Eat, Nourish, bowl or spit

A radius swallow. Bodies stored in the gut feed the armor passive, feed Nourish, and become Pulverize fuel or Regurgitate ammo. Hold 1 to vomit leftovers covered in toxin. Gourmand (augment) charges the cast to armor instead of energy — the passive is how you afford it. Range is how many you eat.

Cost

25 per enemy · Gourmand: armor

Hold

Vomit bile-soaked leftovers

Also

Feeds every other ability

Digest the gut into a buff: health regen, Viral damage on your (and allies') attacks, and energy sources restore more. Stronger with bodies in the stomach. This is the best Helminth ability in the game, which is exactly why you keep it on Grendel instead of feeding him to the chair. Hearty Nourishment adds status immunity. Weapon configs put Roar over Pulverize, never over this.

Cost

50 energy

Buffs

Heal · Viral · energy multiplier · squad

Helminth

Never. Keep it.

Curl into a meatball. Size and damage like a full gut. Rolling knocks people over and heals you. Jump slams a shockwave. Catapult (augment) turns the jump into an aimed launch. Weapon platforms Helminth this because Nourish is sacred and Feast still feeds armor.

Cost

Toggle drain

Jump

Slam shockwave · Catapult launches

Helminth

Default dump on gun configs

Requires ammo in the stomach. The victim becomes a bile shot. Nearby enemies slow and lose armor. Strength is the strip. Gastro (augment) leaves a lingering bile cloud. Feast is the reload. Nourish Viral is already on the spit.

Cost

50 energy · 1 guts victim

Splash

Slow + armor strip (Strength)

Gastro

Lingering bile