Fireball

Community builds that use it

• ArsonistMake everything explode: Shredder or Sticky Grenade early with Attack Speed, then Fireball and other explosive or elemental weapons. Buy explosion and Elemental Damage items and some defence for the slow early burn.
• MageElemental build carried by the starting Scared Sausage and Snake: buy more of both, stack Elemental Damage and Attack Speed, and use Tasers (slow plus Support harvesting), Icicles or Lightning Shiv, adding Flamethrowers when offered. Torch is suggested as a tankier start before switching around waves 8-9.
• TechnomageEngineering with Wrench turrets is the reported easier route after the XP nerf, while elemental builds use Taser or Plank and buy every structure. Strange Book converts Elemental Damage to Engineering.

Stats by tier

1. Tier II Uncommon

   Damage

   5 (+25% Elemental Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.12s

   Crit

   x1.5 (3% chance)

   Range

   400

2. Tier III Rare

   Damage

   10 (+50% Elemental Damage)

   Cooldown

   1.03s

   Crit

   x1.5 (3% chance)

   Range

   450

3. Tier IV Legendary

   Damage

   20 (+75% Elemental Damage)

   Cooldown

   0.87s

   Crit

   x1.5 (3% chance)

   Range

   500

Damage in brackets is added from your stats before %Damage multiplies the total; see the damage formula or the calculator.

DPS at tier IV

23.3 DPS with no stats, 40.9 at 20 Elemental Damage and 66.5 at 50 (single target, every projectile hits, crits averaged): #8 of 12 weapons that scale with Elemental Damage. Full ranking or your own stats.

Builds that rank it in their top five

• Artificer#4 for this character

Characters that can start with it

• King

Class set bonuses

Elemental

• 2 weapons: +1 Elemental Damage
• 3 weapons: +2 Elemental Damage
• 4 weapons: +3 Elemental Damage
• 5 weapons: +4 Elemental Damage
• 6 or more: +5 Elemental Damage

Explosive

• 2 weapons: +5% Explosion Size
• 3 weapons: +10% Explosion Size
• 4 weapons: +15% Explosion Size
• 5 weapons: +20% Explosion Size
• 6 or more: +25% Explosion Size

Each step replaces the previous one. All class bonuses.

Synergies

• Burning synergies
• Explosions synergies

Other Elemental and Explosive weapons

• DEX-troyerExplosive, Legendary
• Flaming Brass KnucklesElemental, Unarmed
• Lightning ShivElemental, Precise
• PlankElemental, Explosive
• Plasma SledgeElemental, Explosive
• Power FistExplosive, Unarmed
• Thunder SwordBlade, Elemental
• TorchElemental, Primitive
• FlamethrowerElemental, Heavy
• Grenade LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• IcicleElemental, Precise
• Molotov CocktailElemental
• Nuclear LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• Particle AcceleratorElemental, Heavy
• Rocket LauncherExplosive, Heavy
• ShredderExplosive, Gun
• Sticky GrenadeExplosive
• TaserElemental, Support
• WandElemental

Guides that mention it

• How to beat Nightmare in Brotato: characters, builds and fog waves

Source

Brotato Wiki, Fireball, generated from the game files. The 12 November 2026 patch changed no weapon numbers. Reviewed 12 November 2026.