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Commander

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Commander
Unlock Cost	4,000
Base Cost	$850
Base Selling Cost	$283
Type	Support Offensive
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	4
Statistics
Base Damage	0
Damage Type	Single Collision (Level 4) Splash (Level 4)
Base Firerate	0
Base Range	9
Hidden Detection	Level 0+
Lead Detection	Level 2+ (Tower, Splash & Collision only)
Flying Detection	Level 0+
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

"A support tower that boosts the firerate of towers within its range."

―Store Description

Description

The Commander is an advanced support tower that decreases the firerate of towers within its range, increasing their damage output. It can be purchased in the store for 4,000.

The Commander provides a 12.5% firerate boost to towers in its range, making them attack enemies faster. This buff can be boosted further at Level 2+ through the Call to Arms ability, which increases it by 15% for ten seconds. Both buffs get higher with levels, with the passive buff getting increased to 20% and the Call to Arms ability buff getting increased to 30%. It also has a second ability, Support Caravan, which costs $2,000 to use. This will summon two Gunner APCs and one Missile APC on the map. When any ability used, it will enter fury mode, allowing it to attack any enemy in its range for ten seconds. The attack time from using an ability stacks if multiple are used at once or when an ability is used while it is attacking. When an ability is used while fury mode is active, the timer for it will stop until the ability animation is finished.

The Commander is the primary narrator in most matches. Text dialogue appears beside the Commander, corresponding to the appearance of certain waves. This dialogue appears regardless of whether a Commander tower is present on the map, and the image of the Commander next to the dialogue will display different emotions.

The Commander has a placement limit of four per player.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Leadership - $300
12.5% > 15% Buff Sell Price changes to $366

Level 2 - Call to Arms - $2,500
+Lead Detection +2 Range +10 Damage 0 > 0.608 Firerate +Call to Arms Ability •15% Firerate Buff Sell Price changes to $1,200

Level 3 - Intense Training - $5,500
+1.5 Range +5 Damage 15% > 17.5% Buff 15% > 22.5% Call To Arms Buff Sell Price changes to $3,033

Level 4 - Strength in Numbers - $15,000
+1.5 Range +10 Damage 17.5% > 20% Buff 22.5% > 30% Call To Arms Buff +Support Caravan Ability Sell Price changes to $8,033

Abilities

Call to Arms
Level 2+ 30s Cooldown Boosts all towers' firerate in its range by a variable amount for 10 seconds. Additionally, the Commander will be able to attack enemies with its own weapon for 10 seconds.

Support Caravan - $2,000
Level 4 60s Cooldown Summons two Gunner APCs and one Missile APC. Additionally, the Commander will be able to attack enemies with its own weapon for 10 seconds.

Stats Table

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page, while for the statistics without the Firerate Bug, visit the Firerate Bug page.

Level	Total Price	Firerate Buff	Call to Arms Buff	Damage	Firerate	Range	Call to Arms DPS	Support Caravan DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$850	12.5%	N/A	0	0	9	0	0	N/A
1	$1,150	15%	N/A	0	0	9	0	0	N/A
2	$3,650	15%	15%	10	0.608	11	5.48	0	$665.73
3	$9,150	17.5%	22.5%	15	0.608	12.5	8.22	0	$1,112.50
4	$24,150	20%	30%	25	0.608	14	13.71	6.85	$1,762.50

Support Caravan Units
Unit	Health	Damage	Firerate	Range	DPS
Gunner APC	250	10	0.208	30	48.08
Missile APC	400	50x4	2.008	25	99.6

Skins

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

Skin	Gargoyle	Red	Green	Victorian
Rarity	Event	Common	Common	Common
Daily Store Cost	N/A	1,250	1,250	85
Obtained From	Halloween 2019 Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Basic Skincrate	Premium Skincrate
Skin	Galactic	General	Bunny	Spring Time
Rarity	Uncommon	Common	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	105	85	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Bunny Skincrate	Code: HAPPY3AST3R!
Skin	Maid	Neko	Ghost	Frost
Rarity	Legendary	Rare	Event	Event
Daily Store Cost	560	360	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Deluxe Skincrate	Deluxe Skincrate	Spooky Skincrate	Frost Skincrate
Skin	Bloxy	Eclipse	Ducky	Plushie
Rarity	Exclusive	Event	Rare	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	N/A	N/A	4,000	N/A
Obtained From	Code: BLOXY21	Solar Eclipse Season	Ducky Skincrate Hunting Season	Code
Skin	Lifeguard	Holiday	Brisk	Valentines
Rarity	Event	Event	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	N/A	5,000	4,000	5,500
Obtained From	End of Summer Season	Jolly Skincrate Violent Night Season	Cold Front Skincrate	Lovely Skincrate
Skin	Pirate	Umbra	Phantom	Eggrypted
Rarity	Rare	Event	Legendary	Rare
Daily Store Cost	4,500	N/A	N/A	3,000
Obtained From	Pirate Skincrate	Code	Phantom Skincrate Mission Quests	Daily Skin Store
Skin	Pattern	Vigilante	Patriotic	Fallen
Rarity	Uncommon	Rare	Legendary	Rare
Daily Store Cost	105	4,500	560	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate	Vigilante Skincrate	Deluxe Skincrate	Mission Quests
Skin	Wasteland
Rarity	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	N/A
Obtained From	Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• Firerate boost is calculated as

  With the Firerate Bug:

  ((Bugged Firerate - Firerate Bug Increase) ÷ (1 + Firerate Boost)) + Firerate Bug Increase

  where Bugged Firerate is the firerate with the Firerate Bug already applied.

  Without the Firerate Bug:

  Original Firerate ÷ (1+Firerate Boost)

  where Original Firerate is the intended firerate without the Firerate Bug,

  Firerate Boost is the boost supplied by the Commander in decimal form (for example, 10% is 0.1).

  • For example, a Level 4 Commander (20%) will decrease the firerate of a tower firing from 1.008 seconds to 0.841 seconds.
    • Without the Firerate Bug, the Commander would decrease the firerate of a tower firing from 1 second to 0.833 seconds.
    • While in the game it may look like the firerate is rounded down to the second decimal, this is only visual. The firerate is longer than that and is not rounded up.
  • The Firerate Bug increase is 0.008. For towers before the Entity System Update, this was 0.03, for towers, before the Overhaul Update it was 0.05. For the firerate without the Firerate Bug, you can use the Firerate Bug page.
  • The Commander cannot boost the delay between firing a projectile and the projectile landing (and dealing damage) that is present for some towers, as this is not incorporated into the firerate. An example of this is the delay between projectile firing and landing for the Mortar.
  • The Commander cannot decrease the cooldown of burst towers.
  • The Commander also cannot boost the Executioner due to the axe not returning in time to take advantage.
• When placing a Commander, try to place it near as many towers as possible, as this will allow for a high number of towers to be boosted.
  • This is also true in reverse; it is recommended that you place your towers close to a Commander (if there is one) for the firerate buff.
  • This also includes cliff-based towers. The Ace Pilot and Pursuit can also be boosted, though their towers (runway and helipad, respectively) must be within range of the Commander.
• Slow firing towers, such as the Rocketeer or Ranger, will benefit massively from the firerate buff that the Commander supplies.
  • Fast firing towers, due to them being heavily affected by the Firerate Bug, will have their DPS increased by a significantly smaller amount, making the Commander firerate boost weaker on them.
• Placing three Level 2+ Commanders and activating their Call to Arms ability one at a time every 10 seconds is one of the most effective ways to utilize the Commander, as Call to Arms will be permanently active if this is done correctly, providing the 30% buff permanently.
  • You can also place two Level 2+ Commanders and constantly sell and replace one to renew its Call to Arms ability to save a placement for another tower, or four if you want to be safer with keeping the Call to Arms ability active at all times while not having to worry about selling and replacing Commanders, as having three Commanders require you to be quite precise to keep the 30% buff at all times, and you may get distracted from using its ability while upgrading other towers.
• You can increase the range in which the Commander can affect towers and the Call to Arms range by using the DJ Booth.
  • The DJ Booth can also be useful at reducing the usage cost of the Support Caravan ability.
• It is best to use the Commander's Call to Arms ability on a boss with high health (such as a major boss, like the Fallen King).
  • Be aware that some bosses have blocking abilities, meaning that a wrongly timed Call to Arms ability will be useless.
  • Additionally, you cannot activate the Call to Arms ability if the Commander is stunned.
    • To overcome this, the Medic's Cleansing ability can be used to cleanse the Commander's stuns.
    • Alternatively, you can sell and replace the Commander. Do note that this will remove the passive firerate buff for a short while if there are no other Commanders placed down.
• Be aware that you cannot stack the Call to Arms ability.
  • If a Call to Arms ability is still active for towers, then activating another Call to Arms will not grant any additional buff. However, it resets the duration of the ability.
  • However, the Call to Arms ability can stack with boosts from other towers, like the Gladiator's Warrior's Call.
• The Commander cannot boost the firerate of the Ace Pilot's bombs, Pursuit's missiles, Commando's missiles or any units like the Railgun Tank from the Military Base or the Body Guard from the Crook Boss, even if their associated tower is in the range of a Commander.
• If the Call to Arms ability is active, and a new tower is placed in the range of the Commander, that tower will not be boosted by the ability until it is activated again.
• While the Commander has flying, lead and hidden detection, you should not solely rely on it to defeat enemies with these traits, given how costly it is to get its abilities and that it has a cooldown per use.
  • Other towers like the Ace Pilot, Electroshocker and Militant are more reliable against them, with the Commander buffing them.

Trivia

• When the game was in Alpha, the Commander's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans support sans support".
• The Commander is heavily inspired by the Tower Battles tower of the same name.
• Before the Overhaul Update, the spawnrate of the Military Base could be boosted by a Commander (so that the spawn time between units is reduced), but it was through an unconventional method. The stated buff was subtracted from the spawnrate (an example is a 25% buff on a Level 5 Military Base; the spawnrate would decrease from 45 to 44.75).
  • As 44.75 seconds rounded up to 45 seconds, there was no noticeable decrease in spawn time.
  • However, this did not apply to the spawnrates of units from the Crook Boss.
    • Interestingly, the Call to Arms reduced the spawnrate of units from the Military Base further, but even this buff could not produce a noticeable decrease in spawnrate.
• The original Call to Arms sound was just a short shout. This is the same sound used for the Gladiator's Warrior's Call ability.
  • The second version of the Call to Arms sounds were voiced by YouTuber JOHN ROBLOX. There were three lines voiced by him.
    • There were multiple other voice lines that were recorded by JOHN ROBLOX, however they were never added to the game. All of those lines, along variations of current lines that were not added, can be heard here.
    • This version was replaced on the 16th of May 2024 to match with the quality of other voice lines at the time as well as to have a professional voice act the lines.
  • The Maid (and formerly the Eclipse) skin voice lines are voiced by nekoriru.
  • The Eclipse skin voice lines voiced by BethyVA.
  • The Umbra skin voice lines were voiced BethyVA.
  • The Eggrypted skin voice lines were voiced by Eggrypted.
• Originally, when the Commander was first added to the game, you could stand on the wooden stool before placing the Commander down.
• Prior to the Community Maps Update, the Commander used to appear alongside the Pyromancer, Scout, Sniper and Minigunner on the "Triumph" screen. This was changed to your towers' loadout.
  • Before the Overhaul Update, it appeared alongside the Commando.
  • During Hardcore Testing BETA, it appeared alongside the Minigunner.
    • The "Triumph" screen used the Galactic skin instead of the Default skin.
  • Before the Solar Eclipse Update, it appeared alongside the Soldier.
• Before the MEGA Update, multiple Call to Arms abilities could be stacked. This could reduce the firerate of towers that ordinarily had high, like the Outlaw, to low firerates. Due to most slow firing towers dealing a lot of damage in a single shot, this could easily kill major bosses, like the Gold Titan.
• Originally, there was a poll made on BelowNatural's Twitter that held contestants for the next Golden skin. One of the options, which was the most chosen, was a Golden Commander skin.
  • Instead of a Golden Commander skin being made, there was instead a Golden Cowboy skin. It is unknown why this change was made.
• The Commander enemy from Pizza Party is based on the Commander tower.
• The Sniper, Engineer, DJ Booth and Commander are the only towers that can damage all enemies, no matter their immunities.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 14 June 2019
  • Commander added.
  • Bug: The Commander's firerate buff can be overwritten by a weaker Commander firerate buff.
  • Bug: The Commander's firerate buff will be removed from all towers in its range when sold, even if they are in range of another Commander.
  • Bug: Towers do not receive the firerate buff in the gained range when the Commander is upgraded.
  • Bug: When placing multiple Commanders that are all above level 1, using one's Call to Arms ability causes all other abilities on the ability hotbar to go into a cooldown of 30 seconds. To fix this, click on an affected tower and use its ability from there.
• 13 October 2019
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Call to Arms stacking removed.
  • Call to Arms ability now affects the activated Commander.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range increased from 8 to 14.
    • Level 2
      • Hidden detection removed.
      • Call to Arms firerate buff increased from +10% to +30%.
      • Call to Arms cooldown decreased from 70s to 30s.
      • Call to Arms ability attack time increased from 8 seconds to 25-30 seconds.
  • New Call to Arms sound effects and particles.
  • Bug: The Commander always provides a fixed +10% firerate buff regardless of upgrades.
• 27 October 2019
  • New skin: Gargoyle
• 9 November 2019
  • Bug: Range buffs do not increase the range of the Call to Arms ability.
  • Bugfix: The Commander now properly provides firerate buffs according to upgrades.
• 12 January 2020
  • New skins: Red, Green, Victorian, Galactic, General
  • Call to Arms sound effects changed.
  • Level 2 renamed from Dog Tags to Intimidation.
  • Level 3 renamed from G.I. Joe to Call to Arms.
  • Level 5 renamed from Space Force Leader to Commander Of The World.
• 6 April 2020
  • New skins: Bunny, Spring Time
• 26 May 2020
  • Bug: Level 0 and 1 Commander no longer supply a 10% firerate buff.
• 29 October 2020
  • Unlock cost increased from 1,500 to 3,500.
  • Level 5 requirement added.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Skincrate and Premium Skincrate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Damage decreased from 6 to 4.
      • Firerate decreased from 1.05 to 0.53.
      • Range decreased from 14 to 12.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $300 to $850.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Firerate buff changed from 10% to 10% > 15%.
      • Renamed from Gloves to Leadership.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $850 to $1,800.
      • Range decreased from +1 to 0.
      • Call to Arms ability unlocked, moved from Level 3.
        • Call to Arms ability attack time decreased from 25-30 seconds to 10 seconds.
      • Renamed from Intimidation to Call to Arms.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $2,000 to $5,500.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Firerate buff changed from 15% to 15% > 20%.
      • Renamed from Call Of Arms to Intense Training.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $5,500 to $9,000.
      • Range increased from +1 to +4.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +4.
      • Firerate buff changed from 15% > 20% to 20% > 25%.
      • Firerate changed from 1.05 > 0.8 to 0.53.
      • Renamed from Boot Camp Training to World Leader.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Statistics:
        • Name: Commander of The World
        • Cost: $10,000
        • +2 Range
        • +2 Damage
        • 20% > 25% Firerate Buff
        • 0.8 > 0.55 Firerate
  • New skins: Maid, Neko
  • Call to Arms ability no longer affects the activated Commander.
• 31 October 2020
  • New skin: Ghost
• 8 May 2021
  • New skins: Frost, Bloxy
• 4 December 2021
  • New skin: Eclipse
  • Bug: Eclipse skin uses incorrect voicelines.
• 11 December 2021
  • Bugfix: Eclipse skin now uses correct voicelines.
• 17 February 2022
  • Bug: The Commander's firerate boost decreases the firerate to a number with a very long decimal.
• 12 March 2022
  • Firerate buff equation changed.
  • Call to Arms effect changed.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.53 to 0.508.
  • Bug: Towers in the gained range from the range buffs do not receive the passive firerate buff until the Commander is upgraded.
  • Bugfix: The Commander's firerate boost no longer decreases the firerate to a number with a very long decimal.
  • Bugfix: The Commander's firerate buff is no longer be overwritten by a weaker Commander firerate buff.
  • Bugfix: The Commander's firerate buff is no longer be removed from all towers in its range when sold, even if they are in range of another Commander.
  • Bugfix: Towers now receive the firerate buff in the gained range when the Commander is upgraded.
  • Bugfix: Range buff now increases the range of the Call to Arms ability.
• 16 March 2022
  • Bugfix: Towers in the gained range from the range buffs do now receive the passive firerate buff without the Commander being upgraded.
• 17 April 2022
  • New skin: Ducky
• 23 April 2022
  • New skin: Plushie
• 5 August 2022
  • The Commander now returns to its original rotation after the Call to Arms ability ends.
  • New skin: Lifeguard
• 21 December 2022
  • Level requirement removed.
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Galactic skin rarity changed from Rare to Uncommon.
  • New skin: Holiday
• 14 February 2023
  • New skins: Brisk, Valentines
• 5 May 2023
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Rare.
• 5 August 2023
  • New skin: Pirate
• 28 October 2023
  • New skin: Umbra
• 21 December 2023
  • Unlock cost increased from 3,500 to 4,000.
  • New skin: Phantom
• 28 January 2024
  • New skin: Eggrypted
• 19 April 2024
  • Bug: Call to Arms costs $300 to use.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
• 16 May 2024
  • Placement limit of 3 Commanders per player added.
  • Commander now attacks enemies when any ability is activated, not just the Call to Arms ability.
    • Attack time stacks if multiple ability are used in a short period of time.
  • New Call to Arms ability effects.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $650 to $850.
      • Range decreased from 12 to 9.
      • Damage decreased from 4 to 0.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.508 to 0.
      • Hidden detection added.
      • Flying detection added.
      • Firerate buff increased from 10% to 12.5%.
    • Level 1
      • Cost decreased from $850 to $300.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Firerate buff changed from 10% > 15% to 12.5% > 15%.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $1,800 to $2,500.
      • Lead detection added.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +10.
      • Firerate changed from 0.508 to 0 > 0.608.
      • Call to Arms' ability buff reduced from 30% to 15%.
    • Level 3
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.5.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +5.
      • Firerate buff decreased from 10% > 20% to 12.5% > 17.5%.
      • Call to Arms' ability buff changed from 30% to 15% > 22.5%.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $9,000 to $15,000.
      • Range decreased from +4 to +1.5.
      • Damage increased from +4 to +10.
      • Firerate buff decreased from 20% > 25% to 17.5% > 20%.
      • Call to Arms' ability buff changed from 30% to 22.5% > 30%.
      • Support Caravan ability added.
      • Name changed from World Leader to Strength in Numbers.
  • Bug: Animation has a chance to be bugged when upgraded.
  • Bug: Eggrypted, Umbra, Phantom and Spring Time skins do not have models and cannot be placed down.
    • This was fixed later the same day for all skins except Spring Time.
• 18 May 2024
  • New skins: Vigilante, Pattern
  • Placement limit increased from 3 to 4.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Call to Arms cooldown decreased from 40 to 30.
    • Level 4
      • Support Caravan cost decreased from $3,000 to $2,000.
  • Bugfix: Spring Time now has models and can be placed down.
• 4 July 2024
  • New skin: Patriotic
• 21 June 2024
  • Bug: Regular damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
  • Bug: Missile APC damage is boosted by damage buffs.
• 2 August 2024
  • Bugfix: Regular damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 21 August 2024
  • New skin: Fallen
• 23 October 2024
  • New skin: Wasteland

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