The Brute has the biggest health pool in the game and the worst defensive kit: a single protective spell, no invisibility, no way to escape. They do not need one. They close the distance, break their opponent’s legs, and count on the match being decided before they fall.
The more hurt you are, the harder you hit: +4% damage dealt per 10% slice of health lost, that is +36% at best. Rage never reduces the damage you take.
At half health the Brute hits 20% harder; at 200 health left, 28%. The bonus rises in steps, a whole 10% slice of lost HP at a time, and caps at +36%. It is the only passive in the game that rewards having been hit, and it completely changes how you read the health bar: a Brute at 300 HP is not a Brute about to die, it is a Brute hitting 24% harder.
Watch the missing half: Rage is offensive only. It makes up for nothing, it speeds up the race. A Brute that commits too early dies with its best bonus active.
31 to 44 damage on an adjacent enemy, and the target loses 12% resistance for 2 turns: everything that hits it afterwards hurts more. The effect does not stack — a second hit only refreshes the duration. So it is an opening spell, not a spell to repeat.
You rush in a straight line to the tile next to the enemy, then hit them for 23 to 34. The path has to be completely clear. Seven tiles without spending a single MP, and no cooldown: it is the best closing tool in the game, and the spell your whole placement is built around.
17 to 24 damage to everything inside a cross of 2 tiles around the target point, then pulls each target 2 tiles towards the centre. The damage is low; the pull is not. Aim at the tile where you want your opponent to end up, not the one they are on.
17 to 24 damage that you get back entirely as health, and the target loses 2 to 4 MP during its next 2 turns (it can partly resist). A maintenance spell: it heals you, it slows them, and it reaches 5 tiles — so it works even on the turn you could not close.
Places a trap your opponent cannot see. It goes off as soon as someone comes within 2 tiles: 22 to 34 damage and 2 to 4 MP less for 2 turns. It lasts 8 turns and you set it off too. Its 2-tile area makes it the widest trap in the game: placed in a corridor, it is almost impossible to avoid.
30 to 42 damage to everything 2 tiles or less from you, and each target loses 1 to 2 MP on its next turn. The only spell in the class that also costs a movement point: count it in your movement, not just in your AP.
No damage: pulls the target one tile towards you, and it deals 20% less damage during its next 2 turns. Three AP to cut a fifth off two turns of enemy attack is the best deal in the class — and the tile you gain is often enough to put your opponent inside Stomp’s area.
45% damage resistance until your next turn. Your only protection, and it lasts a single opponent’s turn: do not cast it as a precaution, cast it on the turn you have just closed in on someone who still has all their AP.
All your AP go into it and you have 5 MP left. That is deliberate: keep them to end the turn on the right side of your opponent, out of the line of fire of any retreat.
No big damage this turn, and that is exactly the point: your opponent starts theirs with less MP, less damage, and a single direction to flee in — the one where the Pit is waiting.
Quake is the only Brute spell that moves the enemy towards a chosen point rather than towards themselves. Centred on a Pit already placed, it does the work on its own.
Against the Arcanist, the Brute is the favourite if they close early: their 980 health absorbs two turns at range, and once in contact the enemy’s Focus pays nothing any more. Against the Shade, the problem is not hitting them but following them — keep Roar to punish them the moment they reappear 5 tiles away.
Against the Warrior, you hit harder but they last longer: Mace smash, which lowers their resistance, is worth more than usual. Against the Clockmaker and the Artificer, never stay lined up with what they have placed, and accept spending a turn destroying an Automaton or a charge rather than chasing the hero.
The Brute is played by closing the distance as early as possible with Charge: 4 AP, 7 tiles in a straight line, no cooldown. Once in contact they chain Mace smash, which strips 12% resistance from the target for 2 turns, then Stomp. Their 980 health lets them absorb the two turns of approach that the other classes do not survive.
The Brute has 980 health, the biggest pool in the game, with 12 action points and 6 movement points. Their Rage turns every point lost into damage: +4% per 10% slice of missing health, up to +36%. A Brute at half health therefore hits 20% harder.
Rage gives +4% damage dealt per 10% slice of health lost, that is +36% at most. It is purely offensive: it never reduces the damage taken and heals nothing. It is the only passive in the game that rewards having been hit.
AP steal: with 20% resistance, this is the most vulnerable class in the game on that front, and the Clockmaker’s Hourglass costs them whole turns. Their Charge also needs a completely clear path in a straight line, which an opponent who plays the angles denies them. And Stoneskin only covers one opponent’s turn in three.
Yes, it is the most forgiving class for learning Solwaris. Its 980 health forgives placement mistakes, and its eight spells do exactly what they say, with no chain to keep alive and no hidden resource to count.
The Brute forgives beginner mistakes better than any other class: it is the best one for learning the game.
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