Brotato Arsonist Build Guide & Fire Puddle Strategy

Greek Fire converts every burn tick into percentage current HP damage, which stacks brutally with Arsonist’s constant burning and puddle spam. It lets your fires scale into late game and makes elites and bosses melt as long as they stay ignited.

Explosive Shells gives huge boosts to Explosion Damage and Size, directly scaling how hard Arsonist’s fire puddles hit and how wide their coverage is. The generic Damage penalty barely matters because your true DPS comes from burns and puddles, not base weapon damage.

Plastic Explosive massively increases Explosion Size, which in turn increases the size of the puddles left by Arsonist’s explosions. Bigger explosions mean more reliable coverage of the arena and easier kiting of entire packs through overlapping fire zones.

Dynamite is a straightforward multiplier to all your explosions, and therefore to your puddle DPS. It stacks well with Explosive Shells and Plastic Explosive, turning every Shredder shot and rocket into a devastating fire starter.

Blazemander constantly sprays burning projectiles around you, igniting enemies you haven’t directly hit and reinforcing Arsonist’s burning‑on‑death puddle passive. Because it scales with Elemental Damage, it grows alongside your main damage stats.

Fuel Tank gives a chunky Elemental Damage boost with penalties to stats Arsonist barely cares about, thanks to his 100% reduction to Melee and Ranged modifications. It’s efficient scaling that directly improves your burns and puddles.

Toxic Sludge is efficient flat Elemental Damage in exchange for a small amount of dodge. The damage increase applies to every burn tick and synergizes well with Greek Fire and Blazemander, while the dodge loss can be offset with other defensive items.

Boiling Water trades a small amount of Max HP for pure Elemental Damage, which is ideal for an offense‑first Arsonist. Early copies dramatically speed up your clear, and later you can compensate the health loss with Max HP and armor picks.

Campfire gives both Elemental Damage and HP Regeneration – exactly what Arsonist wants – for a small Speed penalty. You can offset the Speed loss with Beanie, Terrified Onion, or Fossil: Left Leg while enjoying the double offensive and defensive scaling.

Candle reduces enemy spawns but gives Elemental Damage and HP Regeneration. Fewer enemies mean less clutter on screen while your fires still annihilate everything; the generic Damage reduction is negligible because burns and puddles do most of the work.

Snake lets burning spread to an additional enemy, which is perfect for amplifying Arsonist’s fire‑on‑death puddle chains. One ignited target can quickly turn into a whole pack burning and dropping puddles when they die.

Eyes Surgery makes burning activate faster, effectively front‑loading your burn damage so enemies die sooner and start spawning puddles earlier in each wave. The extra Elemental Damage stacks well with Greek Fire, while the Range penalty is minor for most elemental setups.