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Bomber

After playing Brick Battles, Bomber has came to help defend against hordes of enemies! Deals splash damage.

Bomber Icon

Cost: 1,000 Tix

This early-game splash damage tower offers affordability and the potential to stun units based on its crosspath. However, it is widely regarded as the weakest tower in the game. The Paintballer outshines it in every niche, providing better DPS, hidden coverage, and overall utility. Its lack of reliability in damage output, inability to handle hidden units effectively, and dependence on full investment into an X-4 Bomber crosspath to make its stun ability marginally useful leave it without a defined role. As a result, this tower is rarely worth considering for any serious strategy.

Upgrades


Top path provides hidden detection along with respectable range and damage, making it a reasonable choice for early-game coverage. However, it falls short when compared to other towers in terms of hidden unit effectiveness. In fact, its hidden coverage is only better than that of the Heavy Gunner and Mortar, leaving it insufficient for handling more challenging hidden units as the game progresses. As hidden units become more tanky later in the match, a low-DPS AOE tower like this one simply cannot compete, making it a poor investment for sustained hidden unit defense.


The bottom path offers the ability to stun enemy units with each attack and provides the higher DPS option for the tower. However, the stun effect is minimal at its X-3 upgrade, lasting only a brief quarter of a second. It's not until the X-4 upgrade that the stun duration becomes long enough to have a noticeable impact on gameplay. Despite this improvement, the investment required to make the stun effect viable is not justified, especially when compared to more cost-efficient and effective alternatives like the Paintballer, which outperforms this path in terms of overall value and utility.


Base Stats
Top Path
Bottom Path
Stat Value
Base Cost $375
Base Damage 10
Base Cooldown 3s
Base Range 10
Splash Radius 3
Hidden Detection Level 3-X
Level X-4
Bomber 1-X

Faster Hands


Effect:
  • -0.5s Cooldown
  • +1 Range

Cost: $200

Bomber 2-X

Heavy Bombs


Effect:
  • +7 Damage
  • +0.5 Splash Radius

Cost: $400

Bomber 3-X

Bomb Planting


Effect:
  • +8 Damage
  • +3 Range
  • +0.25 Splash Radius
  • +Hidden Detection
  • +Passive: Bomb Planting I

Cost: $2100

Bomber 4-X

C4


Effect:
  • +50 Damage
  • -0.5s Cooldown
  • +3 Range
  • +1.75 Splash Radius
  • -Passive: Bomb Planting I
  • +Passive: Bomb Planting II
  • +Ability: Power Throw

Cost: $9200

Bomber X-1

Long Range Bombs


Effect:
  • +3 Range

Cost: $180

Bomber X-2

More Explosive


Effect:
  • +2 Damage
  • +1 Splash Radius

Cost: $200

Bomber X-3

Stun Explosives


Effect:
  • +28 Damage
  • -0.2s Cooldown
  • +1 Range
  • +0.45s Stun Duration
  • Passive: Cluster Bombs I

Cost: $3300

Bomber X-4

Stun Expert


Effect:
  • +60 Damage
  • +0.25 Splash Radius
  • +Hidden Detection
  • +0.55s Stun Duration
  • -Passive: Cluster Bombs I
  • +Passive: Cluster Bombs II

Cost: $11000


Stats Table


Linear Path
Cross Path
Top Path
Bottom Path
Level Cost Damage Cooldown Range Splash Radius Hidden Detection
0-0 $375 10 3s 10 3 No
1-0 $575 10 2.5s 11 3 No
2-0 $975 17 2.5s 11 3.5 No
3-0 $3075 25 2.5s 14 3.75 Yes
4-0 $12275 75 2s 17 5.5 Yes
Level Cost Damage Cooldown Range Splash Radius Stun Time Hidden Detection
0-0 $375 10 3s 10 3 No No
0-1 $555 10 3s 13 3 No No
0-2 $755 12 3s 13 4 No No
0-3 $4055 40 2.8s 14 4 0.45s No
0-4 $15055 100 2.8s 14 4.25 1s Yes
Top Path
Bottom Path
Level Cost Damage Cooldown Range Splash Radius Hidden Detection
0-0 $375 10 3s 10 3 No
1-1 $755 10 2.5s 14 3 No
2-2 $1355 19 2.5s 14 4.5 No
3-2 $3455 27 2.5s 17 4.75 Yes
4-2 $12655 77 2s 20 6.5 Yes
Level Cost Damage Cooldown Range Splash Radius Stun Time Hidden Detection
0-0 $375 10 3s 10 3 No No
1-1 $755 10 2.5s 14 3 No No
2-2 $1355 19 2.5s 14 4.5 No No
2-3 $4655 47 2.3s 15 4.5 0.45s No
2-4 $15655 107 2.3s 15 4.5 1s Yes
Bomb Planting

Unlocked at:
3-X

Bomb Planting I:
  • Places bombs when no enemies in range.
  • Plants bombs every 3s.
  • Max of 5 bombs and lifetime of 60s
Ability Cooldown: Passive
Bomb Planting II

Unlocked at:
4-X

Bomb Planting II:
  • Places bombs when no enemies in range.
  • Plants bombs every 2.5s.
  • Max of 12 bombs and a lifetime of 140s.
Ability Cooldown: Passive
Power Throw

Unlocked at:
4-X

Power Throw:
  • Targets strongest enemy within 50 studs
  • Damage: 750
  • Splash Radius: 4
  • Fire: 50 DPS for 4s
Ability Cooldown: 60s
Stun

Unlocked at:
X-3

Stun:
  • Stuns enemies for 0.45s on hit.
Ability Cooldown: Passive
Cluster Bombs I

Unlocked at:
X-3

Cluster Bombs I:
  • 3 additional bombs fly outward.
  • 50% of the original damage.
  • 70% of the original splash damage.
Ability Cooldown: Passive
Stun

Unlocked at:
X-4

Stun:
  • Stuns enemies for 1s on hit.
Ability Cooldown: Passive
Cluster Bombs II

Unlocked at:
X-4

Cluster Bombs II:
  • 6 additional bombs fly outward.
  • 75% of the original damage.
  • 80% of the original splash damage.
Ability Cooldown: Passive