Best Characters In Brotato

Blobfish’s 2022 roguelite title Brotato is a top-down arena shooting game that tasks players with controlling a potato as he wards off waves of alien attackers. The game offers a variety of different weapons, tools, and perks to strengthen their potato and ensure survival. It’s a light, fun, and easy-to-learn game that, despite the ease of controls, can prove to be a challenge to gamers new and experienced.

In addition to the plethora of weapons and tools at their disposal, players also have a choice from 38 character variants of the protagonist, each with their strengths, weaknesses, and unique abilities. With a wide selection of personas to suit a variety of play strategies, which ones offer players the best chance of victory?

Updated November 30, 2024 by Erik Petrovich: Generally speaking, the best Brotato character is the Well-Rounded character, which comes with a large Weapon selection, good (but basic) base stat bonuses, and is considered to be the easiest character to learn and do well with. But the real meat of the game, the extreme bonuses and drawbacks given to some characters, makes for some absolutely insane builds in Brotato. This guide to the best characters Brotato players can choose has been updated to provide at-a-glance information on each character’s base bonuses, drawbacks, and which starting weapons are available to that character at the start of a round.

10 Well-Rounded

While the Well-Rounded Brotato may not flex significant statistical boosts, he is an excellent introduction to the game and a way for players to determine their preferred strategic style. Whether it be a gun-heavy assault or several swinging swords at once, Well-Rounded will introduce players to the variety of weapons and items at their disposal to help pick their poison.

Well-Rounded grants players a head start on their run, courtesy of a 5% increase in speed, +5 in HP points, and +8 in harvesting. While these boosts aren’t as significant as the other characters available, this opens a realm of possibilities for players to build the character’s strengths how they see fit.

9 Speedy

Players looking to utilize Speedy’s skills will not be surprised about the character’s strengths, the name says it all. This variant starts its run with 30% higher speed, which is complemented by a +1 increase in melee damage for every 2% speed the player has.

It is worth noting that Speedy struggles when he is not moving, evident in -100 active armor stat when the player is standing still. However, this should not pose a significant problem as Speedy’s strengths support a style of running-and-slashing, so he is best used on the move.

How To Unlock Demon In Brotato

Speedy can be unlocked by reaching a +50% speed total on any run.

8 Streamer

The Streamer character is perfect for gamers who like to be on the move. This Brotato variant gives a 40% boost to damage and attack speed while running, meaning attacks are more frequent and devastating while moving around. However, this character receives 50% fewer materials and is punished for how much he accumulates, losing 1% damage and speed for every 15 and 30 materials in possession respectively.

Streamer gets a boost of two armor points for each structure, or turret, the player has. For an effective run with Streamer, players should stock up on turrets in the shop and focus on dodge and speed statistics.

How To Unlock Streamer In Brotato

Streamer can be unlocked by accumulating a speed of -20% in a single run.

7 Doctor

While the Doctor variant may not pack the biggest punch among the characters in Brotato, he is one of the hardest to keep down. This is due to his boost in HP regeneration, which is given a head start of +5 to begin the run and is doubled as the game progresses.

Doctor does have a deficiency in attack speed (-100%) and armor modifications (-50%), however, using Medical-type weapons will grant the player an additional boost of 200% attack speed. By equipping medical weapons, the attack speed deficit is flipped to an advantage and attacks can be delivered at a significantly higher frequency.

How To Unlock Doctor In Brotato

Doctor is an unlockable character that can be accessed by healing 200 HP in a single wave.

6 Gladiator

For the fans of relentlessly bashing bad guys at close range, the Gladiator character has been tailored especially for that purpose. To make matters more violent and efficient, players are granted a 20% boost in attack speed for each unique weapon they possess.

Gladiator starts with a deficit in attack speed (-40%) and luck (-30%), however, the boosts earned from weapon variety counteract much of this. With a focus on increasing stats such as dodge and armor, the Gladiator is a formidable foe for Brotato‘s adversaries.

How To Unlock Gladiator In Brotato

Players can unlock the Gladiator character by amassing a total kill count of 20,000.

5 Cyborg

Starting with a minigun is a significant enough boost in itself to make Cyborg an appealing character of choice. However, it’s his offensive variety between ranged weapons and effective use of turrets that makes him a true weapon of destruction.

Cyborg is an ideal candidate for ranged attacking gameplay, as he receives a 250% increase in ranged damage modifications. Additionally, halfway through the round his ranged damage is doubled and converted into engineer stat points, making turrets more effective.

How To Unlock Cyborg In Brotato

To unlock this character, players need to accumulate a ranged damage score of +10 while simultaneously wielding 3 or more structures.

4 Soldier

Where the likes of Speedy and Streamer thrive while moving around the map, Soldier does the complete opposite. In fact, the Soldier character cannot launch any attacks while on the move. While this may seem to pose a significant challenge to win a run with him, the benefits of remaining stationary with this variant justify it.

Soldier has an active boost of +50% damage and +50% attack speed while motionless, which is coupled with a +15 knockback score to help fend off incoming enemies. He also has a +200% pickup range, meaning players will not have to venture far to pick up dropped materials.

How To Unlock Soldier In Brotato

Winning a run on Danger Level 2 will unlock this character.

3 Masochist

The Masochist character stands out from the other Brotato variants in his ability to thrive when taking damage, which can prove useful when tackling the harder waves and more formidable adversaries. Where he lacks in initial damage potency, starting with -100% damage, he makes up for through his perseverance under attack.

The Masochist receives a 5% damage boost each time he is hit (this resets each round) and starts the run with a +20 HP regeneration boost. To complement this, players start their Masochist run with +10 HP and +8 armor boosts to give them a fighting chance in the early rounds.

How To Unlock Masochist In Brotato

Masochist can be unlocked by completing a run with any character on Danger Level 3.

2 Jack

For players that are having difficulty overcoming the final boss or the more heavily-fortified aliens of the later waves, Jack may be the solution to the problem. Boasting a more potent offense against the toughest bad guys, Jack is the most effective against boss types.

Players using Jack will have 75% fewer enemies, a 50% damage boost against elite and boss-type enemies, and receive 200% more materials, making it easier to upgrade weaponry. While these are excellent perks, it is worth noting that enemy health gets a 250% boost, and they deliver 50% more damage.

How To Unlock Jack In Brotato

Players looking to make Jack available for selection will need to defeat a boss or elite enemy in less than 15 seconds.

1 Demon

The toughest character to unlock has arguably one of the most useful perks for a successful run. With the Demon variant, +50% of collected materials are converted into Max HP, with 1 HP being given for every 13 materials collected.

While the downside of this character is having to use Max HP for currency to purchase items in the shop, unlocking the Demon also makes available the Obliterator, which is one of the most devastating weapons in the game.

How To Unlock Demon In Brotato

To get access to the Demon, players need to complete a run on Danger Level 5.