Mega Slow

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This article is about Mega Slow. You may be looking for Slow, Slow Boss or Slow King.

"This enemy has already taken quite a beating, but it can take a lot more!
Get ready for Mega Slows!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 19 (Hardcore)

"This enemy has awweady taken quite a beating, but it can take a wot mowe! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)૭☒
Get weady fow Mega Swows! (☉ㅅ☉U)"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 19 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

Description

The Mega Slow is a large and tough enemy which only appears on Hardcore mode. While it has below average speed, it has very high health for its debut. This makes it a very dangerous threat. Additionally, it has 15% defense, reducing the effectiveness of some towers. It also has stun immunity, though this immunity does not do anything.

The Mega Slow can be spawned by the Void Reaver and Grave Digger, in Hardcore mode only. The Mystery Boss can also spawn the Mega Slow upon its death in Hardcore mode.

Appearance

Current (Version 1 & 3)Version 2

The first and current Mega Slow is a large enemy. It is slightly smaller than the Giant Boss. It has a reflective green skin color and is faceless. It has tumors on its left arm and head. Its torso, sleeves and legs are granite black. It also has a metal armband on its right arm and has hooks growing on both of its shoulders. It also has a small black axe stabbed into its back. It walks slightly hunchbacked and has a twisted left leg.

The second Mega Slow was similar to its current version except it had only one hook on its shoulder.

Strategy

• Because of the Mega Slow's early appearance and the increased prices of towers and upgrades in Hardcore mode, it may be the downfall of most players if they are unprepared for it.
  • For this reason, Farms are heavily recommended so that you will be able to afford more expensive upgrades sooner.
  • Additionally, if multiple Lead Bosses were spawned from Mysteries on previous waves, the Mega Slow's debut can easily lead to a defeat on a shorter map.
    • If you are playing on a map with the Enemies Beta modifier, Lead Bosses will be less of a problem on their own, as Mysteries are replaced by Breaker2s.
• High DPS towers, such as the Level 2 Accelerator or Turret, are recommended against this.
  • The Minigunner, Golden Soldier or Golden Minigunner can also be used, however as they do not have lead penetration, they cannot deal with the Lead Bosses that spawn before the Mega Slow.
  • If you are using the Ranger to defeat the Mega Slow, it is recommended to set its targeting to Strongest so that it can damage the Mega Slow instead of weaker enemies, wasting its shots.
• The Military Base's Tanks and Humvee 3s can be effective against this enemy, as they deal full collision damage to defense enemies. Once the Mega Slow begins to spawn in hordes, however, their effectiveness is reduced.
  • Early on, multiple Humvee 2s is the best way to take down the Mega Slow due to their cheap price, even with the Hardcore mode's 50% price increase. Additionally, most maps for Hardcore are pretty long, giving the Humvee 2s more time to spawn and damage this enemy.
• A Level 4 Golden Scout can easily take down the Mega Slow for a relatively cheap price.
• You can use slowing towers, such as the Toxic Gunner, Electroshocker or Sledger to slow this enemy down.
  • While the Mega Slow has stun immunity, this immunity does not do anything.
  • The Freezer, Sledger, Frost Blaster and Warden can only slow it down for a shorter period of time compared to an average-sized enemy, due to its large size.
  • The Electroshocker, Freezer and Frost Blaster can also remove up to 20% Mega Slow's defense, allowing your towers to deal more damage.
    • This can stack, so the Freezer/Frost Blaster and Electroshocker can together remove up to 40% of its defense.
    • The Pyromancer can also remove 50% of Mega Slow's defense, allowing your towers to deal even more damage.

Gallery

Previous Variants

• 
  Second version (8 May 2021 – 23 March 2022)
• 
  First & Current version (29 October 2020 – 8 May 2021, 23 March 2022 – Present)

Trivia

• The appearance of the Mega Slow is similar to the old design of the Boss4 from Tower Battles.
• Weirdly, the health of the Mega Slow was increased in MEGA Servers, despite it not being able to spawn in a MEGA Server without admin commands.
• When the Mega Slow was frozen by the Sledger prior to the 23rd of March 2022, it had a chance to create a huge wall of ice.
  • This was due to one of its hooks being able to fall off of itself and fall far below the map, and the ice would attempt to encompass the hook.

Update History

• 29 October 2020
  • Mega Slow added.
• 8 May 2021
  • Defense changed from 15 to 15%.
  • Bug: The hook on the left shoulder of the Mega Slow falls off.
• 23 March 2022
  • Bugfix: The hook on the left shoulder of the Mega Slow no longer falls off.
• 23 May 2023
  • Energy immunity replaced with stun immunity.

Hardcore
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Mystery Wave 17	Mega Slow Wave 19	Fallen Reaper Wave 21