Brawler build

How players win with Brawler Community consensus

Summarised in our own words on 13 November 2026; check the patch date of each source against PC 1.2.

Weapons Brawler boosts most Computed from rules

Brawler: ordered by how much Brawler's modifiers raise each weapon's damage compared with a character without modifiers, then by damage per second; weapons Brawler doesn't boost fall back to raw DPS. Reference profile: Brawler's own stats plus 20 points bought in the weapon's main scaling stat, both multiplied by Brawler's modifiers; one weapon, its highest tier, no items, single target, every projectile hits. 89 of 95 equippable weapons scale with a stat Brawler can raise.

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Flaming Brass Knuckles IVBrawler class bonus	×1.50	255.5+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.39 s
2	Power Fist IVBrawler class bonus	×1.50	255.5	Melee Damage	100	0.39 s
3	Fist IVStarting optionBrawler class bonus	×1.50	214.6	Melee Damage	84	0.39 s
4	Cestus IVBrawler class bonus	×1.50	166.1	Melee Damage	120	0.73 s
5	Claw IVStarting optionBrawler class bonus	×1.50	118.6	Melee Damage	35	0.41 s
6	Hand IVStarting optionBrawler class bonus	×1.50	23.4	Melee Damage	11	0.47 s
7	Knife IV	×1	134.9	Melee Damage	41	0.76 s
8	War Hammer IV	×1	124.9	Melee Damage	240	1.95 s
9	Icicle IV	×1	120	Elemental Damage	60	0.70 s
10	Captain’s Sword IV	×1	113.8	Melee Damage	105	0.95 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Fist#3 of 89, 214.6 DPS at tier IV
• Claw#5 of 89, 118.6 DPS at tier IV
• Hand#6 of 89, 23.4 DPS at tier IV

Legendary-only weapons

These exist only at tier IV, cost a Legendary shop slot and carry the Legendary set penalty of −20 Max HP per weapon of the class. At the same profile: Excalibur 418.2 DPS; Scythe 243.2 DPS; Drill 116.7 DPS; DEX-troyer 92.9 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

Ranked by points per base material after Brawler's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

Items that turn Brawler's stats into more

• Retromation’s Hoodie+2% Attack Speed for every 1% Dodge you have

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Brawler has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Flaming Brass Knuckles IV (255.5 DPS).

Unarmed weapons +50% Attack Speed

+50% Attack Speed with Unarmed weapons. Eligible: Flaming Brass Knuckles, Power Fist, Fist, Cestus, Claw, Hand.

Never offered to Brawler

Item groups: ranged damage.

Assumptions and method

• Damage per hit = round(trunc(base + Σ stat × scaling) × (1 + %Damage/100 + class %Damage/100)); crits average in as chance × round(hit × multiplier). Formulas are datamined from the game code; weapon numbers come from the game-file tables.
• Cooldown is the tooltip value, which includes the attack animation. Reload weapons average the long cooldown over its shot count. Attack Speed divides the tooltip, an approximation: the game divides only the cooldown frames.
• Not modelled: pierce, bounce, explosion splash, knockback, on-hit and kill-count effects, structures, and how often the weapon actually reaches enemies. Multi-projectile weapons assume every projectile hits the same target, which favours shotguns.
• Version: Brotato PC 1.2 with the 12 November 2026 patch. Reviewed 12 November 2026.