Intruders coming down your backyard's winding path? Maybe this list can help. From temples that fire everything but the kitchen sink to homing missile launchers, join me as we count down 15 extremely powerful units in TD games. In this case, most of my info was retrieved from the Wikia system of websites and games that I've played and/or saw gameplay of on YouTube.
#15: Mini Robot Wars: Missler Bot
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| These guys are like predatory ants: Get enough and you can destroy almost anything! |
What this unit lacks in special abilities and destroying power, it more than makes up for with simplicity and power in numbers. Costing only 50 energy, it fires homing missiles at all enemies on screen. In large enough groups, they can turn even the worst levels of the game into jokes.
#14: Cursed Treasure: Chilling/Dreadful Crypt
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| Terrifying! |
This upgrade gives your crypts a chance to scare enemies into running away on impact. As if that wasn't enough, the tower can also get various perks from the undead skill tree, ranging from a slight chance of killing enemies in one hit to frightened enemies losing health while they run for the hills. These towers can only be placed on snow tiles, but you'll find plenty of those on most levels.
#13: The Creeps!: Pot of Gold
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| Now that's lucky! |
This aptly-titled weapon is only available on Saint Patrick's Day-themed levels and it's fairly expensive, but it more than makes up for it with its usefulness. Not only does it fire rainbow waves that deal good damage and hit all enemies in its range, but it also slows enemies down and gives you extra money for every enemy it hits.
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| Beware the evil eye! |
Of all the towers from this match 3/tower defense hybrid this one might just be the mightiest weapon in your Egyptian arsenal. Its range covers the entire map and its attack deals infinite damage, wiping out any enemy it targets in one hit. Its only low on this list because it fires slowly, can't hit airborne targets and its very expensive, costing 50 yellow runes (in this game, there are 5 different currencies and they're all obtained from the match 3 segment).
#11: Zombie TD Reborn and Uprise: Laser Cannon
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| Regardless of range, this thing packs a punch! |
This tower fires slowly and is quite expensive, but it deals incredible damage per shot, it can hit zombies from a huge distance and it can destroy both airborne and ground zombies. It can only hit 1 zombie at a time, but this can easily be solved by including explosive towers in your defense.
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| Burn baby burn! |
After switching from electricity weapon to flamethrower, the special turret turns into this. In addition to dealing heavy damage and firing rapidly, this tower also leaves molten tungsten on the ground that damages all enemies that stand on them until they disappear. It costs a lot of money and needs to be unlocked with SAS money, but the sheer killing power is worth the price.
#9: Plants Vs. Zombies: Cob Cannon
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| Get enough of these guys and no zombie will reach your house! |
This plant might not be the most practical choice in the standard levels, but it is a staple for Survival Endless. Instead of automatically firing at the zombies, this plant lets you fire exploding cobs of corn at your foes. The main downside is the cost: Not only does the tower itself cost 500 sun, but it also has to be planted on 2 Kernel-Pults, both of which cost 100 sun.
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| This factory produces so many robots you might as well nickname it ant hill! |
This massive factory produces all around good robots to destroy your opponent. What really puts it on this list is how many cyborgs it sends out: The minimum amount is 82 per minute and the maximum is 150 per minute! Unfortunately, the factory itself costs $302, it only sends roads downward and its massive size makes it difficult to squeeze in if you have many factories.
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| One laser beam, several vehicles destroyed! |
At the cost of $1000, this tower hits hard, can strike many enemies with 1 blast and can target enemies from a massive distance. The upgrades just make this thing that much stronger and it can also be modified to specifically target airborne enemies.
#6: Tower Madness: Flamethrower
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These units have a short range, but nearly all aliens with that range will be incinderated. They can burn through even boss enemies easily at level 2 and wipe out entire armies of aliens within seconds at level 3. This literal firepower is balanced out by high costs, long upgrade times, costing real world money to unlock and the game having ghost aliens, which are fireproof.
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| That's a lot of green! |
Statistically this turret is one of the weakest on this list, but it makes up for it with the chaining mechanic. It is possible to set these turrets up so they fire at each other like a chain and increase the power of the final laser beam. As if that wasn't enough, you can also combine them with the other turrets for a wide variety of different effects. You can learn more about them
here.
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| Simple, yet extremely effective! |
This tower is quite expensive and can only hit one target at a time, but it deals insane damage per second and it has a rather big range. To unlock it, you'll need to have all 3 research facilities on the field. The Random Doom Tower in the 2nd game is objectionable stronger, having a near full map range and firing extremely powerful projectiles that can hit multiple enemies at once, but it is 4 times as expensive, needs significant amounts of power to run efficiently and requires all the research facilities to be level 4 before you can place it down.
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| Decisions decisions... |
In these games, you can combine gems a number of times until you get some seriously overpowered jewelry. Depending on what gems you combine, you can get some pretty mighty combinations. The method of creating these gems differs slightly with each game, but the most common method involves combining a high level gem with a gem that's 2 levels lower.
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| Who knew bubbles could be such efficient weapons? |
This tower is the result of merging 4 mega towers (which are made by merging 4 regular towers) into one massive unit. Depending on what towers you merge, this tower can have many different abilities. Whether they send screen clearing shockwaves, shoot out exploding projectiles like miniguns or fire army piercing rays of doom, these towers make leaked lives a thing of the past.
#1: Bloons Tower Defense 6: True Sun God
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| There's overkill, and then there's this guy. |
In a series of games with a whole army of way too mighty towers, its funny how this guy easily stands out. This guy gets awesome powers when you sacrifice enough towers to him, in addition to keeping whatever sacrifice-borne powers his preceding upgrade had. If given enough sacrifices, he can go through pretty much any bloon in his path with no effort. If you have the There Can Be Only One monkey knowledge, you can also sacrifice the Super Monkey's other 5th tier upgrades (Anti-Bloon and Legend of the Knight) to a max True Sun God to create a tower that's strong enough to reach round 300 in freeplay mode by himself!
This was a good way to start 2019. Whatever enemies come your way better think twice before charging towards these bad boys. Given how many tower defense games there are, I'm bound to have missed several. If you can think of any other examples, feel free to name them in the comments. I'll see you later. Have a good day or night depending on what time it is.
