Honey boosts your Ranged Damage while enhancing your explosive capabilities. It’s particularly effective for builds that focus on area damage and crowd control.
Item Stats
- Ranged Damage+3
- Explosion Damage+10 %
- Explosion Size+5 %
- Speed-3 %
- Dodge-3 %
Meta Usage
7
tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Honey
Auto-Tier
B
From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty
Top characters
5
Most often: Cyborg
When to buy Honey
Consider picking up Honey if you're using characters that benefit from Ranged Damage and have access to explosives. It's a solid choice when you want to increase your damage output against groups of enemies.
When to skip Honey
Skip Honey if your build relies on high Speed or Dodge, as the penalties to these stats can hinder your survivability and mobility.
Items most often combined with Honey
Calculated from 7 builds in our database that ship Honey. Higher % = more consistent synergy.
Best characters for Honey
Characters that pick up Honey in our curated build pool — with notes on why the combo works where we have them.
Cyborg
2 builds
Gives flat Ranged Damage plus Explosion Damage and Size, directly powering both Cyborg’s guns and Engineering‑based explosives like Screwdriver landmines and Landmines.
Vagabond
2 builds
Used in community builds for this character.
One Armed
1 build
Used in community builds for this character.
Loud
1 build
Used in community builds for this character.
Renegade
1 build
Used in community builds for this character.
Community builds that use Honey
7 curated builds from the Brotato Builds database that include this item in their core picks.
Explodeborg
Cyborg · Medium · Life Steal, Ranged Damage
Explosive One Armed
One Armed · Easy · % Explosion Damage, % Explosion Size, Ranged Damage
Explosive Burn Vagabond
Vagabond · Medium · Max HP, Elemental Damage, Attack Speed
Attack Speed Mrk 2
Loud · Hard · Melee Damage, Life Steal, Dodge
Horde Clearer Renegade
Renegade · Hard · Life Steal, Ranged Damage, Max HP
Explodeborg
Cyborg · Medium · Life Steal, Ranged Damage
Explosive Burn Vagabond
Vagabond · Medium · Max HP, Elemental Damage, Attack Speed
Items with similar tags
Other items tagged Ranged Damage, Explosive — useful for stacking the same scaling stats.
Honey FAQ
Is Honey good in Brotato?▾
Yes, Honey is a strong item for builds focusing on Ranged Damage and explosives.
What characters benefit most from Honey?▾
Characters with high Ranged Damage scaling and access to explosive items will benefit the most from Honey.
Does Honey affect all explosive items equally?▾
Honey increases Explosion Damage and Size, making it effective for all explosive items, but the impact will vary based on the item used.
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