Scared Debuff

Scared Debuff
Type	Debuff
Display Method	Tower

Description

The Scared Debuff is a debuff that decreases a tower's range. It is displayed on the tower itself using the icon of a ghost. Multiple ghosts will also appear out of the tower.

Mechanics

Scared Debuff range reduction is calculated as:

Range × (1 - Scared Debuff)

where Scared Debuff is the debuff supplied by the enemy in decimal form (for example, 10% is 0.1).

The range of a tower affected by the Scared Debuff can be in decimal form, instead of being rounded down or rounded up to the nearest integer. For example, a tower with 5 range with a 50% Scared Debuff will have a range of 2.5.

The following towers are either partially or fully not affected by the Scared Debuff:

• All towers that are not humanoids are immune to any debuff applied by enemies prior to the 28th of October 2023.
  • The XR500 is still affected, as the skin has a humanoid.
  • Multiple skins added starting from the 1st of April 2025 also have this immunity due to bugs.
• All units.
• The DJ Booth cannot have its range boosted by another DJ Booth.
  • Other range buff sources, like the Ranger, can still apply it.
• Circling/patrol range of the Pursuit and Ace Pilot.
  • The radius in which towers gain hidden detection from the Ace Pilot also cannot be increased.
  • These towers' attack range can still be increased.
• The deadzone ranges of towers, like the Engineer or Rocketeer.
  • The attack range for these towers can still be increased.
• Secondary orange range of towers like the range buff range for the Ranger or the gravestone range for the Necromancer.
  • The main range of these towers can still be increased.
• The chain range of the Electroshocker.
  • The attack range can still be increased.
• The explosion radius from Splash Damage towers cannot be increased.

Applied By

The following enemies can apply the Scared Debuff to towers:

• Nuclear Monster (Blindly Shooting ability)
• Gunslinger (Time's Up ability)
• Wox the Fox (Game Over ability)

The following event enemies can apply the Scared Debuff to towers:

• Conserver (Soul Eruption ability)
• Corrupted Conserver (Corrupted Soul Eruption ability)
• Nerd Duck (Blast Missiles ability)

Update Log

• 29 July 2022 - v1.3.0
  • Scared Debuff added.