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Damage Buff

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Description

The Damage Buff is a buff that increases a tower's damage, making them stronger. It is displayed on the tower itself with the icon of an arm with muscle.

Mechanics

Damage Buff range reduction is calculated as:

Damage × (1 + Damage Buff)
where Damage Buff is the debuff supplied in decimal form (for example, 10% is 0.1).

The damage increased by the Damage Buff will always round down to the nearest integer. For example, a tower that deals 5 damage with a 50% Damage Buff will deal 7 damage, instead of 7.5.

Multiple towers are not fully affected by the buff. A full list of towers affected fully, partially or that are unaffected can be found below.

Damage Buff
Tower Status
Scout Affected
Sniper Affected
Paintballer Affected
Demoman Affected
Boomerang Affected
Slime Trooper Affected
Soldier Affected
Shotgunner Affected
Freezer Affected
Assassin Affected
Militant Affected
Hunter Affected
Pyromancer Partial[1]
Ace Pilot Affected
Medic Unaffected
Farm Affected
Electroshocker Affected
Rocketeer Affected
Trapper Partial[2]
Military Base Partial[2]
Crook Boss Partial[3]
Commander Partial[4]
Warden Partial[5]
Cowboy Affected
DJ Booth Unaffected
Tesla Affected
Saboteur Partial[6]
Minigunner Affected
Ranger Affected
Pursuit Affected
Gatling Gun Affected
Turret Affected
Mortar Affected
Mercenary Base Partial[7]
Brawler Affected
Necromancer Partial[8]
Accelerator Affected
Engineer Partial[9]
Hacker Affected
Operator Affected
Enforcer Partial[10]
Kingpin Partial[11]
Juggernaut Affected
Gladiator Affected
Commando Affected
Slasher Partial[12]
Frost Blaster Affected
Archer Partial[13]
Swarmer Partial[14]
Toxic Gunner Partial[6]
Sledger Partial[15]
Executioner Affected
Elf Camp Unaffected
Jester Partial[16]
Cryomancer Partial[17]
Hallow Punk Partial[13]
Harvester Affected
Snowballer Affected
Elementalist Partial[18]
Firework Technician Affected
Biologist Unaffected
Warlock Partial[19]
Spotlight Tech Partial[13]
War Machine Partial[20]
Mecha Base Unaffected

Applied By

The following towers or consumables can apply the Damage Buff to other towers or itself:

The following event features can apply the Damage Buff to towers:

The following towers used to have the Damage Buff:

The following tower used to apply the Damage Buff to other towers:

  • John (Enraging Shout ability)

The following removed towers had the Damage Buff:

Buff icon

  •  
    First icon (14 June 2019 – 29 October 2020)

Update History

  • 14 June 2019 - BETA v1.1.0
    • Damage Buff added.
  • 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0
    • Damage Buff updated, now it can affect far more than just the base damage of the tower.
    • Icon changed.
    • Now displayed on the tower rather than in the upgrade menu.
  • 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
    • Particles now appear when activated.
  • 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
    • Bug: Damage buff indicators are sunk into the ground.
  • 10 May 2024 - v1.19.2
    • Bugfix: Damage buff indicators are no longer sunk into the ground.

Notes

  1. ↑ Burn damage is not affected.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Only splash damage is increased.
  3. ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
  4. ↑ Gunner APC damage is not affected.
  5. ↑ Increase for the crit damage is the same as regular damage.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Poison damage is not increased.
  7. ↑ Only Grenadier has increased damage.
  8. ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
  9. ↑ Regular unit damage is not affected.
  10. ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
  11. ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
  12. ↑ Bleed damage is not affected.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Burn damage is not increased.
  14. ↑ Bee damage is not increased.
  15. ↑ Increase for the freeze bonus damage is the same as regular damage.
  16. ↑ Poison and burn damage are not increased.
  17. ↑ Chillness damage is not increased.
  18. ↑ Unit and burn damage are not increased.
  19. ↑ Only the AOE damage from the melee attack is increased.
  20. ↑ Regular unit damage is not affected.


 
Buffs Damage Buff • Firerate Buff • Range Buff • Discount Buff • Firework Buff • Hidden Detection Buff • Flying Detection Buff • Lead Detection Buff • Burst Buff • Cash Shot Buff • Coordination • Shared Optics
Debuffs Fatigue Debuff • Firerate Debuff • Cost Debuff • Range Debuff • Scared Debuff • Damage Debuff
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