

Awesome! 🙏🏾

[@suchmeme238]

i love the death orb on giant animation on the first build, its awesome.

[@Veedotme]

😅😅

[@pianissimo7121]

couldn't tell if it was edited or not, like damn.

[@denisnopeno1671]

can we take a second to appreciate the fact that he did like 10 million damage with 1 dodgeroll to poor hand of the king at 11:13

[@YetiCat28]

I was just looking at that. How did 3-4 bombs deal a QUARTER of his health. He resisted the frost and slowness, so I doubt it had anything to do with the +175% or +30% dmg increase so... -\ (-_-) /- Edit: at 17:12 he confirms that it can be frozen for a short amount of time, meaning that the shield he was using dealt bonus damage to frozen enemies or, dealt more damage to something else (like to a bleeding enemy or on fire enemy) and also did this effect when the enemy thawed.

[@gjioeviojve]

@@YetiCat28 there used to be a bug where grenades deflected by legendary items would deal stupid amounts of damage. legendary magnetic grenade would almost instakill hotk when it throws grenades, but it's fixed now

[@GoldenGoobie]

Asked for an updated 2BC run guide the other day, used the warspear tank today to unlock 5bc. Vee keeps bringing the hits!

[@AerinSwift]

Thank you so much. War spear build carried me through 5bc like a charm. Swapped Gastronomy to Masochist on Giant and Hand of the King. Also brought Ice Shield in backpack for the *Spoilerboss* and used it with the Giant Killer (in this case changed Gastronomy to Disengagement).

[@skrivebom]

This first survival build got me from 1 BC to 4 BC quite easily. I really struggled on 1 BC with a glass cannon build. Thanks!

[@Jhonnywmr]

Thanks for your guide. Finally beat 2BC, looks like survival builds are the best for my skill

[@z0mbyz624]

What do you think about explosive crossbow in survival? I tend to think the huge damage boost you get from going point blank scaling with tactics is too strong to miss, but maybe im missing something that would make it interesting in green

[@travistotle]

Explosive crossbow is pretty solid all-around, I'm not too sure you'd wanna use it with point blank though, even if you're running it with tactics. Typically you wanna use the crossbow from pretty far away since it's pretty slow to fire and whack anyone who gets close with the melee. If anything, you'd probably wanna use Tranquility as a mutation so you're getting the damage bonus from attacking far away.

[@z0mbyz624]

@@travistotle not a huge fan of tranquility. Point blank carried me all the way to the hand of the king on 2 bc, damage was just so ridiculous that id rather come face to face for a one shot. As for survival, im kinda confused on some synergies that would be on par with what purp has to offer

[@TalkingRaven_]

I always run kill rhythm on most crossbows including explosive crossbow. My mutations are Kill Rhythm, Point Blank, and the cd on crits. I just walk up and alternate between whack and firing. Idk if it's safe or effective but it does good damage and it's actually kinda fun.

[@Teryte]

cool trick with the giant killer is you can just leave it at the start of the biome then put your secondary weapon in your backpack for going between biomes

[@iamveggie]

This helped me a lot, was 2BC and now pushing 5. Thanks Vee!

[@dragunz8]

Great vids! I realized that after 100s of hrs on this game, I am missing so many items lol I'm not one for the grind but I'll try to get the boy axe for sure. On 4 BC now and got the fifth finally. Can't believe this game is still addictive even after that long. Cheers

[@EJ-dv5ko]

Finally beat spoiler boss for the first time with the first build! Honestly felt so cheap with how little damage you take lmao. Can confirm that its the unkillable build :p

[@Veedotme]

ayyyy

[@pixelsbits2129]

Every time I see one of your build videos the same thought comes to mind. Motion Twin should be sending you a check. God knows how many people have poured countless hours into this game because of you. Players hit a difficulty wall they cannot pass, and just give up altogether. Then that same player comes across one of your videos, and then they have the tools to succeed. That's exactly what made me come back to Dead Cells some years ago, and I conquered everything through 5BC. The only trophy I never got was a flawless victory on The Collector. I was close many times though. I ended up losing my save data when I upgraded from PS4 Pro to PS5, and I was excited to see you still post videos bro. Thanks again for helping me get back to where I once was. Your videos on Dead Cells have no equal.

[@Veedotme]

thanks for all the kind words i really appreciate it

[@surestrange]

That first build got me thru 4BC on my second try..found an amulet w invisibility which made it even easier as well. Bout to see what 5BC is all about. Thanks man!

[@wabbit2099]

Thank you for this. Swole survival helped carry me through the two 5BC completions needed to get the true ending. With the appropriate routing and a bit of luck from normal mode RNG, it made runs a lot more consistent. Appreciate the info. Now that I got the true ending, I can play around without caring about completion as much.

[@corndogxd1276]

very interesting builds o.O definetly going to try the nutcracker one

[@Veedotme]

Take wolf trap and crusher to scarecrow and you'll be surprised at the result 👀👀

[@jillian5394]

BRO THE FF8 MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND WORKS SO WELL WITH THIS GAME! Imma totally play that during game play

[@glebmpakopuc9885]

Ffs! Facerolled with first build shown here my 2cells which I've tried to do for a long time! Whoever made this build - thank you!

[@miloz1950]

Omfg, thanks man. The first build is just tooo powerful. It was so hard to even get to the first boss on 4bc (maybe because i was restarting very often :]). But that build just destroys that game. Giant and Hand of the King just vanish in no time. Now I'll face real hell.

[@vermilionshadow]

I died laughing at the Hand dying to all of the Disgusting Worm Eggs during the Heavy Crossbow segment, that's just too funny.

[@kx3-gaming]

I think that, for the first build, instead of soldier’s resistance, i’d use dead inside. It gives more health, plus the gastro will make up for the health cut from food by dead inside.

[@mysterpot]

You got a point

[@dsalas88]

Thank you for the builds! I needed a good Survival Build to get to the spoiler boss the 2nd time. Just a quick comment, the background music is a bit loud when you're explaining the build. But that could just be me. Cheers Vee!

[@Veedotme]

Good to know!

[@dsalas88]

@@Veedotme overall great video Vee! The information was easily digestible!

[@vivyaong]

okay the first build saved my life. been struggling to finish 3bc for month now and tried mostly assassin and bleed builds but with this I managed to beat 3bc and 4bc instantly. 4bc first try as well

[@AlonElishkov]

Thanks for the excellent content V. Can't wait to try some of these out.

[@hectorsv735]

The hunter's grenade gives extra health? :0

[@justinberger5865]

only on 3+ bcs

[@hectorsv735]

@@justinberger5865 is it because of the 3 stats? Is it that noticeable?

[@justinberger5865]

@@hectorsv735 is very noticeable

[@yagami999913]

I'm just getting back to the game after a long hiatus. Stopped playing after i finished the game on 0BC before DLCs were even a thing. Followed your advice and went RnB and i MURDERED my first Giant on 1BC. Got rekt by HOTK but i'm motivated to git gut at the game thanks to you. The game is so much better now after all the DLC and updates. Keep the great content up !

[@bryandedon7459]

Same here. I beat the game then quit playing. After playing hades a crap ton I started playing returnal and just got the urge to play dead cells again bc of fun these type of games are. I've been playing this on switch then play returnal once my battery is about dead on the switch. The DLCs are really fun and I just beat 2BC. Doing a survival build thru 3BC right now.

[@irent5053]

My favorite survival build is with the baseball bat, completely unrivaled

[@glumboflumbo]

These videos get better and better keep it up man

[@Veedotme]

Glad you like it!

[@nifo1013]

Been waiting for this one! :D Been learning so much from these videos of yours. Excellent content mate, kudos! Loving the Nutcracker build. And also the Tombstone one! :D Gotta have a lot of fun with those.

[@Veedotme]

Thanks, enjoy!

[@thedubleproject3102]

Ice shards with oily boy axe kinda go crazy.

[@Veedotme]

The original quadra bind build 😂

[@necron8992]

Ice crossbow with the "+175% to frozen targets" on the piercing shot is just plain OP

[@punfresh1]

YOOO HE DID IT the classic 'go in, throw the javelin, nut'

[@W-mans26]

Pause

[@youtubewatcherforfun]

Just beat my first 5bc run, mixed hunter grenade build with repeater bow until I got legendary rapier in the fractured shrines. Then I got a bunch of red to stack with green and tanked my way to victory!!

[@kusd]

The 1st build is OP.I feel very eazy in new DLC with 5BC.Nice video!

[@jacobbillups4715]

Honestly the ff8 boss music alone commands some serious respect

[@TitaniumTastesGood]

I feel like these people are playing a different game then i am

[@miZuTiERia]

War spear is my GOD. I was constantly dying in the early stages but once this weapon is unlocked for the first time I'm directly snowballing everything till the final boss stage.

[@adrienrault6067]

Tks for all your work Vee, i'm watching your videos and find it always usefull. Keep going bro

[@Veedotme]

Will do 💪🏽

[@deeeeniiiiss]

damn the dmg when you deflected those eggs during the heavy crossbow part

[@timwelt9982]

Yeah those vids, were great vee, i really dig the inspiration! Keep up the good work!

[@Veedotme]

Glad you like them!

[@nope.nope.3704]

Finally some recognition for heavy crossbow. It was my favorite weapon on 2, 3 and 4 BC, and I wanted to do 5 with it as well, but died 3 times to the collectioner, got mad and came to him with a baseball bat and wolf trap (easy win).

[@jacobinho86]

"You have to TRY to die with this first build." *Dies on the scarecrow* ;_; Now what really happened was that I was struggling to get the equipment for the build and when I got the giant killer on the undying shores I just put it to S rank and it turns out that it got a "1% of health back after each hit" without me noticing until I was on the mausoleum so there is your way of dying with that build XP. Now I DID give the scarecrow a salty run back with the same build and I won... it took me 3 flasks though, I thought that the monster damage was buffed since the upload of this video but the hand of the king was struggling HARD to make a dent at the end that one flask that was left from the scarecrow was enough so either scarecrow is the anti-"Unkillable war spear" build or scarecrow is just my worst fitght, either way thanks to you I just finished 4BC thank you so much. Also I was using the repeater cross bow on that failed run and ditched it for the cursed war spear but looking back at it if I had changed gastronomy and recovery for barved tips and point blank instead of insisting on the other build I might have cleared it, what do you think?

[@dingo535]

Definitely enjoyed the video. Learning the wonders of the heavy cross bow as we speak. It is one shotting every thing! Having my best run so far with it, going through the castle now.

[@eeveekid8459]

Well, I just came here to say that the War Spear build helped me win 2bc! (and also 3bc)

[@atreyu979]

I can't believe no one's mentioned it yet. Holy fuck that HotK kill right before nutcracker was beautiful

[@walassi834]

Nice vídeo editing. I couldn't make green heavy Xbox. Even at one handed. But i did a purple one last month.

[@Veedotme]

I did like purple before Point Blank was made. Now i'm back to Green (with Point blank lol)

[@walassi834]

@@Veedotme i did try on the old top 3 the you did with it. But i died on 5bc biome.

[@goatsfluffy8254]

Optionally, add in tainted flask, if you’re gonna be making elites may as well make flasks.

[@Squirrel412]

Comment for the algorithm. Great vid!

[@Veedotme]

appreciate it 🙇🏾‍♂️

[@arijeanz]

beat the game for the first time w heavy crossbow + shield in backpack (punishment/spiked works well). creamed hotk. i dont use heavy crossbow as much anymore since im trying to diversify my weapon usage but i can reliably beat the game w crossbow. its too good. i like how if you're closer to a target you will one shot because of all the bolts hitting, but if you choose to stand further back you can snipe a small spread of enemies such as flying ones. the thing is knowing whether you have time to commit to an attack and when you have to animation cancel, but that's a skill needed with most survival weapons. if you don't like survival i highly recommend trying out the crossbow, i can guarantee you will like it. you can also run it in tactics for less health but more powerful mutations. parting gift and crows foot are some of my favorites, they are excellent for crowd control. parting gift in particular is cracked af with armadillopack because you can roll into the bombs and spread them out even more. crows foot helps with the slowness. i haven't tried kill rhythm since i don't have it yet but i would assume it works excellently as well.

[@ScrodumHat]

god damn that first war spear one is insane

[@darkdestructer]

that final fantasy music, a man of culture i see

[@hughmungus3306]

I’m only 1bc, but the second build, I definitely can get behind. I’ve made it to the Hand of the king only 2x. Once using a tactics build and dying because I had just restarted playing the game. And the second time with a heavy crossbow. Big boi never stood a chance.

[@realwalrus.2290]

Rhythm n bouzouki is one of the strongest weapons in dead cells

[@aaronmcfarlane2549]

bro i was looking for a good scythe claws build but that war spear build exceeded my expectation when i tried it

[@Fishman465]

I like how you looked out for high BC which would really test a survival build.

[@Th4tG4m3rJJ]

I've recently started using the ice crossbow. Very nice

[@jasonsaunders8527]

What's up Vincent it's crazy you came across my feed. Dope videos cuz keep ot up man 💪🏾

[@Veedotme]

Small world! 🤯 I appreciate the kind words!

[@nikolausfonseca6588]

Awesome video man 👌💯 I was wondering if you could do a video on how to get custom mode on mobile dead cells

[@xkidmidnightx]

You kill the elite zombie in ramparts.

[@Veedotme]

As soon as I get the recording to work lol

[@nikolausfonseca6588]

@@xkidmidnightx so as long as I go to ramparts I'll find a elite zombie?

[@xkidmidnightx]

@@nikolausfonseca6588 yes. The very beginning of the map

[@JosephJstr]

I actually beat the queen first try on 5bc with giantkiller, force shield and a tonic with zero pots! Swole survival is real, I used dead inside, vengeance and soldiers resistance. It was my second 5bc run and first win too, survival op :D

[@Fella_friend]

Got to 5bc in my first 19 hours of play. And not knowing anything about building my kit other than get the one scroll high made me really struggle against spoiler boss

[@przemysawkwiatkowski5625]

The first build is actually very difficult. I am playing on 3BC and I have already died multiple times in the second/third level of the game. For me it is definetely even not top5

[@Tom-rd8dd]

the unkillable war spear is kinda doable again using stuff like new necro + soldier's resistance + recovery or armadillo pack edit : gastro instead of soldier's resistance works too

[@Remops]

I have watched a bunch of your videos recently and you have really informative content and awesome build suggestions with good explanation, the only thing that has been a challenge is because I am new to dead cells. I don't necessarily know the function of different mutations or equipment simply based on the name or icon. These are obviously well thought out builds, so it would be tremendously helpful to flash a snippet of the mutation across the screen during the explanation instead of just displaying the icon in the corner. Sorry for the criticism, but I really dig these builds and it would just make it easier to approach them. Thanks for the great vid, Keep up the Great content

[@Veedotme]

thanks for the feedback!

[@pilgrimspromise1132]

The giant slayers buildings got me my win unlocking 5bc

[@lostcosmonaut6479]

Great work man thanks!

[@nutzeeber]

broadsword, it literally carried me to 4bc, and now i'm planning to go wit it again

[@teddypizzle6029]

Got my first ever no hit on a boss with the shotty build thanks man

[@joethegreat7242]

Nutcracker motto: Welcome to concussionland!

[@TheTroupeMasterGrimm]

This is really well made.

[@mysterpot]

My survival build is : Assault Shield as the first weapon, the baseball bat as the second weapon, Wolf Trap as the first skill and finally death orb as the second skill This build is definitely op for 5 BC, always reached the Astrolab when had the build

[@TheGuyThatIsBored.]

Is this after the nerf? I know I know

[@Hollowghost360]

More recent op combo is the hotline Miami bat with the throwable knife you will however need to start hunting for survival type scrolls

[@ka1nt0pia]

These builds are totally awesome, though I think ice shards + boy's axe are worth mentioning cuz these 2 combined are just a free way to win the game

[@andersgespielt8510]

can it be that the huntergrenade does no longer give stat boost?

[@benjaminc924]

I somehow beat my first scarecrow boss without bouncing on a single mushroom. Didn't even know it was a mechanic till my second time fighting him

[@reggiesterling9394]

First off man you are amazing at this game thanks for all the info I suck at this game I'm only on 1boss cell maybe this will help me not be as sucky but you really opened my eyes to try other items I really want to get better but I'm trying to get blueprints I guess I need to focus on 1or the other thanks again

[@adelAKAdude]

Before u ask ... Yes i do love the editing thank u 4 that

[@ranjithaanil1279]

you are the best deadcells youtuber

[@adt83live]

Finally beat 4bc with the war spear build, staying alive really helps get a w 😆 280 hours in now I'll be looking for that 5bc win

[@AurelianoShowsTheWorld]

Cool video

[@floatytrouty]

I just obtain my first Boss Cell with second build, the heavy crossbow damage is bonkers, i got lucky getting a high level heavy crossbow on HPC and the rest is history

[@ryagas5369]

Wow. I gotta give war spear a try now.

[@reader4795]

Very well done list :)

[@dfuzesavetf2147]

What if in the swole build you change ice armor for vampirism and the gastro for dead inside, you'll have even more health and it will be a lot more renewable.

[@Veedotme]

I like it I just don't want anyone to die from the vamp 😅

[@dfuzesavetf2147]

@@Veedotme maybe you could swap out the grenade for a tonic or ice armor and use it with the vamp but thats reaching a bit

[@LocTran-sc7mm]

Yep, only 5 days into the game and I already know that heavy crossbow is op af

[@electrotricity7203]

I will do some experimenting with the Nutcracker + Javelin. Sounds cool

[@skipperg4436]

Playing without a shield? Intriguing...

[@mauricebottomley7623]

Help me Vee, you are my only hope! I still don't know all the lore rooms that contain food! Can you make a video (or tierlist) on lorerooms and which ones have food loot in?!

[@Veedotme]

This is a super interesting idea. I'll see if its something I can do

[@mauricebottomley7623]

@@Veedotme Thank you!

[@saidsaad1242]

hey Vee nice videos-like them all- and good informatios now I recently update to v2.5 and get mad about custom controller they delete the ability to use same button to perform primary attack and skill it is very enoying cause I kind of use to run this setting all my playthrough ...

[@grandvage]

war spear build looks like it got patched, i just can't seem to tank as good as you are doing on video.

[@ixICocoIxi]

Did you know you can disable the cursed chest notification? In the options menu 🙂

[@samthemessiah9330]

I used to only run ice shards/ nutcracker in survival and I'm ngl now i dont know how to use survival without dual binding

[@sotoskun861]

One question for the first build. My health always plumet when i get hit with no time to recover. I have the all the requirements you showed but it doesnt work. The yellow bar dont even show. Did they nerfed the build?

[@Yvera]

finally, vee know how powerful survival is

[@Veedotme]

I love it but everyone was requesting Brut and Tactics builds haha

[@KwidzaxD]

Hunters granade no longer gives additional stats

[@the0s0ph1st]

13:43 Wait, as far as I know Heart of Ice does not work on slowed mobs since 2.1? Can you please confirm? Also, love that you've been using FFXIV music for all of the guides!

[@Veedotme]

at 13:24 the Purulent Zombie that spawns after the mushroom is slowed. Hitting it reduced my cooldown. happy to reconfirm that one

[@the0s0ph1st]

Wow they must have silently rerolled that one back. It was specifically mentioned in the 2.1 patch notes (tried to post a link to the patchnotes but YT apparently removed it). Thanks for confirming!

[@PastDark877]

Good builds, but I always go for gold parry builds in survival because greed lol. btw concierge is pronounced "con see air" French words bah lol

[@shairneshadowfell9879]

I knew heavy crossbow is one of the best survival weapons!

[@Matheus-mu7fd]

What is a good Rhythm n' Bouzouki build?

[@killkenny4973]

i just beated 3bc third try with after this vid