Megabonk Ninja Build: Best Weapons, Tomes & Items

Updated October 22, 2026 · Patch covered: Megabonk v1.0.69 (Feb 4, 2026), still the latest on Steam as of Oct 22, 2026

Ninja's kit and unlock

• Starting weapon Katana

  Passive Shadowstep: execute an enemy when you evade it; +0.5% Evasion per level.

  Unlock Complete Desert Tier 1, buy Katana · 32 Silver

  Starts with Evasion 6%, Move Speed 1.2x, Jump Height 9, Pickup Range 8 (player measurement, v1.0.7)

• Only 10 leaderboard runs use Ninja, so the player-data section below is a small sample.

Starter build (editorial pick)

Want to check how the tomes fit the weapons, or save your own version? Load it in the Megabonk build planner. Tome values are on the tomes page and item effects on the items page.

What the build guides recommend

Copied from each article as published. These are the outlets' editorial picks, not ours; check the date against the patches.

• Destructoid

  'Best Ninja build in Megabonk', by Andrej Barovic and Arka Sarkar (published Sep 30, 2025)

  Weapons Katana, Aura, Sword (also good: Axe, Bone)

  Tomes Quantity, Damage, Cooldown, Evasion (also good: Attack Speed, Size, Luck)

  Items Slippery Ring, Phantom Shroud, Backpack (also good: Clover, Forbidden Juice, Gym Sauce)

• Dexerto

  'Best Ninja build in Megabonk', by James Busby (published Oct 6, 2025)

  Weapons Katana, Aura, Lightning Staff

  Tomes Evasion, Size, Damage

  Items Phantom Shroud, Slippery Ring

What leaderboard Ninja runs use (player data)

Player data, read Oct 22, 2026: 10 Ninja runs submitted to Megabonk Leaderboard.gg, the best with 778,251 kills. Percentages are the share of those runs that had each pick. The starting weapon is in every run, so it is not listed.

Leaderboard runs chase kill counts on hard settings, and nearly every character's runs look the same: Katana, Dexecutioner and Shotgun with the Chaos, XP and Cursed tomes. The 2026 Rank 100 guide calls Luck, Curse and Chaos what "all the leaderboard runs do". Long runs also end with dozens of items, so a 100% item shows what was in the inventory at the end, not what to pick first. Use the starter build above until those tomes are unlocked.

Tips from player guides

Player reports from Steam guides, with each guide's dates in the sources.

• 'What Stuff Does' guide: a good character for evasion; prepare for the hits you do take.

Other character builds

Back to all Megabonk characters or the Megabonk guide.

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