Weapon class

Ethereal builds

The characters that do most with Ethereal weapons in Brotato 1.1.15.4, by the site's build model: Generalist (6× Ghost Scepter, 2,081 DPS), Multitasker (12× Ghost Flint, 1,740 DPS), Ghost (6× Ghost Scepter, 1,281 DPS). 31 characters can run it.

Ethereal set bonus with 6 weapons

+30 % Dodge
-5 Armor

Characters ranked

#	Character	Weapon	Stacks	Build DPS
1	Generalist	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	2,081
2	Multitasker	12× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	1,740
3	Ghost	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,281
4	Speedy	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	1,205
5	Chunky	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
6	Sick	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
7	Streamer	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
8	Apprentice	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
9	Cryptid	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
10	Golem	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
11	Demon	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
12	Creature	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
13	Druid	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	1,121
14	Loud	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	924
15	Well-Rounded	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	761
16	Saver	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	761
17	Vagabond	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	761
18	Wounded	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	761
19	Captain	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	761
20	Mutant	6× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	713
21	King	6× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	713
22	Curious	6× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	713
23	Lich	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	686
24	Gladiator	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	580
25	One-Armed	1× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	563
26	Explorer	6× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	509
27	Builder	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	503
28	Entrepreneur	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	435
29	Vampire	6× Ghost Flint	Melee Damage	435
30	Masochist	6× Ghost Axe	Melee Damage	204
31	Renegade	6× Ghost Scepter	Ranged Damage	11

How the builds are worked out

Stat line of a late run: 40 in the build's damage stat, 40 % Damage, 40 % Attack Speed and 10 % Crit Chance, each times the character's own gain modifier (×1.25 for +25%, none for −100%), plus the character's flat stats. A stat the character converts into damage ("+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor") also gets 40.
The main weapon is one the character can start with — the one you pick at the start, buy copies of and combine up. Weapons that first appear at Tier III or IV (Minigun, the Legendary class…) are never starting weapons, so they are only alternatives. Judged at Tier IV (or the highest tier the character may hold), with the character's bonuses for that class or type. DPS as on the weapon pages: damage × projectiles × average crit ÷ cooldown; weapon effects, set bonuses, pierce and bounce not counted.
Engineering builds deal most of their damage through structures, which the DPS leaves out: their structure items are listed apart.
Items ranked by their plain stat changes per 100 materials of base price, weighted: the damage stat, % Damage and Attack Speed 1; % Crit Chance 0.5, Max HP 0.5, Armor 0.5, HP Regeneration 0.4, % Dodge 0.3, % Life Steal 0.3, % Speed 0.2, Luck 0.2, Harvesting 0.2; other damage stats 0. Each weight times the character's gain modifier; penalties count against the item. Items the character is never offered are left out.