Diver build

How players win with Diver Community consensus

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

Weapons Diver boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Shuriken IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.73	76.2	Melee Damage	25	0.70 s
2	Thief Dagger IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.57	120.5	Melee Damage	40	0.73 s
3	Knife IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.40	188.8	Melee Damage	41	0.76 s
4	Claw IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.36	107.8	Melee Damage	35	0.61 s
5	Icicle IVDiver class bonus	×1.29	154.3	Elemental Damage	60	0.70 s
6	Scissors IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.31	71.2	Melee Damage	36	0.86 s
7	Lightning Shiv IVDiver class bonus	×1.18	51.7	Melee Damage	31	0.78 s
8	Sharp Tooth IVStarting optionDiver class bonus	×1.20	38.2	Melee Damage	25	0.93 s
9	Meat Tenderizer IVStarting option	×1.14	98.2	Melee Damage	120	1.25 s
10	Light Saber IVDiver class bonus	×1.06	73.5	Melee Damage	62	0.92 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Shuriken#1 of 89, 76.2 DPS at tier IV
• Thief Dagger#2 of 89, 120.5 DPS at tier IV
• Knife#3 of 89, 188.8 DPS at tier IV
• Claw#4 of 89, 107.8 DPS at tier IV
• Scissors#6 of 89, 71.2 DPS at tier IV
• Sharp Tooth#8 of 89, 38.2 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#9 of 89, 98.2 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgun#68 of 89, 5.4 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#71 of 89, 3.4 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#84 of 89, 1 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 183.3 DPS; DEX-troyer 92.9 DPS.

Burning weapons

Burn damage is not in the DPS column. Per application at the same profile (damage per tick × ticks; the strongest burn on an enemy is kept unless you own Pyromaniac): Wand 29×12, Particle Accelerator 30×10, Molotov Cocktail 25×7, Fireball 28×5, Flamethrower 28×5, Flaming Brass Knuckles 7×18.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn Diver's stats into more

• Lucky Coin+2 Luck for every 1% Crit Chance you have

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Diver's modifiers reward Crit Chance ×1.25, Melee Damage (converted to HP Regeneration). At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Shuriken IV (76.2 DPS).

Crit Chance ×1.25

Every point from items, level-ups and set bonuses counts ×1.25; penalties grow by the same factor.

Melee Damage → HP Regeneration

+1 HP Regeneration for every 2 Melee Damage you have. At 20 Melee Damage this gives 10 HP Regeneration.

Precise weapons +2× crit

+200% Crit Damage with Precise weapons. Eligible: Shuriken, Thief Dagger, Knife, Claw, Icicle, Scissors, Lightning Shiv, Sharp Tooth and 7 more.

Never offered to Diver

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.