Brotato Guides — Weapons, Characters and Wave Survival

S to C rankings for the strongest weapons, judged on DPS, safety, tag fit and how each one scales across tiers.

S to C rankings for every character, judged on clear speed, consistency and how forgiving the level-up line is.

Doctor, Ghost, Bull and King ranked by real perks for Danger 5+ survive-or-scale play.

What to do in the first five waves, how to read your stat line, and the habits that keep a run alive.

Max HP, Armor, Dodge, Regen, Attack Speed and the rest. What each stat does and where it matters.

Every weapon tagged melee or ranged plus a class such as Heavy, Gun or Elemental. Pick the tag your build wants.

Character and weapon pairings that stack bonuses instead of fighting them. The runs that snowball.

What to buy on each visit, when to reroll, and the purchases that waste a run when taken early.

What items do, how they stack, and the modifiers that turn a weak weapon into the run.

Every character with its unlock condition, so you know what a run needs to add them to the roster.

How the 20 waves escalate, what each enemy type does, and how to read a wave before it starts.

The expansion's characters, weapons and changes, and what shifts once you own it.

The habits that end more Brotato runs than bad luck: stat spread, panic buying and ignoring tags.

How shared waves, loot and revives work when two potatoes run the same map.

Why DPS falls off and the tag, speed, and crit choices that actually raise it instead of padding the sheet.

What to buy, what to skip, and how to stay alive before your build comes online.

Harvesting looks useless until you see it pay every wave. When to take it, when it wastes a slot.

Rerolling is a tool, not a habit. When a reroll finds your weapon and when it burns the run.

Merging two copies upgrades both tiers at once. How the combine works and when to keep them apart.

When the screen fills, panic kills more than the mobs. Crowd control, position, and the stats that thin a swarm.

Every level-up compounds. Which stats to grab, which to leave, and how to read your own stat line.

The final wave tests everything before it. How to enter strong, handle the boss, and close the run.

Behind on damage or about to die, the run is not over. Emergency fixes that pull a stalled potato back.

Tags are the glue of every strong build. How to read them, pick a core, and stack bonuses instead of fighting them.

Auto-fire is default, but manual aim wins specific fights. When to switch and what it costs you.

Gold funds the late shop. How material becomes credits and the habits that keep a run rich.

Not every weapon fits every character. Match a weapon to your tags, range, and the enemies you face.

Higher difficulties add pressure and meaner waves. What changes in your plan when the game stops forgiving.

Armored, fast, and ranged enemies each need a different answer. Read the threat and adjust mid-run.

Turn recycling into an economy lead, then pivot to SMG and shotgun.

Ghost-weapon scaling makes Loud one of the easiest 5-star clears.

Bonus melee slots from the start make Brawler a low-effort brawl.

Glass-cannon damage at half HP; out-kill the wave before it kills you.

Turrets do the killing while you dodge — the safest clear in the game.

Engineering and structures with a bit more personal punch than Engineer.

Huge Luck fuels crit Slingshot builds that delete packs.

Harvesting and HP become a self-sustaining farming loop.

Move speed makes kiting trivial for ranged and lifesteal plans.

Harvesting and garden items spin up a steady material engine.

Max Dodge so most attacks miss; slippery evasion play.

High Armor and HP make Knight the premier frontline tank.

Ranged damage and reload speed fit almost any gun build.

Pay a gold premium for a real damage boost; high-skill, high-reward.

Small size and dodge make Baby a slippery evasion character.

Trade speed for harvesting and crafting; an economy tortoise.

Elemental affinity powers spell-like status weapons.

Six SMGs turn attack speed into a screen-filling wall of bullets.

Pellet spread clears dense packs with close-range burst.

Ricochet plus crit is a top-tier scaling clear.

Engineering turrets kill while you dodge — the safety net.

Cheap turret starter for new Engineering players.

Explosive melee clears clusters with every hit.

Cooldown resets reward in-your-face aggression.

Thrust-and-sweep gives flexible melee damage.

Growth-scaling weapon that outgrows flat options.

Lobbed area damage from range for safe clears.

Why maxing Dodge can beat Armor, and the items that get you there.

Armor math and the tanky characters that want it maxed.

Why lifesteal feels strongest on fast weapons, and how to build it.

Full Engineering plan: items, placement, why Engineering beats damage.

The deadliest mid-game window and its defensive breakpoints.

What changes after wave 20, and the scaling builds that last.

Bank materials every wave with Harvesting, recycling and shop discipline.

XP sources and the characters that race to high tiers.

Highest difficulty and the durability needed to clear it.

Dodge-and-kite discipline behind flawless clears.

All 79 weapons with every tier, DPS, damage and range. Filter by melee or ranged.

All 64 characters with unlock conditions, level-up bonuses and starting weapons.