Flaming Brass Knuckles

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

Deals 5x10/6x15/7x18 (+100% Elemental Damage) burning damage

Unlock: Available from the start
Starting weapon for: No character

Community builds that use it

BrawlerFill all slots with Fists and add Flaming Brass Knuckles and Power Fists when they appear; reach 60% Dodge quickly and back it with Armor and Max HP because the low range means taking hits. A six-Claw build stacking Attack Speed and Crit Chance is the alternative, but it gets no benefit from the starting Fist bonus.
ChefBurning is the core: Spoon crits on burning enemies and scales with Max HP, so pair it with Scared Sausage and Snake or a Flamethrower/Wand; Flaming Brass Knuckles from a Fist start are another route. Do not level Elemental Damage.

Stats by tier

Tier II Uncommon
Damage
20 (+100% Melee Damage)
Cooldown
0.73s
Crit
x1.5 (1% chance)
Range
150
Tier III Rare
Damage
40 (+100% Melee Damage)
Cooldown
0.69s
Crit
x1.5 (1% chance)
Range
150
Tier IV Legendary
Damage
80 (+100% Melee Damage)
Cooldown
0.59s
Crit
x1.5 (1% chance)
Range
150

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

DPS at tier IV

136.3 DPS with no stats, 170.3 at 20 Melee Damage and 221.4 at 50 (single target, every projectile hits, crits averaged): #3 of 58 weapons that scale with Melee Damage. Full ranking or your own stats.