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Orbs rotate around the Tower and instantly kill normal enemies. They can be upgraded to increase the number of Orbs, their rotation speed and get additional set of Orbs using the Card.

Orb Damage Mechanics[edit | edit source]

Orbs will kill Enemies instantly with the exception of Bosses, Elites, Protectors and enemies protected by Protectors. Bosses can receive damage by orbs using the Orb Boss Hit lab up to 2% of maximum health per hit.

In the Tournaments Heat can prevent Orbs from instantly killing enemies. The heat level will determine the damage orbs do to the normal enemies. Bosses will continue taking damage based on Orb Boss Hit lab.

Workshop[edit | edit source]

Unlocked in the Workshop.pngWorkshop for 15000 coins after Knockback. Unlocks Orb Speed and Orbs in the workshop. Workshop orbs distance will adjust based on tower range. The adjustment is lower than a 1:1 adjustment so orbs will be further inside the tower range as tower range gets larger.

Orb Speed[edit | edit source]

Speed of the orbs defending your tower. There are 38 upgrades with base value of 0.4. Each level increases the speed by 0.15 for a maximum value of 6.10. Orb speed is in rotations per minute.

Level Value Cost Total Cost
1       0.55 125.00 125.00
2       0.70 163.00 288.00
3       0.85 214.00 502.00
4       1.00 283.00 785.00
5       1.15 374.00 1.16K
6       1.30 490.00 1.65K
7       1.45 635.00 2.28K
8       1.60 811.00 3.10K
9       1.75 1.02K 4.12K
10       1.90 1.27K 5.38K
11       2.05 1.55K 6.93K
12       2.20 1.87K 8.81K
13       2.35 2.24K 11.05K
14       2.50 2.65K 13.70K
15       2.65 3.11K 16.81K
16       2.80 3.61K 20.42K
17       2.95 4.17K 24.59K
18       3.10 4.77K 29.36K
19       3.25 5.43K 34.79K
20       3.40 6.14K 40.93K
21       3.55 6.91K 47.83K
22       3.70 7.73K 55.56K
23       3.85 8.61K 64.18K
24       4.00 9.56K 73.73K
25       4.15 10.56K 84.29K
26       4.30 11.63K 95.92K
27       4.45 12.76K 108.67K
28       4.60 13.95K 122.62K
29       4.75 15.21K 137.83K
30       4.90 16.54K 154.37K
31       5.05 17.93K 172.31K
32       5.20 19.40K 191.71K
33       5.35 20.94K 212.65K
34       5.50 22.55K 235.20K
35       5.65 24.23K 259.43K
36       5.80 25.99K 285.42K
37       5.95 27.82K 313.24K
38       6.10 29.73K 342.98K

Orbs[edit | edit source]

Number of orbs defending your tower. There are 4 levels that add one orb each level for a maximum of 4 orbs. Using the orb perk, the maximum orbs can become 6 orbs.

Level Value Cost Total Cost
1       1 3.00K 3.00K
2       2 20.00K 23.00K
3       3 120.00K 143.00K
4       4 350.00K 493.00K

Workshop Enhancement[edit | edit source]

Orb Size[edit | edit source]

Requires 500 trillion coins to be spent on defense enhancements to unlock. Increases Orb Size by x1 when unlocked and increases by 0.01x per level. Has a maximum level of 50 for 2x orb size.

Level Value Coins Total Coins
1 1.01x 5.00B 5.00B
2 1.02x 6.10B 11.10B
3 1.03x 23.58B 34.68B
4 1.04x 106.20B 140.88B
5 1.05x 343.19B 484.08B
6 1.06x 867.83B 1.35T
7 1.07x 1.86T 3.21T
8 1.08x 3.55T 6.76T
9 1.09x 6.21T 12.98T
10 1.10x 10.19T 23.16T
11 1.11x 15.85T 39.02T
12 1.12x 23.66T 62.67T
13 1.13x 34.09T 96.77T
14 1.14x 47.71T 144.48T
15 1.15x 65.13T 209.61T
16 1.16x 87.02T 296.63T
17 1.17x 114.11T 410.74T
18 1.18x 294.40T 705.14T
19 1.19x 561.41T 1.27q
20 1.20x 939.37T 2.21q
21 1.21x 1.46q 3.66q
22 1.22x 2.15q 5.81q
23 1.23x 3.04q 8.85q
24 1.24x 4.19q 13.04q
25 1.25x 5.64q 18.68q
26 1.26x 7.44q 26.12q
27 1.27x 9.64q 35.76q
28 1.28x 12.33q 48.09q
29 1.29x 15.56q 63.65q
30 1.30x 19.42q 83.07q
31 1.31x 23.99q 107.06q
32 1.32x 35.24q 142.29q
33 1.33x 49.91q 192.21q
34 1.34x 68.73q 260.94q
35 1.35x 92.52q 353.46q
36 1.36x 122.22q 475.68q
37 1.37x 158.90q 634.58q
38 1.38x 203.74q 838.32q
39 1.39x 258.10q 1.10Q
40 1.40x 323.48q 1.42Q
41 1.41x 401.53q 1.82Q
42 1.42x 494.10q 2.32Q
43 1.43x 603.24q 2.92Q
44 1.44x 731.19q 3.65Q
45 1.45x 880.41q 4.53Q
46 1.46x 1.05Q 5.58Q
47 1.47x 1.25Q 6.84Q
48 1.48x 1.48Q 8.32Q
49 1.49x 1.75Q 10.07Q
50 1.50x 2.05Q 12.12Q

Cards[edit | edit source]

Extra Orb.pngExtra Orb card adds additional set of orbs rotating around the tower in the opposite direction than the normal orbs.

Extra Orbs Range can be adjusted after the Lab research will be comleted.

Orb speed affects the Extra Orb.pngExtra Orb card. Extra Orb speed is the workshop value + the card value. Researching Extra Extra Orb reduces extra orb speed by 5% and the 2nd Extra Extra Orb reduces speed by an additional 5% for a total of a 10% Orb speed reduction. Since orb speed is in rotations per minute, adjusting the orbs with the Extra Orb Adjuster lab to be farther away from the tower will cause them to speed up to complete the rotations in the same amount of time.

Lab[edit | edit source]

The Labs for Orb Speed, Orb Boss Hit, Extra Orb Adjuster and Extra Extra Orbs are unlocked in Milestones.

Orb Speed[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Defense Research Unlocks at Tier 3 Wave 80 Milestone. Increases the Speed of orbs defending your tower. Adds to the Workshop Orb Speed Upgrades.

Level Time Cost Value
1 0d  1h 19m 15,000 0.10
2 0d  3h  1m 22,500 0.20
3 0d  4h 52m 105,740 0.30
4 0d  7h  8m 474,530 0.40
5 0d 10h 10m 1,500,000 0.50
6 0d 14h 17m 3,700,000 0.60
7 0d 19h 56m 7,780,000 0.70
8 1d  3h 31m 14,620,000 0.80
9 1d 13h 32m 25,250,000 0.90
10 2d  2h 28m 40,900,000 1.00
11 2d 18h 50m 62,990,000 1.10
12 3d 15h 12m 93,080,000 1.20
13 4d 16h  7m 132,970,000 1.30
14 5d 22h 10m 184,610,000 1.40
15 7d  9h 59m 250,140,000 1.50
16 9d  4h 12m 331,900,000 1.60
17 11d  5h 26m 432,430,000 1.70
18 13d 14h 22m 554,440,000 1.80
19 16d  7h 40m 700,850,000 1.90
20 19d 10h 10m 874,760,000 2.00

Orb Boss Hit[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Defense Research Unlocks at Tier 6 Wave 750 Milestone. The lab allows orbs to deal damage to bosses for a % of their total health. There are 10 levels.

Level Time Cost Value
1 1d  3h 46m 800,000,000 0.20%
2 1d 12h  7m 1,210,000,000 0.40%
3 1d 20h 40m 1,670,000,000 0.60%
4 2d  5h 47m 2,330,000,000 0.80%
5 2d 15h 58m 3,370,000,000 1.00%
6 3d  3h 49m 5,060,000,000 1.20%
7 3d 18h  5m 7,730,000,000 1.40%
8 4d 11h 32m 11,730,000,000 1.60%
9 5d  9h  6m 17,510,000,000 1.80%
10 6d 11h 45m 25,540,000,000 2.00%

Extra Orb Adjuster[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Card Research Unlocks at Tier 6 Wave 50 Milestone. Allows Orbs from the Extra Orb.pngCards/Extra Orb card to have their range adjusted during rounds. Orbs can be adjusted between 60m and % of the tower range. If tower range is lower than 60m, Extra Orbs cannot be adjusted. The orb adjuster does not work while a boss is alive. The max range now scales with tower range, however there is minimal difference between where max is now and where max was prior to the change.

Level Time Cost Value
1 2d  1h 59m 1,500,000 Unlocked

Extra Extra Orbs[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Card Research Unlocks at Tier 6 Wave 50 Milestone. Increases the number of orbs when the Extra Orb card is equipped. There are 2 levels.

Level Time Cost Value
1 1d 14h 53m 25,000,000 +1
2 5d 18h 53m 900,000,000 +2


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