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Brotato Flamethrower

12 builds in our database · Unlocked by default

The Flamethrower is a powerful ranged weapon that deals burning damage and can pierce through multiple enemies, making it effective for crowd control. It excels in builds that focus on area damage and enemy debuffs.

Weapon Effect

Deals -/1x3/3x5/5x8(100%) burning damage Pierces 99 enemies dealing 1 damage

Scales with: Ranged Damage, Engineering

Meta Usage

tracked builds (curated + per-character meta) run Flamethrower

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Top character

Mage

1 build pair this combo

When to pick Flamethrower

Consider the Flamethrower when playing as Chunky or Apprentice, especially if you have high Engineering to enhance its burning damage. It's a strong pick if you aim for a build that maximizes crowd control and damage over time.

When to skip Flamethrower

Skip the Flamethrower if you're focusing on a single-target damage build or if your character lacks the necessary Engineering to boost its effectiveness.

Best characters for Flamethrower

Characters that pick up Flamethrower in our curated build pool — with synergy notes and the stats to prioritise where available.

Mage

1 build

Flamethrower constantly applies burn to huge groups of enemies and pierces almost infinitely, turning Mage’s elemental bonuses into massive screen-wide damage over time.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Attack Speed · Armor

Vagabond

2 builds

Flamethrower delivers constant piercing burn application across large crowds, letting Vagabond fully exploit items like Greek Fire, Eyes Surgery and Snowball while leveraging shared elemental bonuses from other weapons.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Attack Speed · Max HP

Chef

2 builds

Flamethrower provides extremely consistent mass burning and pierce, helping ensure the entire wave is burning so Chef's melee hits, structures and consumable explosions all benefit from the bonus damage. It shines as a support weapon next to Pruners or melee brawlers.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Attack Speed · Luck

Lucky

1 build

Flamethrower hits huge groups with burning damage and many low-damage hits, which helps farm materials and make use of Lucky’s passive and on-kill effects. It fits builds that stack Luck while still needing reliable crowd control.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Attack Speed · Luck · Max HP

Apprentice

1 build

Flamethrower brings massive crowd control and pairs with Apprentice’s Elemental Damage for strong burning AoE. In the Lightning Storm build it helps thin hordes and provides frequent hits for life steal.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Attack Speed · Damage

Captain

2 builds

Flamethrower is a natural late‑game follow‑up to Torch, blanketing the map in burning and making full use of any burn spread and Elemental Damage you’ve stacked during the early XP‑farming phase.

Stats: Elemental Damage · Range · HP Regeneration · Dodge

Chunky

1 build

Flamethrower supports HP-based melee builds by blanketing enemies in burns, enabling guaranteed crits for Spoons and softening large packs for a slow, tanky Chunky. It also works well with explosive and on-hit effects.

Stats: Attack Speed · Max HP · Armor

Soldier

1 build

Flamethrower offers excellent wave clear when combined with Soldier’s stationary attack speed bonus, covering a wide area and softening enemies before they reach your main ranged guns.

Stats: Attack Speed · Damage · Armor