King build

How players win with King Community consensus

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

Weapons King boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Pan Flute IVStarting option	×2.09	113.4	Luck	23 ×5	1.03 s
2	Flute IVStarting option	×1.48	48.2	Ranged Damage	37	0.78 s
3	Lute IVStarting option	×1.46	33.8	Melee Damage	38	1.14 s
4	Shovel IVStarting option	×1.13	87.3	Melee Damage	103	1.21 s
5	Combat Shotgun IVStarting option	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
6	Machine Gun IVStarting option	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s
7	Minigun IV	×1	228.9	Ranged Damage	20	0.09 s
8	Obliterator IV	×1	223.2	Ranged Damage	700	3.23 s
9	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×1	170.3+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
10	Power Fist IV	×1	170.3	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Pan Flute#1 of 89, 113.4 DPS at tier IV
• Flute#2 of 89, 48.2 DPS at tier IV
• Lute#3 of 89, 33.8 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#4 of 89, 87.3 DPS at tier IV
• Combat Shotgun#5 of 89, 350.6 DPS at tier IV
• Machine Gun#6 of 89, 250.7 DPS at tier IV
• SMG#11 of 89, 160.8 DPS at tier IV
• Double Barrel Shotgun#12 of 89, 149.4 DPS at tier IV
• Fist#13 of 89, 143.1 DPS at tier IV
• Knife#16 of 89, 134.9 DPS at tier IV
• Cestus#20 of 89, 110.7 DPS at tier IV
• Hammer#22 of 89, 109.1 DPS at tier IV
• Hatchet#24 of 89, 106.3 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#25 of 89, 104.1 DPS at tier IV
• Pistol#29 of 89, 100.6 DPS at tier IV
• Rocket Launcher#30 of 89, 100 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgun#31 of 89, 93.2 DPS at tier IV
• Sword#32 of 89, 89.3 DPS at tier IV
• Circular Saw#34 of 89, 87.1 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#35 of 89, 85.9 DPS at tier IV
• Vorpal Sword#36 of 89, 81.3 DPS at tier IV
• Grenade Launcher#38 of 89, 78.7 DPS at tier IV
• Trident#41 of 89, 73 DPS at tier IV
• Spiky Shield#42 of 89, 71.4 DPS at tier IV
• Whip#43 of 89, 69.9 DPS at tier IV
• Awl#48 of 89, 67.7 DPS at tier IV
• Spear#50 of 89, 66.5 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#52 of 89, 63.2 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#58 of 89, 59.1 DPS at tier IV
• Boomerang#59 of 89, 57.8 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#64 of 89, 54.2 DPS at tier IV
• Plank#65 of 89, 50.4 DPS at tier IV
• Jousting Lance#66 of 89, 46.5 DPS at tier IV
• Lightning Shiv#69 of 89, 43.7 DPS at tier IV
• Javelin#70 of 89, 42.1 DPS at tier IV
• Sticky Grenade#71 of 89, 41.8 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Axe#72 of 89, 40.9 DPS at tier IV
• Fireball#73 of 89, 40.9 DPS at tier IV
• Crossbow#77 of 89, 38.7 DPS at tier IV
• Crowbar#82 of 89, 31.1 DPS at tier IV
• Torch#85 of 89, 26.3 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#87 of 89, 19.6 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: Chain Gun 722.9 DPS; Gatling Laser 493.2 DPS; Excalibur 418.2 DPS; Scythe 243.2 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn King's stats into more

• Pearl+1% Damage for every permanent 10 Luck you have

Items that use King's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

King has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Pan Flute IV (113.4 DPS).

Tier IV weapon → Damage

+25% Damage for every Tier IV weapon you have.

Tier IV weapon → Attack Speed

+25% Attack Speed for every Tier IV weapon you have.

different Tier IV item → Max HP

+5 Max HP for every different Tier IV item you have.

Tier I weapon → less Damage

-15% Damage for every Tier I weapon you have.

Tier I weapon → less Attack Speed

-15% Attack Speed for every Tier I weapon you have.

different Tier I item → less Max HP

-2 Max HP for every different Tier I item you have.

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.