Pan Flute - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Fires 5 projectiles per attack. Damage scales with Luck (+12% / +16% / +20% / +30%).Available as starter weapon.Vote for this build!
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Brotato Mad Scientist Build: Scientifically similar to creature
Starting Equipment
Pan Flute - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Fires 5 projectiles per attack. Damage scales with Luck (+12% / +16% / +20% / +30%).Available as starter weapon.Difficulty: HardGame Mode: Danger 5
Stat Priority
Attack SpeedArmorLuck
Weapons
Flute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticMust-Have Items for Mad Scientist Build
Evolved Leap - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: Evolution gets multiplied by 2 when equipping-2 EvolutionAvailable by default.
Boosted Mitosis - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: +50% chance for mutated enemies to drop a mutation fruit-1 Armor-3 EvolutionAvailable by default.How to Unlock Build Components
Some items in this Mad Scientist Scientifically similar to creature build require unlocking before they can be used. Note that items listed in "Avoid" sections are also shown here - check the build details to see if unlocking them is necessary for this strategy.
Scapegoat - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Spawns a Scapegoat pet that moves around the map and gets targeted by enemies instead of the player. When it dies, the player can revive it by standing next to it. (Unique)Unlock requirement: Win a run with Beast Master
Barnacle - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +35% stats gained from level upgrades+1 Curse when you level upUnlock requirement: Win a run with CreatureFlute - Unlockable weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: Hitting an enemy that has less than 60%/65%/70%/75% health has a 10%/15%/20%/25% chance to charm it for 8 seconds.Unlock requirement: Win a run with RomanticBest Items
These items help with your run these include Army items like Virus and Ratzillla to build up your army. Defense Items like Scapegoat and Life form scanner (With this build elites are nearly impossible to kill) Fish hook and Barnacle increases curse and level up stats directly helping your armies power. Finally crystal Provides free stats for staying alive
Items:
Virus - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: Hitting evolved (mecha and mutated) enemies that have less than 50% health has a 25% chance to charm them-5 % Attack SpeedAvailable by default.Scapegoat - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Spawns a Scapegoat pet that moves around the map and gets targeted by enemies instead of the player. When it dies, the player can revive it by standing next to it. (Unique)Unlock requirement: Win a run with Beast Master
Ratzilla - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Spawns a Ratzilla pet that deals 5 (+10% Max HP) damage.Available by default.
Lifeform Scanner - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: When leaving a shop, the next planned elite event is replaced by a horde eventAvailable by default.Barnacle - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +35% stats gained from level upgrades+1 Curse when you level upUnlock requirement: Win a run with Creature
Fish Hook - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: Locked items and weapons have a 20% chance to become cursed when leaving the shop+1 CurseAvailable by default.
Crystal - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +5 % Attack Speed+1 % Attack Speed every 1 second until the end of the waveBonus is lost when taking damage-2 EngineeringAvailable by default.Other good weapon options
Anchor scales with curse with is helpful but provides no charm. Trident is helpful but also no charm.
Weapons:
Anchor - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: -.Available as starter weapon.
Trident - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +30%/+40%/+50% damage against targets above 80% health.Available as starter weapon.Avoid at all costs
Self damage items are bad because charmed enemies don't scale with life steal. Ball and chain hinders attack speed by a wide margin.
Items:
Blood Donation - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +40 HarvestingYou take 1 damage per second (does not give invulnerability time)Available by default.
Bloody Hand - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: +10 % Life Steal+2 % Damage for every 1 % Life Steal you have You take 1 damage per second (does not give invulnerability time)Available by default.
Ball and Chain - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +15 % Damage+3 Armor+5 Knockback-3 % SpeedWeapons have a minimum cooldown of 0.75 seconds between attacksAvailable by default.Join the Community
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