Vindicator

ARTICLE

ADVANCED

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Vindicator

Legacy • Modern

Vindicator
With Shield Without Shield
Mode Appearance	Hardcore Voidcore
Wave Debut	40 (Hardcore) 43 (Voidcore)
Statistics
Base Health	50,000 (Hardcore) 65,000 (Voidcore) 80,000 (Sandbox)
Base Shield	15,000 (Hardcore) 25,000 (Voidcore) 40,000 (Sandbox)
Defense	250% (Blessed) 150% (No Blessed)
Speed	Slightly Slow (2.1)
Cash Given	$25,000 on death (Hardcore) $30,000 on death (Voidcore)
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Blessed (With Shield) Stun Immune Bloated (Variable) Boss Immunities: Freeze Immunity Stun Immunity Poison Slowdown Confusion Thorn Slowdown Nuke Fallout Damage DJ Booth Slowdown Defense Dropping Hacker Conversion Hacker Slowdown Slowed Immunity
Ability
AbilityCooldown: 12Starting CD: 10	Blinding Carom - The Vindicator will throw its hammer at a random tower or unit in its range of 30, which will hit it then bounce to another tower or unit in a range of 5. Can only up to six targets. Any tower hit will receive an 100% Scared Debuff while units will receive 100 damage.

It's too late to run, V. Once we take down this shield guy, we won't stop until we kill whatever's leading them. We're barely hurting them, but we ARE hurting them.

―Commander on Wave 40 (Hardcore)

Description

The Vindicator is a strong enemy that appears in both Hardcore and Voidcore modes. It has high health and Shield Health. It by default has 150% Defense, which reduces most sources of damage by 60%, but while its Shield Health is not depleted, it has a forcefield that gives it Blessed, increasing the Defense to 250%, which reduces damage taken by 71.43%.

It has one ability where it will throw its hammer at a tower or unit in a range of 30, which will then bounce to another target in a range of 5 of the previous one. It can bounce up to six times before returning. Any tower hit will receive an 100% Scared Debuff, reducing their range to 0 if there are no buffs applied to its range. In case of towers with the Stun Immunity, the Vindicator will not directly target them, though if the hammer does bounce to them, they will not receive the Scared Debuff. Towards units, it will simply deal 100 damage.

Logbook Description

"The Vindicators are the trusted Do-Gooders of the Void. They act as enforcement and will not tolerate insubordination. Before the battle alongside Lord Exo, Vindicators would often patrol the ranks of Void Caster’s army to keep order and offer swift judgement upon those who step out of line. They don’t particularly have a high tolerance for nonsense or tomfoolery. Sometimes, a little dilly dallying they will overlook. If one is being a bit too silly for their liking, they will drop their hammer atop them to keep them still. It’s of no concern if the creature survives or not."

Appearance

The Vindicator has a black body. It wears full body armor consisting of a purple helmet, chestplate, shoulder-pads, leggings and shoes. On its back, it wears a purple cape and has two rows of three crystals floating behind it. It has small purple wings on its helmet and purple flowers on its chest. While it has its Shield Health, it has a purple forcefield around itself and also carries a shield. Once it is depleted, the forcefield will disappear and it will throw its shield away. It carries a hammer it uses that it throws at towers and units.

Strategy

• The Vindicator has high health, and a slow-medium speed, so it is recommended to bring high DPS towers such as the Accelerator, Engineer, Ranger, Turret, Minigunner or Juggernaut.
  • While one would think towers like the Ranger or Pursuit would not benefit from their Stun Immunity due to the Vindicator applying the Scared Debuff, the Vindicator will oddly not target them and if the hammer does bounce to them, it will not apply anything, making them quite decent picks against it.
  • The Vindicator will only deal 100 damage to any hit unit and will not reduce their range, making DPS towers reliant on units like the Engineer, Mercenary Base or Necromancer useful against this.
    • The collision damage of units also bypasses Defense, making them especially useful.
  • Although the Warlock's ranged range is fully affected, the melee range despite visually disappearing actually still exists, allowing the Warlock to stll attack.
• The DJ Booth and Commander can be used to boost the DPS of your towers.
  • The DJ Booth can also be used to partially mitigate its Scared Debuff.
• The top path Juggernaut can be used to reduce the duration of the Scared Debuff on towers.
  • The Medic cannot be used to prevent it, as the shield does not protect towers from debuffs.
  • The Field Medic can also be used to protect units from damage.
• Defense melting towers like the Pyromancer, Freezer, DJ Booth Frost Blaster or Electroshocker can be useful at reducing its extremely high Defense.

Gallery

Trailers

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  Vindicator in the game trailer.

Concept Art

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  Vindicator on its concept art.

Badges

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  Vindicator on its badge.

Miscellaneous

• 
  Vindicator on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Vindicator has the highest Defense of any enemy in the game, at 150%. The enemy with the second highest Defense is the Gravestone, which has 130% Defense.
• The Vindicator is unaffected by enemy appearance modifiers, such as Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Update History

• 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0
  • Vindicator added.
• 17 July 2026 - v2.3.0
  • Defense increased from 100% to 150%.
  • Cash given on death decreased from $60,000 to $30,000 in Voidcore mode.

Notes

Hardcore
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Speedy King Wave 39	Vindicator Wave 40	Elite Soul, Unknown Boss & Heavy Voidling Wave 41

Voidcore
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Void Trickster & Nightshade Wave 42	Vindicator Wave 43	Unknown Boss & Void Cultist Wave 44