Description
The Damage Buff is a buff that increases a tower's damage, making them stronger. It is displayed on the tower itself with the icon of a arm with muscle.
Mechanics
Damage Buff range reduction is calculated as:
- Damage × (1 + Damage Buff)
- where Damage Buff is the debuff supplied in decimal form (for example, 10% is 0.1).
- Damage × (1 + Damage Buff)
The damage increased by the Damage Buff will always round down to the nearest integer. For example, a tower that deals 5 damage with a 50% Damage Buff will deal 7 damage, instead of 7.5.
Multiple towers are not fully affected by the buff. A full list of towers affected fully, partially or that are unaffected can be found below.
| Damage Buff | |
|---|---|
| Tower | Status |
| Scout | Affected |
| Sniper | Affected |
| Paintballer | Affected |
| Demoman | Affected |
| Hunter | Affected |
| Soldier | Affected |
| Militant | Affected |
| Medic | Affected |
| Freezer | Affected |
| Farm | Affected |
| Shotgunner | Affected |
| Military Base | Partial[1] |
| Rocketeer | Affected |
| Trapper | Partial[1] |
| Ace Pilot | Affected |
| Pyromancer | Partial[2] |
| Crook Boss | Partial[3] |
| Electroshocker | Affected |
| Commander | Partial[4] |
| Warden | Partial[5] |
| Cowboy | Affected |
| DJ Booth | Unaffected |
| Minigunner | Affected |
| Ranger | Affected |
| Gatling Gun | Affected |
| Turret | Affected |
| Mortar | Affected |
| Pursuit | Affected |
| Mercenary Base | Partial[6] |
| Brawler | Unaffected |
| Necromancer | Partial[7] |
| Accelerator | Affected |
| Engineer | Partial[8] |
| Hacker | Affected |
| Gladiator | Affected |
| Commando | Affected |
| Slasher | Affected[9] |
| Frost Blaster | Affected |
| Archer | Partial[10] |
| Swarmer | Partial[11] |
| Toxic Gunner | Partial[12] |
| Sledger | Partial[13] |
| Executioner | Affected |
| Elf Camp | Unaffected |
| Jester | Partial[14] |
| Cryomancer | Partial[15] |
| Hallow Punk | Partial[16] |
| Harvester | Affected |
| Snowballer | Affected |
| Elementalist | Partial[17] |
| Firework Technician | Affected |
| Biologist | Unaffected |
| War Machine | Affected |
| Mecha Base | Unaffected |
Applied By
The following towers or consumables can apply the Damage Buff to other towers:
- DJ Booth (Passive)
- Mercenary Base (Passive)
- Damage Flag (Passive)
- War Machine (Passive)
The following towers used to have the Damage Buff:
- Golden Crook Boss (Passive)
- Golden Minigunner (Passive)
- Golden Pyromancer (Passive)
- Golden Scout (Passive)
- Golden Cowboy (Passive)
- John (Enraging Shout ability)
- Shredder (Knife Throw ability)
- Cowboy (Wildest of the West and Gold Rush abilities)
- Gladiator (Sharp Edge ability)
The following tower used to apply the Damage Buff to other towers:
- John (Enraging Shout ability)
The following removed towers had the Damage Buff:
- Platinum Crook Boss (Passive)
- Platinum Minigunner (Passive)
Gallery
Buff icon
First icon (14 June 2019 – 29 October 2020)
Update History
- 14 June 2019 - BETA v1.1.0
- Damage Buff added.
- 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0
- Damage Buff updated, now it can affect far more than just the base damage of the tower.
- Icon changed.
- Now displayed on the tower rather than in the upgrade menu.
- 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
- Particles now appear when activated.
- 29 March 2024 - v1.17.0
- Bug: Damage buff indicators are sunk into the ground.
- 10 May 2024 - v1.19.2
- Bugfix: Damage buff indicators are no longer sunk into the ground.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Only splash damage damage is increased.
- ↑ Burn damage is not affected.
- ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
- ↑ Gunner APC damage is not affected.
- ↑ Increase for the crit damage is the same as regular damage.
- ↑ Only Grenadier has increased damage.
- ↑ Unit damage is not affected.
- ↑ Regular unit damage is not affected.
- ↑ For bleed damage, while it is affected, it is affected far more than its regular damage. First, its base bleed damage is boosted and not rounded down, and then the actual damage dealt to an enemy is boosted.
- ↑ Burn damage is not increased.
- ↑ Bee damage is not increased.
- ↑ Poison damage is not increased.
- ↑ Increase for the freeze bonus damage is the same as regular damage.
- ↑ Poison and burn damage is not increased.
- ↑ Chillness damage is not increased.
- ↑ Burn damage is not increased.
- ↑ Unit and burn damage is not increased.
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| Buffs | Damage Buff • Firerate Buff • Range Buff • Discount Buff • Firework Buff • Hidden Detection Buff • Flying Detection Buff • Lead Detection Buff • Burst Buff • Cash Shot Buff | |
| Debuffs | Fatigue Debuff • Firerate Debuff • Cost Debuff • Range Debuff • Scared Debuff | |