Zuczek the Fire-Blooded

Zuczek the Fire-Blooded
37
The sound of frantic scrambling is all the warning you'll get.
Starting Cost	4.096e49
Base DPS	n/a
Shir Brio of Cadenza
Audre DeLarveie
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Matt Spacewalker
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Zuczek the Fire-Blooded is the new Crusader in the sixth tier of the Song of Thrones Event.

Deep down in the mountainside, where no human was supposed to have been able to reach, Zuczek and her hive lived. A harmless worker drone, Zuczek was off gathering supplies when the slaughter happened. She felt the deaths through the hivemind as one by one her fellows were killed. She rushed back, her anxiousness making her claws slip and slide on the stone as she scurried along.

Zuczek burst into the entrance of the home cave and managed to glimpse a view of a man-like figure just before the cavern erupted with a burst of light which knocked her out. When she woke up, her worker's body was now covered in a warrior's carapace and a new fire flooded her veins - a fire for revenge. Whatever miracle had saved her life was bittersweet, but if she transformed once, maybe in time she could change again. She tidied up what remained of the corpses of her family into the burial chamber, and then left the cave for good, looking for the creature that did this to them.

By joining your crusaders on their travels, she hopes to one day find her nemesis.

Zuczek the Fire-Blooded is a Support Crusader. When you want to add her to your formation, you can find them in slot 37.

Mimicking "Laugh in the face of fire" still only creates one stack per cast of Fire Storm.

Infernal Evolution
As part of the sunset celebrations, Zuczek evolves to a demonic orc. This creates a set of tag changes:

  Good
  Animal
  Evil
  Magical
  Demon
  Orc

Upgrades

Upgrade	Level	Cost	In-game Description
Scurry Scurry	100	2.62E+54	Increases the rate at which monsters drop quest items by 3% for each Crusader next to Zuczek, stacking additively
			Quote: Hurry hurry after the tasty prey
Insectoid Nightmare	200	1.04E+58	For every 25 levels over and including 200, Zuczek the Fire-Blooded's DPS is multiplied by 4x. This multiplier stacks.
			(Can't be buffed by Formation Abilities)
			Quote: I'm bigger in your dreams
Carcasse Harvest	300	4.18E+62	Adds a 25% chance for monsters to drop three quest items at once, or count as three kills for area quests
			Quote: Now it's my turn to harvest you
Enemy Pheromones	400	1.68E+67	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 200%
			Quote: Warning! Enemies! Attack!
Laugh in the Face of Fire	600	6.70E+75	Increases formation DPS by 1% every time Fire Storm is used, stacking multiplicatively, up to 40,000 stacks. These stacks last forever.
			Quote: Fire does nothing to my carapace. What about you?
Induced Aggression	800	2.69E+82	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 200%
			Quote: I was just doing my job and then some hunter comes along
Found Colony	1000	1.07E+85	Increases the effect of Scurry Scurry by 100% when there is at least 1 Tank Crusader next to Zuczek
			Quote: You've heard of found families, well you're my found colony

Items[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Item		Description
Shell	Common Basic Shell	Increases the effect of Carcasse Harvest ability by 10%
	Uncommon Multi-Piece Carapace	Increases the effect of Carcasse Harvest ability by 25%
	Rare Unified Carapace	Increases the effect of Carcasse Harvest ability by 50%
	Epic Spiked Carapace	Increases the effect of Carcasse Harvest ability by 100%
	Legendary Military-Grade Exoskeletal Plating	Increases the effect of Carcasse Harvest ability by 200% Legendary: Increases Gold find by 50% for every 50 stacks on Laugh in the Face of Fire. Note: Effect increases by 50% per level instead of doubling.
Venom	Common Hot Salsa	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 10%
	Uncommon Dilute Venom	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 25%
	Rare Inflammable Venom	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 50%
	Epic Infernal Venom	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 100%
	Golden Epic Elemental Fire Venom of Instant Death	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 150%
	Legendary Refined Venom of Maximum Toxicity	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 200% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 50% for each tier 5 talent that is at its maximum level, stacking multiplicatively Note: Effect increases by 50% per level instead of doubling.
	Golden Legendary Elemental Fire Venom of Instant Death	Increases the effect of Laugh in the Face of Fire ability by 300% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 50% for each tier 5 talent that is at its maximum level, stacking multiplicatively Note: Effect increases by 50% per level instead of doubling.
Limb	Common Rubber Hand	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100%
	Uncommon Dismembered Hand	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 200%
	Rare Detatched Hand	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 500%
	Epic Severed Forearm	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1000%
	Legendary Decapitated Head of the Last Victim	Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 2000% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100% for each Tank Crusader, stacking multiplicatively Note: Effect increases by 100% per level instead of doubling.

Strategies[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

• Laugh in the Face of Fire will scale up to 5.67e8595% DPS, assuming 40000 stacks with a level 15 slot 5 rune. This makes it the single strongest permanent ability in the game without relying on other crusaders. Although Shir Brio of Cadenza can reach higher, it would require excessive waiting or time warps, and would reset at the end of the run.
• With sufficient stacks of Laugh in the Face of Fire and a sizable slot 5 rune, Zuczek can trivialize most objectives where she is allowed, including Evil Scheme (with the Infernal Evolution skin effect). Because of this, taking some time to gain stacks can be more beneficial in the long term.
• RoboTurkey has the shortest Fire Storm cooldown with his golden legendary chip, at 90%, followed by The Princess with her golden legendary at 80%. After these, any legendary item with Fire Storm cooldown reduction will give 75%.
• On average, the talent Instant Satisfaction will provide about 2 casts of Fire Storm for each cooldown, thus 40000 stacks will require about 20000 cooldowns. With Roboturkey's GL lowering the cooldown to 90 seconds, and assuming all casts are instantaneous, 20000 cooldowns will take 1800000 seconds, or 500 hours.
• To keep a permanent target on screen for Fire Storm, you can simply complete areas up to your maximum number. Once a monster's health is higher than your maximum number, that monster cannot be damaged by any means, including Fire Storm. This prevents the DPS increase from Laugh in the Face of Fire from eventually killing the monster. Ideally, this should be done on a boss area, so that only the boss is left on screen and it can be immobilized using either Priestess of Time or Momma Kaine (with her golden legendary gun or with Mindy miming her legendary gun). This is an ideal situation to use time warps to reset Fire Storm's cooldown, often called "fast stacking" by the community.
• An alternative option from the above is to create a "zero DPS" formation by using Dr. Evil to infect 7 animals. This will multiply your DPS by 0, allowing you to leave any boss alive indefinitely (since Fire Storm is based on current health instead of max health, thus never killing the boss). (Note that your DPS will be 1e50 instead if you have completed the objective The One, so you will still instantly kill bosses below area 260. )
• It is possible to cast Fire Storm (and therefore gain stacks) while still progressing. This simply requires having Crooked Crow or Alacrity the Matchmaker in the formation, because their spawns (from Crawly Friends and Summon Trickster respectively) cannot be instantly killed and therefore provide a target for Fire Storm. This is often referred to as "slow stacking" by the community.