Gladiator

"Earned by beating the Gladiator Event"

―In-game Description

Description

The Gladiator is a short-range ground unit that is unlocked by triumphing in the Sword Fight on The Heights (SFOTH) event, which, keep in mind, is very hard. It cannot be bought in the store. It has a grey shirt and dark grey pants, symbolizing a Roman gladiator. It holds a Claymore sword at its base level.

The Gladiator attacks by swinging its sword, dealing 2 damage at base level to all zombies caught in its swing. This makes it a splash damage tower, though it operates differently from other splash damage towers. However, the Gladiator has a very short range, making it most useful for slow groups of zombies such as Slows but making it weak against fast zombies such as Shocks.

This is mostly considered an early game tower, and many consider this as the worst tower in the game despite being very difficult to obtain. It's previously unique ability to provide lives has been overshadowed by the Medic.
As of October, the Gladiator is "on vacation", and can not be used.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Armor - $250
+1 Damage Sell Price changes to $174

Level 2 - Helmet and Sword - $550
+1 Range +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $311

Venomshank

Level 3 • Cost: Venomshank - $1,250

+1 Damage

+Frenzy

+1.3 > 1 Swing rate

Sell Price changes to $623

Illumina

Level 4 • Cost: Illumina - $3,000

+3 Damage

+Sharp Edge

1 > 0.9 Swing rate

Sell Price changes to $1,373

Darkheart

Level 5 • Cost: Darkheart - $6,200

+17 Damage

0.9 > 0.75 Swing rate

+1 HP per kill

Sell Price changes to $2,923

Abilities

Frenzy

Level 3+ • 60s Cooldown

Boosts swing rate by 35%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Sharp Edge

Level 4+ • 60s Cooldown

Boosts damage by 100%. Lasts 8 seconds.

Stats Table

NOTE: Abilities are not taken into account.

Level	Total Price	Total Damage	Swingrate	Total Range	DPS
0	$450	2	1.3	6	1.54
1	$700	2	1.3	7	1.54
2	$1,250	3	1.3	7	2.31
3	$2,500	4	1	7	4
4	$5,500	7	0.9	7	7.78
5	$13,700	24	0.75	7	32

Skins

	File:Place.jpg	File:Place.jpg	File:Place.jpg	File:Place.jpg	File:Place.jpg
Skin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Crate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Strategy

• Since the Gladiator has a very short range, it should be placed at bends or turns on the map to make the most use of its range.
• The Gladiator's ability to hit more than one enemy makes it very efficient against groups of enemies, especially slow ones.
• The Gladiator's weakness is fast enemies such as Shock since they will move out of the Gladiator's range very quickly.
• The Freezer pairs well with the Gladiator since its freezing ability causes affected zombies to remain in the Gladiator's radius longer.
  • The Pyromancer's burn to slow down enemies helps as well.

Trivia

• The Linked Sword , Brigand's Sword , Venomshank , Claymore , Illumina , and Darkheart are all gears found in the Roblox Catalog.
  • These swords are well known in ROBLOX's history. Linked Sword was one of the six weapons of BrickBattle. Brigand's Sword was the first gear ever published. Venomshank, Illumina, and Darkheart are unique swords from Sword Fight on the Heights IV among four other swords.
• This, the Commando, Cowboy and the Shredder are the only towers that can only be unlocked by triumphing on their respective maps.

Update History

• (14/10/2019)
  • Skin support added.
  • Gladiator is temporarily unobtainable.
    • Gladiator is on "vacation". Can still be added to your loadout but can not be placed down.
• (24/06/2019)
  • Gladiator added.