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"The Shock Launcher fires shock bombs, similar to those in your Gunboat's arsenal. Enemy troops caught in the area of effect are briefly stunned and unable to move or attack."

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Summary

Offensive Strategy

  • Shock Launchers are a threat to any troop composition because they will immobilize your Troops which gives other defenses more time to take them out, so it may be best to destroy Shock Launchers with Barrage or Artillery before landing your Troops.
  • A Shock Launcher firing at you for a long period of time while you are using a Tank strategy can be a problem. Tanks are already slow and a Shock Launcher stopping them every few seconds will make them even slower, which may cause you to run out of time in an attack.
  • Heavy-Zooka is typically the strongest composition against Shock Launchers because the damage dealing troops, the Zookas are safe behind high health troops, the Heavies.

Defensive Strategy

  • Shock Launchers are most effective at immobilizing Warriors that are attacking your Headquarters. It will hinder a great number of them from dealing damage to the Headquarters in that crucial time. Make sure your Shock Launchers are within range of the Headquarters.
  • Try to place them away from your Flamethrowers that are near the Headquarters because these two defenses are the best ones for stopping Warriors, and you do not want to make it easy for attackers to Shock Bomb them all.
  • Try to place them where it covers as many of your other Defensive Buildings as possible so that it can slow down other approaching Troops.
  • Like the Flamethrower, it is great when placed between the HQ and the edge of the island; Warrior attackers that flare directly to the HQ will not be able to shock the Shock Launcher without shocking a large portion of their Warriors.
  • Two Shock Launchers whose shock durations total to at least 5 seconds can immobilize troops indefinitely if they fire at a staggered rate with correct timing. Take advantage of this by placing Shock Launchers strategically.

Upgrade Differences

  • Initially, the Shock Launcher is a gray structure with a small metal base, and a short barrel. There is a thin bronze ring at the end of the barrel, and a larger, engraved one surrounding the barrel. It has a circular base.
  • At level 2, the Shock Launcher gains a single tesla coil at the back.
  • At level 3, a second coil is added to the Shock Launcher. The base is now reinforced, being hexagonal with a wire laid across it.
  • At level 4, a third coil is added in between the existing coils.
  • At level 5, two glowing lights are added to the base of the Shock Launcher.
  • At level 6, the tesla coils turn light blue, and sparks can be seen running on the coils.
  • At level 7, the wire and glowing lights are removed and the base is reinforced. The Shock Launcher's top and sides are also reinforced.
  • At level 8, the sides now gain light blue panels that glow. The base also gains beige highlights.

Trivia

  • Neither Building Health nor Defensive Building Damage Statues nor Damage Amplifiers will increase the stun time of the Shock Launcher. Its stun time can only be increased by upgrading it. However, Defensive Building Damage statues will increase the damage each shock does to troops.
  • While the Shock Launcher can damage and kill weak troops like Zookas, the player's gunboat Shock Bomb cannot.
  • The Shock Launcher is the defensive structure with the highest amount of health at max level you can build, excluding Prototype Defenses.

Statistics

HQ Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Number Available 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
Building Size
Size
Range
Range
Attack Speed
Shot
Damage Type
Damage Type
Splash Radius
Splash Radius
Special Ability
Special
3x3 4-18 5 Seconds Splash 3 Tiles Immobilizes Troops
Level
Level
Hitpoints
Hitpoints
Damage Per Second
Damage
Damage Per Shot
Damage
Shock Duration
Stun
Upgrade Cost Upgrade Time
Time
Instant
Diamonds
HQ Level Required
Headquarters
XP Gain
Xp
Wood
Wood
Stone
Stone
Iron
Iron
1 7,000 12 60 1.4s 810,000 670,000 420,000 8h 1,747 17 18
2 7,700 13 65 1.6s 940,000 780,000 490,000 10h 1,951 17 20
3 8,470 14 70 1.8s 1,150,000 1,050,000 690,000 12h 2,358 18 22
4 9,300 15 75 2.0s 1,480,000 1,350,000 890,000 14h 2,812 18 24
5 10,200 17 85 2.2s 1,670,000 1,620,000 1,270,000 18h 3,279 19 25
6 11,300 19 95 2.4s 2,040,000 1,980,000 1,560,000 20h 3,780 19 28
7 12,400 21 105 2.6s 2,470,000 2,470,000 2,460,000 1d 4,627 20 32
8 13,600 23 115 2.8s 2,880,000 2,880,000 2,870,000 1d 6h 5,203 20 36
9 15,000 25 125 3.0s 3,300,000 3,300,000 3,300,000 1d 12h 5,774 20 37
10 16,500 28 140 3.0s 4,320,000 4,700,000 5,080,000 1d 14h 7,384 39
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