Death Defy
Death Defy is a chance of ignoring the killing blow to the Tower. When it triggers the Tower turns red.
Activation Priority[edit | edit source]
The Energy Shield Card is one of 3 abilities that automatically prevent death. Each work together by activating in a specific order. In case of the fatal damage game will go through them in the following order:
- Death Defy: Triggers first. If activated none of the next abilities will activate since the tower does not take damage.
Energy Shield: If Death Defy fails and an Energy Shield charge is available, Second Wind will not activate because no damage is taken.
Second Wind: If Death Defy fails and Energy Shield does not have a charge, Second wind will activate.
Combining all those abilities will help with finishing Event Mission to trigger 2/3/5 Death Defy in a single run, because if Death Defy fails, there are backup options that allow the tower to survive the fatal hit and try to trigger death defy on the next one.
Workshop[edit | edit source]
Unlocked in the 
Workshop for 1,500,000 coins after Land Mine Chance, Damage and Radius. There are 75 upgrades in the workshop for 0.4% per upgrade for a total of 30.00% chance to Death Defy.
| Level | Value | Cost | Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0% | 1.00K | 1.00K |
| 2 | 1% | 1.51K | 2.51K |
| 3 | 1% | 2.08K | 4.59K |
| 4 | 2% | 2.90K | 7.49K |
| 5 | 2% | 4.23K | 11.71K |
| 6 | 2% | 6.43K | 18.14K |
| 7 | 3% | 9.96K | 28.10K |
| 8 | 3% | 15.37K | 43.47K |
| 9 | 4% | 23.30K | 66.77K |
| 10 | 4% | 34.47K | 101.23K |
| 11 | 4% | 49.69K | 150.92K |
| 12 | 5% | 69.86K | 220.78K |
| 13 | 5% | 95.96K | 316.73K |
| 14 | 6% | 129.05K | 445.78K |
| 15 | 6% | 170.28K | 616.06K |
| 16 | 6% | 220.88K | 836.94K |
| 17 | 7% | 282.17K | 1.12M |
| 18 | 7% | 355.53K | 1.47M |
| 19 | 8% | 442.44K | 1.92M |
| 20 | 8% | 544.45K | 2.46M |
| 21 | 8% | 663.20K | 3.12M |
| 22 | 9% | 800.39K | 3.93M |
| 23 | 9% | 957.83K | 4.88M |
| 24 | 10% | 1.14M | 6.02M |
| 25 | 10% | 1.34M | 7.36M |
| 26 | 10% | 1.57M | 8.93M |
| 27 | 11% | 1.83M | 10.76M |
| 28 | 11% | 2.12M | 12.88M |
| 29 | 12% | 2.44M | 15.31M |
| 30 | 12% | 2.79M | 18.11M |
| 31 | 12% | 3.19M | 21.29M |
| 32 | 13% | 3.62M | 24.91M |
| 33 | 13% | 4.10M | 29.01M |
| 34 | 14% | 4.62M | 33.62M |
| 35 | 14% | 5.18M | 38.81M |
| 36 | 14% | 5.80M | 44.61M |
| 37 | 15% | 6.47M | 51.09M |
| 38 | 15% | 7.20M | 58.29M |
| 39 | 16% | 7.99M | 66.28M |
| 40 | 16% | 8.84M | 75.12M |
| 41 | 16% | 9.76M | 84.88M |
| 42 | 17% | 10.74M | 95.62M |
| 43 | 17% | 11.80M | 107.42M |
| 44 | 18% | 12.93M | 120.35M |
| 45 | 18% | 14.14M | 134.49M |
| 46 | 18% | 15.44M | 149.93M |
| 47 | 19% | 16.82M | 166.75M |
| 48 | 19% | 18.29M | 185.03M |
| 49 | 20% | 19.85M | 204.88M |
| 50 | 20% | 21.51M | 226.39M |
| 51 | 20% | 23.97M | 250.36M |
| 52 | 21% | 25.89M | 276.26M |
| 53 | 21% | 27.93M | 304.18M |
| 54 | 22% | 30.08M | 334.27M |
| 55 | 22% | 32.35M | 366.62M |
| 56 | 22% | 34.75M | 401.37M |
| 57 | 23% | 37.28M | 438.65M |
| 58 | 23% | 39.94M | 478.59M |
| 59 | 24% | 42.74M | 521.34M |
| 60 | 24% | 45.69M | 567.03M |
| 61 | 24% | 48.78M | 615.81M |
| 62 | 25% | 52.03M | 667.84M |
| 63 | 25% | 55.44M | 723.28M |
| 64 | 26% | 59.00M | 782.28M |
| 65 | 26% | 62.74M | 845.02M |
| 66 | 26% | 66.65M | 911.67M |
| 67 | 27% | 70.74M | 982.40M |
| 68 | 27% | 75.01M | 1.06B |
| 69 | 28% | 79.47M | 1.14B |
| 70 | 28% | 84.12M | 1.22B |
| 71 | 28% | 88.97M | 1.31B |
| 72 | 29% | 94.03M | 1.40B |
| 73 | 29% | 99.30M | 1.50B |
| 74 | 30% | 104.79M | 1.61B |
| 75 | 30% | 110.50M | 1.72B |
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