Fisherman beats Danger 5 with Sticks & Shurikens Guide | Brotato

[@DexTag]

Heya! I hope you enjoyed the video & it helped some out - if it did, it would help a lot to give the video a like. FAQ: Q: Can't I take [insert weapon] A: Many weapons work, but in guides I want to make them as reliable as possible. The game naturally includes a bunch of RNG, that's a given, but e.g. Spear is a weapon I dislike as it requires a bunch of Attack Speed and a ton of Bait to be strong enough, meaning someone already struggling to win will have a very hard time with it while also having the need to be very lucky. Q: Why Shuriken though? A: This is a topic of "Entertainment vs Reliability". Entertainment wise, just Sticks is so much better and more destructive, however Shurikens make sure that enemies can't build up while the Sticks high damage is used to deal with tanks/high priority targets. Don't get me wrong, the Shurikens are by far not weak though. Q: Why didn't you buy item XYZ? A: I know how I play and also what goals I need with my playstyle, so I skip things that may be good down the line, but if I know I need to get X right now, then I skip something that is good if it's in the way of getting what I want. Though RNG is still a thing, just because I do that doesn't mean I will get what I want. Q: Why not more bait? A: It was actually too much bait. This is again "Entertainment vs Reliability". Getting a ginormous amount of Bait is fun and I had my runs with 100+ Bait, but if your goal is to beat Danger 5 for the first time and struggle with it, then you don't need overkill damage, you just need enough damage to win. And I think the final fight showed that I had more Bait than it was even required to have. Q: When should I buy Shurikens? A: Get 1 whenever it shows up, though not before Wave 4. Around Wave 8 would be optimal, but the issue is that if you don't take it, you might not see it anymore for a long time. The game increases odds of weapon types to appear that you already own, so e.g. a Shuriken is precise, so more precise weapons show up - including the Shuriken. That's why it's good to have at least 1 bought. Q: How many Sticks should I keep? A: 3. I went down to 2 and it showed. If you get really lucky with the amount of Shurikens, you can also go for more, but only do it when you have like 3 red Shurikens or 2 Red and 1 Purple. The difference between Purple and Red is huge.

[@MichaelViehland]

@@DexTag Dex could you please turn the background music down a bit cuz it's too loud to hear you sometimes

[@santiagovilla6219]

why did 'nt you take more crit to hel the shuriken?

[@DexTag]

@@MichaelViehland can you point me to the spots where that happened? It may also just be a volume issue on individual music pieces.

[@DexTag]

@@santiagovilla6219 I need a timestamp at what point specifically

[@santiagovilla6219]

@@DexTag sorry there were many grit based items that you did not take. I thought it was because you were sticking with sticks 🫣🤭

[@briandoe5746]

" My advice is to survive without dying" thanks man, I'll give that a try

[@DexTag]

If that doesn't work, try to not lose.

[@krover2120]

And if your HP goes zero, you're dead

[@rllynz7535]

Don't get hit by enemies or the enemy projectile, it will cost some of your hp

[@bahamut256]

Hit it til it dies, don’t get hit.

[@JohnPork-je1qv]

recently ive been trying the sticks with the fatty character, its good because the sticks boost each other's damage , so you can invest in other things and not damage, but because you get dmage the more hp you have, you can put everything into survivability because your damage will go up either way. worth tryingout in my opinion

[@marooniballooni03759]

the primitive bonus is good

[@jaeusa160]

@23:00 That's always the rub when starting with a different weapon type in Brotato. The type-match weight is REALLY good, which is nice for consistency, but terrible if you want to swap from Primitive to Precise or from Gun to Support (Potato Thrower) since the game will keep mostly offering the same types you have.

[@maus6199]

"need to focus, I'm not going to talk" well, that was a big fat lie 😂

[@dragonspight]

I've become the designated fisherman in my couch group for brotato. My favorite start is Shield, transitioning into Lances asap. -

[@hlonghi]

Well, we can now say Dex is the biggest master baiter on KZbin.

[@kakregax]

Watching videos of brotato always make me want to play it, but when i do i am quickly reminded why it is my least favorite of the horde survival games.

[@aK1baby]

Ahhhhh!!!🎉 My Lord and savior dex. This Video comes right on time. Iam trying to Beat diff 5 with the fishboy for the Last 4 days and nothing seems to Work for me. (Like 3-4 attempts each day). Thank you my man❤ - going to recreate your run now.🎉

[@kakregax]

NARRATOR: "the shop and rng had other plans."

[@DexTag]

Can you let me know if it worked out or not? And if not, at what point it failed and a rough estimate why? It's a bit hard as someone who played the game for 240 hours to create a guide that works well for someone who might have not played a lot

[@aK1baby]

@DexTag I Made it with the Sticks all the way through. I followed your guidelines, taking around 2-3 baits per Turn trying to Balance around my survivability. I got by Chance also +8hp from fruit and a Lot of extra trees carring me Up Till Wave 10. There i Hit the Jackpot with enemies explode on kill followed by reposte and a hunting trophy on Wave 13 ( Nets me 300 Mats Till Wave 20). Wave 17 was a Close call since i failed to manage the bullet hell and i sliped through with 2hp left. I killed all 3 Boss waves, but found nothing helpful in particular only Tech stuff which got recycled. Some stats: 75hp / 283%dmg / 24 melee / 32 ias/ 24crit ... 17armor / 29 evasion.

[@aK1baby]

I might add. 5red Sticks 1 blue. Had my Sticks full in Wave 3 and a purple one pretty early in the run In the end it took me 2 tries following your strat. 1 try failed in Wave 7, missjudged my survivability and got overrun. 2nd try i got the hang off it and Made it an exciting run. In the end Fisher feels pretty cool AS U can Push boundaries pretty smooth and Get better each run

[@DexTag]

Perfect! Really glad to hear it did work out. I'd say failing a few runs is normal, there is still a lot of RNG in it. But I'm glad to hear that what sounds like a rather average run (as in, luck wise) still got the win

[@michaelyacovelli1384]

I think this character with modded max luck and harvesting would be interesting. You could get sooo much bait

[@iceboy3965]

Dex is a Master Baiter now

[@Dealanach]

The character description specifies "baits make some special enemies spawn throughout all future waves". It doesn't happen for other characters afaik.

[@hemenens_7707]

01:10 is this song that plays in Yakuza 0 when you are in the Dragon & Tiger shop as Majima?

[@BobLegoman]

Early on against the blobs that split, stand on the X's before the little guys spawn, it takes some early pressure off so you get overwhelmed a little later. The hitbox is actually very generous.

[@DexTag]

I personally like blocking spawns, but I think for someone struggling to beat the game it's not a good thing to focus on, rather something someone can do when they know what they are doing, went for a full-out gamble and are now weaker than usual with a huge future payoff, so they can use stuff like that to make it easier. A wrong step and you take quite a lot of damage, though I think the bigger problem is forcing movement to there instead of keeping moving around while watching all enemies

[@blackcurls709]

The Shredder is also awesome on the fisherman, but a bit harder at the start.

[@DddDdd-ew6kg]

Fisherman with a explosive build would be crazy

[@TGMango19]

10:33 does the monkey not work with that red item?

[@lordskyline9766]

Hey Dex, could you make a video about the Mutant please? Thats the character I struggle the most with and would like to see your take on him

[@1TieDye1]

Ignoring insanity is wild lol Ignoring all the crit actually lol

[@MavoTheGreat]

I just found this game on my iPhone and I’m now getting it on PC, but I think I’ve found my people within this community. Idk how to explain it.

[@Iced-filigree2]

What mod are you using that highlights the item rarity ingame

[@1TieDye1]

You mean the color around the weapons during rounds? It’s in the base game. Look in the settings

[@Iced-filigree2]

@@1TieDye1 tysm

[@Kiazuko]

idk whatr it is but youtubers enemies seem a far slower than the ones in my game

[@DerrickHolt-pc3ps]

Master baiter

[@Zabplown]

Lampreys missile does 2 damage in wave 2 for me, I can't see anything about it in recent patchnotes.

[@BusyCookin]

Attack speed would have been a better choice than focusing on the shurikens. It probably was the RNG here, but I feel you would have gotten through more if you could hit more of them.

[@neutron1251]

Theks Danx

[@anthonycoker3849]

YYEEESSS FIIISHSHHHERRRMMAANNNNNN!!!!

[@czerstwy22]

Maybe moded multitasker with sticks only?

[@c9zyra294]

There's one thing i don't understand about the shurikens like it's a ranged weapon yet to do more dmg with it you have to up melee dmg. Can someone explain to me why it's a thing so it can make sense in my head.

[@Klorolllio]

@@c9zyra294 i think they scale with melee damage

[@DexTag]

The damage a weapon scales with is indicated as a symbol next to it's damage, for the Shuriken it's a Sword, meaning it's Melee Damage.

[@c9zyra294]

@@DexTag still it's acting as a ranged weapon since i tried to play the generalist where you have to use 3 ranged and 3 melee weapons yet couldn't buy the shurikens when i had already 3 slingshots so that's why it's strange to me

[@c9zyra294]

@@Klorolllio yeah i already know that since i said "you have to up melee dmg to do more dmg" but the thing i don't understand is why do you have to up melee dmg on a weapon that's considered as a ranged weapon

[@c9zyra294]

It's like wanting to play with a sniper but upgrading it with a bayonet and playing at melee range then why did you choose a sniper to do close combat lol

[@CertifiedSkank]

This is the only character I can’t seem to beat on level 5. Maybe you can help me

[@Flaming_Saturn]

Sticks and Shurikens May break their bones but-

[@bintangkirana5127]

Shouldve take the sifd relics bcs u have the chance to heal on mat pickups

[@Onaneehsyu9286]

Request for GMO3 Double Wholesaler + Fisherman and buying at least 1 Bait per wave.

[@dvskdg]

Wow i am 2 min but i live in netherlands so makes sense

[@chrisricker8036]

Yup

[@underrated_tanker-iq8uh]

but why ever use shuri over slingshot and having only a few sticks is never worth it why did you use this build?

[@DexTag]

Because Shurikens benefit from Melee Damage, Slingshots don't. The sticks crit with 914 damage at the end, how is that worthless O.o

[@underrated_tanker-iq8uh]

@@DexTag sticks are good in early game but they kinda fall off and Im guessing you needed to get really good rng and items for it to work and while i dont hate the shuri the inclusion of the sticks feels random and out of place

[@DexTag]

@underrated_tanker-iq8uh but you have the run right there o.O there was no good RNG and the Shurikens simply replaced the Sticks at a point they are strong enough to kill the enemies. It's like upgrading a stick to a ranged weapon.

[@underrated_tanker-iq8uh]

@@DexTag ok

[@1TieDye1]

@@underrated_tanker-iq8uhdid you watch the video? 😂 sticks don’t fall off dude, especially on a character that can get so much %dmg

[@faqthefarmer]

Mid game a bit more attack speed would have helped to clear more. I hate backseat gaming and irony

[@Niflheimrr_EL]

Spear>stick for fishman

[@DexTag]

Tbh I personally don't think so, not for someone struggling with him. For someone experienced yea. The Spear needs a lot better movement and takes longer to kill due to his lower damage, but that means it also needs more attack speed and damage to bump it up to reasonable levels. While the Stick has more dangers by walking closer, but you kill the enemies way faster (quickly with a single hit) and can entirely focus on Armor/Health.

[@CertifiedSkank]

I still can’t do it.

[@YeahBey]

I guess you baited them

[@johnzombies4438]

🫃🏿

[@matheusphilipe8614]

Traz Halls of torment