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Militant
Unlock Cost	800
Role	Offense
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Cost	$600
Base Selling Cost	$200
Base Damage	1
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	0.225
Base Range	14
Hidden Detection	Level 1+
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	Level 1+
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)
Base Cost	$1,400
Base Selling Cost	$466
Base Damage	2
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	0.2
Base Range	15
Hidden Detection	Level 1+
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	Level 1+
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)
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A[sic] early-mid game tower with moderately low damage, high fire rate, and great range.
Capable of detection hidden and flying enemies.

CurrentVersion 3Version 2Hardcore TestingVersion 1

Trained with an assault rifle, this tower deals medium damage at a fast firerate.

―Store Description

Trained with an assault rifle, this tower deals medium damage at a fast firerate. Keep an eye out for his ammo!

―Former Store Description

Equipped with a FN FAL and has a fast firerate.

―Former Store Description

At max level, he uses his raging voice to increase the damage of ally towers. Based on the youtuber: JOHNROBLOX.

―Former Store Description

Subscribe to JOHN ROBLOX for very funny Roblox videos.

―Former Store Description

Description

The Militant, formerly known as John, is an intermediate tower that costs 800 to buy from the store, but can also be obtained by purchasing the Starter Bundle. It could also be obtained by a now expired code.

The Militant begins with low damage but it is supported by a fast firerate. It has long range, allowing it to cover large amounts of the track. Through upgrades its DPS, firerate, range increase greatly, but these upgrades are costly.

The Militant is considered an early to mid-game tower.

Upgrades

RegularPVP

Radio Comms

Level 1 • Cost: $300

0.225 > 0.175 Firerate

+3 Range

+Hidden Detection

+Flying Detection

Sell Price changes to $300

Field Ops

Level 2 • Cost: $850

+1 Damage

Sell Price changes to $583

Guerrilla Tactics

Level 3 • Cost: $2,750

+3 Damage

Sell Price changes to $1,500

Stealth Mercenary

Level 4 • Cost: $8,000

+3 Range

+7 Damage

Sell Price changes to $4,166

Radio Comms

Level 1 • Cost: $600

+2 Range

0.2 > 0.15 Firerate

+Hidden Detection

+Flying Detection

Sell Price changes to $666

Bigger Rifle

Level 2 • Cost: $2,600

0.15 > 0.1 Firerate

Sell Price changes to $1,533

Upskill

Level 3 • Cost: $5,000

+3 Range

+3 Damage

Sell Price changes to $3,200

Stealth Mercenary

Level 4 • Cost: $10,000

+5 Damage

Sell Price changes to $6,533

Statistics

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

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RegularPVP

Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$600	$600	1	0.225	14	4.44	$135.14
1	$300	$900	1	0.175	17	5.71	$157.62
2	$850	$1,750	2	0.175	17	11.43	$153.11
3	$2,750	$4,500	5	0.175	17	28.57	$157.51
4	$8,000	$12,500	12	0.175	20	68.57	$182.3

Level	Cost	Total Cost	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$1,400	$1,400	2	0.2	15	10	$140
1	$600	$2,000	2	0.15	17	13.33	$150.04
2	$2,600	$4,600	2	0.1	17	20	$230
3	$5,000	$9,600	5	0.1	20	50	$192
4	$10,000	$19,600	10	0.1	20	100	$196

Skins

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

Skin	Ace Pilot	Pumpkin	Hazmat	Ghost
Rarity	Rare	Event	Common	Event
Daily Store Cost	350	N/A	85	N/A
Obtained From	Deluxe Crate	Formerly Halloween 2019 Crate	Premium Crate	Spooky Crate
Skin	Chocolatier	Ducky	Beach	John
Rarity	Uncommon	Uncommon	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	4,500	3,500	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Valentines 2026 Crate, Lovestruck Crate, Lovely Crate, Season of Love Season	Ducky Crate, Hunting Season	End of Summer Season	Code: JOHNRETURNS, 9509253943
Skin	Lumberjack	Davinchi	Fallen	Star Spartan
Rarity	Uncommon	Event	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	105	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Crate, Philips x TDS Season	Lunar Overture Season	Undead Solider Mission Quest	For the Commander! Mission Quest
Skin	Wasteland	Easter	Acheron	Undead
Rarity	Rare	Rare	Uncommon	Uncommon
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass	Ducky Revenge Regular Battle Pass	Surf & Turf Premium Battle Pass	Null & Void Regular Battle Pass
Skin	SuperFan	Pirate
Rarity	Exclusive	Common
Daily Store Cost	N/A	3,500
Obtained From	Do The Wave! Mission Quest	Pirate Crate

Strategy

• The Militant's high DPS and low cost make it very viable to use early on during the game. It can also be very useful mid-game and in some weaker modes, late-game.
  • Early on, you can place multiple Level 1 Militants, due to their high DPS, high range, flying detection and hidden detection.
    • Later on during the game, they should be upgraded to Level 3 or 4.
  • Later on during the game, the Commander can be very useful at increasing its DPS, making it quite useful late-game.
• The Militant can be quite effective against hidden enemies like the Hidden Boss due to its cheap Hidden detection and decent DPS.
• Because the Militant gains flying detection at Level 1, it can be used in Hardcore to kill early-game Balloons or, if enough are placed down, deal with Flying enemies that appear in mid to late-game waves of Fallen and Pizza Party modes.
  • You will need multiple Level 3-4 Militants to deal with the late-game Fallen and Pizza Party enemies due to their high health.

Trivia

• When John was first added to the game, its upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "swager21".
  • It was the only tower that did not include the word "sans" in its upgrade description at the time of its release.
• This tower used to be redeemable with the now expired code: J0HNRBX.
• The Militant (when it was originally called John) had an ability called Gorilla Sounds which increased the damage of most towers within its range by 30%. This lasted 10 seconds and had a 30 second cooldown.
  • During Hardcore Testing BETA, this ability was renamed to Enraging Shout.
  • This ability could not increase the damage of the following towers:
    • Any projectile-based towers: the Mortar, Rocketeer, Demoman, Freezer (splash damage only; its direct, non-explosive, damage can be increased), Paintballer and Holiday Archer.
    • The Ace Pilot bombs, Commando missiles or Pursuit missiles, as they all count as projectiles.
    • The Shredder when its Knife Throw ability was activated, as the knives it threw counted as a projectile.
    • The Pyromancer's burn damage or the Swarmer's bee damage.
      • The Pyromancer's normal damage could still be increased.
    • The Enforcer.
    • All units.
• This tower was originally dedicated to YouTuber JOHN ROBLOX.
  • Before the addition of this tower, the Paintballer was considered John's tower.
  • The Enraging Shout ability was based on various noises that he would make in his videos.
• The now removed Enraging Shout ability would play various sound effects, with some skins having their own specific sound effects.
  • The regular Enraging Shout sound was voiced by YouTuber JOHN ROBLOX. There were four lines:
    • "Oh you think you're hard, you think you're hard ya dumb old zombies, shred em, shred em, shred em, shred!"
    • "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" with a scream at the end.
    • Sounds resembling that of a gorilla, specifically one going "oo-oo-oo" repeatedly.
    • "Yeah, get em, get em, get em, yeah, yeah, get em!"
  • The Pumpkin skin for Militant had two sound effects, both of which are laughs.
  • The Ace Pilot skin for Militant had one sound effect that was only used during Hardcore Testing, prior to that it did not play anything. The one line was:
    • "kakugo surun yo"
      • In English, it translates to "Ya better be prepared!".
      • This is a reference to JOHN ROBLOX's video, zerotwo but in roblox, although the actual sound effect comes from the anime Macross Delta.
• The Militant still uses John upgrade icons from Hardcore Testing BETA, even though its design has been drastically changed.
• The Militant was the only tower that used a reloading system, until the Cryomancer was released.
  • The Militant's reloading system was removed in the Entity System Update.
• The Militant has the most category changes for a tower, as it has been moved from Starter to Intermediate and the other way around, as it changed a total of three times.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 16 June 2019 - BETA v1.1.0
  • John added.
• 24 June 2019 - BETA v1.2.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 7 to 12.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from $12,000 to $16,000.
      • Gorilla Noises Damage Buff increased from 20% to 50%.
      • Gorilla Noises cost increased from free to $100.
• 1 July 2019 - BETA v1.3.2
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $8,200 to $6,200.
    • Level 5
      • Cost decreased from $16,000 to $10,000.
• 19 July 2019 - BETA v1.6.0
  • Code expired, unlock cost is now 1,000.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,400 to $1,000.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,250 to $2,400.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $6,200 to $5,000.
    • Level 5
      • Gorilla Noises Damage Buff decreased from 50% to 30%.
      • Gorilla Noises cost decreased from $100 to free.
      • Gorilla Noises cooldown decreased from 65s to 30s.
      • Gorilla Noises now has rage particles that only last 5 seconds while the ability lasts 10 seconds.
  • New skin: Ace Pilot
  • Bug: John does not gain hidden detection on Level 2.
• 18 October 2019 - Release v1.1.0
  • New skin: Pumpkin
• 9 November 2019 - Release v1.2.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
        • Bug: This was not changed in the upgrade description.
    • Level 5
      • Gorilla Noises now stacks with other Damage Buffs.
  • Bugfix: John now gains hidden detection on Level 2.
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $575 to $550.
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
    • Level 1
      • Renamed from Gloves to Laser Sight.
      • Cost decreased from $450 to $200.
    • Level 2
      • Renamed from Laser Sight to Improved Handling.
      • Cost decreased from $1,000 to $600.
    • Level 3
      • Renamed from Light Machine Gun to Master Chef.
      • Cost decreased from $2,400 to $1,250.
    • Level 4
      • Renamed from Master Chef to AUG A1.
      • Cost decreased from $5,000 to $3,500.
    • Level 5
      • Renamed from GORILLA SOUNDS to A Force to be Reckoned With.
      • Cost decreased from $10,000 to $8,500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.25 to 0.25 to 0.2.
  • Ability particles updated and now last for 10 seconds.
• 29 April 2020 - Release v1.10.0
  • New skin: Hazmat
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Renamed from John to Militant.
  • Unlock cost increased from 1,000 to 2,000.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Crate and Premium Crate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.85 to 0.43.
      • Range increased from 10 to 12.
      • Cost increased from $550 to $1,200.
    • Level 1
      • Renamed from Laser Sight to Percise Aiming.
    • Level 2
      • Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.85 > 0.65 to 0.43.
      • Cost decreased from $600 to $450.
      • Renamed from Improved Handling to Radio Support.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.65 to 0.43 > 0.23.
      • Cost decreased from $1,250 to $1,200.
      • Renamed from Master Chef to Automatic.
    • Level 4
      • Range decreased from +3 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.65 > 0.25 to 0.23.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Renamed from AUG A1 to Intense Training.
    • Level 5
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.25 > 0.2 to 0.23 > 0.18.
      • Gorilla Noises ability removed.
      • Renamed from A Force to be Reckoned With to Special Forces.
• 23 November 2020 - Overhaul v1.1.1
  • New skin: Ghost
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Militant now has ammo, when it runs out of ammo or does not detect any enemies for a while it will start reloading.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $1,200 to $750.
      • Damage decreased from 2 to 1.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.43 to 0.23.
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
      • Now has 18 ammo.
    • Level 3
      • Name changed from Automatic to Sharp Shooter.
      • Firerate changed from 0.43 > 0.23 to 0.23 > 0.155.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Ammo increased from +0 to +12.
      • Cost increased from $1,200 to $1,800.
    • Level 4
      • Range increased from +0 to +1.
      • Cost increased from $3,500 to $4,500.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Statistics:
        • Name: Special Forces
        • Cost: $7,500
        • +2 Damage
        • +2 Range
        • Firerate: 0.23 > 0.18
• 4 December 2021 - v1.0.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Ammo increased from 18 to 20.
    • Level 3
      • Ammo decreased from +12 to +10.
      • Reload Time changed from 2.5 to 2.5 > 1.5.
  • Bug: When the Militant has its reload time decreased by the Commander, the Militant will not play any animation after its reloading animation is finished, but it still can attack enemies.
• 13 February 2022 - v1.0.2
  • New skin: Chocolatier.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Reloading mechanic removed.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate increased from 0.23 to 0.275.
      • Range increased from 10 to 14.
      • Reload Time removed (was 2.5).
      • Ammo removed (was 20).
      • Cost increased from $750 to $800.
    • Level 1
      • Name changed from Percise Aiming to Radio Comms.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
      • Hidden Detection moved from Level 2 to Level 1.
      • Cost increased from $200 to $250.
    • Level 2
      • Name changed from Radio Support to Bigger Rifle.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.23 to 0.275 > 0.225.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Cost increased from $450 to $1,500.
    • Level 3
      • Name changed from Sharp Shooter to Upskill.
      • Firerate changed from 0.23 > 0.155 to 0.225 > 0.2.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Cost increased from $1,800 to $3,500.
    • Level 4
      • Name changed from Intense Training to Stealth Mercenary.
      • Firerate changed from 0.155 to 0.2 > 0.175.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Cost increased from $4,500 to $7,500.
• 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
  • New skin: Ducky
• 5 August 2022 - v1.3.1
  • New skin: Beach
• 9 September 2022 - v1.3.2a
  • New skin: John
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • New skin: Lumberjack
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Hazmat skin rarity changed from Rare to Common.
• 23 January 2023 - v1.6.0j
  • Pumpkin skin rarity changed from Common to Event.
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.1
  • Chocolatier skin rarity changed from Event to Uncommon.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Uncommon.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Unlock cost decreased from 2,000 to 1,500.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $800 to $700.
    • Level 1
      • Flying detection added.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,500 to $1,250.
      • Firerate changed from 0.275 > 0.225 to 0.275 > 0.2.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,500 to $3,000.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.2 to 0.2 > 0.175.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +3 to +4.
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.175 to 0.175.
• 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.
• 9 August 2024 - v1.27.5
  • New skin: Fallen
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • New skin: Star Spartan
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Wasteland
• 26 March 2025 - v1.58.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.275 to 0.225.
      • Range decreased from 14 to 13.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $250 to $200.
      • Firerate changed from 0.258 to 0.225 > 0.2.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,250 to $900.
      • Firerate changed from 0.275 > 0.2 to 0.2
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,000 to $2,750.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $7,500 to $9,000.
      • Damage increaased from +4 to +8.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
• 9 April 2025 - v1.60.0
  • Offense role added.
• 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
  • New skin: Easter
• 25 June 2025 - v1.68.0
  • Unlock cost reduced from 1,500 to 650.
• 9 July 2025 - v1.70.0
  • New skin: Acheron
• 23 July 2025 - v1.71.0
  • Statistical changes (PVP):
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $700 to $1,600.
      • Damage increased from 1 to 2.
      • Range increased from 13 to 16.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $200 to $700.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.2 to 0.225 > 0.175
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $900 to $1,000.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $2,750 to $3,500.
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.175 to 0.175 > 0.125.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $9,000 to $10,000.
      • Damage decreased from +8 to +6.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +0.
• 6 August 2025 - v1.72.0
  • Cost decreased from 650 to 500.
  • Category changed from Intermediate to Starter.
  • Statistical changes (PVP):
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $1,600 to $1,400.
      • Range decreased from 16 to 15.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $700 to $600.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $1,000 to $2,600.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 to 0.175 > 0.125.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $3,500 to $5,000.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +3.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 > 0.125 to 0.125.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
• 18 October 2025 - v1.77.0
  • New skin: Undead
• 28 January 2026 - v1.84.0
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $700 to $600.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $200 to $150.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.2 to 0.225.
      • Range increased from +3 to +4.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $900 to $1,050.
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 to 0.225 > 0.175.
      • Name changed from Bigger Rifle to Field Ops.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $2,750 to $3,125.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.175 to 0.175.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Name changed from Upskill to Guerilla Tactics.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $9,000 to $5,750.
      • Damage decreased from +8 to +5.
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
• 11 March 2026 - v1.86.0
  • Category changed from Starter to Intermediate.
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Range increased from 13 to 14.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $300.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 to 0.225 > 0.175.
      • Range decreased from +4 to +3.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,050 to $850.
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.175 to 0.175.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,125 to $2,750.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $5,750 to $8,000.
      • Damage increased from +5 to +7.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
• 22 May 2026 - v1.91.0
  • New skin: SuperFan
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being fixed.
  • Statistical changes (Regular):
    • Base
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate increased from 0.2 to 0.225, however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.225.
    • Level 1
      • Without Firerate Bug, firerate changed from 0.2 > 0.15 to 0.225 > 0.175, however, as in the same update it has been fully fixed, the firerate effectively does not change and remains at 0.175.
  • Statistical changes (PVP):
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.225 to 0.2.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 0.225 > 0.175 to 0.2 > 0.15.
    • Level 2
      • Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.175 > 0.125 to 0.15 > 0.1.
    • Level 4
      • Damage decreased from +6 to +5.
• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • New skin: Pirate

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