Fumagus

## Overview

With Mass Restore, Weakening Shield, Multi Weakness, and Buff Corruption, Fumagus seems like a classic Weakness healer and support, and while it can be effective in that role, There's a lot of competition for Weakness healers between Oak, Moccus, Rocky, and Diavola. The one thing Fumagus can do that those monsters can't, is be a surprisingly effective damage dealer. With the rare Supremacy shift passive and great damage boosting passives in Death Blow and Cascade, Fumagus can hit hard, and its Weakness support can help with the survivability of a typically frail team.

## Weakness Support

#### Equipment

* Hexing Rod / Restoring Wand
* Hide / Hood / Drum / Cauldron
* Crown
* Slime Skin

### Build Details

Fumagus has four different support skills, each of which fills a different niche, but Mass Restore offers the best overall debuff removal and weakening Shield can protect the team while debuffing the enemy. Fumagus' signature Primal Hex gives each of its heals and shields (including passive ones, like Saboteur's Shield) a chance to apply a debuff. Multi Weakness and Buff Corruption allow Fumagus to slow down the opponent's offense. If Combo is important to the team, Fumagus can use Encapsulate to build 13 with Combo Shielding and double Mana Healing, which is also its best option to heal a single target.

Hexing Rod fits with this build's debuff plan, though Restoring Wand could be used if your team needs more debuff removal. Hide and Crown provide the best toughness, though Drum can be used to boost your healing and shielding, Hood can be used if you need more Mana Regeneration, and Cauldron is an option to boost debuff effectiveness. Slime Skin works very well on Weakness teams, giving a chance to apply Weakness whenever Fumagus is attacked.

### Team Options

* One of the most important pieces of a Weakness team is Demotivate, which allows the team with its meager damage output to still put pressure on the opponent. The three monsters to have Demotivate are Druid Oak, Plague Egg, and Moccus, and the former two will benefit from Primal Hex, making them premier choices.
* Rocky has another great piece of Weakness support in Tranquility, which Fumagus benefits from, it also has Aging and Primal Rage, so can serve as the team's damage dealer. Kongamato is a more aggressive choice for a damage dealer on Weakness teams.
* Diavola can contribute even more debuffs with Sprawl and Curse of Weakness, while buffing the team with Mass Mystify.

## Supremacy Damage Dealer

#### Equipment

* Summoned Sword
* Ancestral Medal
* Mage Flask
* Tarot Card / Charging Sphere / Lightning Sphere

### Build Details

This build is intended to be used in a Supremacy team, alongside allies that can provide it Charge stacks, and wipe the enemy team. Our main attack is Spore Cloud, hitting for respectable damage and enabling Poisoning Soul to trigger Proliferate. Between Cascade and Double Strike, our Proliferate hits can deal high damage, and our many hits and Saboteur's Shield can trigger Primal Hex, which will trigger Proliferate if it activates during an attack. Our Weakness support remains, partially because applying more debuffs means more damage for a Death Blow attacker, and partially to help protect our team from damage.

Summoned Sword is the best weapon for a pure magical monster with no crit support. Ancestral Medal gives us some additional magic as well as two useful stacks. Mage Flask gives us another damage multiplier as well as a reasonable heal every turn. Lightning Sphere is the highest damage option for the third slot, as well as increasing our ability to apply debuffs. Tarot Card trades the debuff damage and a bit of magic for 500 health, and also enables additional buff stacking, while Charging Sphere provides a good mix of stats while adding additional Charge stacks.

### Team options

* Qilin is a very important partner, offering a second Supremacy passive as well as Charged Anomaly, which allows Fumagus to apply debuffs when attacking with Charge stacks, notably including Weakness. Shock Charging allows Fumagus to power up when combined with Qilin's own Multi Shock.
* Oculus is another important partner, as with double Supremacy from its teammates, it can generate a huge number of Charge stacks by attacking and share them with Leadership.
* Other Supremacy monsters such as Kongamato, Plague Egg (who also happen to both have Multi Weakness), and Lava Blob are strong damage dealers to use alongside Fumagus.

## Checks and Counters

* The support build can cleanse debuffs but can't clear Harmful Stacks, making Bleed Out a difficult matchup if they also have a monster that can cleanse your Weakness debuffs
* Barrier teams that use Tenacious Barrier can resist your weakness debuffs, and a Weakness team can't pressure them fast enough to stop them from gaining Age and Charge stacks. Terradrile in particular is a nightmare for Weakness teams.
* While the Supremacy build does have high damage potential, it's probably the least of the commonly used Supremacy monsters, and might have some difficulty breaking through bulkier teams.