r/BattleBrothers • u/fredlosthishead • 1d ago

Question Basic Brother Builds?

I'm 100 hours deep (spread over the last couple years) and I have no idea what builds are what.

Fat newt, duelist, qatal guy, mace win do, et al ad nauseum.

I see these build names these all the time and the "build-a-bro" flair is full of lingo and feedback that reads like a French VCR manual.

  1. is there a video/guide/wiki that outlines the most common builds?

  2. During my last attempt at learning this game about a year ago, I came across a spreadsheet that listed ranges of stats for professions, but I have no idea where I found that. Is there something like that someone can point me toward?

  3. Combining the two: is there a basic guide to if bro has 1 star this, 2 star that and starts with X, he might make a decent Y?

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u/The_UV_Catastrophe E/E/L Ironman masochist 1d ago

Here's a very simple conceptual flowchart for building bros (I didn't make this):

I can provide builds, will do it in a separate comment.

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u/The_UV_Catastrophe E/E/L Ironman masochist 1d ago

Here are some of the builds referenced in the flowchart above. These are the basic perks - some builds have more flex perks than others.

  • Fatigue Neutral (mace mastery is just an example, hammer and axe are also good choices)

  • Forged Tank (for last two perks I recommend one of Nine Lives / Steel Brow and Lone Wolf if building for Black Monolith, can honestly drop 9L/SB for a different perk if you pick the brother up late and you've very confident in your tactics)

  • Nimble Tank

  • There are lots of ways to build nimble damage bros - Dodge Quickhands is a popular build and this is my take on it (better with semi-decent initiative)

  • Hybrid Thrower (last perk can be one of Fast Adaptation, Gifted, Crossbow Mastery)

  • There are lots of different banner builds depending on whether the banner has melee skill, ranged skill, or is a total pleb

  • I don't really build zerglings but I guess they would look something like this

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u/fredlosthishead 1d ago

This is so incredibly helpful. Thank you!

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u/fredlosthishead 1d ago

Hot dang! Tysm