Far Far West Spells & Reactions

The five spell schools — Pyro, Acid, Elec, Voodoo, Cactus

Every spell sits in one of five schools. The lists below reflect the in-game spell menu as of the patch noted at the top.

Pyro (a.k.a. Fire)

• Fireball — thrown explosive that leaves a burning patch.
• Firebeam — sustained beam of fire that sweeps the area.
• Surcharge — area burn that detonates already-ignited targets.
• Wisp — fire familiar that chains to a new target on kill.
• Finger Guns — replaces your weapon with explosive fire bolts.

Acid

• Thrower — sprays acid; ground retains corrosive puddles.
• Geyser — acid geyser that knocks enemies up.
• Bubble — large acid bubble that ruptures into multiple puddles.
• Contagion — area corrode that marks enemies as Contagious.
• Rain — wide-area acid rain.

Elec

• Strikes — chain lightning down a line.
• Boing — short escape teleport.
• Portal — places up to two linked gateways; duplicates spell projectiles passing through.
• Swap — swap places with an enemy; both ends explode.
• Thunderstrike — leap and slam down with a lightning AOE.

Voodoo

• Drain — voodoo doll drains an enemy's HP into yours.
• Rescue — heals or revives the nearest ally.
• Corruption — turns an enemy into a temporary ally.
• Ritual — candle ring; allies inside regenerate HP.
• Doll — protective doll that grants invincibility & speed in its aura.

Cactus

• Mino — cactus mine that detonates on contact.
• Pistolero — cactus turret that auto-fires nearby.
• Wallo — spike wall; damage + slow on contact.
• Decoyo — dancing cactus decoy that explodes after drawing aggro.
• Bandito — heavy cactus golem that fights for you for a duration.

Spell reaction matrix

The matrix below covers the reactions that the community consistently reproduces. Less-reliable interactions live in the "Conflicts & gaps" section a little lower so you can see them but not confuse them with stable rules.

Three reactions to memorize first

If you only learn three, learn these — they're the highest payoff per minute of practice and they show up in most of the named builds in our Best Builds guide.

1. Bubble + Firebeam → Fire Tornado.Most reliable single combo. Throw Bubble first so the puddles seed, sweep Firebeam through the cloud. The tornado drifts and keeps damaging things you didn't aim at.
2. Acid Rain + Strikes → Lightning Storm. Wave-clear button. Land Acid Rain on a chokepoint, fire Strikes once. Auto-tracking lightning handles the rest of the wave.
3. Any Acid puddle + Voodoo → healing candles.The most reliable self-sustain in the game and the entire reason "put one Acid spell in every build" is good advice. The candles are visible on the ground; walk over them.

Conflicts & gaps

Community write-ups disagree on what Strikes + Bubbleproduces: some report the bubble splits into three bouncing copies, others report only an extended duration. We list neither in the matrix above because it's unsafe to plan a build around a contradiction. Test both in the Build Planner and tell us which behaviour you observe.

We have also notshipped a full elemental-status table (e.g. how long burn ticks, how Contagious chains) — the available figures are inconsistent on tick rates and chain depth. We'll add a status-effect section once verifiable numbers are confirmable.

What this matrix doesn't cover

Boss-specific spell interactions (e.g. which spells the Cryptic Necromancer resists) belong on the boss pages — those will land alongside the Boss Guideshub. PvP / Co-op friendly-fire interactions between spells are also out of scope here; if a duplicated Portal projectile damages your teammates, that's a Co-op-guide question, not a reaction-matrix one.