Mad Scientist build

How players win with Mad Scientist Community consensus

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

Weapons Mad Scientist boosts most Computed from rules

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

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Combat Shotgun IV	×1	350.6	Ranged Damage	32 ×8	0.75 s
2	Machine Gun IVStarting option	×1	250.7	Ranged Damage	22	0.09 s
3	Minigun IV	×1	228.9	Ranged Damage	20	0.09 s
4	Obliterator IV	×1	223.2	Ranged Damage	700	3.23 s
5	Flaming Brass Knuckles IV	×1	170.3+ burn 7×18	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
6	Power Fist IV	×1	170.3	Melee Damage	100	0.59 s
7	SMG IVStarting option	×1	160.8	Ranged Damage	24	0.15 s
8	Double Barrel Shotgun IVStarting option	×1	149.4	Ranged Damage	29 ×6	1.20 s
9	Fist IV	×1	143.1	Melee Damage	84	0.59 s
10	Revolver IV	×1	138.5	Ranged Damage	80	0.59 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Machine Gun#2 of 89, 250.7 DPS at tier IV
• SMG#7 of 89, 160.8 DPS at tier IV
• Double Barrel Shotgun#8 of 89, 149.4 DPS at tier IV
• Laser Gun#11 of 89, 137.3 DPS at tier IV
• Icicle#14 of 89, 120 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#21 of 89, 104.1 DPS at tier IV
• Pistol#25 of 89, 100.6 DPS at tier IV
• Meat Tenderizer#31 of 89, 85.9 DPS at tier IV
• Shovel#36 of 89, 77.1 DPS at tier IV
• Carbon Bow#49 of 89, 63.2 DPS at tier IV
• Rail Gun#53 of 89, 60.1 DPS at tier IV
• Tranq Rifle#55 of 89, 59.1 DPS at tier IV
• Flail#62 of 89, 54.2 DPS at tier IV
• Sticky Grenade#69 of 89, 41.8 DPS at tier IV
• Wand#73 of 89, 39.6 DPS at tier IV
• Ghost Flint#74 of 89, 38.9 DPS at tier IV
• Crowbar#81 of 89, 31.1 DPS at tier IV
• Wrench#82 of 89, 30.4 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 Mad Scientist's multiplier; prices rise each wave. Downsides are listed because they hit other stats.

Items that use Mad Scientist's effects

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Mad Scientist has no stat multiplier, so the weapon decides the stat. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Combat Shotgun IV (350.6 DPS).

Mad Scientist has no stat multiplier, conversion or class bonus. Pick weapons by the stat they scale with and buy that stat.

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.