Ham Hocks

Ham Hocks is a gear card for Delilah. It is a rare card drop from The Wastes and The Dunes. It costs 500 Crowns to purchase from the Scrap-N-Go, and can be purchased once the Scrap-N-Go is at rank 7.

Card Effect
Ham Hocks doubles the stacks of Retaliate applied to Delilah. Currently the only way for Delilah to gain Retaliate is with Guard, which grants 5 stacks. Guard grants 10 stacks of Retaliate after crafting Ham Hocks.

It can be crafted for 300 and 2.

Upgrades

 * At level 2, triples stacks of Retaliate granted instead. This upgrade costs 2500 Crowns, 1 Lens, and 1 Photovoltaic Cell.

Strategy
Ham Hocks is one of only two ways that Delilah can scale the damage dealt by Guard (the other is by crafting Lard-Covered Arm Guards) and the only one that is not dependent on her. This makes an ideal craft for continuing Delilah's passive playstyle at higher zone levels.

Ham Hocks is a significant investment of resources for the team to craft, and Guard is sometimes not the most effective card to use against bosses. Because Guard is currently the only way for Delilah to gain Retaliate, the team should consider whether Delilah will be using Hunker Down and Guard during the boss fight before crafting this card; if she is not, there are probably better ways to spend the resources. Generally, Guard is not as effective against the Behemoth because of its action pattern, but is highly effective against the Shrapnel Whirlwind.