Scared Debuff

Description

The Scared Debuff is a debuff that decreases a tower's range. It is displayed on the tower itself using the icon of a ghost. Multiple ghosts will also appear out of the tower.

Mechanics

Scared Debuff range reduction is calculated as:

Range × Scared Debuff

The range of a tower affected by the Scared Debuff can be in decimal form, instead of being rounded down or rounded up to the nearest integer. For example, a tower with 5 range with a 50% Scared Debuff will have a range of 2.5.

The following towers are either partially or fully not affected by the Scared Debuff:

• All towers that are not humanoids are immune to any debuff applied by enemies prior to the 28th of October 2023.
  • The XR500 is still affected, as the skin has a humanoid.
  • Multiple skins added starting from the 1st of April 2025 also have this immunity due to bugs.
• All units.
• Circling range of the Pursuit and Ace Pilot.
  • The radius in which towers gain hidden detection from the Ace Pilot also cannot be decreased.
  • These towers' attack range can still be decreased.
• The red and yellow range rings for the Engineer.
  • The attack range (blue range ring) for both the Engineer and its sentries can still be decreased.
• The chain range of the Electroshocker.
  • The attack range can still be decreased.
    • The deadzone ranges of the Rocketeer and Engineer.
    • The sentry building range of the Engineer.
• The explosion radius from Splash Damage towers cannot be decreased.

Applied By

The following enemies can apply the Scared Debuff to towers:

• Nuclear Monster (Blindly Shooting ability)
• Gunslinger (Time's Up ability)
• Wox the Fox (Game Over ability)

The following event enemies can apply the Scared Debuff to towers:

• Conserver (Soul Eruption ability)

Update Log

• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Scared Debuff added.