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Laser Gunner
Tower Information
Unlock Cost	Rank 35 5,500 or 1,000
Placement Cost	$925
Type	Offensive Support (4-X+ / X-3+)
Footprint	1.5
Placement	Land
Base Statistics
Health	175
Damage	4.0
Damage Type	Bullet
Reload Time	0.70s
Range	14.0
DPS	5.7
Attributes	Stealth Detection Air Targeting
Level-Exclusive Attributes
Bullet Damage	0-0 - 1-X
Laser Damage	2-X+
Air Targeting	X-3+

“	A high-tech tower with stealth detection and armor penetration! Stuns enemies and reveals stealth with powerful abilites.	”
	- Store Description

“	High tech starts him off with stealth detection and armor penetration!	”
	- Former Store Description

Description

The Laser Gunner is a high-tech single-target tower that is comparable to the Golden Ranger in terms of their overall use. Its technology gives it an advantage over many of the towers in-game granting it Stealth Detection at base level, however, be aware that its base damage type is "Bullet" preventing it from dealing full damage to armored enemies unlike the Golden Ranger. The Laser Gunner, despite lacking health, is a great tower that has solid DPS overall, but it does require EDJ and John to make it viable late game. Players should keep in mind that Eradicator MK II and multiple enemies in Endless Mode have laser resistance, with some enemies like the Assailant being completely laser resistant, meaning the Laser Gunner will not be able to deal any damage to them.

The Laser Gunner has 2 abilities, each being able to be unlocked on their respective path. Top Path grants it the Shock Rounds ability, being able to stun enemies for a very small duration of time.

The Bottom Path grants it the Stealth Sensor ability, being able to emit an energetic explosion that permanently reveals stealth, and deals damage on the side, to the enemies caught in it's radius.

Upgrades

The Top Path for the Laser Gunner grants it great range, decent health, and Pierce. Pierce allows the tower to attack multiple enemies at once, with its max pierce count being 2, allowing it to hit up to three enemies at once. When paired with multiple Top Path Laser Gunners, it can be a great way to deal with hordes of enemies. Despite being more expensive than the Bottom Path, players should opt to get this path. Later on, it gains the Shock Rounds ability, able to slow down hordes of enemies for a set amount of time.

The Bottom Path for the Laser Gunner is cheaper and grants it more single-target DPS than its Top Path, while gaining an ability that unstealths nearby enemies and deals splash damage to them as well. However, this has less range and health, and is unable to pierce through multiple enemies.

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

	Laser Knowledge COST: $475
	Effect: +2.0 Damage +1.0 Range +10 Health

	Energy Cells COST: $1,250
	Effect: +8.0 Damage Damage Type: Bullet → Laser +20 Health

	Laser BR COST: $4,750
	Effect: +7.0 Damage +2.0 Range +1 Pierce +125 Health

	Reinforced Tech COST: $6,500
	Effect: +13.0 Damage -0.10s Reload Time +3.0 Range Ability: Shock Rounds +275 Health

	Laser Minigun COST: $28,750
	Effect: -18.0 Damage -0.40s Reload Time +1.0 Range +1 Pierce +1,500 Health

	Upgraded Sensors COST: $200
	Effect: +3.0 Range +20 Health

	Advanced Tech COST: $525
	Effect: +2.0 Damage -0.10s Reload Time +10 Health

	SMG COST: $3,850
	Effect: +1.0 Damage -0.27s Reload Time -1.0 Range Can target Air enemies Ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 1 +100 Health

	SMG+ COST: $8,000
	Effect: +3.0 Damage -0.15s Reload Time Ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 2 +300 Health

	Dual SMGs COST: $18,000
	Effect: +1.0 Damage -0.08s Reload Time Ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 3 +1,000 Health

Stats Table

• Linear Path
• Cross Path

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Reload Time	Range	Pierce	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$925	175	4.0	0.70s	14.0	0	5.7	162.3 : 1
1-0	$1,400	185	6.0	0.70s	15.0	0	8.6	162.8 : 1
2-0	$2,650	205	14.0	0.70s	15.0	0	20.0	132.5 : 1
3-0	$7,400	330	21.0	0.70s	17.0	1	30.0	246.7 : 1
4-0	$13,900	605	34.0	0.60s	20.0	1	56.7	245.1 : 1
5-0	$42,650	2,105	16.0	0.20s	21.0	2	80.0	533.1 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$925	175	4.0	0.70s	14.0	5.7	162.3 : 1
0-1	$1,125	195	4.0	0.70s	17.0	5.7	197.4 : 1
0-2	$1,650	205	6.0	0.60s	17.0	10.0	165 : 1
0-3	$5,500	305	7.0	0.33s	16.0	21.2	259.4 : 1
0-4	$13,500	605	10.0	0.18s	16.0	55.6	242.8 : 1
0-5	$31,500	1,605	11.0	0.10s	16.0	110.0	286.4 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
0-0	$925	175	4.0	0.70s	14.0	5.7	162.3 : 1
1-1	$1,600	205	6.0	0.70s	18.0	8.6	186.0 : 1
2-2	$3,375	235	16.0	0.60s	18.0	26.7	126.4 : 1

• Top Path
• Bottom Path

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Reload Time	Range	Pierce	DPS	Cost : DPS
3-2	$8,125	360	23.0	0.60s	20.0	1	38.3	212.1 : 1
4-2	$14,625	635	36.0	0.50s	23.0	1	72.0	203.1 : 1
5-2	$43,375	2,135	18.0	0.10s	24.0	2	180.0	241.0 : 1

Level	Total Cost	Health	Damage	Reload Time	Range	DPS	Cost : DPS
2-3	$7,225	335	17.0	0.33s	17.0	51.5	140.3 : 1
2-4	$15,225	635	20.0	0.18s	17.0	111.1	137.0 : 1
2-5	$33,225	1,635	21.0	0.10s	17.0	210.0	158.2 : 1

Ability

Shock Rounds
Ability Type	Manual
4-X	Makes its laser rounds stun when damaging a target. Attacks stun for 0.3 seconds Active for 12 seconds 30.00s Cooldown

Stealth Sensor
Ability Type	Manual
X-3	Creates a large shockwave that permanently reveals stealthed enemies while dealing damage to them. Level 1 (X-3) 75.0 Damage Reveal Enemies Permanently 12.00s Cooldown Level 2 (X-4) 175.0 Damage Reveal Enemies Permanently 10.00s Cooldown Level 3 (X-5) 500.0 Damage Reveal Enemies Permanently 8.00s Cooldown

Skins

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

Skin	Laser Gunner Recolors	Christmas	Retro
Rarity	Common-Uncommon	Exclusive	Epic
Obtainment Method	Basic Crate	2023 XMAS Event 325	Basic Crate
Skin	Toxic	Ghost
Rarity	Epic	Uncommon
Obtainment Method	Basic Crate	Ghost Crate

Strategies

• Laser Gunner's Stealth Sensor ability is useful to towers without Stealth Detection and can be useful against small hordes.
• Laser Gunner's Top Path can be useful for clearing swarms due to its decently high DPS and pierce ability.
• Laser Gunner is very useful for Intermediate Mode and Expert Mode due to his damage type changing to Laser at his 2-X upgrade and its high early game DPS at the same level.
• It is recommended to place Bottom Path Laser Gunners near the path due to their lack of range.
• The Laser Gunner is a good early defense tower due to its early Stealth Detection at Level 0-0.

Trivia

• According to weapons concept art, Laser Gunner's default blaster is named G1100K2, meaning this is a laser recreation of the G11K2 prototype assault rifle.
  • The Laser Gunner's bottom path Laser SMG, however, is based off of the KRISS Vector.
• Laser Gunner is the first tower to gain Stealth Detection at its base level, with the second being the Golden Mine Layer.
• The Laser Gunner is one of the few towers to use Pierce, with the others being Sniper, Railgunner, and Golden Juggernaut.
• Despite the Former Store Description stating that Laser Gunner starts off with armor penetration, as of the game's BETA release, he does not.
• Laser Gunner is the second of the 9 towers that require a level in order to be obtained. Alongside the Sniper, Armored Factory, XWM Turret, Artillery, Slammer, Ghost, Helicopter, Mobster and Warship.
• Its armor could be a nod to science fiction power armor, top path is most likely from the game Warhammer, or a stormtrooper. while bottom path is based most likely based on Captain Rex.
• In Laser Gunner's Stat Sheet, it mentions that Laser wasn't able to be ignored "For Now", meaning Laser resistance was in development, but wasn't completed until the Endless Mode update.

Update History

21 November 2023 Laser Gunner has been released. 10 December 2023 New Skins: Recolors 23 December 2023 New Skin: Christmas 09 February 2024 New Skins: Retro, Toxic 20 April 2024 Statistical Changes: Level 2-X: Removed Ignore Bullet Resistance Added Damage Type: Bullet → Laser 2 August 2024 New Skin: Ghost Laser Gunner has been buffed. Statistical Changes: Level 1-X Cost decreased: $500 > $475 Level 4-X Now gains an ability: Shock Rounds Health increased: +250 > +275 Level 5-X Cost decreased: $31,600 > $28,750 Health increased +700 > +1,500 Level X-1 Cost decreased: $225 > $200 Level X-2 Cost decreased: $650 > $525 Level X-3 Cost decreased: $4,000 > $3,850 Now gains an ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 1 Level X-4 Cost decreased: $8,250 > $8,000 Now gains an ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 2 Health increased: +175 > +300 Level X-5 Cost decreased: $19,250 > $18,000 Now gains an ability: Stealth Sensor LVL 3 Health increased: +350 > +1,000

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