Shotgunner

Shotgunner

ARTICLE

ADVANCED STATS

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Shotgunner

Tower • Enemy

Shotgunner
Mode Appearance	Pizzeria
Wave Debut	15
Statistics
Base Health	2,250
Defense	30%
Speed	Slightly Slow (2.1)
Cash Given	$1,500 every 50% health
Hidden?	Variable
Flying?	No
Ghost?	No
Lead?	No
Attributes	Stun Immune Freeze Immune Bloated (Variable) Boss Immunities: Freeze Immunity Stun Immunity Toxic Gunner Slowdown Jester Confusion Nuke Fallout Damage DJ Booth Slowdown Defense Dropping

"This enemy has already taken quite a beating, but it can take a lot more!
Look out for the giant boss!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 22 (Pizzeria)

Description

The Shotgunner is a large and high health enemy that appears in Pizza Party. It has a high amount of health, decent defense but a slightly slow speed. It also has the Stun Immunity, which makes the Warden and Electroshocker only slow it down instead of fully stopping it and knockback towers cannot knock it back, and the Freeze Immunity, preventing it from being frozen or chilled.

Appearance

The Shotgunner is a robot that resembles the Level 4 Default Shotgunner. It has dark skin, black mask, torso, sleeves, pants, gloves and harness, grey headset and shoes, shotgun shell bandolier, shotgun shells belt and shotgun shell pouch on arms, and red button knee-pads. It also has yellow button eyes which are popped out of its head, wires protruding from the Shotgunner and a battery pack on its back.

On death, it will shake and flail its arms around, emit yellow sparks, and then power down, with the yellow light on its backpack turning off. It also plays a powering down sound when it dies.

Strategy

• When dealing with the Shotgunner when it first debuts, high DPS towers are best. Such towers include the Accelerator and Ranger.
  • The Commander should be used to further boost the firerate of these towers.
  • Do note that the Accelerator will remain locked onto the Shotgunner until it is defeated, letting other enemies get past. Other towers should be placed to deal with these enemies when using the Accelerator.
  • The Military Base's Tank and Railgun Tank are quite strong against Shotgunners, as their collision and splash damage ignore the Shotgunner's defense.
    • Later on however, stronger crowd control towers such as Mortar should be used instead of the Military Base due to Shotgunners appearing more frequently in later waves with higher health.
  • The Ranger can be used, as in addition to dealing high DPS to the Shotgunner, it can counter the Balloon Kid, another enemy that appears in Pizza Party.
  • With the Lost Souls modifier active, your high DPS options are mostly limited to the Minigunner and Golden Minigunner, which should be used.
• It is not recommended to skip a wave until the Shotgunner is defeated. Otherwise, the enemies from the following wave may overcome your towers while they are still trying to deal with the Shotgunner, with the Shotgunner acting as a meat shield.
• Later on, Shotgunners will spawn in hordes. Towers that can damage multiple enemies at once, like the Executioner, Mortar or Gladiator can deal lots of damage to these hordes.
  • Additionally, most splash damage towers ignore the Shotgunner's defense, making them even more effective.
  • Generally, however, these towers are unable to outright defeat hordes of Shotgunners, so high DPS towers should still be used alongside them.
• As it has a rather large amount of health and walks quickly, staling towers like the Electroshocker or Warden can be useful here, though a lot of them will be less effective because of its immunities.
  • The Warden and Electroshocker can only slow down the Shotgunner, instead of fully stopping it.
  • Freezing towers cannot freeze or chill it, as it has the Freeze Immunity.
  • As it has the Stun Immunity, knockback towers cannot knock it back.
• The Shotgunner's defense can be reduced by defense dropping towers like the Pyromancer and Electroshocker.
  • Freeze defense dropping towers cannot be used due to the Shotgunner's Freeze Immunity.

Gallery

Thumbnails

Shotgunner on the game thumbnail.

Promotional Images

Shotgunner on a promotional image.

Shotgunner on a promotional image.

Promotional Videos

Game Master Ultimate Skin - Tower Defense Simulator

Shotgunner on a promotional video.

Trailers

Tower Defense Simulator- Halloween 2022 Trailer

Shotgunner in the game trailer.

Miscellaneous

Shotgunner on its Index icon.

Update History

• 31 October 2022 - v1.4.2
  • Shotgunner added.
• 23 May 2023 - v1.7.3a
  • Energy Immunity replaced with Stun Immunity.
• 22 January 2025 - v1.50.0
  • Health increased from 2,000 to 2,500.
  • Speed slightly increased from 2 to 2.1.
  • Defense decreased from 40% to 30%.
  • Now gives $1,000 every 50% health lost.
  • Freeze Immunity added.
  • Bug: Appears twice in the Index, one of them not loading in any model for the preview.
• 29 January 2025 - v1.51.0
  • Health decreased from 2,500 to 2,250.
  • Cash given increased from $1,000 to $1,500 every 50% health lost.

Notes

Pizzeria (Pizza Party)
Previous Debut	Current Debut	Next Debut
Citizen Plush Wave 14	Shotgunner Wave 15	Marionette Wave 16