Militant

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Militant
Unlock Cost	1,500
Base Cost	$700
Base Selling Cost	$233
Type	Offensive
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Damage	1
Damage Method	Single
Base Firerate	0.258
Base Range	14
Hidden Detection	Level 1+
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	Level 1+
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

• Current
• Version 3
• Version 2
• Hardcore Testing
• Version 1

"Trained with an assault rifle, this tower deals medium damage at a fast firerate."

―Store Description

"Trained with an assault rifle, this tower deals medium damage at a fast firerate. Keep an eye out for his ammo!"

―Former Store Description

"Equipped with a FN FAL and has a fast firerate."

―Former Store Description

"At max level, he uses his raging voice to increase the damage of ally towers. Based on the youtuber: JOHNROBLOX."

―Former Store Description

"Subscribe to JOHN ROBLOX for very funny Roblox videos."

―Former Store Description

Description

The Militant, formerly known as John, is an intermediate tower that costs 1,500 to buy from the store, but can also be obtained by purchasing the Starter Bundle. It could also be obtained by a now expired code.

The Militant initially deals low damage but has a fast firerate. Additionally, it has a very long range, allowing it to cover large amounts of the track. Later on, it has high DPS and firerate combined with very long range. It is however, quite expensive to upgrade.

The Militant is considered an early to mid-game tower.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Radio Comms - $250
+3 Range +Hidden Detection +Flying Detection Sell Price changes to $316

Level 2 - Bigger Rifle - $1,250
+1 Damage 0.258 > 0.188 Firerate Sell Price changes to $733

Level 3 - Upskill - $3,000
+2 Range +2 Damage 0.188 > 0.158 Firerate Sell Price changes to $1,733

Level 4 - Stealth Mercenary - $7,500
+2 Range +4 Damage Sell Price changes to $4,233

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	Range	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$700	1	0.258	14	3.88	$180.41
1	$950	1	0.258	17	3.88	$244.85
2	$2,200	2	0.188	17	10.64	$206.77
3	$5,200	4	0.158	19	25.32	$205.37
4	$12,700	8	0.158	21	50.63	$250.84

Skins

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

Skin	Ace Pilot	Pumpkin	Hazmat	Ghost
Rarity	Rare	Event	Common	Event
Daily Store Cost	350	N/A	85	N/A
Obtained From	Deluxe Skincrate	Formerly Halloween 2019 Skincrate	Premium Skincrate	Spooky Skincrate
Skin	Chocolatier	Ducky	Beach	John
Rarity	Uncommon	Uncommon	Event	Exclusive
Daily Store Cost	4,500	3,500	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Lovestruck Skincrate, Lovely Skincrate, Season of Love Season	Ducky Skincrate, Hunting Season	End of Summer Season	Code: JOHNRETURNS, 9509253943
Skin	Lumberjack	Davinchi	Fallen	Star Spartan
Rarity	Uncommon	Event	Rare	Rare
Daily Store Cost	105	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obtained From	Premium Skincrate, Philips x TDS Season	Lunar Overture Season	Mission Quests	Mission Quests
Skin	Wasteland
Rarity	Rare
Daily Store Cost	N/A
Obtained From	Hexscape Event Regular Battle Pass

Strategy

• The Militant's high DPS and low cost make it very viable to use early on during the game. It can also be very useful mid-game and in some weaker modes, late-game.
  • Early on, you can place multiple Level 1 Militants, due to their high DPS, high range, flying detection and hidden detection.
    • Later on during the game, they should be upgraded to Level 3.
  • Later on during the game, the Commander can be very useful at increasing its DPS, making it quite useful late-game.
• The Militant can be quite effective against hidden enemies like the Hidden Boss due to its cheap Hidden detection and decent DPS.
• It is not recommended to upgrade the Militant to Level 4 immediately as it costs more than placing down another one and upgrading it to Level 3.
  • This upgrade is only worth buying to save up on the placement limit or while its upgrades are discounted by the DJ Booth.
• Because the Militant gains flying detection at Level 1, it can be used in Hardcore to kill early-game Balloons or in Pizza Party to deal with the Balloon Kids.
  • You may need a few Level 3 Militants to deal with the Balloon Kids due to their high health.

Trivia

• When the game was in Alpha, John's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "swager21".
  • It was the only tower that did not include the word "sans" in its upgrade description.
• This tower used to be redeemable with the now expired code: J0HNRBX.
• The Militant (when it was originally called John) had an ability called Gorilla Sounds which increased the damage of most towers within its range by 30%. This lasted 10 seconds and had a 30 second cooldown.
  • During Hardcore Testing BETA, this ability was renamed to Enraging Shout.
  • This ability could not increase the damage of the following towers:
    • Any projectile-based towers: the Mortar, Rocketeer, Demoman, Freezer (splash damage only; its direct, non-explosive, damage can be increased), Paintballer and Holiday Archer.
    • The Ace Pilot bombs, Commando missiles or Pursuit missiles, as they all count as projectiles.
    • The Shredder when its Knife Throw ability was activated, as the knives it threw counted as a projectile.
    • The Pyromancer's burn damage or the Swarmer's bee damage.
      • The Pyromancer's normal damage could still be increased.
    • The Enforcer.
    • All units.
• This tower was originally dedicated to YouTuber JOHN ROBLOX.
  • Before the addition of this tower, the Paintballer was considered John's tower.
  • The Enraging Shout ability was based on various noises that he would make in his videos.
• The Enraging Shout ability (now removed) would play various sound effects, with some skins having their own specific sound effects.
  • The regular Enraging Shout sound was voiced by YouTuber JOHN ROBLOX. There were four lines:
    • "Oh you think you're hard, you think you're hard ya dumb old zombies, shred em, shred em, shred em, shred!"
    • "Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" with a scream at the end.
    • Sounds resembling that of a gorilla, specifically one going "oo-oo-oo" repeatedly.
    • "Yeah, get em, get em, get em, yeah, yeah, get em!"
  • The Pumpkin skin for Militant had two sound effects, both of which are laughs.
  • The Ace Pilot skin for Militant had one sound effect that was only used during Hardcore Testing, prior to that it did not play anything. The one line was:
    • "kakugo surun yo"
      • In English, it translates to "Ya better be prepared!".
      • This is a reference to JOHN ROBLOX's video, zerotwo but in roblox, although the actual sound effect comes from the anime Macross Delta.
• The Militant still uses John upgrade icons from Hardcore Testing BETA, even though its design has been changed.
• The Militant was the only tower that used a reloading system, until the Cryomancer was released.
  • The Militant's reloading system was removed in the Entity System Update.
• The Militant, Engineer and Electroshocker are the only towers that detect flying enemies which do not gain flying detection at Level 0.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 16 June 2019 - BETA v1.1.0
  • John added.
• 24 June 2019 - BETA v1.2.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 5
      • Cost increased from $12,000 to $16,000.
      • Gorilla Noises damage buff increased from 20% to 50%.
      • Gorilla Noises cost increased from free to $100.
• 1 July 2019 - BETA v1.3.2
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $8,200 to $6,200.
    • Level 5
      • Cost decreased from $16,000 to $10,000.
• 19 July 2019 - BETA v1.6.0
  • Code expired, unlock cost is now 1,000.
• 13 October 2019 - Release v1.0.0
  • Upgrade names added.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,400 to $1,000.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,250 to $2,400.
    • Level 4
      • Cost decreased from $6,200 to $5,000.
    • Level 5
      • Gorilla Noises damage buff decreased from 50% to 30%.
      • Gorilla Noises cost decreased from $100 to free.
      • Gorilla Noises cooldown decreased from 65s to 30s.
      • Gorilla Noises now has rage particles that only last 5 seconds while the ability lasts 10 seconds.
  • New skin: Ace Pilot
  • Bug: John does not gain hidden detection on Level 2.
• 18 October 2019 - Release v1.1.0
  • New skin: Pumpkin
• 9 November 2019 - Release v1.2.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Level 3
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
        • Bug: This was not changed in the upgrade description.
    • Level 5
      • Gorilla Noises now stacks with other damage buffs.
  • Bugfix: John now gains hidden detection on Level 2.
• 4 March 2020 - Release v1.8.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $575 to $550.
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
    • Level 1
      • Renamed from Gloves to Laser Sight.
      • Cost decreased from $450 to $200.
    • Level 2
      • Renamed from Laser Sight to Improved Handling.
      • Cost decreased from $1,000 to $600.
    • Level 3
      • Renamed from Light Machine Gun to Master Chef.
      • Cost decreased from $2,400 to $1,250.
    • Level 4
      • Renamed from Master Chef to AUG A1.
      • Cost decreased from $5,000 to $3,500.
    • Level 5
      • Renamed from GORILLA SOUNDS to A Force to be Reckoned With.
      • Cost decreased from $10,000 to $8,500.
      • Firerate changed from 0.25 to 0.25 to 0.2.
  • Ability particles updated and now last for 10 seconds.
• 29 April 2020 - Release v1.10.0
  • New skin: Hazmat
• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Renamed from John to Militant.
  • Unlock cost increased from 1,000 to 2,000.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Skin rarity added to Basic Skincrate and Premium Skincrate skins.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.85 to 0.43.
      • Range increased from 10 to 12.
      • Cost increased from $550 to $1,200.
    • Level 1
      • Renamed from Laser Sight to Percise Aiming.
    • Level 2
      • Damage decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.85 > 0.65 to 0.43.
      • Cost decreased from $600 to $450.
      • Renamed from Improved Handling to Radio Support.
    • Level 3
      • Damage decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Range decreased from +2 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.65 to 0.43 > 0.23.
      • Cost decreased from $1,250 to $1,200.
      • Renamed from Master Chef to Automatic.
    • Level 4
      • Range decreased from +3 to +0.
      • Firerate changed from 0.65 > 0.25 to 0.23.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Renamed from AUG A1 to Intense Training.
    • Level 5
      • Range decreased from +3 to +2.
      • Firerate changed from 0.25 > 0.2 to 0.23 > 0.18.
      • Gorilla Noises ability removed.
      • Renamed from A Force to be Reckoned With to Special Forces.
• 23 November 2020 - Overhaul v1.1.1
  • New skin: Ghost
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Militant now has ammo, when it runs out of ammo or does not detect any enemies for a while it will start reloading.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $1,200 to $750.
      • Damage decreased from 2 to 1.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.43 to 0.23.
      • Range decreased from 12 to 10.
      • Now has 18 ammo.
    • Level 3
      • Name changed from Automatic to Sharp Shooter.
      • Firerate changed from 0.43 > 0.23 to 0.23 > 0.155.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Ammo increased from +0 to +12.
      • Cost increased from $1,200 to $1,800.
    • Level 4
      • Range increased from +0 to +1.
      • Cost increased from $3,500 to $4,500.
    • Level 5 removed
      • Statistics:
        • Name: Special Forces
        • Cost: $7,500
        • +2 Damage
        • +2 Range
        • Firerate: 0.23 > 0.18
• 4 December 2021 - v1.0.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Ammo increased from 18 to 20.
    • Level 3
      • Ammo decreased from +12 to +10.
      • Reload Time changed from 2.5 to 2.5> 1.5.
  • Bug: When the Militant has its reload time decreased by the Commander, the Militant will not play any animation after its reloading animation is finished, but it still can attack enemies.
• 13 February 2022 - v1.0.1
  • New skin: Chocolatier.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.1.0
  • Reloading mechanic removed.
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate increased from 0.23 to 0.258.
      • Range increased from 10 to 14.
      • Reload Time removed (was 2.5).
      • Ammo removed (was 20).
      • Cost increased from $750 to $800.
    • Level 1
      • Name changed from Percise Aiming to Radio Comms.
      • Range increased from +2 to +3.
      • Hidden Detection moved from Level 2 to Level 1.
      • Cost increased from $200 to $250.
    • Level 2
      • Name changed from Radio Support to Bigger Rifle.
      • Damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Firerate changed from 0.23 to 0.258 > 0.208.
      • Range decreased from +1 to +0.
      • Cost increased from $450 to $1,500.
    • Level 3
      • Name changed from Sharp Shooter to Upskill.
      • Firerate changed from 0.23 > 0.155 to 0.208 > 0.188.
      • Damage increased from +1 to +2.
      • Range increased from +0 to +2.
      • Cost increased from $1,800 to $3,500.
    • Level 4
      • Name changed from Intense Training to Stealth Mercenary.
      • Firerate changed from 0.155 to 0.188 > 0.158.
      • Damage increased from +2 to +3.
      • Range increased from +1 to +2.
      • Cost increased from $4,500 to $7,500.
• 17 April 2022 - v1.2.0
  • New skin: Ducky
• 5 August 2022 - v1.3.1
  • New skin: Beach
• 9 September 2022 - v1.3.2a
  • New skin: John
• 30 September 2022 - v1.4.0
  • New skin: Lumberjack
• 21 December 2022 - v1.6.0
  • Skin rarity added to all skins.
  • Hazmat skin rarity changed from Rare to Common.
• 23 January 2023 - v1.6.0j
  • Pumpkin skin rarity changed from Common to Event.
• 14 February 2023 - v1.6.1
  • Chocolatier skin rarity changed from Event to Uncommon.
• 5 May 2023 - v1.7.2
  • Ducky skin rarity changed from Event to Uncommon.
• 21 December 2023 - v1.11.0
  • Unlock cost decreased from 2,000 to 1,500.
• 3 May 2024 - v1.20.0
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost decreased from $800 to $700.
    • Level 1
      • Flying detection added.
    • Level 2
      • Cost decreased from $1,500 to $1,250.
      • Firerate changed from 0.258 > 0.208 to 0.258 > 0.188.
    • Level 3
      • Cost decreased from $3,500 to $3,000.
      • Firerate changed from 0.208 > 0.188 to 0.188 > 0.158.
    • Level 4
      • Damage increased from +3 to +4.
      • Firerate changed from 0.188 > 0.158 to 0.158.
• 21 June 2024 - v1.25.0
  • Bug: Damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 2 August 2024 - v1.27.0
  • Bugfix: Damage is now boosted by damage buffs.
• 9 August 2024 - v1.27.5
  • New skin: Fallen
• 11 September 2024 - v1.31.0
  • New skin: Star Spartan
• 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0
  • New skin: Wasteland

Notes