Phaser

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Phaser
Credit Cost	2,600
Credit Cost	2,600
Wins Required	0
Wins Required	0
Starting Cost	$3,200
Starting Cost	$3,200
Sell Price	$1600
Sell Price	$1600
Damage	Very High
Damage	Very High
Damage Type	Single
Damage Type	Single
Range	Very Far
Range	Very Far
Placement	Ground
Placement	Ground

Description

The Phaser is a single target tower that costs 2,600 credits to buy and $3,200 to place. It fires a beam that gradually deals more damage the longer it is locked on to a target. The Phaser is able to detect camouflaged enemies at any level. Initially, the beam starts off weaker than it is when it’s fully charged, but gets stronger the longer it is locked onto a target. It does base damage of 4 (which increases over time) and damage ticks 2 times per second. (8 Base DPS) (40 Max DPS)

Appearance

The Phaser is a futuristic soldier, with a beam visor and gray suit. The Phaser is also equipped with a laser gun that shoots a beam of energy.

Upgrades

Handling ($700)

• Greatly increased range.
• Added Cosmetics: Gives the phaser a pair of gloves.
• Sell price changes to $1950.

Extra Juice ($2,600)

• Increases the speed at which damage ticks, essentially dealing more damage per second (16 Base DPS) (80 Max DPS). However, the time it takes for it to fully charge remains the same. (damage ticks 4 times every second now, damage not changed)
• Added Cosmetics: Two tubes with blue liquid at the back of the Phaser.
• Sell price changes to $3250.

Death Ray ($4,900)

• Increases base damage to 10 damage per tick. Pattern is now what it was originally but with the increased ticking speed. Deals 45 damage when fully charged. Time to reach maximum damage is now 15.6 seconds. (40 Base DPS) (180 Max DPS).
• Added Cosmetics: The Phaser's beam turns orange including its juice, the gun has four curved lines coming from all sides of the gun, and slightly changes its look.
• Sell price changes to $5650.

Annihilation ($16,600)

• Increases base damage to 15. The max damage is now 101 damage per tick. Time to reach maximum damage is now 13 seconds. (60 Base DPS) (404 Max DPS)
• Major range increase.
• Added Cosmetics: Gives the Phaser 3 extra lasers at the back that fire together with the laser gun. Gives the Phaser a knight helmet with cyclops goggles and the laser color turns purple with purple juice.
• Sell price changes to $12950.

Total Cost: $28,000

Total cost with DJ (20 percent off): $23,310

Skins

Skin	Beach Ready
Price	650
Tier	Epic
Creator	Planet3arth

Tactics

• Phasers are best as late-game towers in Survival and Event modes, able to fill up the remaining slots with Golden Commandos to defeat the last wave. They tend to be less effective in Versus, as they can have trouble targeting Endbringers, whether it be from focusing on the Void behind them or on multiple sent Boss4s in front.
  • The stun from the Void can make their defense in Versus much less effective.
• Run Farms to be able to place a Phaser, as well as to place towers that can support it.
• Because Phaser loses charge when stunned and has a massive range, it may not be a bad idea to place a Phaser further away from where the Void will spend most of its time.
• A level 1 Phaser can be placed on Wave 17 to defeat the Boss2 that spawns efficiently and will help against other bosses later on. If done, it is preferred to focus on upgrading only this Phaser before the last wave, as a level 5 Phaser is more effective than three level 4s, and there is a lack of high-level targets (particularly Guardians) that need to be taken care of.
• Crowd control towers (Mortar, Tuber, Plasma Trooper, Aviator) are valuable to prevent the Phaser from wasting their targeting and charge on lower health zombies.
  • These towers at higher levels will also remove Hidden Bosses, which become less valuable targets for the Phaser when they spawn in hordes.
• Zeds can often clear the front of a wave from low-health enemies to reveal a high-health target for the Phaser to lock onto. They and Golden Commandos also supplement this with high DPS.
  • It is risky to run two high-cost towers together in Versus modes, though. A player should only do this if they can manage it, and/or if they are on a premade team.
• Commanders give a range boost that the Phaser can use to distance itself from the Void and Guardians, and the DJ can lower the upgrade costs as well as enable the Phaser to pick a particular target (often Necromancer Bosses). However, firerates buff will only benefit the speed of re-targeting.

Trivia

• The Phaser is one of the only 3 towers that target Camouflaged Enemies in level 1, the second being the Plasma Trooper, the third being the Huntsman.
• It is the second tower to have a special A.I, the first being the Flamethrower.
• Phaser's body and torso looks to be made out of marble.
• The level 5 upgrade icon of Phaser shows Shoop Da Whoop shooting a large laser beam from its mouth at a planet.
• This tower has the same second upgrade name as the Railgunner.
• At level 5, the lasers that are attached to the Phaser’s back appear to be modified versions of the Laser Finger Pointers Roblox gear.
• The goggles that the Phaser wears is the Mind Controlled Lasers, for 750 ROBUX on the Roblox catalog.
• The max Phaser has the highest DPS in the game at maximum charge.
• The gun the Phaser uses is a recolored version of the Robot Dance Gun, for 400 ROBUX on the Roblox catalog.

Update History

NOTE: ALL DATES ARE IN U.S DATING FORMAT

• (8/8/17) Added Phaser.
• (8/11/17) Phaser rebalanced.
• (10/13/17) Fixed Phaser sometimes not shooting enemies in range.
• (5/17/18) Level 5 Phaser damage increased.
• (9/12/18) Level 1-5 Phaser damage increased.
• (2/10/19) Level 5 Phaser maximum damage 150 → 120
• (8/10/19) Level 5 Phaser time to reach maximum damage 10.8 seconds → 21.6 seconds
• (8/16/19) Level 1-3 Phaser base damage 1 → 4.
• (7/22/20) Phaser rebalanced.
  • Level 1-3 Phaser maximum damage 40 → 20
  • Level 1-3 Phaser time to reach maximum damage 57.6 seconds → 20.8 seconds
  • Level 4 Phaser maximum damage 60 → 45
  • Level 4 Phaser time to reach maximum damage 26.7 seconds → 15.6 seconds
  • Level 4 Phaser cost $4800 → $4900
  • Level 5 Phaser maximum damage 150 → 101
  • Level 5 Phaser time to reach maximum damage 21.6 seconds → 13 seconds
  • Level 5 Phaser cost $14600 → $16600
  • Phaser retargeting speed decreased 2.92 seconds → 2.43 seconds

Media

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Level 2

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Beach Ready

Level 1

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Level 5