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Brotato Flare

Tier 3 item · 2 builds in our database

Flare boosts your economy by providing +1 material for each evolved enemy you kill, while also granting +3% Life Steal. It shines in builds that can handle increased enemy damage and benefit from more enemies on the field.

Item Stats

material when you kill evolved (mecha and mutated) enemies+1
Life Steal+3 %
Enemy damage+20 %
Enemies+10%

Meta Usage

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

Auto-Tier

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

Most often: Mad Scientist

When to buy Flare

Consider picking Flare if you're using characters that can sustain themselves through Life Steal and can handle the additional enemy damage. It's especially effective in builds focusing on Engineering or high Damage Output.

When to skip Flare

Skip Flare if you're using characters that rely on low enemy counts or have negative scaling with increased enemy damage, as the added difficulty may outweigh the benefits.

Items most often combined with Flare

Calculated from 2 builds in our database that ship Flare. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Flare

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

Mad Scientist

1 build

Rewards you with extra materials and Life Steal for killing evolved enemies, offsetting the extra danger you create by pushing Evolution while synergizing with Exothermic Reaction explosions.

Variant

1 build

Rewards Variant for dealing with evolved enemies by giving extra materials and Life Steal. The more Evolution you stack, the more valuable this becomes, and late-game mutations can help offset the extra enemy damage.