A valiant warrior who is indomitable in the front line.
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Brutus profile has been last updated at: September 18th, 2024.
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Profile
Review
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Profile
Skills
Ultimate
Whirlwind Wrath
Unlocks at level 1
Cooldown: 1.25s
Range: 1 tiles
Initial Energy: 0
Brutus spins Mountain's Roar at high speed and deals 110% damage every second to adjacent enemies within 1 tile for 4s. He is unaffected while spinning.
Unlocks at level 51: Increases damage to 120%.
Unlocks at level 111: Brutus gains damage immunity while spinning. This skill's duration stacks with the duration of his other damage immunities.
Unlocks at level 171: Increases damage to 130%.
Unlocks at level 231: Increases damage to 140%.
Skill I
Ferocious Roar
Unlocks at level 11
Cooldown: 15s
Range: 1 tiles
Brutus roars with rage, taunting surrounding enemies within 2 tiles for 1.5s and reducing their Phys DEF by 15% for 9s.
Unlocks at level 71: Reduces surrounding enemies' Phys DEF by 20%.
Unlocks at level 131: Reduces surrounding enemies' Phys DEF by 25%.
Unlocks at level 191: Reduces surrounding enemies' Phys DEF by 30%.
Skill II
Indomitable
Unlocks at level 31
Cooldown: -
Range: Global
Brutus is immune to the first fatal blow he receives. He is then immune to all damage and becomes unaffected for 5s.
Unlocks at level 91: Immunity grants 25 Life Drain and 25% ATK.
Unlocks at level 151: Immunity grants 35 Life Drain and 30% ATK.
Unlocks at level 211: Immunity grants 35 Life Drain and 35% ATK.
Hero Focus
Hero Focus
Unlocks after reaching Legendary+
Cooldown: -
Range: 1 tile
Brutus increases his Life Drain by 10 during battle. He gains an extra 5 Life Drain during his Ultimate.
Level 2: Brutus increases his Life Drain by 13 during battle. He gains an extra 7 Life Drain during his Ultimate.
Level 3: Brutus increases his Life Drain by 16 during battle. He gains an extra 8 Life Drain during his Ultimate.
EX. Skill
Cleaving Strike
Unlocks after reaching Mythic+
Cooldown: 0s
Range: 1 tile
Brutus cleaves with all his might to enemies within 1-tile arc in front after receiving physical damage 10 times from adjacent enemies, dealing 200% damage plus 12% of the target's max HP. The total damage cannot exceed 750% of his ATK. Brutus also gains 30% Life Drain. This skill can be triggered once every 5s.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +5: Brutus deals 230% damage plus 12% of the target's max GP with this skill (the total damage cannot exceed 780% of his ATK).
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +10: Removes the cooldown limit for this skill. Brutus can cast this skill for every 10 physical damage attacks he takes from adjacent enemies.
Unlocks at Ex. Weapon +15: Brutus deals 260% damage plus 12% of the target's max GP with this skill (the total damage cannot exceed 780% of his ATK).
Enhance Force
Enhance Force
Unlocks after reaching Supreme+
Affects: Skill 2
The duration of damage and control immunity from Indomitable is increased by 1s.
Season 2 Charm
To check the Charm's set bonus for Brutus go to our Season 2 Charms guide.
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Review
Review
Brutus is an S-Level Warrior of the Mauler faction. His kit is split between surviving damage and dealing it. He's a very simple character, which may lead to his ease of use.
His most iconic skill is "Indomitable", which causes him to go Invulnerable the first time he takes fatal damage. Unlike Thoran who goes Invulnerable and lets enemies walk through him, Brutus remains on the field to take the aggro, making him more consistent in that regard. Additionally, "Ferocious Roar" helps with this, as it taunts all nearby enemies and inflicts them with a Phys DEF shred for a long while.
His Ultimate, "Whirlwind Wrath" causes him to beyblade in place, dealing AoE damage around him. This is particularly strong with his Hero Focus, which grants him Life Drain (extra if he's using his Ultimate); this is great when he's in the middle of a group of enemies and under the effect of "Indomitable", and you'll often see Brutus go from 1 to 100% HP in a matter of moments. The problem comes after the Invulnerable wears off; due to getting targeted by the taunt on his "Ferocious Roar".
His Exclusive Weapon unlocks "Cleaving Strike", which causes Brutus to periodically perform an AoE attack that also heals him, further lending to his survivability and AoE damage.
Brutus is great, solid on pretty much all fronts with very few actual weaknesses, but since his kit lacks defensive measures, once his immortality ends, he often quickly dies. This leads to him being used more in dual-tank teams as sharing aggro helps him stay alive longer.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Good AoE damage (especially after EX).
Great self-sustain and has a lot of staying power.
Cons
Doesn't have the stats and skills to act as the Main Tank.
Blows up if he isn't properly guarded after his Invuln falls off.
Ratings
General Ratings
S
AFK Stages
B
Battle Drill
A
PVP
B
Dream Realm (Overall)
Dream Realm Ratings
B
Skyclops
B
Croaker
B
Necrodrakon
B
Snow Stomper
B
Lone Gaze
B
Alpha Bear
B
Orson
B
Crystal Beetle
Guides
EX Investment
The EX investment information were created with the help of Seas0n, the creator of the
AFK Analytica community that supports AFK Arena and AFK Journey.
You can find their website here and their discord here.
Since the
Temporal Essence
and
Twilight Essence
are very hard to obtain, you have to be really careful with the using them to upgrade the EX weapon. And in this guide we ordered all characters by the priority when it comes to how much they need investment in their EX weapon to work well and where should you stop to get the best bang for your buck.
Why does the +8 breakpoint appear so often?
Because the raw stats you get from upgrading the EX weapon help you more than the passive in some cases. Also, to upgrade the EX from +5 to +8 you need only 30x
Temporal Essence
, while the remaining two levels require additional 45x
Temporal Essence
. So you get the best bang for your buck stopping at +8.
Color explanation:
+0 - the base investment for the character,
+5/8 - the next step that you should do when investing into that character,
+10/15 - the final step you should do when investing into that character - you can go beyond that later though once you have the Essences to spare.
