Commander

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This is part of an event! This is part of the Tower Battles Event.

Commander

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Commander
Tower Information
Unlock Cost	Tower Battles Event‎ (BP Rank 17) or 250[1]
Placement Cost	$1,250
Type	Support Spawner (Level 4)
Footprint	1.5
Placement	Land
Base Statistics
Health	300
Range Buff	5%
Damage Buff	5%
Attributes	Ignore Obstacles

“	Rally for the GDA! Boosts damage and range of nearby towers, stacks with other buffs, and can call in Air Strikes and APCs!	”
	- Store Description

“	Rally for the GDA, a support tower that supports a huge area with damage buffs! Can also call in Air Strikes and APCs.	”
	- Former Store Description

Description

The Commander is a support tower that buffs the Damage and Range of nearby towers, with its buffs being able to stack with other support towers like Medic and John. It also had three unique abilities that could aid the player on the battlefield. It could've been obtained from the Tower Battles Event or purchased separately for 550 prior to 23 October 2024.

Upgrades

The Commander only has one path, but this tower provides support capabilities. On the first level, it provides range and damage buffs. On the later levels, it gives a 30% range buff and 7% damage buff. On levels 3-5 it gains abilities each level, with these being: Call To Arms, Stryker Call, and Airstrike. Its Call To Arms ability will allow it to deal 13 Damage to enemies for the ability's duration.

	Stronger Signals COST: $500
	Effect: +5.0 Range +15 Health

	Range Training COST: $1,500
	Effect: +5% Range Buff +25 Health

	Call to Arms COST: $4,300
	Effect: Ability: Call To Arms LVL 1 +150 Health

	Organized Militia COST: $5,500
	Effect: +10% Range Buff Ability: Spawn APC Ability: Call To Arms LVL 2 +350 Health

	Airstrike COST: $21,000
	Effect: +10% Range Buff +2% Damage Buff +8.0 Range Ability: Call To Arms LVL 3 Ability: Airstrike +1,250 Health

Stats Table

Level	Total Cost	Health	Range Buff	Damage Buff	Range	Cost : Range Buff	Cost : Damage Buff
0	$1,250	300	5%	5%	8.0	250 : 1%	250 : 1%
1	$1,750	315	5%	5%	13.0	350 : 1%	350 : 1%
2	$3,250	340	10%	5%	13.0	325 : 1%	650 : 1%
3	$7,550	490	10%	5%	13.0	755 : 1%	1,510 : 1%
4	$13,050	840	20%	5%	13.0	652.5 : 1%	2,610 : 1%
5	$34,050	2,090	30%	7%	21.0	1,135 : 1%	4,864.3 : 1%

Abilities

Call To Arms
Ability Type	Manual
Level 3	Buffs the damage of nearby towers by 30% and shoots at a target. Stacks with John and Medic. Level 1 Damage Buff: 30% for 10 seconds 45.00s Cooldown Level 2 Damage Buff: 30% for 14 seconds 45.00s Cooldown Level 3 Damage Buff: 30% for 20 seconds 45.00s Cooldown

Airstrike
Ability Type	Manual
Level 5	Calls in an F-22 Raptor to drop a bomb on a selected area. 2,000.0 Damage 6.0 Splash Radius 20.00s Cooldown Ignore Explosion Resistance

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

Skin	GDA	Substitute	Lifeguard
Rarity	Exclusive	Exclusive	Exclusive
Obtainment Method	Tower Battles Event	Tower Battles Event	Tower Battles Event
Skin	Pirate
Rarity	Exclusive
Obtainment Method	2024 Halloween Event

Tips

• Unlike the EDJ, the Commander has much higher range, allowing for more leniency when placing it down.
  • This range can also be buffed by EDJs and other Commanders as well.
• It is worth spamming Commanders and using the abilities as this will allow for more damage to be dealt.
  • You can use the bottom path EDJ to decrease the cooldown of the Commander's abilities.
• The Airstrike ability can be used in a similar vain to the Artillery by targeting summoner enemies like the Specter and bypassing the other enemies.
  • It also ignores Explosive Resistance.
• Its range buff allows towers with low range like the Shotgunner to have larger range, increasing their effectiveness.
• To keep the Call To Arms ability on 100% uptime, you can place down 2-3 max level Commanders to “chain” the ability.
• The Commander's damage buff is generally more applicable than EDJ's firerate buff, since some towers like 5-x Missile Trooper and x-5 Railgunner have aim time instead of reload time, which is unaffected by rate-of-fire buffs.
• Since its damage buff uniquely stacks with other support towers, the Commander can be combined with John/Medic to provide 80% and 330% increased damage respectively if you use both of their abilities at once.
• Like other support towers, the Commander is completely useless on towers that cannot receive friendly buffs like the XWM Turret and Warship.

Trivia

• Obviously, the Commander is based off the Commander from Tower Battles as part of the collab, albeit with minor differences.
  • In Tower Battles, the Commander provides both range and firerate buffs. In Tower Defense X, the Commander instead provides range and damage buffs, likely because of the existence of the EDJ which already gives a firerate buff.
  • The Airstrike ability in Tower Battles costs $1,200 to use and deals 450 damage. In Tower Defense X, the Airstrike ability is free and deals 2,000 damage.
  • The Spawn APC ability in Tower Battles costs $600 to use, with the Stryker having 600 health points. In Tower Defense X, this ability is free, with the Stryker having 800 health points.
  • Call to Arms in Tower Battles grants higher firerate temporarily. This is replaced with a temporary damage buff since this Commander does not give a firerate buff.
• There is a bug with the Commander where when using Call to Arms, the gun will be brought out but still remain in the holster simultaneously. This bug may be an intentional homage to the original Tower Battles Commander, since this also happens to it when using Call to Arms.
• This is the only tower that can shoot through wall colliders.
  • This may be unintentional though.
• The Substitute Commander is voiced by Fribaru.
• The GDA Commander is partly a reference to Tower Defense Simulator, as his voicelines are remakes of the ones GDILIVES did for the Tower Defense Simulator.
• The Commander is the first tower to have only one upgrade path.
• If you time the APC's right, you can make it look like you're sending a stryker rush powerup if you have 3 commanders.

Update History

12 July 2024 The Commander has been added as a part of the Tower Battles Event. New Skins: GDA, Substitute, Lifeguard The Commander can now be purchased for 550. 23 October 2024 The Commander is now offsale. 25 October 2024 New skin: Pirate

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