Toxic Gunner

Toxic Gunner

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Toxic Gunner has been made unobtainable from the game as of the 8th of May 2021 as it was part of the Halloween 2020 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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Toxic Gunner
Unlock Cost	Triumph Trick or Threat Town
Base Cost	$675
Base Selling Cost	$225
Type	Offensive Support
Placement	Ground
Statistics
Base Damage	1
Damage Type	Burst (Level 0-3) Poison (Level 2+) Single (Level 4)
Base Firerate	0.128
Base Range	10
Hidden Detection	N/A
Lead Detection	Level 0+
Flying Detection	N/A
Immunities	None
Placement Footprint	Average (1.5)

"Shoot a burst of poison bullets that slow down enemies!"

―Inventory Description

Description

The Toxic Gunner is a ground tower that fires in bursts. It was unlocked by triumphing Trick or Threat Town as part of the Halloween 2020 Event. It was also obtainable through a gamepass for 500 during the Solar Eclipse Event and for 550 during the Black Friday 2023 sale.

The Toxic Gunner fires in bursts with a short delay between each burst. At Level 2, these shots gain the ability to slow down enemies. Each shot will make the target enemy temporarily slower by 4%, which can stack up to 20%. Only major bosses like the Patient Zero and the Void Reaver are immune to this, however they are not immune to its attacks. At Level 2+, it also applies poison to the enemy which deals 2 damage every 0.5 seconds for 6 seconds (10 second at Level 4). It can also decrease an enemy's defense at Level 2, decreasing it by 1% each poison tick. It can only decrease up to 50% of an enemy's defense. This tower does not have hidden detection, requiring the use of other towers to attack hidden enemies, like the Minigunner.

This is considered an all-round tower. Because of its cheap cost and decent DPS, it can be used as an early-game tower and even in mid-game. Late game, it is overshadowed by other towers in terms of DPS. However, the slowing effect and defense dropping allows the Toxic Gunner to have some use, even during the late game, as a support tower.

Upgrades

Level 1 - Faster Reloading - $200
1 > 0.5 Cooldown Sell Price changes to $291

Level 3 - Sinister Gear - $3,000
+1 Damage +1 Poison Damage +2 Range 0.128 > 0.108 Firerate 6 > 10 Burst Sell Price changes to $1,541

Level 4 - Going Nuclear! - $9,250
+2 Damage +2 Poison Damage +4 Range 0.5 > 0 Cooldown 6 > 10 Poison Time 6 > 10 Slowdown Time Sell Price changes to $4,625

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	Poison Damage	Burst Count	Firerate	Tick	Cooldown	Range	Poison Time	Total Elapsed Damage	Slowdown Time	DPS	Cost Efficiency
0	$675	1	N/A	6	0.128	N/A	1	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.39	$199.11
1	$875	1	N/A	6	0.128	N/A	0.5	10	N/A	N/A	N/A	4.73	$184.98
2	$1,625	1	2	6	0.128	0.5	0.5	12	6	24	6	8.79	$184.86
3	$4,625	2	3	10	0.108	0.5	0.5	14	6	36	6	18.66	$247.85
4	$13,875	4	5	10	0.108	0.5	0	18	10	100	10	47.04	$294.96

Skins

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

Skin	Phantom
Rarity	Legendary
Daily Store Cost	N/A
Obtained From	Phantom Skincrate

Strategy

• Because of its cheap cost and high DPS for its cost, the Toxic Gunner is a viable early to mid-game tower.
  • The Toxic Gunner's ability to slow down most enemies and decrease their defense allows it to be an all-round tower.
  • However, the Toxic Gunner does not gain hidden detection at any level. For suitable hidden detection, other towers must be used, such as the Minigunner.
    • A Level 4+ Ace Pilot can help the Toxic Gunner by giving it hidden detection if the Toxic Gunner is in its secondary range.
    • The UAV can do the same but lasts 15 seconds longer, provides flying detection, and gives 30% more range. However, it can only be used 4 times, so you cannot solely rely on the UAV.
• This tower can slow down enemies by 4% every shot at Levels 3-4, up to a maximum of 20%. Additionally, its slowness is unaffected by the enemies' size, unlike all the other slowing towers.
  • However, do note that the slowdown effect is temporary.
• The Toxic Gunner's firerate can be boosted by the Commander, allowing more enemies to be affected by slowness.
  • The Toxic Gunner's cooldown cannot be boosted by the Commander.
  • However, this is not an issue at Level 4, as the Toxic Gunner has no burst cooldown at that Level.
• The Toxic Gunner's defense dropping can be useful against enemies with defense, such as the Giant Boss, as it can decrease it quite quickly while slowing the enemy down.
  • When combined with other defense dropping towers, like the Pyromancer, it can remove all of the enemy's defense.
    • The defense dropping does not stack with the Jester's defense dropping.
• It is recommended to have at least 3 Toxic Gunners with different target settings to slow down as many enemies as possible.
  • First ensures that fast enemies that dash in front of all other enemies are slowed down.
  • Strongest ensures that the strongest enemy is instantly slowed down.
  • Closest can help with slowing down enemies in the middle of a huge horde.
  • Random can split the slowdown, defense dropping and poison damage effects into large groups.
• Combined with the Freezer, Jester and Electroshocker, this tower can cause some enemies to be essentially immobilized.
  • The slowing effect from the Toxic Gunner gives these towers more time to attack the enemies, increasing the duration of time that enemies are immobilized.
• The Toxic Gunner is best paired with Accelerator since Toxic Gunner can slow down enemies, giving the Accelerator time to charge up.
  • Another good pairing is with slow fire-rate like the Ranger and low range towers like the Slasher, giving them more time to attack.
• The Toxic Gunner can be used to defeat Lead enemies, as both its normal damage and poison damage can damage them.
  • This can make Toxic Gunner viable in Hardcore Mode, for late-game support and early game lead defense.

Trivia

• The Toxic Gunner was supposed to be released during the Halloween 2020 Event, but it was postponed to the Frost Invasion Event due to it being unfinished.
  • The Toxic Gunner is the only event tower to be released after the event has concluded.
  • As a result, if you had beaten the Halloween 2020 Event before the 8th of May 2021 (when the Frost Invasion event released), you would have had to wait until then to obtain this tower.
• Because of the separate cooldown and firerate values of the Toxic Gunner, the DPS of the tower varies over different periods of time.
• The Toxic Gunner uses the same upgrade icons as the Soldier.
• Due to a bug, this tower was able to slow down major bosses, like the Fallen King and Frost Spirit prior to the 4th of July 2021.
• The Level 3 upgrade name, Sinister Gear may be a reference to Lord Sinister, the boss of the Halloween 2020 Event where Toxic Gunner was obtained.
• The Level 4 upgrade name, Going Nuclear! is a reference to the Going Nuclear! soundtrack that plays in Polluted Wasteland II.
• The Toxic Gunner had a defense dropping statistic since it was added, however, it was unused until the 24th of November 2023.
• The Toxic Gunner is the only tower that cannot detect or indirectly hit Hidden enemies.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

• 8 May 2021
  • Toxic Gunner added and given to those who have triumphed Trick or Threat Town.
  • Toxic Gunner no longer obtainable.
  • Bug: Slowdown effect is permanent.
  • Bug: Major bosses are affected by Toxic Gunner's slowing effect.
  • Bug: Toxic Gunner's cooldown animation is longer than it is meant to be.
  • Bug: Toxic Gunner's poison damage only deals damage once for the entire duration of the effect.
• 4 July 2021
  • Bugfix: No longer slows down major bosses.
• 4 December 2021
  • Toxic Gunner is available through a gamepass for 500.
• 26 December 2021
  • Gamepass offsale, Toxic Gunner is no longer obtainable.
• 12 March 2022
  • Firerate decreased due to the Firerate Bug being made less severe.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Firerate decreased from 0.18 to 0.158.
      • Speed reduction per shot decreased from 10% to 2%.
      • Max slowdown reduced from 50% to 10%.
    • Level 3
      • Firerate changed from 0.18 > 0.13 to 0.158 > 0.108.
  • Bug: Poison damage is now on all Levels instead of Level 2+.
• 21 May 2022
  • Bug: Slowdown and poison damage particles no longer appear.
• 21 December 2022
  • Skin rarity added to Default skin.
• 14 March 2023
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Slowdown moved to Level 2.
    • Level 2
      • Speed reduction per shot increased from 2% to 4%.
      • Max slowdown increased from 10% to 20%.
      • Slowdown time decreased from ∞ to 2.
    • Level 4
      • Slowdown time changed from ∞ to 2 > 5.
  • Bugfix: Toxic Gunner no longer deals poison damage at Levels 0-1.
  • Bugfix: Toxic Gunner's Level 1-4 cooldown animation is now the correct length.
  • Bugfix: Toxic Gunner no longer permanently slows down enemies.
• 28 October 2023
  • Bug: Poison damage now resets the total damage counter.
  • Bugfix: Poison damage now works properly.
  • Bugfix: Slowdown and poison damage particles now appear on enemies.
• 24 November 2023
  • Toxic Gunner is available through a gamepass for 550.
  • Statistical changes:
    • Base
      • Cost increased from $400 to $675.
      • Firerate decreased from 0.158 to 0.128.
      • Burst increased from 3 to 6.
    • Level 1
      • Cost increased from $150 to $200.
    • Level 2
      • Cost increased from $400 to $750.
      • Poison damage increased from 1 to 2.
      • Poison time increased from 2 to 6.
      • Slowdown time increased from 2 to 6.
      • Now drops defense by 1% every tick.
    • Level 3
      • Cost increased from $1,600 to $3,000.
      • Firerate changed from 0.158 > 0.108 to 0.128 > 0.108.
      • Poison damage increased from +0 to +1.
      • Burst increased from 3 > 6 to 6 > 10.
      • Name changed from Hazardous Gear to Sinister Gear.
    • Level 4
      • Cost increased from $6,000 to $9,250.
      • Poison damage increased from +0 to +2.
      • Burst count changed from 6 > 10 to 10.
      • Cooldown changed from 0.5 to 0.5 > 0.
      • Poison time increased from 5 to 10.
      • Slowdown time increased from 5 to 10.
      • Name changed from Nuclear Overload to Going Nuclear!.
• 29 November 2023
  • Toxic Gunner gamepass taken offsale.
• 21 December 2023
  • New skin: Phantom
  • Bugfix: Poison damage no longer resets the total damage counter.
• 1 April 2024
  • Bug: Cannot drop defense of enemies from the Brain Rot modifier.
• 23 May 2024
  • Bug: Poison damage no longer generates cash in Molten mode, Fallen mode and special maps.
• 21 June 2024
  • Bug: Regular damage is no longer boosted by damage buffs.
• 2 August 2024
  • Bugfix: Regular damage is now boosted by damage buffs.

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