Acrid: Mastery help

[Razor Strike]

Any tips on how to play Acrid on Monsoon? Any playstyle I need to learn or item that I desperately need on this boyo?

I've been doing a few runs and I either play fast and aggressively, using all my abilities to clear out as many enemies as possible, at which point I just die due to lack of survivability, or I play passive and mainly use Neurotoxin and Epidemic, at which point either there are too many enemies on the field, which leads me to getting swarmed and obliterated in a second, or SO much time has passed that the enemies have scaled to ridiculousness.

I have his Frenzied Leap unlocked but mainly use Caustic cause I like the pools. Should I switch?

[Velderuum]

tri-tip dagger - gasoline early are your friends 2-3 mobility items - you can spit/R while running - make use of that, ammo packs can work but buying health/survivability is usually better, then damage.

The frenzied leap is good for getting quick jump kills - and bigger groups at stage 4-5 can be mass killed with blackhole/leap then have your items proc - you have two leaps - use one to keep momentum/movement around the map with jumps - Key here is staying mobile, kite if you have to - forget m1 exists past stage 2 it'll keep you alive.

Caustic can work for big groups as well but i do love frenzied leaps CD per kill.

[Azelyn]

Damage-over-time items are solid on him because the poison leaves enemies on 1hp, so those items help you execute enemies. It goes without saying that the guillotine is extremely efficient on him as the poison can now kill enemies.

Visions of heresy ( the new Lunar item) is very solid on him because you don't really get the chance to use your melee attack once the enemies get tanky, so that item turns you into a ranged character. If you don't like that it's fine.

Other than that health regen works much better on Acrid than the Transcendence shield(imo), so don't go for that I guess.

[Razor Strike]

Yeah, those items have definitely helped whenever I managed to get my hands on them.

I can't really take lunar items so unfortunately, visions of heresy is out (as much as I don't like the default M1) but thanks for the advice!

Also, is there any advice on how to deal with Wandering Vagrants? I feel like out of all the bosses, they give me THE MOST trouble as Acrid (maybe with a magma worm directly popping out from underneath my butt and hitting all their fireballs being a very close second).

[Velderuum]

Vagrants early on are annoying - if there is elevation somewhere you can try leaping on their heads though.

[Som]

Something I recommend is occassionally sniping large groups with his epidemy skill. The first shot and the spread deals damage and can proc items, which can start an insanely good chain reaction if used properly.

[MarcoPants]

against early vagrants, use you leap to climb them and use your melee to stay aloft if need be, sprinkling M2 and R in there as well. just don't forget about it's nova.