Cowboy

Description

The Cowboy is a map unlocked tower that cannot be bought in the store. It can be obtained by triumphing Badlands or End of the Line. It must be played on Normal+ mode and cannot be obtained in Easy mode.

It wears a cowboy hat and has clothing similar to that of a western style person. It also wields a Ruger Redhawk 44 Magnum.

While its initial firerate is considered to be slow, it deals high damage. The range is, however, comparably smaller than other towers, such as the Minigunner. At maximum level, the Cowboy deals high damage for a somewhat fast firerate. The Gold Rush ability is also unlocked which means it can deal 65% more damage and have a chance to drop money bags for you, and only you, to collect. This means that, briefly, the Cowboy can surpass the Minigunner's DPS.

This tower is mostly considered a early game to mid-game tower.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Shades & Gloves - $350
+3 range +Hidden detection Sell Price changes to $249

Level 2 - Bandanna - $525
+2 damage 1.65 > 1.2 firerate Sell Price changes to $380

Bandit

Level 3 • Cost: Bandit - $1,350

+2 range

+4 damage

1.2 > 1 firerate

Sell Price changes to $717

Dual Wield

Level 4 • Cost: Dual Wield - $4,250

+8 damage

1 > 0.65 firerate

Sell Price changes to $1,779

Gold Cannon

Level 5 • Cost: Gold Cannon - $7,500

+Gold Rush ability

-9 damage

0.65 > 0.15 firerate

Sell Price changes to $3,654

Ability

Gold Rush

Level 5 • 65s Cooldown

Boosts damage by 65% and gives a 4% to drop a money bag worth $100-350. The bag can only be collected by the person who activated the ability. Lasts 10 seconds.

Stats Table

NOTE: The Gold Rush ability is not factored in at Level 5.

Level	Total Price	Total Damage	Firerate	Total Range	DPS
0	650	4	1.65	9	2.42
1	$1,000	4	1.65	12	2.42
2	$1,525	6	1.2	12	5
3	$2,875	10	1	15	10
4	$7,125	18	0.65	15	27.7
5	$14,625	9	0.15	15	60

Strategy

• You may have to wait a while before placing the Cowboy down due to the fact it costs $650 to place down.
  • You will have to rely on your teammates during this time.
• The Gold Rush, while helping gain the user more money, is rather ineffective by the time a Cowboy gets maxed out. You are likely to gain more money from damage dealt to zombies than from this ability.
  • It is usually only used for its personal damage buff.
• While the Cowboy may be one of the best towers for early game, you might have to switch out this tower with better towers for late game.

Trivia

• This is the only other economy tower with the other being the Farm.

Update History

• (29/06/2019)
  • Cowboy added.
• (14/07/2019)
  • Cowboy now has 4 starting damage, up from 2.
  • Cowboy now costs $650.