Bleed Juggernaut Lazlo
LazloLazlo gets built as a tank everywhere else, but his passives happen to be the exact package the Clockwork Scythe has been waiting for. One point in Inflamed parks the Heat Meter at full, so Warmed Up's 30% damage buff and Furnace's damage reduction stop being a timer and become permanent. The Thief's Stone then piles Warp stacks on with every strike until attack speed gets silly, Arbiter's Prize converts each of those hits into Bloodcurse, and the Scholar's Wormstone runs the scythe like a chainsaw through boss health bars.
Damage
Permanent Bloodcurse on every hit, 3 Warp stacks per strike, up to 165% bonus melee below half health
Survivability
20% damage reduction at full heat, 50% chance to survive a fatal blow, largest health pool in the game
Boss
Shreds boss health bars. Chainsaw spins plus permanent bleed out-pace most phase transitions
Lazlo
Lazlo the Justiciar is the armored shell and carries the largest health pool in the game. His Retribution ability superheats his plate to release a shockwave, and repeated use fills a Heat Meter that eventually overheats into a much larger blast at the cost of shedding his armor for a few seconds. His Fortified Plate passive gives him a flat 10% damage reduction for as long as that armor is on.
The whole build exists to make this weapon work. It is widely passed over because its damage looks unremarkable on the stat sheet, but its Clockwork Chainsaw ability turns raw attack speed into a damage multiplier rather than just faster swings. Feed it Warp stacks and a permanent bleed infusion and it stops caring what the base number says.
How to Obtain
This game's take on a needle SMG, and a genuine secondary rather than a damage source. You will not fire it much, but the three ranged stones below turn it into a crowd-clearing tool for the moments the scythe cannot reach. It drops from the same boss as the Clockwork Scythe, so picking one up hands you both.
How to Obtain
Carried because the slot exists, not because the build wants it. It grants Guard, a straightforward weapon block with a Perfect Guard window that deals Break damage. The creator is candid that he has yet to find a build that genuinely uses a seal, and this one is no exception. Lazlo would rather eat the hit and keep swinging.
How to Obtain
Slotted as the active item purely as a Resolve backstop. The Wormstone chainsaw drains Resolve continuously while it spins, so the one way this build stalls is running the bar dry mid-fight. Drinking this refills it and puts the chainsaw straight back to work.
How to Obtain
Combat Strategy
- ▸Cast Retribution three times before engaging so the Heat Meter is full when the fight starts.
- ▸Confirm Arbiter's Prize is at level 3 so the Bloodcurse infusion is permanent and costs no Resolve to maintain.
- ▸Check that Inflamed has its point. Without it the meter drains and every other bonus becomes temporary.
- ▸Slot Common Moonshine as the active item and Grisha Remnant as the passive, not the other way around.
- ▸Hold the light attack string on the Clockwork Scythe and let Warp stacks build. The weapon gets faster the longer you stay on target.
- ▸Keep the Wormstone chainsaw spinning through the combo so every swing lands its extra hits.
- ▸Do not retreat to heal at half health. That is where the Berserker's Stone pays out up to 165% extra melee damage.
- ▸Drink Common Moonshine the moment Resolve runs low, because an empty bar stops the chainsaw.
- ▸Trade hits rather than backing off. Between Fortified Plate, Warmed Up and Furnace you are sitting on 20% damage reduction and the largest health pool in the game.
- ▸Let Furnace punish attackers for you. At full heat anything striking Lazlo takes Burn stacks for the trouble.
- ▸Trigger the overheat when a pack surrounds you, then rebuild the meter straight away.
- ▸Expect a few genuinely vulnerable seconds after each overheat, when the armor is gone and Fortified Plate, Warmed Up and Furnace all switch off together.
- ▸The overheat is the only reliable way to turn on Rush, so the crowd-clear button and the crit buff are the same button.
- ▸Switch to the Caged Hystrix with the Strange Remnant for corridors full of weak enemies rather than walking the scythe into them.
- ▸Take Retribution Stone to level 3 for the last 5% riposte damage. The footage runs it at level 2.
- ▸Inner Fire, Adaptation, Incandescence, Detonation and Rekindle are all skipped. The 42 points go to seven skills and nothing is left over.
Sources
Verified: 2026-09-16 · All content is original with full credit to original creators.