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Brotato Sharp Bullet

Tier 1 item · 32 builds in our database

Sharp Bullet enhances your ranged attacks by allowing projectiles to pierce through one additional target, making it effective for crowd control. With increased damage and knockback, it excels in dealing with groups of enemies.

Item Stats

Projectiles pierce through 1 additional target—
Piercing Damage-20%
Damage-5 %
Knockback-3

Meta Usage

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) include Sharp Bullet

Auto-Tier

From usage frequency across our build pool, weighted by difficulty

Top characters

Most often: Soldier

When to buy Sharp Bullet

Pick Sharp Bullet if you're playing characters like Ranger or Mage that benefit from ranged damage. It's especially strong in builds focusing on high Engineering and Crit Chance to maximize damage output.

When to skip Sharp Bullet

Skip this item if you're using characters that rely on melee damage or have low Engineering, as it won't synergize well with their playstyle.

Items most often combined with Sharp Bullet

Calculated from 32 builds in our database that ship Sharp Bullet. Higher % = more consistent synergy.

Best characters for Sharp Bullet

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

Ranger

3 builds

Sharp Bullet is the most essential item across Ranger builds, giving every shot extra piercing so your long‑range bullets hit more targets. The damage penalties are easily offset by Ranger’s strong ranged scaling, massively improving crowd control.

Soldier

4 builds

Extra piercing is extremely valuable for a stationary ranged character; with shotguns, SMGs or revolvers it lets you hit more enemies per shot while you hold your ground.

Cyborg

1 build

Extra pierce on Minigun and SMGs significantly improves crowd clear, making your heavily scaled Ranged Damage more efficient on dense waves.

Doctor

2 builds

Sharp Bullet adds extra pierce to your shots, which is excellent with multi‑projectile Medical Guns and other ranged weapons. Doctor's strong sustain makes the small damage penalty negligible compared to the benefit of hitting more enemies per shot.

Saver

1 build

Sharp Bullet gives much‑needed extra piercing to ranged builds like Potato Thrower, improving crowd control without heavy spending on multiple weapons.

Sick

2 builds

Extra pierce is extremely strong on SMGs, allowing each spray to hit multiple enemies and trigger more Life Steal procs, which compensates easily for the small damage and knockback downsides.

Mage

2 builds

Sharp Bullet adds extra pierce so projectiles from weapons like Taser can hit more enemies, helping spread elemental effects even further in dense waves.