Paintballer Rework Concept
- Usually, paintball guns aren't really useful in the apocalypse but apparently this one is. Makes enemies take more damage from other towers.
- ―Store Description
- Usually, paintball guns aren't really useful in the apocalypse but apparently this one is. Deals splash damage.
- ―Former Store Description
Description
The Paintballer is a starter splash damage tower that can be bought in the store for 
It boasts a faster firerate than other splash towers in exchange for no damage. Additionally, enemies hit by Paintballer will recieve a Coated status effect, which increases damage that this enemy will take. The Paintballer falls short of other towers in most parts of the game, especially DPS, as its highest DPS is much lower than those of other towers, such as the Shotgunner. This means that it is not that useful later on during the game. It gains hidden detection at Level 2, though unlike most other splash towers, it cannot damage lead enemies.
Upgrades
+2 Range 
2s > 3.5s Coated status duration 
Sell Price changes to
3 > 3.5 Explosion Range 
1 > 2 Coated damage bonus increase
Sell Price changes to
1.808 > 1.108 Firerate 
3.5s > 4.65s Coated status duration
Sell Price changes to
+3 Range
2 > 5 Coated damage bonus increase
3 > 4 Explosion Range
1.108 > 0.758 Firerate
Sell Price changes to
+2 Range
5 > 8 Coated damage bonus increase
4.65s > 6s Coated status duration
Reveals Hidden enemies while the coated effect is active
Sell Price changes to
Reworked Paintballer Stats Table
| Level | Total Price | Splash Damage | Firerate | Range | Explosion Range | Damage Bonus | Coated Duration | DPS | Cost Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |
0 | 1.808 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2s | 0 | N/A |
| 1 | |
0 | 1.808 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 3.5s | 0 | N/A |
| 2 | |
0 | 1.808 | 9 | 3.5 | 2 | 3.5s | 0 | N/A |
| 3 | |
0 | 1.108 | 9 | 3.5 | 2 | 4.65s | 0 | N/A |
| 4 | |
0 | 0.758 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4.65s | 0 | N/A |
| 5 | |
0 | 0.708 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 6s | 0 | N/A |
Current Paintballer Stats Table
| Level | Total Price | Splash Damage[2] | Firerate | Range | Explosion Range | Max Hits | DPS[3] | Max DPS[4] | Cost Efficiency[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | |
2 | 1.608 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1.24 | 6.22 | |
| 1 | |
3 | 1.608 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1.87 | 9.33 | |
| 2 | |
6 | 1.608 | 8 | 3.5 | 5 | 3.73 | 18.66 | |
| 3 | |
6 | 0.908 | 8 | 3.5 | 5 | 6.61 | 33.04 | |
| 4 | |
10 | 0.758 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 13.19 | 65.96 | |
| 5 | |
15 | 0.608 | 10 | 4.5 | 5 | 24.67 | 123.35 | |
Strategy
- The cheap upgrade costs and support value make it a very useful early-game tower. This allows it to help towers such as Soldier, with low damage output and fast firerate to defeat enemies like the Abnormal or Heavy.
- On its own, Paintballer cannot deal any kind of damage, making it reliant on other towers.
- The Paintballer can reveal hiddens at Level 5 for a quite cheap cost, use it for your advantage on the mid to late game.
- Unlike all the other splash damage towers, the Paintballer's firerate is not affected by how long the projectile fired by it travels for.
- ↑ Through splash damage, flying enemies may be hit indirectly if another detectable enemy is nearby, but this tower can never directly target flying enemies.
- ↑ Number is the damage dealt in the inner explosion sphere. Splash damage is decreased linearly if the enemy is in the outer explosion sphere.
- ↑ DPS assumes only one enemy is hit and receives full splash damage.
- ↑ Max DPS assumes all enemies receives full splash damage.
- ↑ Cost Efficiency is calculated with normal DPS.