T3 · RareMeta · A-TierRanged Damage

Brotato Bandana

Tier 3 item · 22 builds in our database

The Bandana increases your projectile's piercing ability, allowing them to hit one additional target while reducing damage by 10%. This item is useful for builds that rely on hitting multiple enemies at once.

Item Stats

Projectiles pierce through 1 additional target—
Damage-10 %

Meta Usage

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Bandana

Auto-Tier

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

Most often: Renegade

When to buy Bandana

Consider buying the Bandana if you're using characters like Entrepreneur or Hunter, especially when focusing on ranged damage and crowd control. It's particularly effective when combined with items that enhance your attack speed or damage output.

When to skip Bandana

Skip the Bandana if you're using characters that benefit from high single-target damage, as the damage reduction may hinder your effectiveness against tougher foes.

Items most often combined with Bandana

Calculated from 22 builds in our database that ship Bandana. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Bandana

Characters that pick up Bandana in our curated build pool — with notes on why the combo works where we have them.

One Armed

2 builds

Extra pierce massively increases the value of your only weapon, letting projectiles hit more enemies per shot; the small damage loss is mitigated by One Armed's excellent damage scaling.

Renegade

3 builds

Bandana adds even more pierce on top of Renegade’s innate pierce and +2 projectiles, massively multiplying the number of enemies each shot can hit and offsetting the small damage penalty through sheer hit count.

Apprentice

2 builds

Bandana adds piercing to SMG and high-fire-rate guns, letting Apprentice’s scaling damage hit more targets per shot. The small damage penalty is negligible given his per-level Damage and Ranged Damage gains.

Diver

1 build

Bandana adds extra pierce to projectiles, which is ideal for Shuriken and Harpoon Gun builds that want as many hits as possible to spread Diver’s debuff and trigger critical bounces.

Hunter

2 builds

Bandana adds extra piercing to projectiles, which synergizes perfectly with Crossbow’s crit-based pierce. Even with a small damage penalty, the ability to hit more targets per shot greatly improves wave clear.

Mage

1 build

Bandana lets projectile-based elemental weapons like Wand and Lightning Shiv hit more targets per shot, spreading burns and on-hit effects through enemy lines.