User:AJMickey

My playtime fluctuates quite drastically (playing a lot at some points, barely playing at others). Been playing since 2019 and have quite fond feelings for the time (be prepared for endless spiels on how I miss the olden times. Hah.)

My favourite tower is Slasher, and I hope he gets buffed someday.

If I were to sporadically buff him, I think I'd probably do (and by no means am I saying this'd make his balance ideal):

Level 2 (Bloodlust): +Bleed Collapse damage^[1], -$200 cost, -0.5s bleed tickrate
- Bleed collapsing is somewhat easy to miss in general across all levels, as it currently isn't that impactful relative to regular damage. It should feel more like a collapse, as if an artery just burst, not a minor papercut
- This would further incentivize placing more Slashers to build up bleed stacks
- Minor cost reduction is to make getting multiple slightly more feasible and to make it slightly more cost effective (so it's still a buff even with only 1 level 2 Slasher)
- Bleed tickrate speed increase is actually moreso meant to be a counterbalance to reduced stun duration (see below), i.e. stuns are just as detrimental to building bleed stacks
Level 3 (Swords Dance): -50% stun duration
- In other words, Slasher is still stunned, but recovers quicker. Survival instincts and that sorta stuff, I s'pose.
- This would somewhat alleviate his susceptibility to being stunned and having even major bosses completely escape his range by the time it wears off.
- This keeps him from falling into the almost predictable "stun-immune" melee formula
Level 4 (Serial Killer): +0.05 EV (listed as Increased Bleed Damage), -$2,000 cost
- Code would have to be altered to have bleed stacks attributed to the highest level Slasher (assuming it doesn't do that already)
- This would naturally also increase Bleed Collapse damage
- Minor cost reduction is to make getting multiple slightly more feasible and to make it slightly more cost effective
- Do I actually know how this would impact bleed and bleed collapse damage? lol no, maybe I'll calculate it at some point in time but it's mostly just a for-fun idea

↑ $(Base Bleed Damage \times (3 0^{0.9})) \times ({Enemy Max Health}^{EV})$ -> $(Base Bleed Damage \times (4 5^{0.9})) \times ({Enemy Max Health}^{EV})$

[1] $(Base Bleed Damage \times (3 0^{0.9})) \times ({Enemy Max Health}^{EV})$ -> $(Base Bleed Damage \times (4 5^{0.9})) \times ({Enemy Max Health}^{EV})$

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