Phaser

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Phaser
Unlock	2,600
Unlock	2,600
Starting Price	$3,200
Starting Price	$3,200
Sell Price	$1,600
Sell Price	$1,600
Placement	Ground
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Damage	4-20
Base Damage	4-20
Damage Type	Single
Damage Type	Single
Base Firerate	0.5s
Base Firerate	0.5s
Cooldown	2.43s
Cooldown	2.43s
Base Range	23
Base Range	23
Hidden Detection	Level 1
Hidden Detection	Level 1

The Phaser is a high-damaging, single target ground tower that can be purchased for 2,600 with a placement cost of $3,200.

Overview

The Phaser fires a beam of energy that gradually deals more damage the longer it is locked into its target. At level 1, the Phaser has Hidden detection and initially does 4 damage per tick which eventually increases to a maximum of 20 damage when fully charged. The Phaser's damage will initially increase by 1 after its first tick and then increases every two ticks afterwards, with each tick lasting 0.5 seconds. At level 3, however, its initial damage will increase after two ticks and then increases every four ticks afterwards, though this is reverted at level 4. At maximum charge, the Phaser does the highest damage per second amongst all towers in the game.

The Phaser can be most effective for taking out high health enemies and bosses rather quickly during late-game defense in Survival and event gamemodes. When its target is killed or out of range, the Phaser will have a cooldown time of 2.43 seconds. This, however, can pose a disadvantage when the Phaser targets weaker enemies instead of stronger ones, leading to constant cooldowns. Firerate boosts provided by the Commander and DJ will decrease its cooldown time instead of its tick.

Upgrades

Handling ($700)

Range increases from 23 to 31.5. Sell price changes to $1,950.

Extra Juice ($2,600)

Initial damage ramp up increases from 1 tick to 2 ticks. Damage ramp up increases from 2 ticks to 4 ticks. Sell price changes to $3,250.

Death Ray ($4,900)

Minimum damage increases from 4 to 10. Maximum damage increases from 20 to 51. Initial damage ramp up decreases from 2 ticks to 1 tick. Damage ramp up decreases from 4 ticks to 2 ticks. Sell price changes to $5,650.

Annihilation ($16,600)

Minimum damage increases from 10 to 15. Maximum damage increases from 51 to 101. Damage ramp up decreases from 2 ticks to 1 tick. Range increases from 31.5 to 37. Sell price changes to $12,950.

Statistics Table

Level	Total Price	Damage		Tick	Cooldown	Ramp Up		Range	Damage per Second		Cost Efficiency
		Minimum	Maximum			Initial	Standard		Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
1	$3,200	4	20	0.5s	2.43s	1 Tick	2 Ticks	23	8	40	$400	$80
2	$3,900	4	20	0.5s	2.43s	1 Tick	2 Ticks	31.5	8	40	$487.5	$97.5
3	$6,500	4	20	0.25s	2.43s	2 Ticks	4 Ticks	31.5	16	80	$406.25	$81.25
4	$11,400	10	51	0.25s	2.43s	1 Tick	2 Ticks	31.5	40	204	$285	$55.88
5	$28,000	15	101	0.25s	2.4s	1 Tick	1 Tick	37	60	404	$466.67	$69.31

Skins

• Default
• Beach Ready

Price	None
Rarity	Default
Creator	Planet3arth

Level	Image	Cosmetic Changes
1		The Phaser has tan skin, gray apparel with short sleeves, futuristic goggles, and wields a laser gun.
2		The Phaser now wears black gloves.
3		The Phaser now wears two energy canisters with blue substances.
4		The Phaser wears one large energy canister with yellow substance, now connecting to the blood-red laser gun with four emitters protruding out. The apparel becomes red shade diamond plate, and the goggles' lens become red-orange.
5		The Phaser wears a dark violet finned helmet and three laser pods on its back, now connected to an energy canister with violet-pink substance. The goggles' lens and laser gun becomes violet with longer emitters, and the apparel becomes dark violet.

Price	650
Rarity	Epic
Creator	Planet3arth

Level	Image	Cosmetic Changes
1		The Phaser has tan skin, gray swimming trunks, futuristic goggles, sky-blue and white striped towel, and wields a laser gun.
2		The Phaser now wears black gloves.
3		The Phaser now wears two energy canisters with blue substances.
4		The Phaser wears one large energy canister with yellow substance, now connecting to the blood-red laser gun with four emitters protruding out. The swimming trunks become red shade diamond plate. The goggles' lens and towel become red-orange.
5		The Phaser wears a violet sun hat and three laser pods on its back, now connected to an energy canister with violet-pink substance. The goggles' lens, towel, and laser gun becomes violet with longer emitters, and the swimming trunks become dark violet.

Strategy

For a list of community strategies, see Phaser strategies.

Trivia

• The Phaser's level 5 upgrade icon features shows Shoop Da Whoop firing a large laser beam from its mouth at a planet.
• "Phaser" is an acronym for Phased Energy Rectification, a term which referred to the original process by which stored or supplied energy was converted to another form for release toward the target without any need for an intermediate energy transformation.

Gallery

The first icon of the Phaser.

The previous icon of the Phaser.

The level 1 Default Phaser on the Winter 2022 update thumbnail.

Update History

• 2017 August 8
  • Phaser added.
• 2017 August 11
  • Statistical change:
    • Unspecified changes.
• 2017 October 13
  • Bug fix:
  • Not shooting enemies in range fixed.
• 2018 May 17
  • Statistical change:
    • Level 5
      • Damage increased.
• 2018 August 28
  • Bug fix:
    • Level 5 Phaser fixed.
• 2018 September 12
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased.
    • Level 5
      • Damage increased.
• 2019 February 10 (2/10/19)
  • Statistical change:
    • Level 5
      • Maximum damage increased from 150 to 120.
• 2019 August 16
  • Statistical change:
    • Level 1
      • Minimum damage increased from 1 to 4.
• 2020 July 22
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Maximum damage decreased from 40 to 20.
      • Cooldown decreased from 2.92s to 2.43s.
    • Level 4
      • Upgrade price increased from $4,800 to $4,900.
      • Maximum damage decreased from 60 to 45.
    • Level 5
      • Upgrade price increased from $14,600 to $16,600.
      • Maximum damage increased from 150 to 101.
• 2022 July 4
  • New skin:
    • Beach Ready Phaser added.
  • Visual change:
    • Level 2 Default appearance modified.