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Brute is one of the 31 Playable Characters in the game Castle Crashers. Their magical attacks are Non-Elemental and their starting weapon is the Dual Prong Sword.


Brute's specialties include ultimate boss slaying, semi-knockback crowd control, ultimate juggling, and advanced combo locking.

Information[]

Background[]

The player(s) first encounter Brute as a Beefy grouped up with 2 Fencers and has Cardinal as his pet in Industrial Castle. Then, a Brute or several of them can potentially be summoned as Skeletons by the Necromancer when the Necromancer is first introduced in Lava World. Finally, a Beefy Brute is resurrected again by the Necromancer in Wizard Castle Interior.

Involvement[]

It is assumed that the Brute in Industrial Castle serves the Industrial Prince as he works with Fencers to fend off the player(s).

Description[]

The Brute is not normally seen in his regular form, hence the name, due to his Beefy exclusive form. A player controlled Brute shows that he is quite muscular regardless of form. In the character portrait, the Brute has three visible scars on his helm. The helm appears to be samurai-like with 2 horns and a mohawk-like brush in the middle of it.

















Magic[]

Splash Attack

"Thorny Vines"

Element: Non-Elemental

Max Hits: 1 per upgrade level (max 7)

Damage/Hit: Base Magic Damage x 0.5

Use 360 RT360 Y / PS3 R2PS3 Triangle to perform. Thorny Vines pop out of the ground almost instantaneously in front of you, doing one hit each. Each segment adds an extra hit, with the maximum being 7 hits. Every other segments add no range, but all segments add an extra hit.

This is decent for bosses that have huge hit-boxes as the Splash Attack deals a decent amount every time it is spammed or that it delivers significantly more hits on them than say Skeleton and Cult Minion's Dark Pillars Splash Attack.

This Splash Attack is also very effective on enemies that take chain damage such as Scarabs, Fish Men, and Beefys.

The "Thorny Vines" Splash Attack, in addition to the "Saw Trap" and "Smoke Screen" Splash Attacks, boast one of the best Beefy knockdown ratios out of any Splash Attack.

Magic Projectile

"Acorn"

Element: Non-Elemental

Damage: Base Magic Damage

Use 360 RT360 B / PS3 R2PS3 Circle to perform. Throws an acorn as a Magic Projectile.

Air Projectile

"Acorn"

Element: Non-Elemental

Damage: Base Magic Damage

Use 360 A, 360 RT360 Y / PS3 Cross, PS3 R2PS3 Triangle to perform. Throws an acorn as a Air Projectile.

An advanced use of Juggling, named Spellweaving, can use this Air Projectile for flashy techniques.

Elemental Infusion

"Armor Pierce"

Element: Non-Elemental

Damage: Base Magic Damage^2 + Base Melee Damage^2

Use 360 X360 X360 X360 Y / PS3 SquarePS3 SquarePS3 SquarePS3 Triangle to perform. This attack pierces armor, and it deals two times normal damage. That means it deals as much damage to a Barbarian or Thief on Normal Mode as it does to a Stove Face or Brute on Insane Mode.

Magic Jump

"Vine Jump"

Element: Non-Elemental

Damage: Base Magic Damage

Use 360 RT360 A / PS3 R2PS3 Cross to perform. Leaps up using a vine that damages overlapped enemies and has a whip sound.

Strategy[]

Overview[]

Brute is a good boss slayer with a good Beefy hitting ratio with his "Thorny Vines" Splash Attack. Hitting the Beefy up to knock down.

Castle Crashers[]

Capitalize on Magic as soon as possible. Weapon choice almost doesn't make a difference due to how fair the "Thorny Vines" Splash Attack is. Brute, as well as any boss slayer in the game, bar Fire Demon and Red Knight, truly only struggles against massive amounts of enemies or a very quick heavyweight such as in Thieves' Forest and Wizard Castle Interior and Conehead Groom, respectively. Especially if the Brute player can not utilize Juggling at all to save his/her life.

Late game, Brute is above average. Recommended to use a Strength heavy weapon or a Magic heavy weapon that does not reduce Strength. Animal Orb selection does make a bit of difference. The top 5 Animal Orbs in Snoot, Burly Bear, Hawkster, Piggy, and BiPolar Bear will suffice.

Arena[]

Brute is one of the best characters in Arena. "Thorny Vines" Splash Attack comes quick, which leads to easy resets, catches, and a strong middle game.

Match-Ups

Blue Knight[]

Once Blue Knight has you in a reset, you're done. Be sure to move around a lot to counter act his tools. Difficult match-up.

Iceskimo[]

Difficult match-up.

Saracen[]

Restrict Saracen's options, to several 50/50s. but counter with a Shield bash. Watch out for his Magic Projectile because it is unblockable.

Snakey[]

Splash Attack comes out quickly. Difficult match-up.

Fire Demon[]

Splash Attack comes out quickly. Difficult match-up.

Skeleton/Cult Minion[]

Splash Attack comes out quickly.

Fencer/Industrialist[]

Splash Attack comes out quickly.

Ninja[]

Splash Attack comes out quickly.

Pink Knight[]

Splash Attack has long range and comes out quickly. Air Projectile and Magic Projectile can Critical Strike and can be converted to a reset.

Necromancer[]

Restrict Necromancer's options to a 50/50. Watch out for his Magic Projectile and Air Projectile because they are the fastest in the game.

Orange Knight[]

Splash Attack has long range.

Conehead/Royal Guard[]

Magic Projectile and Air Projectile have the ability to reset, so watch out for them.

Bear[]

Restrict Bear's options to several 50/50s. but counter with a Shield bash.

Gray Knight[]

Magic Projectile and Air Projectile have the ability to reset, so watch out for them.

Alien[]

Punish on whiff.

Blacksmith[]

His Air Projectile is the same as his Splash Attack, which could lead to a confirm.

Green Knight[]

Punish on whiff.

Barbarian[]

Punish on whiff.

Thief/Stove Face/Peasant/Civilian/Open-Faced Gray Knight[]

Punish on whiff.

Red Knight[]

Punish on whiff.

Hatty Hattington[]

Punish on whiff.

King[]

Doesn't have an offensive Splash Attack, punish on whiff.

Killer Beekeeper[]

Punish on whiff.

Unlock Path[]

Start Character Unlocks Unlocks
Iceskimo Brute N/A

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • Brute only appears 3 times in the game, twice as a Beefy in Industrial Castle and Wizard Castle Interior, and also has a chance to be resurrected as a Skeleton in Lava World.
  • Brute is the only Beefy enemy in the game to have an Animal Orb, which is Cardinal.
  • On the Xbox 360, players can dress up their Avatar as the Brute by purchasing both the helmet and tunic in the Avatar Store.
  • Since Brute's starting weapon is the Dual Prong Sword, he, at Level 1, can switch to a different weapon and switch back to the Dual Prong Sword.
  • Brute's character portrait in the Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch versions of Castle Crashers shows a black blotch not seen in the XBLA and PS3 versions of Castle Crashers. This is the only character portrait to have been changed, unintentionally or not.
  • In older versions of the game, the Brute was lightweight instead of heavyweight. If this stayed then the Necromancer fight would be quite a lot easier on Insane Mode.
  • Brute and Snakey are reskins of each other, with the only difference being the appearance of their projectile magic.
  • Despite always appearing as a Beefy enemy, Brutes can wield both the Dual Prong Sword and Zigzag internally.

See also[]

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