Brotato Lich Build & Lifesteal Strategy Guide
Lich Lifesteal-Tank Builds & Strategien
Is Lich good in Brotato?
Lich is a strong sustain-focused character that turns healing into reliable area damage. He excels in long waves and Endless-style runs but needs time and items to scale Max HP, regeneration, and life steal before he feels powerful.
Strengths
- Extremely high sustain thanks to +10 HP Regeneration and +10% Life Steal from the start
- Healing constantly triggers bonus damage based on Max HP, giving strong passive wave clear
- Scales very well with Max HP, HP regeneration, and life steal items
- Comfortable and forgiving playstyle once defenses and sustain are online
Weaknesses
- Damage modifications are reduced by 50%, so traditional damage scaling is weak
- Needs several waves and specific items to reach high Max HP and reliable healing uptime
- Can feel slow at killing early elites and bosses if you neglect survivability stats
- Relies heavily on lifesteal and regen, so anti-healing or Max HP reduction items are risky
Lich Stats & Passive Ability
Lich revolves around turning sustain into damage. The combination of high starting HP regeneration and life steal means you are constantly healing, and every heal has a 100% chance to deal damage based on your Max HP to a random enemy. Because damage modifications are reduced by 50%, you should not chase normal damage scaling; instead, focus on stacking Max HP, regeneration, life steal, and defensive stats like Armor. As your health pool grows, your passive damage ramps up naturally, letting you clear waves simply by staying alive and taking hits. Weapons and items that synergize with missing HP, healing, or Max HP growth are ideal, making Lich play like a tanky lifesteal bruiser that slowly becomes an unstoppable wall.
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Weapon Setup
Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Core Items
Cake - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Max HP-1 % DamageAvailable by default.
Coffee - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +10 % Attack Speed-2 % DamageAvailable by default.
Sad Tomato - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +8 HP RegenerationStart waves with -50% HPAvailable by default.
Defective Steroids - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +2 Max HP+2 Melee Damage-3 % Attack SpeedAvailable by default.
Snail - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: -8 % Enemy Speed-3 % SpeedUnlock requirement: Win a run with OldStrategy
🌱Early Game
In the early game, rush multiple Sharp Tooth copies and start stacking Max HP. Sharp Tooth scales its life steal with missing HP, which synergizes perfectly with Lich’s regeneration and lifesteal base stats. Use simple HP and attack speed items to keep you hitting often and healing frequently, letting your passive chip away at enemies while you stay safe.
Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Cake - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Max HP-1 % DamageAvailable by default.Coffee - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +10 % Attack Speed-2 % DamageAvailable by default.Defective Steroids - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +2 Max HP+2 Melee Damage-3 % Attack SpeedAvailable by default.
Tree - Common item in Brotato.Stats: More trees spawnAvailable by default.⚡Mid Game
Once you have a full set of Sharp Tooth, lean hard into Max HP, armor, and sustain. Items like Sad Tomato and Snail slow enemies and boost your regeneration, while armor pieces such as Metal Plate keep you safe when you intentionally dip HP to boost missing-health lifesteal scaling. The goal is to be so tanky that you can sit in packs, heal constantly, and let your passive damage clear the screen.
Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sad Tomato - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +8 HP RegenerationStart waves with -50% HPAvailable by default.Snail - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: -8 % Enemy Speed-3 % SpeedUnlock requirement: Win a run with Old
Alien Baby - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +15 Max HP+10 % Enemy healthAvailable by default.
Metal Plate - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: +2 Armor-3 % DamageAvailable by default.
Anvil - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: A random weapon is upgraded when entering a shop. If you have no weapon to upgrade, you gain +2 Armor instead.Unlock requirement: Win a run with Arms Dealer🔥Late Game & Endless Scaling
In the late game and Endless, invest into late-scaling items that care about your giant HP pool. Greek Fire lets your burn effects scale off enemy HP, while Giant Belt turns critical hits into percent-health bursts, both complementing Lich’s constant chip damage from healing. Sifd's Relic helps you stay armored and vacuum materials, and extra Max HP from things like Spicy Sauce pushes your passive damage even higher. Play around your sustain—take some hits to stay in missing-HP territory, but never neglect armor so you don’t get burst down by elites or bosses.
Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.
Greek Fire - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Burning deals an additional 10% of current enemy HP as damage (1% for bosses and elites)Available by default.
Sifd's Relic - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Armor+100% chance to instantly attract a material when it’s droppedAvailable by default.
Spicy Sauce - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Max HPConsumables have a 33% chance to explode for 10 (+100%) damage when picked upUnlock requirement: Win a run with Glutton
Garden - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: Spawns a garden that creates a fruit every 15 secondsAvailable by default.
Giant Belt - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Critical hits deal 10% of an enemy’s current health as bonus damage (1% for bosses and elites)Unlock requirement: Win a run with JackBest weapons for Lich
Sharp Tooth - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 % Life Steal for every 25%/20%/15%/10% of missing health.Available as starter weapon.Sharp Tooth is the perfect fit for Lich because it directly scales life steal with missing HP, synergizing with his huge base lifesteal and regeneration. Staying at partially missing HP dramatically boosts healing, which in turn triggers Lich’s Max HP-based damage passive.
Ghost Scepter - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1 Max HP for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon.Available as starter weapon.Ghost Scepter continuously increases Max HP, which is exactly what Lich wants to scale his passive healing damage. It works especially well in Endless where you can farm a very large health pool over many waves.
Ghost Flint - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1% Attack Speed for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon.Available as starter weapon.Ghost Flint ramps up Attack Speed, letting you hit and heal more often, which means more procs of Lich’s passive damage. It is especially useful in builds that also lean on lifesteal or on-hit effects.
Ghost Axe - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: +1% Damage for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon.Available as starter weapon.While Lich’s damage modifiers are halved, Ghost Axe still provides some free damage scaling over time and works well as a secondary weapon when you already have strong sustain.
Thief Dagger - Starter weapon in Brotato.Weapon stats: 50%/56%/62%/80% to gain 1 material when killing an enemy with a critical hit with this weapon.Available as starter weapon.Thief Dagger is a niche but useful pickup in late Endless for extra economy; Lich’s sustain lets him farm lots of kills safely, converting crits into more materials to buy HP and defense items.
Best items for Lich (core item pool)
Cake - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Max HP-1 % DamageAvailable by default.Cake gives cheap Max HP at the cost of damage, which Lich can easily afford because he scales mostly through Max HP and healing rather than raw damage modifiers.
Defective Steroids - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +2 Max HP+2 Melee Damage-3 % Attack SpeedAvailable by default.Defective Steroids add both Max HP and melee damage, nicely boosting Lich’s survivability and Sharp Tooth damage while the small attack speed loss is easily offset by his sustain.
Coffee - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +10 % Attack Speed-2 % DamageAvailable by default.Coffee increases attack speed, which means more hits, more lifesteal procs, and more healing-triggered damage. The damage penalty is minor given Lich’s already reduced damage scaling.
Sad Tomato - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +8 HP RegenerationStart waves with -50% HPAvailable by default.Sad Tomato massively boosts HP regeneration, perfectly fitting Lich’s kit and ensuring constant healing to trigger his passive, while starting at half HP is manageable thanks to his strong sustain.
Snail - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: -8 % Enemy Speed-3 % SpeedUnlock requirement: Win a run with OldSnail slows enemies so they stay in range of your melee lifesteal and passive damage, giving you more time to heal and less chance of getting overwhelmed.
Alien Baby - Epic item in Brotato.Stats: +15 Max HP+10 % Enemy healthAvailable by default.Alien Baby grants a large chunk of Max HP, directly amping up Lich’s passive damage and durability, and he can handle the extra enemy health thanks to his sustain.
Metal Plate - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: +2 Armor-3 % DamageAvailable by default.Metal Plate adds reliable armor with a small damage penalty, helping Lich survive big hits so he can keep healing and dealing passive damage over long waves.
Garden - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: Spawns a garden that creates a fruit every 15 secondsAvailable by default.Garden creates consumables that heal you, directly feeding Lich’s passive damage and keeping your HP topped up in Extended and Endless waves.
Greek Fire - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Burning deals an additional 10% of current enemy HP as damage (1% for bosses and elites)Available by default.Greek Fire adds percent-HP burning damage, which complements Lich’s Max HP-based passive and gives him an additional way to melt tough enemies over time.
Giant Belt - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: Critical hits deal 10% of an enemy’s current health as bonus damage (1% for bosses and elites)Unlock requirement: Win a run with JackGiant Belt turns crits into massive percent-health bursts, helping Lich finish off chunky enemies while his passive chips them down through repeated healing.
Sifd's Relic - Legendary item in Brotato.Stats: +3 Armor+100% chance to instantly attract a material when it’s droppedAvailable by default.Sifd's Relic provides extra armor and full-screen pickup, keeping Lich tanky while ensuring he collects materials efficiently to buy more HP and sustain items.
Blood Leech - Rare item in Brotato.Stats: +2 % Life Steal+2 HP Regeneration-3 HarvestingAvailable by default.Blood Leech directly increases both life steal and HP regeneration, perfectly aligned with Lich’s core mechanics of turning healing into damage.
Butterfly - Common item in Brotato.Stats: +2 % Life Steal-1 Elemental DamageAvailable by default.Butterfly gives cheap life steal with a negligible elemental damage penalty, making Lich heal more frequently and push his passive damage higher.
Lich High-Difficulty Strategy
Early Game
In the early waves, prioritize weapons and items that build your sustain core: grab Sharp Tooth or Ghost weapons when offered, then stack HP, life steal, and regeneration from level-ups and cheap items like Cake or Coffee. Avoid over-investing into flat damage, since Lich’s damage modifiers are halved. Focus on keeping attack speed high enough that you are constantly hitting and healing so your passive starts clearing crowds for you.
Mid Game
In the mid game, push your Max HP and defensive stats hard. Look for items like Sad Tomato, Alien Baby, and armor pieces to make you tanky while massively increasing your healing output. If you use Ghost Scepter or Ghost Flint, farm kills with them to scale Max HP and attack speed. You should be able to stand closer to enemies, intentionally take some chip damage, and let lifesteal plus regen rapidly refill you while your passive chunks enemies in the background.
Late Game
Late game and Endless runs are about leveraging your enormous HP pool. Add high-impact scaling items like Greek Fire, Giant Belt, and Sifd's Relic to convert your durability into strong percent-based damage and comfortable material collection. Keep upgrading your main weapons, maintain high lifesteal, and never neglect armor or dodge so you cannot be burst down by elites or bosses. Play aggressively enough to keep your HP slightly missing but retreat if you see your sustain falling behind.
💡 Lich’s path to success on high difficulty is to ignore traditional damage scaling and instead become an unkillable lifesteal tank. Rush sustain and Max HP early, then layer in armor and late-scaling items that exploit your huge health pool. As long as you keep attacking quickly and healing constantly, your passive damage will safely carry you through long waves and tough enemies.
Lich FAQ
1How do I unlock Lich in Brotato?▼
Lich is unlocked by reaching +100 Max HP in a run. Focus on Max HP items and upgrades until you hit the requirement.
2What are the best weapons for Lich?▼
Sharp Tooth is the standout weapon for Lich because it scales life steal with missing HP, perfectly matching his sustain-focused kit. Ghost Scepter and Ghost Flint are also strong for scaling Max HP and Attack Speed in Endless-style builds.
3Which stats should I prioritize on Lich?▼
Prioritize Max HP, Life Steal, and HP Regeneration first, then add Armor and Attack Speed. Traditional damage stats are weaker on Lich because damage modifications are reduced by 50%.
4Is Lich good for Endless runs?▼
Yes. Lich scales extremely well into Endless because his passive damage grows with Max HP and he can stack huge amounts of regeneration and life steal, making him very hard to kill in long games.
5Are there any items Lich should avoid?▼
Avoid items that heavily reduce Max HP or healing effectiveness, as they directly weaken your sustain and your passive damage. Be cautious with items that push your luck too low if you still need good shop rolls.
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