Gladiator

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Event Content

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Gladiator has been made unobtainable from the game as of the 13th of October 2019 as it was part of the SFOTH Event.
Players with the item in question can continue using it, but you cannot obtain this item anymore, outside of limited-time promotional sales.

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Description

The Gladiator is an exclusive melee ground tower that could have been obtained by triumphing The Heights during the SFOTH Event, or paying Robux 599.

The Gladiator swings its sword in an arc, piercing through multiple enemies at once. At Level 2, it unlocks the War Cry ability; upon activation, it makes it attack much faster by giving it a Firerate Buff, allowing it to deal significantly more damage and deal with stronger threats. Additionally, it removes the Fatigue Debuff or Scared Debuff from the Gladiator. When activating the ability, the Gladiator will stop attacking enemies for 1.5 seconds. From Level 3, it also unlocks the passive ability Fire Aspect. Once the cooldown bar reaches 0, the next attack will inflict burn on an enemy, dealing damage over time for a short duration.

The Gladiator also has a unique passive ability where it can block stuns, such as attacks from the Frost Hero or the Fallen King. During the parry, it stops attacking enemies for 0.75 seconds. It cannot parry other types of attacks, like debuffs or freezes.

The Gladiator has hidden detection from Level 0 and lead detection from Level 3. It has no placement limit.

Upgrades

Arena Conditioning

Level 1 • Cost: Cash

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+2 Damage Damage

0.95 > 0.8 Swingrate Swingrate

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Warrior's Call

Level 2 • Cost: Cash

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+10 Damage Damage

Boosts Gladiator's attack rate and removes any Fatigue Debuff and Scared Debuff on it.

•65% Firerate Buff Firerate Buff

•15 Duration Duration

•30 Ability Cooldown Ability Cooldown

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Champion's Flame

Level 3 • Cost: Cash

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+10 Damage Damage

+0.5 Range Range

0.8 > 0.7 Swingrate Swingrate

+3 Max Hits

+Lead Detection Lead Detection

Once the timer visible on the tower goes down to 0, the next hit will inflict burn on any hit enemy.

•2 Burn Damage Burn Damage

•0.3 Burn Tick Rate Burn Tick Rate

•1.2 Burn Duration Burn Duration

•4 Burn Cooldown Burn Cooldown

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Centurion

Level 4 • Cost: Cash

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+30 Damage Damage

+2 Max Hits

+2 Burn Damage Burn Damage

4 > 3 Burn Cooldown Burn Cooldown

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King of the Arena

Level 5 • Cost: Cash

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+20 Damage Damage

0.7 > 0.55 Swingrate Swingrate

+0.5 Range Range

+3 Max Hits

+3 Burn Damage Burn Damage

0.3 > 0.15 Burn Tick Rate Burn Tick Rate

1.2 > 1.5 Burn Duration Burn Duration

3 > 2 Burn Cooldown Burn Cooldown

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Ability

War Cry

Level 2+ • 30s Cooldown

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Decreases swingrate by 65% through the Firerate Buff while also removing any Fatigue Debuff or Scared Debuff on the tower. When activated, the Gladiator cannot attack enemies for a few seconds. Lasts for 15 seconds.

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Statistics

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page. Template:Neow

Skins

To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the gallery page.

	File:SluggerGladiatorRework0.png	File:PumpkinGladiatorRework0.png	File:DemonGladiatorRework0.png	File:BeachGladiatorRework0.png
Skin	Slugger	Pumpkin	Demon	Beach
Rarity	Legendary	Event	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	Robux 190	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Crate	Pumpkin Crate	Spooky Crate	Code: beachglad2022
	File:VigilanteGladiatorRework0.png	File:PirateGladiatorRework0.png	File:GalacticGladiatorRework0.png	File:PhantomGladiatorRework0.png
Skin	Vigilante	Pirate	Galactic	Phantom
Rarity	Legendary	Legendary	Rare	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	Coin 7,000	Coin 7,000	Robux 360	Robux 499
Obtained From	Vigilante Crate	Pirate Crate	Deluxe Crate	Phantom Crate
	File:CameramanGladiator0.png
Skin	Cameraman
Rarity	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	Robux 560
Obtained From	Deluxe Crate

Strategy

• Due to the Gladiator's attack hitting up to ten enemies it can deal high amounts of damage to crowded groups of enemies.
• Since the Gladiator has a very short range, it should be placed at bends or turns on paths to maximize how much of the path it covers in its range.
  • It should also be placed at the front to kill early-game enemies quickly.
  • On maps with multiple lanes, it is recommended to place the Gladiator near intersecting paths, where enemies enter its range from multiple paths, allowing it to take out enemies from multiple paths at once.
• The Gladiator's swingrate can be decreased with the Commander, helping the Gladiator attack faster.
  • The Gladiator's Warrior's Call, paired with the Commander's Call to Arms, can further decrease swingrate, causing the Gladiator to be able to attack very quickly. This can effectively handle fast and tough enemies.
    • Do note that the Warrior's Call ability stops the Gladiator from attacking for a 1.5 seconds when activated. The ability should be used a few seconds before enemies enter the Gladiator's range.
• Towers like the Freezer, Tesla or Sledger can be used to slow enemies down, giving more time for the Gladiator to attack them.
• The Gladiator's capability to hit more than one enemy makes it very efficient against groups of enemies, especially slow ones. Do note that it can only hit a limited number of enemies in one swing.
• The Gladiator struggles against fast enemies, such as the Bolt and Fallen Rusher, as most often will escape Gladiator's range very quickly.
  • Additionally, singular high-health enemy like the Speedy Boss can easily pass through its range. On the other hand, groups of slow, tough enemies like the Slow Boss are optimal for the Gladiator as it can hit a decent number of enemies within its range.
  • It may become feasible by setting up multiple Gladiators placed along the path to handle further, more of them.
• The Gladiator has hidden detection from Level 0 onwards, so it can deal with Hidden enemies very early on.
• On Level 3 or higher, the Gladiator gains lead detection, allowing it to handle Lead enemies, especially during early to mid-game.
• Because there is a delay where the Gladiator does not attack for a few seconds after performing the ability, it is useful to use the ability around a second before an enemy enters its range.
• The Gladiator has a small placement footprint, meaning that it can squeeze in beside other towers quite easily.
  • On top of this, as it lacks a placement limit, it can be placed in high groups around a corner, which due to their high DPS and AOE allows them to clear out hordes of enemies quite easily.

Trivia

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Level 0 Gladiator seen farming in the 2nd & 3rd versions of Medieval Times.

• When the Gladiator was first added, its upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans sword".
• The Gladiator could have been seen in the second and third versions of Medieval Times farming in front of a house, supposedly on vacation.
  • This was due to the fact that the Gladiator was unusable between the 13th of October 2019 and the 29th of November 2019.
    • Attempting to place the Gladiator resulted in the following message being displayed: "Hey! I'm on vacation, don't bother me!".
  • This Easter egg was still in the game, despite the Gladiator being usable again, though it would be removed on the 4th of February 2023 when Medieval Times was remade.
• Prior to the 29th of November 2019, the Gladiator had two abilities: Frenzy and Sharp Edge.
  • Frenzy was the original name for Warrior's Call.
  • Sharp Edge increased damage by 100% for 8 seconds, having a 60-second cooldown between each use.
• Prior to the MEGA Update and the Medic's addition to the game, the Gladiator was the only tower that was able to heal base health.
  • At Level 5, the Gladiator healed +1 health per kill (for base health). This was, however, removed on the 29th of November 2019.
• The Gladiator used to have four main attacks after the 29th of November 2019. Each attack was chosen at random prior to the 26th of May 2020.
  • The first one was a simple Sword Slash. This hit the least number of enemies.
  • The second one was a Sword Spin. This made the Gladiator spin around 360 degrees, damaging any enemies in the said area.
  • The third was the Piercing Lunge, which could be unlocked at Level 4. As the name suggests, the Gladiator lunged forward to deal damage to any enemy within range.
  • The fourth was the Sharp Dash, which could be unlocked at Level 5. The Gladiator quickly dashed forward, and did an attack similar to the Piercing Lunge, but it affected more enemies as the range was increased. This affected the most enemies.
• This was the first event tower to be added to the game.
• Upon being hit by the Gladiator, enemies will emit blood particles.
• The v2.7.0 rework has went through a few mechanical changes before release which can be seen through various developer descriptions of its mechanics.
  • The first is Blood Strike, an ability which was directly replaced by Fire Aspect was the early version of Fire Aspect, applying bleed rather than burn in a similar manner it does so currently.
  • The tower appears to have originally been able to support other towers through its War Cry, as such mechanic has been mentioned at many points by the developers. Although the Gladiator can apply a buff to itself and cleanse some debuffs from itself, it is not able to buff other towers.
    • This was scrapped due to the ability being useless and not fitting very well with the tower's design.
  • The update log for v2.7.0 mentions that War Cry has a 50% boost to range. However, in-game the Gladiator does not boost either its own range or the range of other towers, suggesting this also is an unused mechanic.
  • Although not a mechanic, months prior to the rework getting a release date BelowNatural ended up posting an image of a redesigned default skin which was far closer to the previous version, though it ended up getting replaced by the version seen in-game.
• War Cry uses a modified version of Fjord's Slash ability for its icon.
• The Fire Aspect passive ability name is a reference to a Minecraft enchantment of the same name.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 24 June 2019 - BETA v1.2.0
  • Gladiator added.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Gladiator can no longer be obtained by triumphing The Heights.
  • Gladiator is temporarily unusable (can be in a loadout but cannot be placed down).
• 29 November 2019 - Release v1.4.0
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 200.
  • Gladiator is now usable again.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Swingrate increased from 1.35 to 1.55.
      • Range decreased from 6 to 4.
    • Level 2
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +4.
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +10.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to 1.55.
      • Frenzy renamed to Warrior's Call.
      • Warrior's Call cooldown decreased from 60s to 30s.
      • Warrior's Call duration increased from 8s to 15s.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Damage increased from +3 to +20.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to 1.55.
      • Sharp Edge ability removed.
      • Piercing Lunge animation added.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Range increased from +0 to +3.
      • Damage increased from +17 to +40.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to 1.55.
      • +1 base health per kill removed.
      • Sharp Dash animation added.
• 30 November 2019 - Release v1.4.0a
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is now unobtainable.
  • Bug: Gladiator is not affected by upgrades regardless of appearance.
• 26 January 2020 - Release v1.6.1
  • Bugfix: Gladiator now upgrades properly.
• 18 March 2020 - Release v1.8.1
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from Cash to Cash.
• 26 May 2020 - Release v1.11.0
  • Gladiator now only performs one attack which hits all enemies within a 180° arc.
  • Placement footprint size decreased.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Swingrate decreased from 1.55 to 1.05.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +4 to +2.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +10 to +5.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +20 to +15.
      • Swingrate changed from 1.55 to Template:Tooltip.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Piercing Lunge removed.
    • Level 5
      • Cost decreased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +40 to +20.
      • Swingrate changed from 1.55 to Template:Tooltip.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +1.
      • Sharp Dash removed.
  • New animations and new SFX added.
  • New skin: Slugger
  • Bug: Gladiator has infinite pierce.
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Gladiator can now block stuns every 5 seconds.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Premium Crate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 4 to 5.
      • Swingrate decreased from 1.05 to 1.03.
    • Level 4
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
    • Level 5
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
• 31 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.1.0
  • New skin: Pumpkin
• 23 November 2020 - Overhaul v1.1.1
  • New skin: Demon
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Bug: Gladiator cannot block stuns anymore.
• 31 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.1c
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 500.
  • Bugfix: Gladiator can now block stuns.
  • Bug: Gladiator has the stun particle after blocking the attack, despite the said attack being blocked.
• 2 June 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.1d
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is now unobtainable.
• 26 November 2021 - Overhaul v1.4.1c
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 500.
• 28 November 2021 - Overhaul v1.4.1d
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is now unobtainable.
• 17 February 2022
  • Bug: The Gladiator's firerate boost decreases the firerate to a number with a very long decimal.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Firerate Buff equation changed.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 1.03 to 1.025.
    • Level 4
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
    • Level 5
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
  • Bugfix: The Gladiator's firerate boost no longer decreases the firerate to a number with a very long decimal.
• 5 August 2022 - v1.3.1
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 700.
• 6 August 2022 - v1.3.1a
  • New skin: Beach
• 8 August 2022 - v1.3.1b
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is unobtainable.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Placement footprint size increased.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2a
  • Placement footprint size decreased to 1.
• 24 June 2023 - v1.8.2
  • New Warrior's Call ability visuals.
  • New skin: Vigilante
• 4 July 2023 - v1.8.2d
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 600.
• 6 July 2023 - v1.8.2e
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is unobtainable.
• 5 August 2023 - v1.8.4
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • When the Warrior's Call ability is activated, the Gladiator cannot attack for a few seconds.
  • New skin: Pirate
• 28 October 2023 - v1.9.0
  • New skin: Galactic
  • Bugfix: Gladiator can no longer hit an infinite amount of enemies.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • New skin: Phantom
• 15 March 2024 - v1.16.0
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 650.
• 21 March 2024 - v1.16.0d
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is unobtainable.
• 12 April 2024 - v1.18.4
  • New skin: Cameraman
• 27 May 2024 - v1.23.2a
  • Gladiator is now available through a gamepass for Robux 600.
• 29 May 2024 - v1.23.3a
  • Gamepass offsale, Gladiator is now unobtainable.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by Damage Buffs.
• 16 December 2024 - v1.46.0
  • Bug: Gladiator can no longer damage Flying enemies, even when given flying detection.
  • Bug: Gladiator now has difficulties hitting enemies for its first swing.
  • Bugfix: Gladiator now can damage enemies in range higher than 6.
• 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
  • Offense role added.
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage increased from 2 to 5.
      • Range increased from 5 to 5.5.
      • Swingrate decreased from 1.025 to 0.975.
      • Max hits decreased from 3 to 2.
      • Parry cooldown decreased from 5 to 1.25.
      • Hidden detection added, moved from Level 2.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Firerate changed from 1.025 to Template:Tooltip.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +10.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +20.
      • Range increased from +0 to +0.25.
      • Swingrate changed from 1.025 to Template:Tooltip.
      • Max hits increased from +0 to +3.
      • Warrior's Call Firerate Buff increased from 35% to 60%.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage increased from +15 to +40.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to 1.167.
      • Max hits increased from +0 to +2.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage increased from +15 to +100.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.25.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Max hits increased from +0 to +3.
• 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Range increased from +0.25 to +0.5.
      • Firerate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Warrior's Call Firerate Buff increased from 60% to 65%.
    • Level 5
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Range increased from +0.25 to +0.5.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.975 to 0.95.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
    • Level 5
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
• 21 August 2026 - v2.7.0
  • Warrior's Call replaced with War Cry.
    • Now removes Fatigue Debuff and Scared Debuff from the Gladiator when used.
  • Fire Aspect added, which once its cooldown is over causes the next hit to inflict burn on enemies.
  • Placement limit removed.
  • Gladiator is available through a gamepass for Robux 599.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from Cash to Cash.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Name changed from Warrior Armor to Arena Conditioning.
    • Level 2
      • Now unlocks War Cry, moved from Level 3.
      • Name changed from Dangersense to Warrior's Call.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +20 to +10.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Lead detection added.
      • Now unlocks Fire Aspect.
        • Deals 2 burn damage.
        • Has a tick of 0.3.
        • Burn lasts 1.2 seconds.
        • Has a cooldown of 4.
      • Name changed from Extra Protection to Champion's Flame.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +40 to +30.
      • Burn damage increase of +2 added.
      • Burn cooldown change of 4 > 3 added.
      • Name changed from Illumina to Centurion.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from Cash to Cash.
      • Damage decreased from +100 to +20.
      • Swingrate changed from Template:Tooltip to Template:Tooltip.
      • Burn damage increase of +3 added.
      • Burn cooldown change of 3 > 2 added.
      • Burn tick rate change of 0.3 > 0.15 added.
      • Burn duration change of 1.2 > 1.5 added.

Notes

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