Tower Idea: Ninja
Description
The Ninja is a tower that attacks by throwing knives (or shurikens) at enemies. The Ninja has a relatively high firerate and damage that compensates for it's low range. What makes the Ninja unique is it's knives or shurikens can penetrate multiple enemies, allowing the Ninja to damage more than one enemy with one attack.
The Ninja is considered and early to mid-game tower because of it's cheap placement cost and upgrade prices and low range. The ability to damage multiple enemies makes the Ninja useful for clearing out hordes of weak early-game enemies, however the Ninja has poor single-target damage potential so it's usefulness will kind of fall off in late-game.
Upgrades
| Level 1 - Eyes in The Shadows ($250) |
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+2 Range +2 Damage +HD |
| Level 2 - Sleight of Hand ($700) |
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+1 Range +1 Damage 1.2 --> 0.85 Firerate |
Stats Table
| Level | Upgrade Price | Total Cost | Damage | Firerate | Range | Pierce/Bounce | DPS |
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| 0 | N/A | $450 | 3 | 1.2 | 11 | 2 | 2.48 |
| 1 | $250 | $700 | 5 | 1.2 | 13 | 2 | 4.14 |
| 2 | $500 | $1200 | 6 | 0.75 | 14 | 3 | 7.91 |
| 3 | $1800 | $3000 | 10 | 0.75 | 16 | 5 | 13.19 |
| 4 | $5000 | $8000 | 10x3 | 0.75 | 16 | 5 | 39.58 |
| 5 | $11500 | $19500 | 12x3 | 0.45 | 18 | 7 | 78.60 |