User blog:Mentin123/Paintballer

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"Usually, paintball guns aren't really useful in the apocalypse but apparently this one is. Deals splash damage."

―Store Description

Description

The Paintballer is a splash tower that can be bought in the store for 150. This was previously redeemable for free with the code JOHNROBLOX. It has yellow skin and its outfit consists of a blue torso, black shoes and grey pants. It initially wields a basic paintball gun.

It boasts a higher firerate than other splash towers in exchange for lower damage. The Paintballer falls short of other towers in most parts of the game, especially DPS as its highest capability of 10 is worse than other towers such as the Demoman and Enforcer. This means that it isn't that useful later on during the game. This tower also doesn't have hidden detection, making it weak against hidden zombies such as Ninja or Hidden.

This is mostly regarded as an early game tower.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Paintballer Gear - $200
+2 Range Sell Price changes to $200

Shoulder Pads

Level 2 • Cost: Shoulder Pads - $500

+1 Damage

2 > 3 Explosion Range

Sell Price changes to $367

Double Barrel Gun

Level 3 • Cost: Double Barrel Gun - $700

+2 Range

2 > 1.5 Firerate

Sell Price changes to $600

Competitive Gear

Level 4 • Cost: Competitive Gear - $2,500

+2 Damage

3 > 4 Explosion Range

1.5 > 1 Firerate

Sell Price changes to $1,433

Paintball Champion

Level 5 • Cost: Paintball Champion - $3,500

+5 Damage

4 > 5 Explosion Range

Sell Price changes to $2,600

Stats Table

DPS assumes only one target is hit and receives the full explosive damage.
Level	Total Price	Splash Damage *	Firerate	Total Range	Explosion Range	DPS
0	$400	2	2	11	2	1
1	$600	2	2	13	2	1
2	$1,100	3	2	13	3	1.5
3	$1,800	3	1.5	15	3	2
4	$4,300	5	1	15	4	5
5	$7,800	10	1	15	5	10

Skins

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

Skin	Red	Bunny
Crate	Basic	Bunny

Strategy

• The initial cost and initial upgrades for this tower is low. It may be a feasible early game tower, but this tower is by no means a good late game tower, and, depending on the situation, it is even worse than the Sniper.
• The Paintballer doesn't have hidden detection on any level, because of this you need a reliable hidden defense using other towers.
  • However, splash radius can damage hidden zombies indirectly.
• The splash damage for the tower is quite minimal. The Demoman is recommended if you want a suitable splash damage tower for later in the game.
• This tower is ridiculously hopeless against fast zombies due to the slow projectile speed.
  • Even zombies such as the Speedy can outrun the projectile from Paintballer.
• Firerate can be increased if the Paintballer is set to target Closest as you do not need to wait as long for the paintball to explode.
  • This is especially recommended for the Paintballer due to the slow projectile speed.
• The Paintballer's damage cannot be boosted by John's Enraging Shout ability.

Trivia

• During the Alpha stage of the game, the Paintballer didn't have an explosion effect until Level 5.
• The Paintballer was added before the John tower and was formerly "JOHN ROBLOX's" tower until the John was released.
  • He himself considered this a weak tower.
  • This used to be redeemable with the code JOHNROBLOX, making it the first ever tower redeemable with a code. It was then replaced with John, who then had the redeemable code JOHNRBX.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 14 June 2019
  • Paintballer added.
• 16 June 2019
  • Code expired, unlock cost is now 750.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $650 to $1,000.
      • Damage increased from 1 to 2.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $200.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $1,000 to $1,650.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $3,000 to $3,500.
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from $6,000 to $7,500.
    • All levels of Paintballer now deal splash damage, instead of just Level 5.
• 15 August 2019
  • Unlock cost decreased from 750 to 150.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $1,000 to $400.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $1,650 to $700.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $3,500 to $2,500.
    • Level 5
      • Cost decreased from $7,500 to $5,000.
• 13 October 2019
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 6 to 11.
      • Firerate increased from 1 to 2.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 1 > 0.8 to 2 > 1.5.
    • Level 4
      • Firerate changed from 0.8 > 0.6 to 1.5 > 1.
    • Level 5
      • Firerate changed from 0.6 > 0.5 to 1.
      • Cost decreased from $5,000 to $3,500.
    • Now uses the new projectile and explosive system.
• 24 December 2019
  • Direct damage removed.
• 12 January 2020
  • New skin: Red
• 6 April 2020
  • New skin: Bunny
• 28 August 2020
  • Bug: Paintballer's splash and projectile are now invisible.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Hidden detection removed.