Greetings fellow Peglins! As an orb-obsessed dungeon crawler addict with 800+ hours played, I‘ve endured the gauntlet of cruel RNG and fingertip-numbing clicks to master this deceptive little marble-popper. Across seemingly endless runs I‘ve forged builds basking in brilliant synergies, and limped by with lackluster spells cursed by the goddess of randomness. Ultimately only a chosen few orbs stand triumphant as top tier…while many collect dust in the forbidden gray ranks.
Today I present my definitive orb tier list after analyzing the spheres from every angle, factoring in communithy debates, dispelling underrated myths, and cutting straight through to what WORKS. Let‘s dig into the crisp ranking criteria:
S-Tier: Godlike – Game-winning power that consistently achieves insane results or enables broken interactions
A-Tier: Excellent – Very strong standalone stats/effects that sync with multiple top builds
B-Tier: Good – Solid niche choices with specific dominant synergies
C-Tier: Usable – Mediocre general value, but good in rare situations
Without further ado, bask in the resplendence of ultimate orb enlightenment!
The Legendary Egg – Cracks Competition
S-Tier: Unmatched Versatility & Damage
The mythical egg orb – jewel of our orbiter desires promising infinite possibility. Its perfectly rounded curves glitter an iridescent invitation to ultimate power…with devastating plasma beams cracking that promise wide open! No other orb even comes close to the egg orb‘s phenomenal base damage output enhanced further by bonuses like double damage, piercing, and high critical hit chance.
At max level 5, you can expect soul-crushing crits exceeding 1.5 MILLION from boosted egg beams – numbers most S-tier builds take minutes ramping up to. And the egg pulls this off shot after shot while piercing multiple enemies per blast! Top crucible level players strongly believe no orb can mathematically exceed the egg orb‘s potential without damage cap removal. Just ask these egg extremists:
"Once you taste the forbidden egg all other orbs turn to ash in your mouth" – Peglord420
"I solely play egg orb plus literally any relic combo and crush my previous crucible record every season" – The Devouring Egg
Let‘s examine further why no contenders crack the egg‘s supreme consistency:
Damage Benchmarks (70 FDP Avg)
| Orb | No Crit | Crit |
|---|---|---|
| Egg | 750k | 1.5M |
| Bomb | 800k | 1.3M |
Most Relics Synergized With
| Orb | # Combos |
|---|---|
| Egg | 112 |
| Bomb | 89 |
The bomb orb has its explosive strengths of course…until the egg overrides them entirely!
In summary, the egg orb‘s unlimited damage horizons and build flexibility cement its unquestioned S+ god ranking. All hail the egg!
Bombs Over Baghdad – Explode Your Limits
A+/S-Tier: Extreme Damage Potential
Nothing announces your entrance quite like bombs! While the egg beams emit a consistent deadly hum, bombs make raw explosive statements. My own moment of bomb orb transcendence arrived when I stumbled onto a Discharge Enthusiast relic run lighting over 500 microbombs per cast into a coruscating firestorm…beams everywhere until enemies blinked out of existence! In fact peglin speedrun world record holders heavily favor bomb builds for their unrivaled AOE blowup potential.
Let‘s examine why chaos-loving bombers praise these volatile spheres so highly:
Microbomb – Tiny Package, Huge Booms
Against single targets, the microbomb reigns supreme focused into a tight kernel of immense piercing damage up to 100k+ per spike. Their relatively low mana cost also lets you overlay multiple casts while orb charging compared to pricier AOE bombs. If the egg didn‘t exist, microbombs would handily top damage charts, but their single target limitation costs some ranking points.
Ideal Combo Relics: Discharge Enthusiast, Sad Bomber, Molotov Cocktail
Cluster Bomb – Carpet Detonation
When mass destruction calls, the cluster bomb cascades obligingly. Each one launches volatile rocket bomblets in all directions pulverizing rooms in raging combustive glee! Lob just one into a packed floor and watch health bars disintegrate under 15+ splitting warheads. Later relics like Bombcaster, Explosion Radius, and Lil Bomber all double down on your explosive yielding nightmarishly powerful thereafter.
While pricier than microbombs, the cluster bomb efficiently clears crowds and sets up visually intoxicating chain reactions. This orb single-handedly carried my personal best endless mode run!
Ideal Combo Relics: Lil Bomber, Hot Potato, Explosion Radius
Rainbow Bomb – Taste the Rainbow, Terror the Rainbow
Veterans debate fiercely whether the rainbow bomb exceeds its cousin cluster bomb in destructive might. Costing 3 more mana, the rainbow bomb launches a circular spray of missile orbs reflecting off walls until they strike targets. With enough projectile duration from relics, a single rainbow bomb can ricochet until an entire room perishes by trailing detonations. Rainbow bomb‘s lesser upfront damage gets offset by its marathon map coverage potential – death by a thousand blasts!
The key decision point comes down to stacking bomb splitters vs projectile durators. Your personal taste and relic luck determines which bouncy bomber suits you!
Ideal Combo Relics: Sad Bomber, Bomb Velocity, Cascade
Bomb Variants – Puzzle Bombs, Death Bombs, Oh My!
Beyond the core explosive trio, Peglin offers additional bomb flavors like death bombs triggering on enemy demise and puzzle bombs shifting rows on impact. While niche, clever builders abuse these variants for added interactions:
- Death Bomb + Brisa Bolas = Screenwide Air Combo Chaos
- Puzzle Bomb + Latern of Power = Reshuffle for God boards
In total, bomb lovers enjoy their volatile pick of damage delivery from micro to macro megaton madness. While the egg still claims overall dominance, few feelings beat chaining screen-filling detonations!
Concentrication – Cycle With Me If You Want To Live
A-Tier: Strong Hybrid
When both offense and sustain get tested, the concentrication orb delivers a two-pronged solution. Beyond a directional damage spray, it refreshes pegs every few seconds keeping your options flowing. This utility earns it a stellar A ranking as a versatile pick for various builds.
Let me convince you further with some avatar quotes:
"I skipped Concentrication orbs for months until I hit Crucible level 20 stomping my face in repeatedly. Finally I caved and now I can‘t live without their recharging lifeblood!" – PegZerg9000
"People sleep on concentrication‘s damage too – it reaches multiple enemies while regenning your board. I slaughter Temple of the Omega in record time combining Concentrications with Slice and Dice beams!" – xXLaserQueenXx
Concentrication unquestionably dominates certain relic combos that hunger for redraws like Early Bird, the Franciscan Friar, and other discharge enthusiasts. Every few seconds you rapidly cycle new spell opportunities while peppering outward damage. This smooth harmony between flexibility and pain earns concentrication orbs easy A-tier entrance.
Now…what about the even wackier utility spheres like Shield Orb and Destruc orb? Turns out they fill niche defensive and disruption roles respectively, but can‘t approach concentrication‘s well-rounded offensive cycling. Prioritize our refresh fan first!
Never Fear, Doc‘s Here!
A-Tier: Survival Surgeon
We all face gut-wrenching moments watching our flawless run disintegrate after one disastrous enemy wave. If only we had sustainability tools to recover mid-fight! Here‘s where the humble doc orb sings lifesaving songs, restoring 2 health whenever you remove a blue peg at level 2.
"But how impactful can gradual 2 health ticks really be?" you may wonder skeptically. Veterans who abuse doc orbs know firsthand their run-saving potential:
"I heavily discounted doc orbs also until I hit Crucible 45 facing completely overloaded rooms that instakilled me. Now I balance one doc orb into most builds which buys JUST enough sustain for my damage to barely clinch victory" – CrucibleVeteran1337
"My top record uses a Doc Orb + Graveyard build generating tons of blues. I simply can‘t die! The healing ticks forever while I beam down hordes" – UndyingPegger
While doc orbs lack offensive upside, their sheer survival value in later climbs earns them guaranteed deck inclusion for me. Keep your health drip flowing and you just may also eternalize on the leaderboards!
Freeze or Fry? AOE Orb Throwdown
A-Tier: Great Area Control
Ah elemental AOE, gift or game devs granting satisfying screenful abilities since the 90‘s! Peglin keeps that addictive pleasure flowing with bulldorb and icicle orb letting you choose between area freezing or burning. Against swarming foes, rapidly thinning the horde can save a doomed run.
So which elemental explosion claims the anti-mobbing crown? Community votes lean slightly towards…
Icicle!
The icicle orb shoots piercing icy shards in all directions applying both damage and chilling freeze. This flexibility in targeting ekes it ahead of the directional bulldorb overall:
| Icicle Orb | Bulldorb |
|---|---|
| All angle freezing | Directional freeze beam |
| Mana efficient 6 cost | Costs 9 |
| Weak vs Freeze immunity | Outdamages Icicle |
As you can tell both AOE‘s have extremely similar utility, so choose by need:
- Bulldorb for heavier damage
- Icicle Orb for omni-directional control
While neither dominate bosses, packing an AOE sphere or two can save you from the abyss against swarming foes. Freeze or fry baby!
Razorb – Slicing Through the Competition
Let‘s shine a spotlight on one of the most underappreciated spheres around – the lovely razor orb! This unassuming green marble hides some of the most ruthlessly efficient dps and armor shred potential in the game! Razor orbs fire a slow boomerang beam out and back shredding up to 8 targets per pass. It also applies a stacking armor break bonus up to -70!
This combination of slicing durability damage plus debuffing physical vulnerability means razor orb infused builds melt tanks and bosses faster than almost any rival option. You can churn a mega buffed enemy into literal butter by beams end. Megaton warriors beware!
So why doesn‘t razor orb get more praise? Likely because its beam requires tricky positioning to maximize back and forth damage. But clever players who position or ricochet razor casts into the juiciest clumps get rewarded with crimson carnage. Consider mixing razors into your next build!
Doctor Strangeorb – Nosforbatu Controversy
No orb splits opinions more fiercely than the eldritch nosforbatu orb. Some theorycrafters have denounced nosforbatus as awkward resource dumps not worth the spatial hassle. But the Harvard defending cultists swear by their precious doctor strangeorb‘s versatility. So what‘s the final verdict?
The Bull Case for Nosforbatu
Unlike most temporary spell orbs, nosforbatu effects uniquely persist between combat rounds and stack duration with extra casts. This enables otherwise impossible build acculumation potential:
"I combine nosforbatu with Slice and Dice support relics for 50 straight seconds of double damage and quick orb regen for my main spells. It would be impossible sustain otherwise especially at Crucible 80+ !" – EndlessEnvoy
With delicate construction, nosforbatuses act as persistent build enablers rather than pure castables themselves. Their ongoing shield and heal ticks also smooth out incoming damage better than concentrication‘s temporary refresh. Consider nosforbatus as your build‘s underlying magical infrastructure!
The Bear Case Against Nosforbatu
Sadly, nosforbatu‘s strengths also require very niche strategy knowledge from most casual players. Their awkward targeting and spacing can disrupt flows for many builds. Peglin‘s orb real estate fills up rapidly with nosforbatu‘s bulky globe graphics too.
These friction points drops nosforbatuses‘ beginner friendly ranking considerably. Their strategic complexity doesnt justify Orbbert tier by any means.
The Final Verdict?
Nosforbatus cultists will vouch eternally for their beloved orb doctors…but average players frankly don‘t have the patience for such delicate tinkering. Unless you REALLY vibe with nosforbatu‘s strange lasting utility, more easily understood orbs probably suit you just fine! We‘re pegging nosforbatus squarely as a controversial B rank – amazing for some, regrettable waste for others!
Orboros the Deck Manipulator
S-Tier: Pure RNG Dominance
Veterans whisper legends of a mythical orb defying Peglin‘s fate itself – the Orboros! This sinister serpentine sphere breaks the fundamentals by freely manipulating your opening orb draw chances. Simply cast Orboros with unwanted orbs selected, and POOF it vaporizes them from your pool instantly replaced by random new orbs.
With mastery over early RNG and statistics, Orboros can guarantee ideal orb combinations with your chosen relics immediately. What crazed power!
The potency speaks for itself:
"I only survived Crucible 90 Exodus because on floor 1 I immediately Orboros‘d away my useless starter orbs and lucked into a perfect Egg / Bomb setup. Pure power!" – CruciPride
| Standard Random Draw Odds | Guaranteed Combo Odds | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 10% | 100% | Orboros Mindhackz |
Of course the rarity balances Orboros‘s reality bending potential considerably…unless you cheese black markets! In summary tossing an early Orboros to manipulate fate itself offers a ludicrous advantage that earns S through sheer strategic impact!
Credit also to Orbbert orb analysis for their prior Perspectives.
SwoleTORP – Pumping Up Peg Damage
Let‘s pump some iron with our next muscular marble, the swoleTORP orb! Visually it fits the musclebound motif launching beefy fists that upgrade pegs to stronger tiers on impact. At sufficient critical mass, swoleTORPs downgrade mana costs while providing chiselled orange damage pegs for other skills to abuse. Slap some Omega Orbs and Artillery down on those enriched tiles translating peg gains directly into exponential damage outputs!
In groups, swoleTORPS enable circular combos through map improvement, mana discounts, and empowering AOE smashes for your main attackers. They form natural aggressive tempo engines.
Don‘t let the dated Jersey gym bro aesthetic distract you…swoleTORPS lift compatible specs to awe-inspiring new PR levels! Pegboard gains directly convert into sick deeps gains – it‘s science!
We‘ve evaluated spheres from infectious eggs to manipulative snake orbs and beyond. While the egg‘s supreme versatility still outclasses all, nearly any Peglin orb can enable kickass crucible builds with the right creative vision. Our orb tier list simply offers informed opinions on overall power and consistency.
Soon Orbbert will release new spheres throwing all conventions into chaos once again! Until then veterans wish you luck with whichever orbs call your name. May your openings flow smoothly, your damage scale exponentially, and the RNG goddess bless every run with glittering high tier potential!
Now get out there and pop some pegs! This orb master eagerly awaits your next godly orb creation highlight. Let‘s climb beyond the limits of Crucible infinity together!