Mage build

How players win with Mage Community consensus

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

Weapons Mage boosts most Computed from rules

Mage: ordered by how much Mage's modifiers raise each weapon's damage compared with a character without modifiers, then by damage per second; weapons Mage doesn't boost fall back to raw DPS. Reference profile: Mage's own stats plus 20 points bought in the weapon's main scaling stat, both multiplied by Mage's modifiers; one weapon, its highest tier, no items, single target, every projectile hits. 19 of 95 equippable weapons scale with a stat Mage can raise; 73 scale only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage, which Mage keeps at 0.

#	Weapon	Boost	DPS	Main stat	Hit	Cooldown
1	Wand IVStarting option	×1.24	49.1+ burn 34×12	Elemental Damage	26	0.53 s
2	Torch IVStarting option	×1.24	32.5+ burn 34×12	Elemental Damage	26	0.80 s
3	Molotov Cocktail IVStarting option	×1.14	22.4+ burn 30×7	Elemental Damage	32	1.45 s
4	Icicle IVStarting option	×1.08	130	Elemental Damage	65	0.70 s
5	Taser IVStarting option	×1.08	112.8	Elemental Damage	26 ×4	0.95 s
6	Plank IVStarting option	×1.08	54.7	Elemental Damage	52	0.98 s
7	Fireball IV	×1.09	44.3+ burn 33×5	Elemental Damage	38	0.87 s
8	Plasma Sledge IV	×1.06	116.7	Elemental Damage	170	1.49 s
9	Thunder Sword IV	×1.07	108.8	Elemental Damage	112	1.06 s
10	Particle Accelerator IV	×1.04	92.2+ burn 35×10	Elemental Damage	145	1.62 s

Starting weapons by the same measure

• Wand#1 of 19, 49.1 DPS at tier IV
• Torch#2 of 19, 32.5 DPS at tier IV
• Molotov Cocktail#3 of 19, 22.4 DPS at tier IV
• Icicle#4 of 19, 130 DPS at tier IV
• Taser#5 of 19, 112.8 DPS at tier IV
• Plank#6 of 19, 54.7 DPS at tier IV
• Pan Flute#13 of 19, 54.3 DPS at tier IV
• Blowgunscales only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage
• Lightning Shivscales only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage
• Sticky Grenadescales only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage
• SMGscales only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage
• Double Barrel Shotgunscales only with Melee Damage or Ranged Damage

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 394.3 DPS; DEX-troyer 85.2 DPS; Drill 77.8 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 34×12, Torch 34×12, Particle Accelerator 35×10, Molotov Cocktail 30×7, Fireball 33×5, Flamethrower 33×5.

Items for the stats this build buys Computed from item data

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

Items that turn Mage's stats into more

• Frozen HeartWeapon and pet damage additionally scales with 10% Elemental Damage
• Strange Book+1 Engineering for every permanent 1 Elemental Damage you have

What the modifiers change Computed from rules

Mage's modifiers reward Elemental Damage ×1.25. At the reference profile the highest single-target damage comes from Wand IV (49.1 DPS).

Elemental Damage ×1.25

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

Engineering ×0.50

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

Melee Damage ×0

Always 0, whatever you buy: items adding it are wasted.

Ranged Damage ×0

Always 0, whatever you buy: items adding it are wasted.

Never offered to Mage

Item groups: melee damage, ranged damage, melee and 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.