Zooka

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"Need something blown to bits? A few shots from my bazooka will destroy any enemy building!"

Summary

• Zookas are the third troop to unlock, at Headquarters Level 5.
• Zookas have very high DPS and longer range than most troops, with low speed and health.

Visual Appearance

• The Zooka appears as a fair-skinned woman with black hair, a blue singlet, a satchel, ear protection, light brown shorts, and a bazooka slung across her shoulder.

Offensive Strategy

• Due to their low health and subpar range, Zookas, despite boasting high DPS for their housing space (in some cases they can finish a fight even after taking huge losses), are vulnerable to practically any defense. Sniper Towers and Mortars can easily take them out in one hit. Machine Guns are also effective against Zookas, even at extreme range. As such, Zookas are rarely used alone under normal circumstances, with Heavies and Scorchers being popular in many formations. At the very least, enemy Mines and area defenses should be worked around when they are in use.
  • It may be a better idea to deploy Zookas after other troops. Combined with their slow speed, they should be able to avoid Mines, or buy the player enough time to set them off.
  • Remember not to Flare directly on a Rocket Launcher when lower-ranged units are in play, as they will simply enter its blindspot, causing the Rocket Launcher to attack the Zookas instead.
  • The Flamethrower is notably an area defense outranged by Zookas. However, if too many Zookas are targeting it, some might get pushed within its line of fire and get destroyed instantly.
  • Zookas may not be able to directly outrange many defenses, but can still safely chip away at other targets while evading their fire completely.
• Zookas can also be used with Riflemen to great effect if splash defenses have been suppressed and in company of Medics.
• In Operations, a popular strategy is to cover Zookas with Smoke Screens, allowing them to sneak upon the Power Core and quickly demolish or significantly damage it.
  • When planning Smokey-Zooka attacks, keep in mind that Zookas only walk in straight lines and 45 degree angles with respect to the beach. Any Flares that are oddly placed will cause them to walk around defenses in unexpected and often catastrophic ways.
• Zookas will target in-range active defenses before targeting support buildings, such as Storages, Power Cores, or Shield Generators, so mind their positioning.

Check out our Headquarters Rush Calculator to find out in-depth information about your Zooka rush attack.

Defensive Strategy

• Use a Sniper Tower as bait so that all the troops will attack it. Put a Machine Gun on either side of the Sniper Tower. The Machine Gun will spray in a big area and will occasionally hit the Zookas. Or you can also kill Zookas by using the Machine Gun after baiting them with residences etc.
• Keep Mortars behind groups of other Buildings. The Mortar shell takes time to reach its targeted location, so it can take out Zookas when they move up to attack another building.
• As the Zooka has a very long range, bait them with non-defensive Buildings and place Mines in front of them. One or two Mines are usually enough to take out a group of Zookas. 

Squad Leaders

Mooka	Ninja-Zooka

Upgrade Differences

• There are no visual changes between levels, but each upgrade increases the Zooka's hitpoints (by 8.8%), DPS (by 10%), and training cost.

Trivia

• At equal upgrade levels, they have the second highest damage-to-size ratio of any troop, behind the Warrior, up to level 8. At level 9 and above, they surpass Warriors and stay that way.
• The name 'Zooka' is a stylized version of 'bazooka', which is the weapon they use.
• Despite an artwork update, the in-game icon of the Zooka was not replaced accordingly and still uses her legacy appearance.
  • The Vampire Zooka appears to use a modified version of her original image.
• You can have a maximum of 120 Zookas in a complete set of fully upgraded Landing Crafts.
• The Zooka and the Bombardier are the only troops with higher DPS than hitpoints at all levels (with no Statue bonuses).

Statistics

Unit Size	Training Time	Movement Speed	Attack Range	Attack Speed	Headquarters Level Required
2	4m	Slow / 180	Long / 7.2 Tiles	2s	5

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Level	Hitpoints	DPS	Damage per Shot	Training Cost	Research Cost	Armory	Research Time	Instant	XP Gain
1	50	80	160	220	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	54	88	176	330	17,100	2	4h	92	20
3	59	97	194	450	46,000	3	8h	164	30
4	67	106	212	550	99,000	4	11h	232	34
5	70	117	234	700	168,000	5	16h	313	42
6	76	129	258	850	284,000	6	22h	413	50
7	83	142	284	1,000	450,000	7	1d 6h	538	57
8	90	156	312	1,150	650,000	8	1d 7h	608	60
9	98	171	342	1,300	760,000	9	1d 9h	656	60
10	107	189	378	1,450	850,000	10	1d 13h	714	64
11	116	207	414	1,600	1,160,000	11	1d 20h	852	71
12	126	228	456	1,800	1,590,000	12	2d	988	77
13	138	251	502	2,000	1,800,000	13	2d 3h	1,060	77
14	150	276	552	2,200	2,160,000	14	2d 16h	1,231	86
15	163	304	608	2,400	2,970,000	15	2d 19h	1,423	91
16	177	334	668	2,600	3,400,000	16	2d 22h	1,530	91
17	193	368	736	2,800	3,800,000	17	3d 7h	1,667	96
18	210	404	808	3,000	4,500,000	18	3d 10h	1,819	97
19	228	445	890	3,200	5,300,000	19	3d 14h	1,989	100
20	248	489	978	3,400	6,100,000	20	3d 16h	2,142	101
21	270	538	1,076	3,600	6,600,000	21	3d 18h	2,240	103
22	294	583	1,166	3,800	7,100,000	23	3d 20h	2,337	105
23	320	628	1,256	4,000	7,600,000	24	3d 22h	2,432	107
24	348	673	1,346	4,200	8,100,000	25	4d	2,523	109
25	378	720	1,440	4,400	8,700,000	26	4d 2h	2,616	111
26	411	770	1,540	4,600	9,300,000	27	4d 4h	2,736	113

Warships

Rank	Level	Reserves Size	Upgrade Tokens	Tech Level
1	7	112	N/A	5
2	12	136	82,500	10
3	15	160	110,000	15
4	17	184	133,000	20
5	21	208	210,000	25
Total			535,500	75