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T1 · CommonMeta · A-TierElemental Damage

Brotato Scared Sausage

Tier 1 item · 23 builds in our database

Scared Sausage gives your attacks a 25% chance to inflict 3x1 (+100%) burning damage. This item shines in builds that benefit from elemental damage, especially with characters that can consistently trigger its effects.

Item Stats

  • Attacks have a 25% chance to deal 3x1 (+100%) burning damage

Meta Usage

23

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Scared Sausage

Auto-Tier

A

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

13

Most often: Mage

When to buy Scared Sausage

Consider picking up Scared Sausage if you're using characters like Mage or Technomage that can capitalize on elemental damage. It's particularly effective in builds that stack Engineering or Crit Chance to maximize damage output.

When to skip Scared Sausage

Skip this item if you're focusing on characters with negative scaling for elemental damage, such as those that rely heavily on raw damage or melee attacks.

Items most often combined with Scared Sausage

Calculated from 23 builds in our database that ship Scared Sausage. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Scared Sausage

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

Chef

Chef

3 builds

Chef starts with Scared Sausage and it is central to his kit: it effortlessly adds burning to your attacks so that your non-elemental damage benefits from the +200% bonus against burning targets and your consumable explosions get more value.

Mage

Mage

3 builds

Scared Sausage guarantees frequent burning procs on hit, perfectly matching Mage’s elemental scaling and starting kit while enabling every elemental weapon to apply strong damage over time.

Arms Dealer

Arms Dealer

2 builds

Turns any weapon you temporarily grab into a source of burning damage, giving consistent elemental scaling despite rapid weapon turnover.

Builder

Builder

2 builds

Scared Sausage adds burning damage to every hit, multiplying the effectiveness of high-hit-count weapons the turret copies and giving extra passive damage that doesn’t rely on normal damage modifiers.

Cyborg

Cyborg

1 build

Adds extra incidental burning damage to the high fire‑rate Minigun and SMGs, giving more chip damage and helping to finish off enemies your bullets have already softened.

Renegade

Renegade

1 build

Scared Sausage adds consistent burning to your rapid‑fire projectiles, scaling with elemental damage and giving Renegade extra damage over time that doesn’t rely on conventional % damage.

Technomage

Technomage

3 builds

Scared Sausage lets your attacks apply extra burning, which stacks with your turrets’ fire output and leverages Technomage’s high elemental damage for strong damage over time.

Vagabond

Vagabond

2 builds

Scared Sausage adds burn to all your attacks, which is perfect for a character that runs many different weapon types. Every hit can apply burn that then scales with Elemental Damage and synergizes with Greek Fire and Snowball.

Community builds that use Scared Sausage

23 curated builds from the Brotato Builds database that include this item in their core picks.

+15 more builds use this item — see them on the relevant character pages.

Items with similar tags

Other items tagged Elemental Damage — useful for stacking the same scaling stats.

Scared Sausage FAQ

Is Scared Sausage good in Brotato?

Yes, it can significantly boost damage output in elemental-focused builds.

Which characters benefit most from Scared Sausage?

Characters like Mage and Technomage benefit greatly due to their synergy with elemental damage.

What items work well with Scared Sausage?

Items like Giant Belt and Ice Cube enhance survivability and elemental damage, making them good companions.

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