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Mak

Ancient Alchemist

Mak transforms Reagents into other items, brews Potions and mixes Poison with Regen. Since 20.0 Dragon's Breath is a Reagent, not a Potion, and gains Burn when you Heal or Regen.

10-win rate (19.3)
26.2%, 3 of 8
Win rate (19.3)
57.9%, 2 of 8
Access
Paid game (Upgrade The Bazaar)
PotionReagentRelicTransformPoisonRegenQuest

Season 20 builds

  1. Vitality Potion card art

    Vitality Potion

    Core pieces
    Potion Distillery, Boiling Flask, Library, Scales, Strength Potion
    Why it wins
    Distillery rerolls Potion enchantments until the Vitality Potion is Fiery, Toxic or Obsidian. Since Patch 17.0 its enchantment scales with its Heal, so the Potion becomes the damage source. Boiling Flask gives it Multicast.
    Weak points
    It fails without one of those three enchantments, so keep rerolling before you add more support. Fix problems in this order: offensive enchantment, Ammo, startup time, Crit.
  2. Eternal Torch card art

    Eternal Torch

    Core pieces
    Candles to open, fast Small items without Ammo, Blank Slate, Excavation Tools
    Why it wins
    One of the largest Burn outputs, and you can work toward it from Day 1.
    Weak points
    It is slow to start. In PvE fights, a safely weakened board lets the quest Relic cast more often.

  3. Staff of the Moose

    Core pieces
    Ritual Dagger
    Why it wins
    Its passive immunity holds off aggressive boards, and the pair's scaling compounds.
    Weak points
    Ritual Dagger slowed to 9/7 cooldown in Hotfix 19.3.

Days 1 to 5. Potion openers are Show Globe with Cellar; the backup is Aludel or Crocodile Tears. Quest openers are Candles, Nightshade or Dragon's Breath, Refractor or Aludel. Commit to one quest Relic to keep the economy stable. Peacewrought is the staple income item: feed it cheap Small items.

From Mobalytics' Season 20 meta list (9 November 2026); order is not a ranking. Sources and the other heroes: Season 20 builds. When to switch from an opener to a carry: day-by-day plan for 10 wins.

Mechanics

  • Transform

    Transforming changes an item into another of the same size; the enchantment carries over if the new item can take it. Items such as Cloud Wisp gain a specific enchantment when transformed. Rules in detail.

  • Quests

    Since 19.0 Eternal Torch, Frost Totem, Idol of Decay, Life Conduit and Sands of Time complete their quest by visiting Zosima, which reduces the item's cooldown by 1 second.

  • Relic

    Sunlight Vault (19.0) destroys itself to give Burn and Regen items +1 Multicast and buffs Burn and Regen whenever you use a Relic.

Hero-only encounters and notes

  • Zosima completes the quests listed above.
  • Eli stopped selling off-class Potions in Patch 12.2.

Changed in Season 20

6 Mak cards changed in Patch 20.0 and its hotfixes. The full Mak ledger has all 83 cards changed since Patch 14.0.

  1. Dragon’s Breath art

    Dragon’s Breath

    Medium cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • No longer a Potion
      • Gains Reagent type
      • CD 6
      • Burn 6
      • When you Heal or Regen, this gains [2/4/6/8] Burn
      • When this is Transformed, Enchant it with Fiery if able
  2. Excavation Tools art

    Excavation Tools

    Small cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Charge [1/1.5/2]was [1/2/3]
  3. Invulnerability Potion art

    Invulnerability Potion

    Small cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Removed +1 Duration from Shiny
  4. Noxious Potion art

    Noxious Potion

    Small cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Poison [5/10/15/20]was [3/6/9/12]
  5. Scales art

    Scales

    Medium cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Charge 1/1.5was 1/2
  6. Sword Cane art

    Sword Cane

    Medium cardMakLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD 3was [5/4/3/2]
      • Damage [20/40/80/160]was 30
      • Regen/Burn/Poison [2/4/6/8]was 3

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