Brute

* In-game
* Selection screen

**Brute** is a stubborn hero. It forces itself a way through enemies, not caring about their influence much.

Brute is unlocked by defeating Humongous Hollow Area 40.

## Abilities

* Ability 1
* Ability 2

### Stomp

Sends enemies flying back and stuns for 4s. If others touch stomped enemies, they instantly jump to you.

 Cooldown (s)
 Costs

### Vigor

PASSIVE: Reduces enemy effects by 15-75% but increases radius by 3-9%.
Reduces enemy effects by an extra 25% if your energy is full.

 Radius increase (%)
 Costs

## Strategy

Brute is one of the lesser used heroes, due to it having only one active ability. However, its passive ability allows for some interesting strategies. On Monumental Migration, Brute is the setup for every machine, as its ability is useful in keeping crowds small, and can be used when within a disabling aura. In Burning Bunker Hard, Brute's vigor allows for invulnerability to lava auras, so it is also the setup for teams there. Finally, In Cyber Castle, Brute is the primary way to deal damage, and is immune to the level reset when within an aura. Brute's damage becomes truly insane when paired with a Cybot.

## In-game Changelog

**06-12-23**
Players downed by enemies effected by Brute's Stomp will only be teleported to the Brute player if they are within 512 pixels of the Brute player.

**04-02-23**
**Stomp**
Players that touch stomped enemies will now jump to the position of the Brute that stomped them if Brute is not downed, instead of doubling in size.
**Vigor**
Vigor now also reduces the knockback effect from cactus enemies.

**12-25-22**
Downed players who were hit by a stomped enemy will now revive at the position of the player that saved them.

**05-01-22**
Stomp no longer prevents flower enemies from shrinking for the duration of the effect.

**04-24-22**
Fixed a bug where players with full energy & max Vigor wouldn't always be protected from lava enemies.

**04-10-22**
Various hero unlock locations have changed: Now Euclid is unlocked from Elite Expanse 40, Shade from Vicious Valley 40 & Brute from Humongous Hollow 40.
**Stomp**
Fixed a bug where invulnerable players hit by stomped enemies would double in size.
Fixed a bug where players downed by stomped corrosive enemies wouldn't double in size.

**04-03-22**
**Stomp**
Stomp now pushes enemies back faster again. If heroes other than Brute are hit by enemies affected by Stomp, they will now double in size untilrevived.

**03-28-22**
**Stomp**
Stomp now pushes enemies back much more slowly.
While enemies are being pushed back by Stomp, they now are disabled instead of harmless & cannot be pushed back by other Stomps.

**06-20-21**
Fixed a bug where Brute's Stomp wasn't making enemies harmless.

**05-30-21**
**Vigor**
Enemy effects reduction: 20/40/60/80/100% → 15/30/45/60/75%.
Vigor now reduces enemy effects by an extra 25% if your energy is full.

**05-24-21**
**Stomp**
Enemies affected by Stomp are now harmless while being pushed back.
**Vigor**
Enemy effects reduction: 15/30/45/60/75% → 20/40/60/80/100%.

**11-09-20**
**Stomp**
Energy cost: 20 → 10.
Range: 100/120/140/160/180 → 130/145/160/175/190.

**08-23-20**
Vigor now reduces enemy effects from sniper-type enemies.

**02-18-19**
Stomp range increased to (100/120/140/160/180), up from (100/115/130/145/160).
Fixed how stomp affects Sizing enemies in Vicious Valley as they are touching a wall.
Fixed a bug where stomp wouldn't stun if it was upgraded while it was readied.

**10-20-18**
Fix interaction between Euclid's Black Hole & Brute's Stomp.

**09-17-18**
Fix the Brute stomp bugs.

**09-16-18**
Brute's stomp energy cost reduced from 30 to 20.
Brute's vigor radius increase reduced from 3/6/9/12/15% to 3/3/6/6/9%.
Brute's vigor effects reduction increased from 13/26/39/52/65% to 15/30/45/60/75%.

**08-05-18**
Aurora, Brute, and Shade will be unlockable during the next weekly map rotation.

**07-26-18**
Brute's Stomp cooldown buffed from 10/9/8/7/6s to 7/6.5/6/5.5/5s.
Brute's Vigor enemy effects reduction buffed from 10/20/30/40/50% to 13/26/39/52/65%.

**07-17-18**
Fixed: Brute stomp on all enemies.

**07-15-18**
Brute Buff - increased stun duration from 2s to 4s.

**07-13-18**
New Hero: Brute! He can stomp enemies away, and he's naturally big and resistant. Beat Vicious Valley Area 40 to unlock him.

## References

1. ↑ “New Hero: Brute! He can stomp enemies away, and he's naturally big and resistant. Beat Vicious Valley Area 40 to unlock him.”
- Changelog “New Content! - 07-13-18”