Things you should NEVER craft in GROUNDED

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[@XxThrasherxX420]

"These items are garbage" What he means "I do not know how to use these builds"

[@wesleygabriel9991]

why would you use the fire ant club over the mint mace?

[@isabellajustice2910]

The squito needles are fuckin great lmao

[@theodorethewyvern2640]

As a guy who rushes pond lab, Koi Scale armor is amazing for how easy it is to get

[@ryanfearon4649]

Ok I went through all of the comments and I am very confident saying this as the only Trident fan here. That thing carries me to the upper yard, awesome ops and the stun is also surprisingly great, Valid on everything else love u

[@Ghost_415]

I very much agree with you, I only recently replaced the bone trident with the rusty spear after getting to the upper yard. That thing Carries me early to mid game

[@BearOnEem]

Love the bone trident! Use it every run!

[@XxThrasherxX420]

I also use the bone trident, it was my main weapon. Its very nice to be able to 1 shot things in the pond when you have no combo.

[@PieterPatrick]

I use in the pond, the spiders are easily killed with it. And I don't have better weapons like mentioned in this video. (I'm still in the lower garden.)

[@PasionPit]

Bro the Grub armor set is the best tier 1 armor set. Each piece effect increases maximum stamina by 10, each piece gone down the sleek path increases the rate that stamina regenerates by 15%, and the set bonus deduces the time it takes for stamina to begin to regenerate by 10%. It is the greatest stamina based set in the whole game.

[@CDiinky]

this is true if you upgrade the armour but would you really spent upgrade materials on tier 1 armour?

[@PasionPit]

@@CDiinky of course, I can even easily make it sleek in the lower yard with the lab where you find the punch whacker. There's sturdy plating in the chest

[@sneakygoliath2568]

Hardest boss in the game is destroyed by koi, fire ant shield, and a fresh rusty spear. The widow is also murdered by this setup.

[@CDiinky]

i tested this against the INF. BROOD and the koi set + rusty spear + fire ant shield killed her in 2:52 seconds. The other set i used was the fire ant set + toenail scimitar + fire and shield and got a time of 2:28.

[@sneakygoliath2568]

@@CDiinky If it took you 3 minutes to kill the infected broodmother then you’re not using the setup correctly.

[@FalconKyule1]

I've never cared for most armor set bonuses. Nearly all of them suck. I beat everything using nearly the same gear. Marksman Hat, Bee Chest (replaced with Moth chest), and Aphid Slippers. Mix and match is better than a set in most cases.

[@CDiinky]

its good so it makes the builds more customizable than just using a singe set always!

[@beytheblade66]

I think the firefly head lamp is a little useful because the sleek version gives you plus bust harvesting speed which is great if you need to farm A LOT of pebbles like I do

[@CDiinky]

But also the rock cracker mutation should fix that without using upgrade rocks

[@Truly_Spiderman]

My Moquito Needle/Rapier carried my whole playthrough so... skill issue

[@CDiinky]

there are so many better weapons than the mosquito needles just saying!

[@matthewhirsch582]

Yea at the end of the game where everything is viable to get agree with you @CDiinky, but early on a lot of these weapons are life savers

[@vexxxen8527]

The tick weapon is imo a better counterpart to the Tiger mosquito rapier

[@MrLammofgod]

I was sooooo into life steal weapons for my first two playthroughs but it pretty much makes healing items irrelevant... Which got a little boring. I realized I'd literally never explored the smoothie maker after two playthroughs😂

[@DarkestVoid]

@@CDiinkydisagree for one big reason. The Tick Macuahuitl is slashing damage while the Tiger Mosquito Rapier is stabbing damage. Out of all stabbing weapons I’d 100% take the Tiger Mosquito Rapier over anything else. Then again I like to keep at least one weapon of each damage type on me.

[@chazcartwright]

Ok 1: the black ant armor can be broken when used with a certain food item. the black ant set reflects 50% of total damage back at the attacker. that said with the sour mutation maxed and a Omlant that adds another 50% reflection, and it's a reflecting damage instead of dealing damage. 2: the firefly headlamp makes a really bright spotlight when placed on a mannequin. its light range is farther then Omnidirectional lights like torches and sconces. which can help you see during a nighttime base defense. 3: the larva blade is considered a sword not a dagger by the game's code. So, it's a poison weapon that benefits from sword mutation instead of the dagger. 4: The mosquito weapons are great with paired with the Ladybug armor. which its set increases all healing. which also against things weak against stabbing like ants can let you tank a swarm. 5: the wasp armor can allow you to fire your bow more quickly that when paired with the boss wasp bow is nearly broken. because the boss bow lets you heal yourself and debuff (which includes bleed and poison) enemies near you when paired with the boss wasp hat and the apex predator mutation. I've watched a guy solo the Brood-mother using nothing but basic arrows and that combo. Other then that i can't argue most of them.

[@CDiinky]

i agree with your points 100%! ive also done a thorns video if you want to check that out!!

[@charlieplayzgames6469]

I only make the weapons for the sake of having all the weapons

[@CDiinky]

im sure we all do! but practically, there are better weapons.

[@bipolarexpress9827]

To everyone who says these items are super useful: It’s important to consider other options when discussing efficiency. Sure, a mosquito needle is viable for lifesteal. But smoothies exist. It’s better to kill things faster so they don’t have as much time to damage you. Also, it’s not efficient in anyway to spend more time killing things. Just because the method you found works doesn’t make it great when compared to other methods. Sorry for getting philosophical, but a lot of people tend to get stubborn. I’m interested in seeing a ten minute IBM kill with the amazing mosquito needle and grub armor though.

[@drewdinception420]

I've maxed grub gear for running around collecting things where running is involved. I'm also using mannequins to make different scenes on various floors in my base. It's a good place to put all the gear you build for quest. If you'd be interested in a multi-player play thru I'd be down. As a stay at home dad I've got time.

[@tygger.6648]

To be fair, I agree with most of it. BUT: hear me out; the “infected broma” from the infected broodmother is just way too much fun not to use. And if you use the “dissection expert” mutation, which you can turn on once you killed her, you will need about 2 runs to get all the materials.

[@i_will_end_you_]

The great sword is the exact same damage as coaltan

[@simpletora7313]

I know this is 3 months old but you neglect one crucial aspect in your decisions, that being what part of the game you're on. Early on crafting a larva blade/sqwetoe needle is good for farming blademaster kills or just because you prefer those weapons till you can actually get a better weapon. Nobody is running around with the Mortal Blade when they just start the game especially on WOAH mode

[@groundedpl2843]

I think the antlion great sword is good because you can get it quickly by ziplining to the sandbox at night and kill like 4 antlaions and duplicate their parts to make a antlion great sword that does quite good damage because at this stage you have a superduplicator chip and a lot of raw saience

[@FurtiveSkeptical]

The firefly helmet gives you a harvesting bonus on rock breaking and digging resources, coupled with rock breaker you can 1 hit most resources, particularly helpful underwater. The tunnel vision spotlight cone is annoying and disorienting in a fight scenario, and weirdly the light coverage gets eclipsed when shielding. A poor light source certainly, but the only accessible one for 2 handed or "both handed" builds. It's passable while harvesting and I keep it ready for the odd moment it's useful for light, but the harvesting bonus is quite significant. ✌️

[@TheUnknownToxin191]

A lot of people are getting heated but I agree with him honestly and just a reminder this is HIS opinion.

[@literatemax]

Bone trident and bone dagger are the strongest tier II weapons

[@jakedegrendel6941]

Im not sure if you read the actual numbers of some of these sets, but there are a few hot takes in there. The first one is moldy blaster. It has the highest in game damage, but in niche situations. Its actually the best weapon for farming Ant Parts for shield repair/Termite parts for repair glue, and has the fastest clear times for each repected zone. At 125 damage per target with no cap, at 9 targets, you are already at a maxed out spear critting with the koi/ant shield debuffs, which is the highest damage you can get in game. Keep in mind this is spammable every 2 seconds, with no upgrades at all. You can't beat this damage without a ton of farming for materials and science to clone it a bunch. Believe it or no, 3 IBM kills for this damage output makes it much more efficient for what it can do. Even single taget, it also has pretty fast widow kill times, which is a bit impressive as the widow resists almost every in game damage there is. The moldy set is what makes this even faster/safer, with increased stuns/resistance being lowered/stacking damage buff from the set. So, like i said, wouldn't call it bad, niche would be a better term. If you don't like farming repair glue or cutting down grass/stems for large builds, then i wouldnt call these bad. This brings me to the last set, the Koi set. If you are unaware, the set with a fire ant shield and rusty spear currently holds the fastest clear time for the Infected Broodmother, especially after the fist build nerfs. It is actually used for the fastest kills in all bosses, and if you are good with perfect blocking. I wouldn't call that not worth by any means, as perfect blocking (or parrying) is a huge game mechanic and being rewarded for learning is bad by no means.

[@CDiinky]

Very true take but keep in mind only 0.5% of the grounded community has killed the inf. Broodmother

[@sneakygoliath2568]

Seriously the koi armor with fire ant and a spear is ridiculous. I’ve almost dealt 1k damage to the infected broodmother with trapper peep.r active. He doesn’t know the power and uses of the items he says sucks.

[@prestonwyss2337]

ive always used fire ant armor for the corrosion and the minty toenail scimitar on whoa mode inf brood but ima try this build out

[@DarkestVoid]

@@CDiinkydoesn’t really matter how much of the community has done it. Doesn’t make it a bad weapon that you should never craft.

[@XxThrasherxX420]

@@CDiinky .7 on steam, which doesn't include people on xbox, have killed the Infected Broodmother.

[@karengrother3585]

It feels like a lot of these are advice solely for people who play this game solo. The larva blade is super helpful with regaining health when you have other people who are taking agro as well, it balances out so nicely. I haven't played solo, so I don't know how terrible it is when taking on everything by yourself, but it's one of the best items for group fighting and it's really fast and takes little stamina.

[@nicholeramsdill6418]

The lava blade doesn’t have healing properties

[@karengrother3585]

@@nicholeramsdill6418 I never said it did? Having a quick weapon lets you give decent damage at a good rate and then with other players taking agro away from you. It allows you to take a second to regain health.

[@DarkestVoid]

@@karengrother3585the way it was worded definitely made it sound like it gave life steal.

[@XxThrasherxX420]

I play solo, and with a group. None of this info really felt useful. It was all a matter of oppinion, and that oppinion wasnt even very educated on the facts. Just read what the gear gave you, and called it bad, never said anything about how broken some of that stuff can be with the right mutations.

[@ki4n075]

Anthony Greatsword is OP early mid game. Perfect block with it and you're a killing machine. Not to hard to use.

[@deerblood17]

I would just craft it because I can and I like to see the full sets

[@Armchairtuna717]

Most of these are valid, but I have to disagree with the koi Armor. Although it's a tier two light armor that doesn't offer much protection. It set bonuses makeup for that. Perfect blocks make you invincible as is as well as adding the full set bonus where you're able to weaken an enemies defense by 50% dealing more damage. Overall though, the rest are valid. good video 👍

[@CDiinky]

Agree with the koi set although it is catered to the "grounded pros" but there are better T2 sets such as the ladybug and the spider set.

[@PasionPit]

@@CDiinky in terms of damage output the ladybug armor set is completely useless

[@Armchairtuna717]

​@CDiinky, also, I got a challenge run for you since I saw nobody has requested it. Grounded but you become a wolf spider (Poison only run)

[@BearOnEem]

I rush to make bone dagger, bone trident, and koi armor every run lol. Koi armor with parry master on can carry your whole run. Bone Dagger and trident are great for early game too super fast, can be boosted by mutations, and they can stun

[@PasionPit]

@@BearOnEem try the Insect Axe with Chopper phase 3 early game with full Koi armor, it's great for killing literally anything due to you being able to put 2 defense nerfs on an insect making them take hella damage.

[@pinglife-uu9ko]

I disagree with some of these. Firstly would be the blaster of the moldy matriarch, undeniably the best weapon in the game and requires to kill the infected broodmother 3 times with average drops. If you use a good build you can kill any enemies in the upper yard in 3 seconds or less expect from the widow and the green shield bug which take around 15 seconds. The koi fish armor is the 2nd best armor in the game after the fire ant armor, its almost a guaranteed 20% damage increase to opponents and if used with blade master and the black ox burger, it can be incredible close range armor. Grub armor set is good with the blaster of the moldy matriarch, since it gives stamina increase and hyperstamina. The set of the moldy matriarch is also good if your using the blaster, since sleek gives you a 30% to deal 20% increased explosive damage, also it has a nice set bonus.

[@CDiinky]

Thank you for having saying opinion although I wouldn’t say its the “best gear” in terms of damage, but can be very fun to use despite the tasks needed to craft it!

[@PasionPit]

You're overestimating Koi armor the only useful thing it has is Dazzling Reposte, and you need the full set just to use it.

[@bennyj8386]

You lost me with the very first weapon😂 antlion sword is decent and takes about 20mins to farm

[@thedarethnator2216]

With th e thorns 6x buff the black ant stuff is okay

[@monkeyman8734]

The antlion sword for me helps a lot but i used the bone trident and i do agree it is garbage

[@dusanmiljkovic2]

the antlion greatsword is amazing against wolf spiders wth

[@CDiinky]

100% are better options to use than it, for example the black ant sword

[@VeLocitiey]

i killed the infected broodmother twice and could make the bomb and make the helmer or pants porb even both with the bomb so idk why he said 10 times?

[@CDiinky]

They increased drop rates, this video is quite outdated

[@VeLocitiey]

@@CDiinky ah i see! Thx for the reply. Your underrated! You explain things good and clear. Keep it up

[@karmafox508]

Multiple things like the Larva Blade or the Antlion Greatsword are good in begin and mid game. The Infected Broma can be made after 2 kills, you need on average 20 kills anyway for the gold card. It just gives the drops any use than rotting in a chest. Sorry but I don't get this video.

[@TheUroboKnight]

The blaster of the moldy matriarch and the set are end game ,they wasnt suposed to be good just fun and I only need 7 kills for the armor ,weapon and statue

[@CDiinky]

I agree! A very fun set to use, just not so practical in terms of killing things!

[@Magnetined]

0:24 the antlion GreatSword is really fun for me 0:47 mosquito needle is trash, but for early upper yard travel Tiger Mosquito Needle is good 1:19 never used it 1:45 larva blade is 🍑💩 2:18 no comment since it's a club 2:49 way too expensive and useless agreed 3:16 pollen arrows are ass, venom arrows do something, and rounds are later game stuff 3:46 no point making this fr 4:06 just use spider or ladybug 4:36 get a torch+ or use high gamma 5:00 Best for bow builds 5:34 rotten bee armour is good enough 6:08 never used it since it's kinda expensive and pointless 6:50 seems good enough for starting out

[@drewdinception420]

I just killed a black widow with the tiger mosquito needle 😂

[@Magnetined]

@@drewdinception420 How far upgraded was it and what difficulty

[@drewdinception420]

@@Magnetined 7 sleek and on medium, wearing the broodmother mask at 7 sleek, ladybug chest 9 sleek and black ox leggings 9 sleek.

[@drewdinception420]

@magnetineGD I still had to use a bunch of beefy fuzz drinks lol.

[@Mrmilk8982]

Your can play as you want.

[@thedarethnator2216]

Antlion are super easy they’ve only got 2 attacks and don’t run

[@ichthyologynerd7990]

Antlion Greatsword: Sometimes I forget it is a tier 3 weapon because of how bad it is Mosquito Needle: It has lifesteal, but it sucks Bone Trident: Expensive and pointless... technically it has three points though so... Larva blade: it has poison, but is really bad. Rotting one is a good early game weapon though Fire ant club: didnt even know this existed until I crafted it for my weapon wall Blaster of the moldy matriarch: ... This weapon is special in its own form of special Any arrows: does anyone ever use these outside of challenge runs? I am serious and need answers. Rounds: same as arrows but worse. I would ask you to do a challenge run with these but you cant build in boss arenas Matriarch set: Just not worth it, and you are right, it is way too expensive. Black ant set: Also sucks Firefly headlamp: do you need a nightlight? Wasp set: cool concept, but it sucks. Bee set: just grab the rotten one if you really want to be special Koi set: Why? Grub: didnt even craft this till after i killed the wasp queen I had to craft all of these for my trophy wall with all stuffed bugs, head mounts, armor, and weapons. I am mentally scarred.

[@drewdinception420]

So I made the head lamp and put it on a mannequin as a spot light for the cooler looking armor. 😂

[@sneakygoliath2568]

The koi is for the parry blocking gods. Paired with a fire ant shield and a spear with javelineer it deals the most possible damage in the game. It kills the infected broodmother and widows extremely fast. They are push overs using this build.

[@ichthyologynerd7990]

@@sneakygoliath2568 I said why because i actually didnt know what it did. In early game i hated the pond and didnt like collecting scales so I skipped it. I later crafted it for my armor wall but have still never even put it on.

[@ichthyologynerd7990]

@@drewdinception420 Nice idea! I might use this to make the boss section of my trophy wall look better.

[@MrStoitchkov8]

The antlion greatsword is very useful in the early game

[@CDiinky]

Outdated list, somewhat a solid weapon now!

[@Haloguy42042]

Facts

[@DarkestVoid]

Holy hell 2 weapons in and I disagree with both lmao. The Antlion Greatsword is amazing even late game and the Rapiers are both awesome and my preferred stabbing weapons. I always keep a Tiger Mosquito Rapier and a Tick Macuahuitl on my character as two of my primary weapons. The Blaster of the Moldy Matriarch is also good it just takes getting used to. The Firefly Helmet is also extremely good for caving. Turning up gamma imo is cheating and that’s not the way I like to play just to make things easier. Along with that a torch is okay but you also have to sacrifice your shield in favor of it. I’d rather take the lamp over a torch. The one thing I will give you is the Bone Trident especially after 1.3.

[@CDiinky]

Yeah this list is kinda irrelevant now that majority of the items were changed

[@ryvel9051]

With new updates already outdated

[@CDiinky]

I agree

[@84singularity]

SSSSSSSsssssss

[@titangtv9327]

Dude what?? You are SO off on SO many. You clearly play solo on easy mode

[@CDiinky]

I play on woah mode, although 1.3 made the entire game alot easier

[@theonlytinymunk4764]

Just learned this guy has major skill issues and bad opinions