Rusher

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Rusher

Polluted Wasteland • Polluted Wasteland II

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This article is about Rusher. You may be looking for Fallen Rusher, Hazard or Armored.

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"Hazardous enemies incoming!
Fast and tanky with Giant bosses in the back."

―Commander dialogue on Wave 28 (Formerly, Nuclear)

Description

The Rusher is an enemy that only appears in Polluted Wasteland II. When it has its shield, it has high health, extremely fast speed and high defense. When it loses all of its shield health, its shield breaks, making it slower and decreasing its defense.

The Rusher can be spawned by the Nuclear Monster. This means it can also appear in Oops! All slimes!, if spawned by the Nuclear Monster. It also could be spawned by the Mystery, Wave 29 onwards.

Appearance

The Rusher is a tall humanoid with a waist in its rig. It has a light green skin color and a dark grey torso, waist and legs. It wears riot gear, which consists of a black and grey tactical vest, knee-pads, shoulder-pads and a helmet with a grey visor. It also has a backpack on its back, which has acid in it. It has a large black riot shield that it runs with and the lower ends of it arms are covered in a green fluid. Most of its gear is worn, having chunks of material missing from its equipment.

Strategy

• Break its shield as fast as possible to slow it down before it becomes a major threat.
  • Multiple high DPS towers, such as the Pursuit, Engineer, Ranger and Accelerator can quickly destroy its shield.
• The Commander can boost your towers' firerate, allowing them to kill the Rusher quicker.
  • The DJ Booth can also be helpful at increasing the range of your towers.
• Using the Electroshocker, Freezer, Sledger or Frost Blaster to slow the Rusher is highly recommended due to its swift speed.
  • The Electroshocker, Freezer, Frost Blaster, Pyromancer and Golden Pyromancer can also be useful at decreasing its high defense.
• Using high health units like the Mercenary Base's Riot Guards and Necromancer's Giant Skeletons can easily stop them

Gallery

Corpse Variants

• Second Corpse variant, current version, shield animation (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version, shield animation (12 March 2025 – Present)
• Second Corpse variant, current version, no shield animation (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version, no shield animation (12 March 2025 – Present)
• Second Corpse variant, current version, shield animation with no shield (12 March 2025 – Present)
  Second Corpse variant, current version, shield animation with no shield (12 March 2025 – Present)

Promotional Images

• Rusher on a promotional image.
  Rusher on a promotional image.

Trailers

• Rusher in the game trailer.
  Rusher in the game trailer.

Miscellaneous

• Rusher on its Index icon.
  Rusher on its Index icon.

Trivia

• In the tweet where the Rusher was leaked, the meme, Rush B, was referenced.

Update History

• 29 July 2022 - v1.3.0
  • Rusher added.
• 19 February 2025 - V1.54.0
  • Modern version added.
    • None of the changes are applied to the legacy version.
  • Health increased from 1,000 to 1,500.
  • Shield Health increased from 1,400 to 1,500.
  • Speed increased from Swift (10) to Extremely Swift (12).
  • Defense increased from 60% to 80%.
  • Now gives Cash every 50% health lost.
  • Bug: Appears twice in the Index, one of them not loading in any model for the preview.
• 22 April 2026 - v1.89.0
  • Health increased from 1,500 to 2,000.
  • Shield Health increased from 1,500 to 2,000.
• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Bugfix: No longer appears twice in the Index.

Nuclear (Polluted Wasteland II)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Breaker4 & Mutagenic Blight Wave 17	Rusher Wave 18	Super Slime Wave 19

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