Goblet on Builder and other low-damage runs

Kill healing and the Builder question

Editorial purchase advice based on the facts and interaction source cited on this page.

Goblet provides a chance of healing on a kill in exchange for regeneration. Our editorial recommendation is to evaluate the number of kills the loadout can actually obtain while health is missing. A crowd clearing build and a long isolated boss fight offer different opportunities for that effect. The healing is a recovery mechanism, rather than a reason to accept every incoming hit. The source's three copy limit is a purchase constraint; it is not evidence that three copies guarantee a heal on every kill.

Builder's damage penalty does not reduce the healing amount described by Goblet's effect. That is the relevant distinction in the Builder question. It does not mean that a slow killing Builder automatically recovers quickly. The regeneration penalty should also be compared with the rest of the loadout before replacing an established regeneration plan. Keep kill healing and damage scaling as separate decisions, and use the engineering page for the structure side of the build.

On Danger 5 or Nightmare, our advice is to retain another survival layer for the intervals between kills. A few seconds without a kill can matter during an elite encounter even if ordinary waves refill health comfortably. Cyborg offers a second structure related example where damage behavior changes during a wave; evaluate whether the resulting kills arrive at the time recovery is needed. The recommendation follows the item trigger and character rules rather than assigning Goblet a universal best in slot status.

• Builder
• Cyborg
• Engineering and structures