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Pygmalien

Adventure Capitalist

Pygmalien converts Gold, Income and item Value into combat stats. He had the highest 10-win rate in Tempo's Hotfix 19.3 table at 28.6%.

10-win rate (19.3)
28.6%, 1 of 8
Win rate (19.3)
57.3%, 5 of 8
Access
Paid game (Upgrade The Bazaar)
IncomeValuePropertyShieldHealToy

Season 20 builds

  1. Private Hot Springs card art

    Private Hot Springs

    Core pieces
    Freeze items alongside it; Burn and Regen come from the Springs itself
    Why it wins
    It Burns repeatedly, and its 3-second Freeze locks the enemy board. Its Regen offsets the opponent's damage over time while they keep Burning.
    Weak points
    It loses to boards that kill it in one burst before the Freeze takes hold.
  2. Pyg's Gym card art

    Pyg's Gym

    Core pieces
    Every Weapon you can afford, Lifting (skill), Yo-Yo as the fastest host, Dragon Tooth, Belt
    Why it wins
    Its Damage bonus grows with every Weapon you have bought this run, so it hits hard from the start of each fight. Hotfix 19.3 lowered the multiplier to 2/3/4.
    Weak points
    It fails when the economy cannot fund every Weapon. Buy Money Tree with Cash Register, plus ATM, Business Card and Rewards Card. If the Gym is late, Jabalian Drum runs the same plan.

  3. Double Whammy

    Core pieces
    Pawn Shop in the Stash, Belt, Gramophone, Booby Trap; a Radiant enchantment on the Whammy
    Why it wins
    High Max Health lets you survive until one percentage hit ends the fight.
    Weak points
    The pieces start at Gold tier and early boards are weak. Play a cheap Crook or Matchbox board until then. Lion Cane and Fort are the fallback. Mobalytics says it is weaker than in earlier seasons.

Days 1 to 5. Find a damage scaler first: Crook (with Flail or Lumboars), Showcase (with Small Weapon/Shield items), or Lumboars. If none appear, take Weights or Ganjo. Pitchfork Damage doubled in 20.0. Jabalian Totem gained a Mr. Tuskari quest in 20.0 that adds the Property or Toy tag. SeanTempo's 20.1 video (10 November) climbs with it.

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

  • Value

    Several Pygmalien items scale with an item's Value. Display Case (reworked in 19.0) gives your items Damage and Shield equal to its Value and gains Value when you Shield or Freeze. Patch 19.0 gave Badblocker and Riceballer Multicast based on Value; Hotfix 19.1 reverted that line the same day.

  • Property

    Ledger (a Pygmalien-only encounter added in 17.0) improves your Properties. Luxury Kiuas has paid out when you sell a Property or Diamond item since 19.0.

  • Truffles

    Since Patch 20.0 Hatchet creates Truffles when you win a fight instead of when you buy it, and its enchantment passes to the Truffles.

Hero-only encounters and notes

  • Ledger (17.0): Pygmalien only, improves Properties.
  • Vermir, a level-up skill trainer, was added to Pygmalien in 19.0.
  • Prospero stopped selling other heroes' items in Hotfix 17.3 after Cove and Caviar reached late-game win rates above 80% on Pygmalien.

Changed in Season 20

12 Pygmalien cards changed in Patch 20.0 and its hotfixes. The full Pygmalien ledger has all 68 cards changed since Patch 14.0.

  1. ATM art

    ATM

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Shield [20/40/80/160]was 2/4/6/8 times Income
  2. Flail art

    Flail

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD 6was 7
  3. Games Table art

    Games Table

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD 8was 6
  4. Hatchet art

    Hatchet

    Small cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Now generates Truffles on fight wins instead of on buy
      • Enchants now pass onto the Truffles
  5. Jabalian Totem art

    Jabalian Totem

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Quest: Visit Mr. Tuskari
      • Gain the Property or the Toy tag and 2 other random Types
  6. Ledger art

    Ledger

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Also triggers Truffle when you Upgrade this
  7. Marble art

    Marble

    Small cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Gains Weapon type
      • Gains: Deal [10/20/40/80] damage
  8. Monocle art

    Monocle

    Small cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD [5/4/3]was [6/5/4]
  9. Oinkment art

    Oinkment

    Small cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD [5/4/3]was [6/5/4]
  10. Piggles art

    Piggles

    Small cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • CD 6was 8
      • Charge [1.5/2/2.5/3]was [1/2/3/4]
  11. Piggles Board art

    Piggles Board

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Charge 1/1.5was 1/2
  12. Pitchfork art

    Pitchfork

    Medium cardPygmalienLast changed 20.0
    1. 20.0
      • Damage [40/80/160/320]was [20/40/80/160]

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