Lead (Legacy Enemy)

Lead

Attribute • Legacy Enemy • Modern Enemy

Sandbox Only Content

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Lead (Legacy Enemy) was previously removed on the 5th of June 2026, though it has been made available through the Sandbox mode later.
It is not accessible anywhere else in the game. This page will attempt to include information about both the version before removal and its re-added version.

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This article is about Lead (Legacy Enemy). You may be looking for the Lead Boss or Lead Balloon.

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"It looks like these enemies are covered in lead.
Only explosions, fire, and electricity can damage them!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 14 (Formerly, Hardcore)

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"It wooks wike these enemies awe covewed in wead. (･ω･ `)...........
Onwy expwosions, fiwe, and ewectwicity can damage them! (☉ㅅ☉U)"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 14 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

Description

The Lead was an enemy which only appeared on Hardcore mode. Currently, it can only be spawned in Sandbox mode if the player has the Sandbox Plus+ gamepass. It has somewhat high health for its debut, but luckily it is quite slow. As it is a Lead enemy, it cannot be damaged by towers without lead detection.

The Lead could be spawned by the Grave Digger in Hardcore mode. The Mystery could also spawn the Lead upon its death in Hardcore mode.

Appearance

The Lead is completely metal-plated from its head to its legs. It is faceless. It is about the same size as the Abnormal. Its head is slightly tilted downwards.

Strategy

This strategy refers to the state of the game while the Invisible still appeared in the Hardcore mode.

• Any tower with splash, fire, electric, poison and collision damage will damage the Lead.
  • The Golden Pyromancer and Electroshocker are perhaps the most effective towers against the Lead due to their DPS and ability to damage multiple Leads.
  • The Freezer can slow down the Lead, but is unable to damage it.
    • The Cryomancer and Frost Blaster can both damage the Lead as well as slow it down, making it a great option against it.
  • Units can also deal with the Lead well, as most of them have a pretty decent amount of health.
    • Similarly, the Trapper's spikes are also very effective against Leads
  • Bombs from the Ace Pilot can damage the Lead, but its bullets cannot.
  • The Swarmer cannot damage the Lead without its ability.
• A Level 3+ Sniper, Warden or Ranger can damage the Lead directly, but these are relatively expensive options.
  • Likewise, the Accelerator and Level 1+ Pursuit can easily defeat the Lead.
• A Level 3 Golden Scout is a relatively cheap option to deal with multiple Leads.
  • Multiple Level 0 Brawlers or a Level 2 Brawler can also work pretty well.
• Low level Engineers might struggle with multiple Leads due to it having to take time to build sentries, which cannot damage them.

Gallery

Corpse Variants

• Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version (12 March 2025 – Present)

Miscellaneous

• Lead on its Index icon.
  Lead on its Index icon.

Trivia

• This enemy was based on the Lead Bloon from the Bloons Tower Defense series.
• Lead, alongside the Lead Boss and Lead Balloon have unique spark particles when they are hit by an attack that cannot detect lead enemies.

Update History

• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Lead added.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Lead removed from the main game, now appears exclusively in Sandbox mode.
  • No longer appears in the Index.

Hardcore
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Balloon Wave 12	Lead Wave 14	Lead Boss Wave 16

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