Death Wave

Death Wave Ultimate Weapon

Death Wave is an Ultimate Weapon that spawns several Effect waves applying modifiers to the enemies, followed by Death Wave dealing damage and killing the enemies.

Death Wave Mechanics

Death Wave spawns some effect waves before unleashing a Death Wave.

Core Mechanics

• Death Wave:
  • The Death Wave is a single, powerful wave that deals damage based on a "damage pool."
  • Damage Pool: This pool accumulates damage through multiple activations, rather than resetting with each new use. The damage pool only decreases by the exact amount required to destroy enemies, factoring in any bonuses.
  • Persistence: The Death Wave stays active in your tower's range until all the damage from the pool is used up.

Effect Waves

The effect waves apply all 5 lab-able effects and Death Wave+ ( if owned) on-hit: health bonus when unit dies, coin bonus when unit dies, cell bonus when elite unit dies, armor stripping on hit, damage wave damage amp (which is effectively a reduction in how much the enemy drain from the damage wave's damage pool), and increases the pool size on-hit based on DW+ level. Health, Cell, and Coin bonuses are not stackable, the unit only needs to be tagged once for the benefit. Armor stripping, damage amp, and DW+ apply on every hit.

Effect Waves: Before the Death Wave strikes, it is preceded by a series of Effect Waves, offering various utilities to enhance the effectiveness of the Death Wave. The number of Effect Waves is determined by the "Effect Waves" stat. Utilities Provided by Effect Waves:

• Coin Bonus: Enemies hit by an Effect Wave or the Death Wave drop additional coins upon destruction.
• Health Bonus: Each enemy hit grants a 0.05% health bonus when destroyed.
• Cell Bonus: Elite enemies struck yield additional cells.
• Damage Amplification: Each Effect Wave hit increases the damage dealt by the Death Wave to that enemy.
• Armor Stripping: Effect Waves strip armor from enemies, reducing their defenses against the Death Wave.
• Range and Interval: Effect Waves have an infinite range and occur at 4-second intervals.

Damage Wave

The damage wave forms with a damage pool of the size listed in the UW tooltip. Each enemy that encounters the damage wave will be destroyed and have the damage needed to do so deducted from the pool size. Amplification effects will reduce the damage needed for this to happen, including DW amp from effect waves, Spotlight, amplification bot, Chain Lightning shock, etc. If there are any gaps / downtime in your amplification effects this will result in enemies that are hit by the amp effect draining a negligible amount of damage from the pool, while the enemies that sneak in without receiving the amp effects will be draining the vast majority of the damage.

The damage wave also applies the health, coin, and cell bonuses on kill if no effect wave touched that enemy.

If your damage wave's pool does not deplete before another one triggers then the damage will stack additively. This means the damage wave will stay up constantly in the beginning of a run until enemy health scaling outpaces your damage, and then it will break very quickly after forming. If you have DW+ then each enemy hit by an effect wave will also add another instance of the dw damage amount to the pool (multiplied by the dw+ effect multiplier). This is a massive boost and will greatly extend how long the damage wave will stay up consistently.

Damage Scaling and Synergies

• Damage Scaling: Adjustments have been made to damage scaling, with significant improvements to the damage module substat (exact values not yet disclosed).
• Kill Wall Synergy: The Kill Wall ability drastically enhances the Death Wave’s damage, using the number of enemies hit by Effect Waves to boost its power based on the Kill Wall’s strength.
• Random Ultimate Weapon Perk: The Random Ultimate Weapon version of Death Wave retains the base health bonus, coin bonus, and damage amplification, but does not include the Cell Bonus or Armor Stripping features.

Workshop

Basic Upgrades

Death Wave Basic Upgrades are located in the Ultimate Weapon menu after unlocking the Ultimate Weapon. Unlocking Death Wave allows the player to upgrade Damage, Effect Wave Quantity and Cooldown using stones.

Costs

Damage has 30 levels, Effect Wave Quantity has 4 levels and Cooldown has 20 levels. The total stone cost is 24,666.

Damage	Stones (Damage)	Effect Wave Quantity	Stones (Effect Wave Quantity)	Cooldown	Stones (Cooldown)
2x	0	1#	0	300s	0
3x	5	2#	200	290s	8
5x	11	3#	500	280s	24
9x	17	4#	850	270s	40
14x	23	5#	1400	260s	56
22x	29			250s	72
32x	35			240s	88
46x	41			230s	104
63x	47			220s	120
85x	53			210s	136
113x	61			200s	152
148x	71			190s	168
191x	84			180s	184
244x	100			170s	200
309x	120			160s	216
387x	144			150s	232
482x	174			140s	248
596x	210			130s	264
723x	254			120s	280
877x	308			110s	346
1064x	374			100s	512
1290x	452
1569x	558
1916x	694
2356x	880
2919x	1126
3637x	1432
4544x	1813
5678x	2269
7078x	2800
9119x	4081
Total	18,266		2,950		3,450

Ultimate Weapon Plus - Kill Wall

Each Effect Wave hit amplifies the Death Wave damage store by X (additively)

UW+ Cost Table
Level	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Cost	Unlocked	400	500	610	730	860	1000	1150	1200	1500	1700
Value	3	4	6	9	13	18	24	30	37	44	53

Labs

There are variety of Labs research that provides Death Wave additional bonuses and adds additional features to it's attacks and effects.

Death Wave Health

Lab Ultimate Weapon Research Unlocks at Tier 3 Wave 250 Milestone. Maximum health bonus from killing enemies marked/killed by Death Wave increased (Max of 12.5x Base). Bonus health is tracked during a round by clicking on health in the workshop.

Level	Time	Cost	Value
1	0d 19h 59m 59s	250,000	525%
2	1d 4h 21m 9s	560,000	550%
3	1d 12h 53m 11s	1,100,000	575%
4	1d 21h 54m 33s	2,800,000	600%
5	2d 7h 49m 19s	7,750,000	625%
6	2d 19h 6m 5s	19,540,000	650%
7	3d 8h 17m 16s	43,580,000	675%
8	3d 23h 58m 44s	87,410,000	700%
9	4d 18h 49m 30s	160,910,000	725%
10	5d 17h 31m 29s	276,620,000	750%
11	7d 4h 48m 55s	334,620,000	775%
12	7d 14h 48m 11s	347,440,000	800%
13	8d 1h 1m 58s	363,460,000	825%
14	8d 11h 30m 53s	383,110,000	850%
15	8d 22h 15m 35s	406,870,000	875%
16	9d 9h 16m 39s	435,210,000	900%
17	9d 20h 34m 39s	468,640,000	925%
18	10d 8h 10m 10s	507,670,000	950%
19	10d 20h 3m 42s	552,830,000	975%
20	11d 8h 15m 49s	604,680,000	1000%
21	11d 20h 46m 59s	663,770,000	1025%
22	12d 9h 37m 43s	730,690,000	1050%
23	12d 22h 48m 31s	806,040,000	1075%
24	13d 12h 19m 49s	890,410,000	1100%
25	14d 2h 12m 6s	984,430,000	1125%
26	14d 16h 25m 49s	1,090,000,000	1150%
27	15d 7h 1m 25s	1,200,000,000	1175%
28	15d 21h 59m 19s	1,330,000,000	1200%
29	16d 13h 19m 57s	1,470,000,000	1225%
30	17d 5h 3m 44s	1,620,000,000	1250%

Death Wave Coins Bonus

Lab Ultimate Weapon Research Unlocks at Tier 3 Wave 250 Milestone. Extra coin bonus applied to enemies hit by enhancement waves or killed by death wave. Has 20 levels.

Level	Time	Cost	Value
1	0d 20h 0m 0s	250,000	1.55
2	1d 4h 21m 9s	560,000	1.60
3	1d 12h 53m 11s	1,100,000	1.65
4	1d 21h 54m 33s	2,800,000	1.70
5	2d 7h 49m 19s	7,750,000	1.75
6	2d 19h 6m 5s	19,540,000	1.80
7	3d 8h 17m 16s	43,580,000	1.85
8	3d 23h 58m 44s	87,410,000	1.90
9	4d 18h 49m 30s	160,910,000	1.95
10	5d 17h 31m 29s	276,620,000	2.00
11	6d 20h 49m 19s	449,930,000	2.05
12	8d 5h 30m 9s	699,340,000	2.10
13	9d 20h 23m 37s	1,050,000,000	2.15
14	11d 18h 21m 37s	1,520,000,000	2.20
15	14d 0h 18m 17s	2,140,000,000	2.25
16	16d 15h 9m 51s	2,950,000,000	2.30
17	19d 15h 54m 39s	3,980,000,000	2.35
18	23d 3h 32m 57s	5,270,000,000	2.40
19	27d 3h 6m 55s	6,880,000,000	2.45
20	31d 15h 40m 37s	8,840,000,000	2.50

Death Wave Cell Bonus

Extra cell bonus applied to enemies hit by enhancement waves or killed by death wave(Max of 3x cell bonus). Has 20 levels.

Level	Time	Cost	Value
1	3d 5h 46m 39s	1,000,000,000	1.10
2	3d 15h 6m 39s	1,500,000,000	1.20
3	4d 1h 33m 51s	2,250,000,000	1.30
4	4d 13h 16m 19s	3,380,000,000	1.40
5	5d 2h 23m 5s	5,060,000,000	1.50
6	5d 17h 4m 15s	7,590,000,000	1.60
7	6d 9h 31m 10s	11,390,000,000	1.70
8	7d 3h 56m 30s	17,090,000,000	1.80
9	8d 0h 34m 29s	25,630,000,000	1.90
10	8d 23h 41m 2s	38,440,000,000	2.00
11	10d 1h 33m 57s	57,670,000,000	2.10
12	11d 6h 33m 13s	86,500,000,000	2.20
13	12d 15h 1m 13s	129,750,000,000	2.30
14	14d 3h 22m 58s	194,620,000,000	2.40
15	15d 20h 6m 31s	291,930,000,000	2.50
16	17d 17h 43m 18s	437,890,000,000	2.60
17	19d 20h 48m 30s	656,840,000,000	2.70
18	22d 6h 1m 31s	985,260,000,000	2.80
19	24d 22h 6m 30s	1,480,000,000,000	2.90
20	27d 21h 52m 53s	2,220,000,000,000	3.00

Death Wave Damage Amplifier

Each Effect Wave hit on a given enemy will boost the damage that enemy takes from the Death Wave (Max of +50x per Effect Wave). Has 30 levels.

Level	Time	Cost	Value
1	8 days 8h 0m 0s	100,000,000,000	6.5
2	9d 8h 0m 0s	150,000,000,000	8.00
3	10d 10h 52m 48s	225,000,000,000	9.50
4	11d 16h 59m 8s	337,500,000,000	11.00
5	13d 2h 42m 13s	506,250,000,000	12.50
6	14d 16h 28m 6s	759,380,000,000	14.00
7	16d 10h 45m 52s	1,140,000,000,000	15.50
8	18d 10h 8m 10s	1,710,000,000,000	17.00
9	20d 15h 11m 33s	2,560,000,000,000	18.50
10	23d 2h 36m 56s	3,840,000,000,000	20.00
11	25d 21h 10m 10s	5,770,000,000,000	21.50
12	28d 23h 42m 35s	8,650,000,000,000	23.00
13	32d 11h 11m 42s	12,970,000,000,000	24.50
14	36d 8h 41m 54s	19,460,000,000,000	26.00
15	40d 17h 25m 20s	29,190,000,000,000	27.50
16	45d 14h 42m 47s	43,790,000,000,000	29.00
17	51d 2h 4m 43s	65,680,000,000,000	30.50
18	57d 5h 12m 29s	98,530,000,000,000	32.00
19	64d 1h 59m 35s	147,790,000,000,000	33.50
20	71d 18h 33m 8s	221,680,000,000,000	35.00
21	80d 9h 15m 31s	332,530,000,000,000	36.50
22	90d 0h 46m 11s	498,790,000,000,000	38.00
23	100d 20h 3m 43s	748,180,000,000,000	39.50
24	112d 22h 28m 10s	1,120,000,000,000,000	41.00
25	126d 11h 43m 33s	1,680,000,000,000,000	42.50
26	141d 16h 0m 47s	2,530,000,000,000,000	44.00
27	158d 16h 0m 52s	3,790,000,000,000,000	45.50
28	177d 16h 58m 34s	5,680,000,000,000,000	47.00
29	199d 0h 46m 25s	8,520,000,000,000,000	48.50
30	222d 21h 59m 11s	12,780,000,000,000,000	50.00

Death Wave Armor Stripping

Each Effect Wave hit will strip some amount of armor from an enemy (Max reduction of 10). Has 10 levels.

Level	Time	Cost	Value
1	8 days 8h 0m 0s	100,000,000,000	1.00
2	10d 10h 52m 48s	225,000,000,000	2.00
3	13d 2h 42m 13s	506,250,000,000	3.00
4	16d 10h 45m 52s	1,140,000,000,000	4.00
5	20d 15h 11m 33s	2,560,000,000,000	5.00
6	25d 21h 10m 10s	5,770,000,000,000	6.00
7	32d 11h 11m 42s	12,970,000,000,000	7.00
8	40d 17h 25m 20s	29,190,000,000,000	8.00
9	51d 2h 4m 43s	65,680,000,000,000	9.00
10	64d 1h 59m 35s	147,790,000,000,000	10.00

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