Fallen Swordmaster

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Fallen Swordmaster
Mode Appearance	Hardcore
Wave Debut	47
Statistics
Base Health	150,000
Speed	Slow (1.5) Below Average (Refusing Will)
Hidden?	No
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Stun Immune Boss Immunities: Freeze Immunity Stun Immunity Toxic Gunner Slowdown Jester Confusion Nuke Fallout Damage DJ Booth Slowdown Defense Dropping
Abilities
Ability 1	Dagger Throw - Throws three purple daggers at random towers while standing still, stunning them.
Ability 2	Double Slash - Pulls out its swords and spins twice with swords extended, stunning towers.
Ability 3	Spike Summon - Raises its swords and summons spikes all around the map, stunning towers caught in one.
Ability 4	Refusing Will - After its health drops below 75,000 health, the Fallen Swordmaster begins to pant, giving it immunity to all damage. After it's done panting, it will immediately perform its Spike Summon move. It also starts moving faster. Its Dagger Throw ability can now throw between four to five swords.

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―Commander dialogue on Wave 47 (Hardcore)

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―Commander dialogue on Wave 47 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

Description

The Fallen Swordmaster is a major boss that only appears as the third boss in Hardcore mode. It was based on the Swordmaster from the SFOTH Event. This version, however, has over three times the base health of the Swordmaster.

As with most major bosses, the Fallen Swordmaster has an extremely high amount of health. While the Fallen Swordmaster walks quite slowly after it uses its Refusing Will move (a variant of Rage Mode that activates at half health), it will speed up in movement, making it very dangerous. While it cannot spawn any enemies of its own, its abilities can stun lots of towers in a short period of time.

Appearance

The Fallen Swordmaster has reflective black skin and glowing purple eyes. It has a dark red crown that is slightly tilted, a purple undershirt, and dark purple tattered pants and jacket. It wields two Darkheart swords that are held upside down. Being a major boss, it is significantly larger than the average enemy.

Strategy

• Towers that deal high DPS, like the Golden Minigunner, Pursuit, Turret, Engineer and Accelerator can be useful to take down the Fallen Swordmaster quickly.
  • The Ranger can also be used, due to its high DPS and stun immunity.
• Cheap towers can provide a distraction for the Fallen Swordmaster's Dagger Throw.
  • This can be particularly useful as the Fallen Swordmaster stops moving to throw its swords.
  • However, do beware that the attack stuns towers around the target, meaning that poor placement can stun lots of towers at once.
  • If possible, try to spread out your towers.
  • In addition, after the Fallen Swordmaster's Refusing Will ability is activated, the Fallen Swordmaster can throw 4-5 swords at towers, instead of 3.
  • However, this wastes a tower slot in the late game which can be used to deal more damage.
• Units can be quite useful against the Fallen Swordmaster, as it has no attack that destroys units before they collide.
  • This makes the Engineer's sentries very useful against the Fallen Swordmaster.
  • However, once the Fallen Swordmaster activates its Refusing Will ability, all units will phase through it, given that it temporarily gains Full Immunity.
• The Commander's Call to Arms ability is recommended against the Fallen Swordmaster.
  • You can time the ability to avoid the Fallen Swordmaster from performing its Refusing Will move. If it has recently performed an ability, and you can kill the Fallen Swordmaster quickly from when it reaches 75,000 health, this move will not be performed.
  • The DJ Booth can also be used so that towers that are out of range of the Fallen Swordmaster can attack while being out of the range of some of the Fallen Swordmaster's attacks.
• You can use the Medic's ability to cleanse stuns performed by the Fallen Swordmaster.

Gallery

Thumbnails

Fallen Swordmaster on the game thumbnail.

Trailers

Tower Defense Simulator Trailer 2020

Fallen Swordmaster in the game trailer.

Badges

Fallen Swordmaster on the Triumphant! badge.

Fallen Swordmaster on the Triumphant! badge.

Miscellaneous

Fallen Swordmaster on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Fallen Swordmaster is the resurrected version of the original Swordmaster, as stated by a tweet.
  • It also suggests that other Pre-MEGA enemies were meant to be brought back, however only the Fallen Swordmaster and Lava were brought back into the game.
• The Fallen Swordmaster could be spawned before the Overhaul Update through commands.
• Weirdly, the health of the Fallen Swordmaster was increased in MEGA Servers, despite it not being able to spawn in a MEGA Server without admin commands.
• The Fallen Swordmaster can be seen as a chess piece in the Chess Board map, representing the Queen chess piece.
• The Fallen Swordmaster is the only major boss in-game to be affected by the All Paths modifier.
  • Prior to the 6th of May, 2024, Patient Zero was also affected by the All Paths modifier.

Update History

• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster added.
  • Bug: Spike Summon ability does not function.
• 4 July 2021 - Overhaul v1.4.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster can no longer be slowed down by the Toxic Gunner.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Bugfix: Spike Summon ability now works properly.
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Bug: Spike Summon ability spikes are invisible and do not stun towers.
• 23 May 2023 - v1.7.3a
  • Energy Immunity replaced with Stun Immunity.
• 10 February 2024 - v1.13.0
  • Bug: Fallen Swordmaster no longer spawns.
• 11 February 2024 - v1.13.0a
  • Bugfix: Fallen Swordmaster now spawns again.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster can no longer be confused by the Jester.
• 10 May 2024 - v1.21.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster is now immune to the fallout damage from the Nuke.
• 18 May 2024 - v1.22.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster is now immune to knockback.
• 28 August 2024 - v1.29.0
  • Bug: Can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 31 August 2024 - v1.29.7
  • Bugfix: No longer can be slowed down by the DJ Booth.
• 6 November 2024 - v1.40.0
  • Fallen Swordmaster can no longer have its defense dropped.

Hardcore
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Fallen, Soul Boss & Necromancer Boss Wave 46	Fallen Swordmaster Wave 47	Fallen Guardian & Fallen King Wave 48