"Usually, paintball guns aren't really useful in the apocalypse but apparently this one is. Deals splash damage." The Paintballer is a starter splash damage tower that can be bought in the store for Coin 100, but it could also be obtained by a now expired code. It boasts a faster firerate than other splash towers in exchange for lower damage. Additionally, unlike most other splash towers, its explosion can only damage five enemies with each explosion. Its damage also does not decrease the further the enemy is from the center of the explosion. This means that every enemy hit will always receive the same damage. The Paintballer falls short of other towers in most parts of the game, especially DPS, as its highest DPS is much lower than those of other towers, such as the Shotgunner. This means that it is not that useful later on during the game. It gains hidden detection at Level 1, though unlike most other splash towers, it cannot damage lead enemies. The Paintballer is mostly regarded as an early game tower. The cheap upgrade costs and splash damage make it a very useful early-game tower. This allows it to easily kill weaker enemies like the Abnormal or Heavy, but it cannot effectively deal with enemies such as the Normal Boss or Abnormal Boss, as it is mostly meant to be a crowd control tower. A Level 1 Paintballer can hold itself very well for the first few waves. The Paintballer can deal with hiddens relatively well early on due to its cheap hidden detection and splash damage. Unlike all the other splash damage towers, the Paintballer's firerate is not affected by how long the projectile fired by it travels for. Unlike other splash damage towers, the Paintballer does not have lead detection, so you will need to use other towers to deal with lead enemies. Trivia When the game was in Alpha, the Paintballer's upgrade stats were not displayed on its upgrade description. It was simply referred to as "sans gun". The Paintballer was added before John (now called the Militant) and was formerly "JOHN ROBLOX's" tower until the John was released. This used to be redeemable with the code JOHNROBLOX, making it the first ever tower that could have been redeemable by a code. The Paintballer is the cheapest tower to unlock in the game.
Tower Defense Simulator // Paradoxum Games
