Frost Blaster

Frost Blaster

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Frost Blaster has been made unobtainable from the game as of the 26th of January 2020 as it was part of the Christmas 2019 Event.
Players with the item in question can continue using it, but you cannot obtain this item anymore, outside of limited-time promotional sales.

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Frost Blaster
Unlock Cost	Triumph Village of Despair
Base Cost	$850
Base Selling Cost	$283
Type	Offensive Support
Placement	Ground
Placement Limit	10
Statistics
Base Damage	2
Damage Type	Pierce
Base Firerate	0.858
Base Range	12
Hidden Detection	Level 1+
Lead Detection	Level 0+
Flying Detection	N/A
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

• Current
• Version 2
• Version 1

"Pierce multiple enemies with an ice rifle, freezing them!"

―Inventory Description

"Uses an ice rifle to freeze zombies. Won from beating Winter 2019"

―Former Inventory Description

"Earned by beating the Xmas 2019 event"

―Former Inventory Description

Description

The Frost Blaster is a tower that could have been unlocked by triumphing Village of Despair during the Christmas 2019 Event. It could have also been through a limited time gamepass for 350 during the Christmas 2019 Event and for 600 as part of the the Krampus' Revenge Event.

The Frost Blaster starts out with low damage, gaining more damage at higher levels and it also has a somewhat high firerate, making its single target DPS below par compared to other towers. However, it fires piercing projectiles that freeze enemies when hit. When an enemy thaws, it has chillness applied to it, which slows it down for a few seconds. Any enemy with the freeze immunity cannot be frozen, slowed down or have its defense dropped by the Frost Blaster. Additionally, larger enemies are frozen for a shorter amount of time. This makes Frost Blaster an offensive support hybrid since it has a higher DPS than the Freezer.

At Level 2+, the Frost Blaster will drop 10% defense every tick, though it can only decrease an enemy's defense by 33%. For example, if an enemy has 50% defense, it will be decreased by 16%.

The Frost Blaster has a placement limit of 10 per player.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Endurance - $300
0.858 > 0.758 Firerate +Hidden Detection Sell Price changes to $383

Level 2 - Piercing Cold - $950
+2 Range +2 Damage +1 Max Hits Drops 10% defense every tick Sell Price changes to $700

Level 3 - Frosty Gear - $3,500
+6 Damage +2 Range 0.5 > 0.75 Freeze Time +1 Max Hits Sell Price changes to $1,866

Level 4 - Hyper Icer Trooper - $10,000
+25 Damage 0.758 > 1.508 Firerate +6 Range 0.75 > 1.25 Freeze Time +2 Max Hits +30 Projectile Speed Sell Price changes to $5,200

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	Damage	Firerate	Slowdown	Max Slowdown	Slowdown Time	Freeze Time	Max Hits	Range	Projectile Speed	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$850	2	0.858	30%	30%	2	0.5	3	12	60	2.33	$425
1	$1,150	2	0.758	30%	30%	2	0.5	3	12	60	2.64	$575
2	$2,100	4	0.758	30%	30%	2	0.5	4	14	60	5.28	$420
3	$5,600	10	0.758	30%	30%	2	0.75	5	16	60	13.19	$430.76
4	$15,600	35	1.508	30%	30%	2	1.25	7	22	90	23.21	$678.26

Strategy

• The Frost Blaster's piercing projectile makes it a great tower for early and mid-game.
  • For earlier waves, a Level 0-2 Frost Blaster can be effective at killing enemies that spawn, though by the time high health singular enemies spawn, like the Abnormal Boss, it should be upgraded to Level 3 because of its higher DPS and ability to nearly permanently freeze smaller enemies.
  • Later on in the game the Frost Blaster does not have enough DPS to deal with enemies like the Giant Boss or Hidden Boss on its own, meaning that you need other towers alongside it.
    • It can, however, be useful at freezing enemies and decreasing their defense.
• Unlike other freezing towers, the Frost Blaster freezes an enemy first and then applies the chill slowness effect on them, making it potentially better at slowing down enemies than the Freezer or Sledger.
  • Larger enemies, like the Giant Boss will get slowed down for a shorter amount of time. Additionally, it cannot freeze or slow down any enemy that has the freeze immunity.
  • It cannot freeze bosses as they are immune to freeze by default, however, it can still apply the chillness slowdown effect to them, as long as it does not have freeze immunity. However, the slowdown effect will be much weaker.
  • The Level 3 is especially good at slowing down, as its freeze time and firerate are nearly identical, allowing to effectively permanently slow down smaller enemies.
• The Frost Blaster's defense dropping ability can be useful for decreasing an enemy's defense, allowing your towers to deal more damage to it.
  • However, do note that as the defense dropping happens when an enemy is frozen or slowed down. Because of this, freeze immune enemies cannot have their defense dropped.
  • The defense drop can stack with other towers, such as the Pyromancer, Electroshocker or Toxic Gunner, allowing you to remove an enemy's defense entirely.
    • However, the Frost Blaster's defense drop does not stack with Cryomancer's and Freezer's defense drop.
• The Frost Blaster's range is quite high at Level 4, making it harder for enemies to get out of its range.
  • This also means it is able to freeze enemies from far ranges, surpassing many other stalling towers in this regard and making it very useful.
  • You can use the DJ Booth to increase the high range even more.
• Because of the Frost Blaster's freezing and cheap hidden detection, it can be used against early hidden enemies like the Shadow or Hidden.
  • However, it may be best to upgrade a single one to Level 2-3 or place multiple Level 1 Frost Blasters as a single Level 1 Frost Blaster is unlikely to deal with them on their own, especially against Fallen Souls.
  • Later on, Level 4 Frost Blasters are effective at freezing high health hidden enemies like the Hidden Boss, Soul and Soul Boss.
• The Frost Blaster is effective against Leads and Lead Bosses as it has lead detection from Level 0 and can freeze them.
  • It is, however, useless against the Lead Balloons because the Frost Blaster cannot detect flying enemies.
  • The Frost Blaster should be upgraded to Level 2-3 or have multiple lower levels placed down because of their high health.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 24 December 2019
  • Frost Blaster added.
• 26 January 2020
  • Frost Blaster can no longer be obtained by triumphing Village of Despair.
    • It is still available via the gamepass.
• 14 February 2020
  • Frost Blaster is no longer obtainable from the gamepass.
• 29 October 2020
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
      • Damage decreased from 3 to 1.
      • Firerate increased from 2.05 to 3.03.
      • Freeze time increased from 0.25 to 0.35.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $200 to $350.
      • Renamed from Arctic Gear to Endurance.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $300 to $600.
    • Level 3
      • Frost Mark removed.
      • Now removes 1 defense every hit.
      • Cost increased from $1,200 to $1,500.
      • Firerate changed from 2.05 > 1.55 to 3.03 > 1.53.
    • Level 4
      • Damage decreased from +13 to +3.
      • Firerate changed from 1.55 > 1.05 to 1.53.
      • Freeze time changed from 0.25 > 0.35 to 0.35 > 0.7.
    • Level 5
      • Damage decreased from +23 to +17.
      • Range increased from +2 to +4.
      • Freeze time changed from 0.35 > 0.5 to 0.7.
      • Cost decreased from $7,500 to $6,500.
• 8 May 2021
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Defense dropping changed from 1 to 5%.
• 12 March 2022
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 3.03 to 3.008.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 3.03 > 1.53 to 3.008 > 1.508.
  • Bug: Frost Blaster animation and cosmetics are broken.
• 13 March 2022
  • Bugfix: Frost Blaster animation and cosmetics are no longer broken.
• 21 December 2022
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
• 28 October 2023
  • The Frost Blaster can no longer freeze enemies if it was set on fire by a tower.
• 12 November 2023
  • Bug: Frost Blaster permanently stops enemies from moving after being frozen.
    • This was fixed later the same day.
• 21 December 2023
  • Now slows down enemies after they thaw.
  • Now fires a piercing projectile
  • Defense dropping is now tick based when an enemy is frozen or slowed down instead of dropping it on hit.
  • Frost Blaster is available through a gamepass for 600.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Damage increased from 1 to 2.
      • Firerate decreased from 3.008 to 0.858
      • Range increased from 10 to 12.
      • Lead detection added.
      • Freeze Time increased from 0.35 to 0.5.
      • Placement limit of 10 added.
      • Max Hits of 3 added.
      • Slowdown of 30% added.
      • Slowdown Time of 2 added.
      • Projectile Speed of 60 added.
      • Cost increased from $300 to $850.
    • Level 1
      • Firerate changed from 3.008 to 0.858 > 0.758.
      • Range decreased from +3 to 0.
      • Hidden Detection moved from Level 2.
      • Cost decreased from $350 to $300.
    • Level 2
      • Damage decreased from +4 to +2.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +1.
      • Defense dropping increased from 0% to 10%.
      • Max defense dropping increased from 20% to 33%.
      • Max Hits increase of +1 added.
      • Cost increased from $600 to $950.
      • Name changed from Subarctic Warmth to Piercing Cold.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +10 to +6.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 3.008 > 1.508 to 0.758.
      • Defense dropping increased from 5% to 10%.
      • Freeze Time changed from 0.35 to 0.5 > 0.75.
      • Max Hits increase of +1 added.
      • Cost increased from $1,500 to $3,500.
      • Name changed from Improved Armor to Frosty Gear.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +3 to +25.
      • Range increased from +0 to +6.
      • Firerate changed from 1.508 to 0.758 > 1.508.
      • Freeze Time changed from 0.35 > 0.7 to 0.75 > 1.25.
      • Max Hits increase of +2 added.
      • +30 Projectile Speed increase added.
      • Cost increased from $3,000 to $10,000.
      • Name changed from Hyper Icer Rifle to Hyper Icer Trooper.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Name: Subzero Hero
      • Cost: $6,500
      • +17 Damage
      • +4 Range
  • Bug: Damage buffs do not increase the Frost Blaster's damage.
• 10 February 2024
  • Frost Blaster gamepass taken offsale.
• 2 August 2024
  • Bugfix: Damage can now be boosted by damage buffs.
• 23 October 2024
  • Frost Blaster now can freeze enemies that are set on fire.

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