A guide on Melting's mutation choices. (As of #83)

A guide made by a Melting player on what mutations could help you in your runs.

Branding image made by: Kooby (Me)

Mutation icons made by: Paul Veer

Part 1

Back Muscle
Back Muscle does have great use, but since the nerf, it lost most of it's utility, you should only pick it up if all the other mutations aren't great. High tier.




Bloodlust
Alone, it will only help you recover damage from Maggots, a single touch of a Laser Crystal's laser, or a single fire particle as everything else kills you, but it works godlike with Strong Spirit.
Mid tier alone, becomes God tier if you have Strong Spirit.




Boiling Veins
Works amazing as Melting, as he's completely invulnerable to fire and explosions, however, it's really situational, having the most use in the Scrapyard and on loops. Must take unless there's Strong Spirit or Throne Butt in the same mutation list (Or Bloodlust if you already have Strong Spirit)
Mid-High tier.



Bolt Marrow

Really situational, can be useful if you have a close range weapon (Like a Slugger or a Shotgun), and have a Crossbow to deal with enemies far away like Snipers or Scorpions. Recomended, but won't be useful for long.
Mid tier.


Eagle Eyes

It's a valid option with a few weapons, but most weapons are accurate, although it goes well with Miniguns.
Mid-tier.




Euphoria

This mutation is really useful, not only it can make easier to not get killed from projectiles, it also makes it easier to destroy projectiles with your Explosive Revenge. Mid-High Tier.



Extra Feet

Really useful, and can synergise well with Euphoria, aswell as making the Crystal Caves (4-1) and Snow City (5-1,5-2 and 5-3) much easier, as the Spider webs won't slow you down, and the ice won't make you slide. High tier.



Gamma Guts

As of #83, it makes you invulnerable to most melee enemies, like Rats and Freaks, making it amazingly useful. High tier.



Hammerhead

It's use is only good on Scrapyard and Palace. where there's barely any cover, but it works amazingly on those, but it doesn't work very well on the others as the enemies either only deal contact damage or are just really weak to even bother making extra cover. Mid tier.



Impact Wrists

AMAZING as Melting, capable to clearing stages like Labs quickly, and it goes well with Throne Butt, dealing a LOT of damage if the explosions are timed right. Top tier.



Laser Brain

Obviously useless if you have no Energy weapon, but if you do, it's really useful, as the extra damage can help you complete stages faster, aswell as it's a straight upgrade for energy weapons, and doesn't require extra ammo. Mid-High tier.



Last Wish

The mutation itself is already kind of bad, only useful if you're on low HP as other characters (and replenishing Chicken's health), but serves almost no use as Melting, aside from giving you some ammo. Bottom tier.



Long Arms

Melee weapons are both useful and risky as Melting, giving him capability of hitting enemies behind walls, but needing to be close range to hit, with this mutation, you no longer need to be in close range, it also makes possible to hit enemies trough thicker walls, and hit more in thin walls. Obviously useless with no melee weapon. Mid-high tier.



Lucky Shot

Despite all the buffs it has gotten, this mutation is still not too useful, as the chances of giving ammo are a bit too low, and the ammo given is too low, aswell as the ammo type given is completely random. Low tier.



Open Mind

Not really that useful, will probably have some use if you're kinda late in-game and still have early game weapons, as it can give you another Weapon Chest, or you can skip one to have a chance of finding a Big Weapon Chest later on. Low-mid tier.



Plutonium Hunger

Really useful as Melting, making him take less risk when trying to pick up Ammo and Radiation, even with the nerf, it still has great utility. God tier.



Rabbit Paw

Works amazingly good, making running out of ammo nearly impossible, and increasing survivability even further with Strong Spirit and Bloodlust. God tier.



Recycle Gland

It's a common misconception that this mutation works on all ammo types, this is, however, wrong, only working on Bullet type ammo, and due to this, it's useless without a bullet weapon. There aren't many End-game bullet weapons, only beign Hyper Rifle, Minigun and Smart Gun, having this with any of those weapons (Specially Smart Gun) is gonna be of great use. Mid-high tier.



Rhino Skin

Before Strong Spirit, this mutation was amazing, it's still amazing, but now Strong Spirit is better, still not a bad option if you think you're notg etting Strong Spirit. Top tier.

Part 2

Scarier Face

This mutation is great, as it makes it much easier to kill enemies and bosses, both with your weapons and Explosive Revenge. High tier.



Second Stomach

Pretty useless as Melting, unless you have Rhino Skin. No more explanation needed. Bottom tier. Becomes high tier when you have Rhino Skin.



Sharp Teeth

Nearly useless alone, but can be slightly useful with Strong Spirit and Bloodlust, as it can potentially kill an enemy and trigger Bloodlust, or weaken them to kill them with ease later. Mid tier.



Shotgun Shoulders

Can give Shell weapons (And Pop weapons, including the Incinerator) much more range, specially in tight walkways. Not as effective with Flame Shotguns. Mid-high tier.



Stress

Can be really useful with Strong Spirit, as it gives you the highest possible fire rate when you try to recharge it, can also give you the extra fire rate while still having Strong Spirit by just getting hit by a 1 dmg thing (Maggots, a single touch of a flame, or a single Alligator shotgun pellet). Without Strong Spirit, it's useless. Low-mid tier without Strong Spirit, High tier with it.



Strong Spirit

This is a must-have, increases your survivability further than Rhino Skin (With a few exception on weak multi-hits like Fire Turrets)(As of update #79, it still has invincibility after triggering, but now it's only 4 frames, roughly 0.13 seconds), due to his low amount of health, a single small Medkit or a Bloodlust activation can recharge it, making it Melting's most useful mutation. God tier, absolutely must have.

Throne Butt

The best Throne Butt in the game, making Melting a killing machine. God tier.



Trigger Fingers

This one is really situational, only beign useful on weapons with high damage and slow fire rate (Like Heavy Crossbow, Sluggers, and even the Super Plasma Cannon). Almost useless with automatic weapons. Mid-high tier.

Ultra Mutations

Ultra Mutations will have no tiers, i will only say which one is the most useful.

Brain Capacity

The most useful of both of Melting's Ultras, making him capable of exploding enemies before they even die.



B

Not really as useful as Brain Capacity, but can be useful if you think you don't have enough mutations, have in mind THIS MUTATION MAKES STRONG SPIRIT USELESS, it will only work once, and then won't work ever again. (This mutation is currently nameless, for now, it's name is B)

Crowns

Here are the Crowns that are currently in the game, all icons are unfinished, i'll be updating them whenever Vlambeer updates them.

REMEMBER, CHOOSING A CROWN WILL ALWAYS SPAWN IDPD AFTER.
Not sure, but it seems it will always be Grunts.

Crown of Death

Really bad Crown for Melting, doesn't affect Blood Explosions, which mean his Explosive Revenge remains unaffected, aswell as making Strong Spirit work once and never work again unless Rhino Skin is obtained. Bottom tier.



Crown of Life

Can be useful if you think you have ammo problems, and have Bloodlust alongside Strong Spirit. Also useful if you don't have Strong Spirit or Rhino Skin at all. but otherwise, barely any use to it. Low tier.



Crown of Haste

Useful if you have Plutonium Hunger, and maybe Extra Feet too, but if you don't, it's not really bad, but really dangerous in some situations. Mid-high tier.



Crown of Guns

Both risky and rewarding, it DOESN'T prevent Health Kits from spawning, which is a plus, but makes ammo harder to mantain, and makes fighting the Throne harder, as it won't drop any ammo, only health. Mid tier.



Crown of Hatred

If you have full HP with Strong Spirit, it won't be a problem, as Weapon Chests will only do 1 damage. However, attempting to open them without Strong spirit active, WILL kill you. can be useful if you want to level up quickly. Becomes useful once level 10 (Ultra) is reached. Mid-high tier. My favourite Crown.



Crown of Blood

This makes the game really, REALLY hard. Melting gets an extra rad per enemy, so this Crown makes Melting get the amount of rads every other character would get, reaching level Ultra as early as Snow City, maybe even the Crystal Caves. High tier. HIGHLY RISKY.



Crown of Destiny

Only useful if you think you have all the necessary mutations, as it gives you one mutation when obtained, but also making all the other mutations you get when leveling up only be a single one. You only get an extra mutation once, and you can get it after Ultras. Low-mid tier. Recomended after getting to the Ultras to get an extra mutation.



Crown of Love

Really bad mutation to start the run with, but can be very useful when you think you have the best weapons for looping. Mid-high tier.



Crown of Risk

This Crown's ability was changed as of Update #79, now it kills a random enemy instead, while keeping the 1 HP thing, it has lost it's use TERRIBLY, it's only use could be potential Bloodlust trigger at the beggining of the stage for Strong Spirit, or Lucky Shot aswell, but aside from that, it's mostly a downside, as the rads can be lost. Low tier.



Crown of Curses

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Can be amazingly useful, since Cursed weapons can be traded with another Cursed weapon, and Crown Guardians are currently removed (As of #79), so you can uncurse them more easily.However, since you'll be getting more cursed weapons, you might go with double Cursed weapons, causing Cursed Mini Ammo to start appearing, which, although gives more ammo than regular, explodes, and is unaffected by Plutonium Hunger. Can also cause you to go to Cursed Crystal Caves, which, despite greater (?) amount of rads, it's really dangerous.
Mid-high tier.



Crown of Protection

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Can be useful, since there will ALWAYS be a weapon chest in each stage, BUT, it makes ammo harder to obtain, effectively making Strong Spirit easier to recharge, but harder to maintain ammo (Specially since Gift Ammo Chests exist).
Mid-high tier.



Crown of Luck

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Can be potentially useful, HOWEVER, the explosion can damage you, not sure if Boiling Veins can make you invulnerable to it. Also not sure if it destroys the corpse, i need to test this one out before giving it a tier.

[Marvelous KoobyKarasu]

@Shiro

You can't really plan to get Rhino Skin since it's tied to RNG, though, since you get it at the end, the chance for it to drop is kinda high since you get 12 chances for it to get rolled in. (12 rolls out of the remaining 20/19 remaining mutations you didn't pick, so it's prob higher than 50%). However, similarly to CoL, it is still tied to RNG, and is not as consistent and devastating than Brain Capacity, which will allow you to just clear entire stages safely.

[Marvelous KoobyKarasu]

@Twuster the Twuster the Twuster

Crown of Luck has been changed since I made this guide (hence none of the crowns have their icons), the new Crown of Luck could potentially be useful, but its effect is tied to RNG, so you can't always rely on it (specially because some bosses are not spawned when the level generates). Also the half health makes Rad Canisters have a 50% chance to become medkits, which it's just basically useless, and can be detrimental early on (you lose mutations). However, that being said, Melting makes the downside on it trivial, unless you have Rhino Skin.

[Shiro]

Detachment is more useful if you plan to get Rhino Skin after it, 5 HP is not bad. But if you already got Rhino Skin at least you won't lose Strong Spirit effect

[twuster]

Well, now the crown of LUCK IS SUPER BADASS M8
YOU CAN KEEL RAD DOGGOS WITH A SCREWDRIVER NOW

[Marvelous KoobyKarasu]

It will be back to bottom tier as the next update comes, unless they make it actually viable as Melting (Since there are many mutations that are useless for Melting)

[♥Arrowtongue♥]

Remember when gamma guts was bottom tier? Good times

[Marvelous KoobyKarasu]

Whoops, forgot to change the name of Racing Mind to Trigger Fingers, updated

[⛧sora⛧]

no trigger fingers?

[Marvelous KoobyKarasu]

Oh right, i forgot that we where talking about Crown of Death lol

[Audion]

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the B ultra halves his current hp. if he has rhino skin, he gets 3 from 6, if he has 2, he gets 1, and if he has 1, he gets 0.5, which is then rounded up