Lich build

How players win with Lich Community consensus

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

Weapons Lich boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Sharp Tooth IVStarting option	×1.40	44.5	Melee Damage	35	0.93 s
2	Chainsaw IV	×1.25	86.9	Melee Damage	50	0.58 s
3	Meat Tenderizer IVStarting option	×1.14	98.2	Melee Damage	120	1.25 s
4	Combat Shotgun IV	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
5	Machine Gun IVStarting option	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s
6	Minigun IV	×1	228.9	Ranged Damage	20	0.09 s
7	Obliterator IV	×1	223.2	Ranged Damage	700	3.23 s
8	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×1	170.3+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
9	Power Fist IV	×1	170.3	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
10	SMG IVStarting option	×1	160.8	Ranged Damage	24	0.15 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Sharp Tooth#1 of 89, 44.5 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#3 of 89, 98.2 DPS at tier IV
• Machine Gun#5 of 89, 250.7 DPS at tier IV
• SMG#10 of 89, 160.8 DPS at tier IV
• Knife#15 of 89, 134.9 DPS at tier IV
• Icicle#17 of 89, 120 DPS at tier IV
• Medical Gun#22 of 89, 107.3 DPS at tier IV
• Hatchet#23 of 89, 106.3 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#38 of 89, 77.1 DPS at tier IV
• Thief Dagger#39 of 89, 76.7 DPS at tier IV
• Spiky Shield#41 of 89, 71.4 DPS at tier IV
• Rock#44 of 89, 69.3 DPS at tier IV
• Awl#46 of 89, 67.7 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#50 of 89, 63.2 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Scepter#52 of 89, 62 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#56 of 89, 59.1 DPS at tier IV
• Boomerang#57 of 89, 57.8 DPS at tier IV
• Pruner#58 of 89, 56.6 DPS at tier IV
• Chopper#59 of 89, 56.2 DPS at tier IV
• Scissors#61 of 89, 54.4 DPS at tier IV
• Pan Flute#62 of 89, 54.3 DPS at tier IV
• Lightning Shiv#68 of 89, 43.7 DPS at tier IV
• Spoon#73 of 89, 40.7 DPS at tier IV
• Wand#74 of 89, 39.6 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Flint#75 of 89, 38.9 DPS at tier IV
• Crossbow#76 of 89, 38.7 DPS at tier IV
• Slingshot#79 of 89, 33.7 DPS at tier IV
• Crowbar#81 of 89, 31.1 DPS at tier IV
• Stick#83 of 89, 29.8 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 257.5 DPS.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn Lich's stats into more

• Bloody Hand+2% Damage for every 1% Life Steal you have

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Lich has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Sharp Tooth IV (44.5 DPS).

Damage ×0.50

Counts ×0.50, including its penalties, which shrink by the same factor.

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.