Weapon class

Explosive builds

The characters that do most with Explosive weapons in Brotato 1.1.15.4, by the site's build model: Multitasker (12× Plank, 2,153 DPS), Knight (6× Plank, 1,733 DPS), King (6× Rocket Launcher, 1,547 DPS). 36 characters can run it.

Explosive set bonus with 6 weapons

+25 % Explosion Size

Characters ranked

#	Character	Weapon	Stacks	Build DPS
1	Multitasker	12× Plank	Melee Damage	2,153
2	Knight	6× Plank	Melee Damage	1,733
3	King	6× Rocket Launcher	Ranged Damage	1,547
4	Loud	6× Plank	Melee Damage	1,138
5	Soldier	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	1,077
6	Mage	6× Plank	Elemental Damage	1,067
7	Engineer	6× Plank	Engineering	1,026
8	Cryptid	6× Plank	Melee Damage	1,006
9	Generalist	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	952
10	Chunky	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
11	Old	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
12	Mutant	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
13	Streamer	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
14	Glutton	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
15	Apprentice	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
16	Fisherman	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
17	Golem	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
18	Vagabond	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
19	Technomage	6× Plank	Elemental Damage	935
20	Curious	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
21	Builder	6× Plank	Engineering	935
22	Captain	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
23	Creature	6× Plank	Melee Damage	935
24	Entrepreneur	6× Plank	Engineering	802
25	One-Armed	1× Plank	Melee Damage	772
26	Ogre	6× Plank	Melee Damage	701
27	Ranger	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	698
28	Gladiator	6× Plank	Melee Damage	680
29	Explorer	6× Plank	Melee Damage	670
30	Lucky	6× Plank	Melee Damage	583
31	Cyborg	6× Plank	Engineering	559
32	Vampire	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	326
33	Buccaneer	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	285
34	Artificer	6× Plank	Melee Damage	264
35	Baby	1× Plank	Melee Damage	156
36	Renegade	6× Shredder	Ranged Damage	9

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.