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Spotlight Ultimate Weapon

Spotlight is an Ultimate Weapons.pngUltimate Weapon that create a number of Spotlights that cover set of degrees that spins around tower, enemies in the spotlight receive a multiplier to damage.

Use[edit | edit source]

Spotlight isn't very useful in early game, so do not spend stones on it yet, but Spotlight Coin Bonus Lab is a good thing to research since it will give Coin boost when farming.

Workshop[edit | edit source]

Basic Upgrades[edit | edit source]

Spotlight Basic Upgrades are Located in the Ultimate Weapon menu after unlocking the Ultimate Weapon. Unlocking Spotlight allows the player to upgrade Bonus, Angle and Quantity using stones. Spotlight will multiply all damage sources that are not based on % of enemy health and are not based on wave stats.

Costs[edit | edit source]

Bonus has 25 levels, Angle has 45 levels and Quantity has 3 levels. The total stone cost is 25,021.

Bonus Stones(Bonus) Angle Stones(Angle) Quantity Stones(Quantity)
8x 0 30 0 1 0
9.4x 5 31 5 2 375
10.8x 13 32 16 3 850
12.2x 21 33 27 4 2500
13.6x 30 34 38
15.0x 40 35 49
16.4x 52 36 60
17.8x 65 37 71
19.2x 80 38 82
20.6x 95 39 93
22.0x 112 40 104
23.4x 133 41 115
24.8x 150 42 126
26.2x 180 43 137
27.6x 220 44 148
29.0x 280 45 159
30.4x 320 46 170
31.8x 360 47 181
33.2x 420 48 192
34.6x 500 49 203
36.0x 600 50 214
37.4x 720 51 225
38.8x 850 52 236
40.2x 1000 53 247
41.6x 1175 54 258
43.0x 1400 55 269
56 280
57 291
58 302
59 313
60 324
61 337
62 352
63 369
64 388
65 409
66 432
67 457
68 484
69 513
70 544
71 577
72 612
73 649
74 688
75 729
Total 8,821 12,475 3,725

Ultimate Weapon Plus - Light Range[edit | edit source]

Spotlight damage bonus is boosted by a percent of damage per meter. Tower Range effects this ability.

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 0.01x 0.02x 0.03x 0.04x 0.05x 0.06x 0.07x 0.08x 0.09x 0.10x 0.11x

Labs[edit | edit source]

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

Spotlight Missiles[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Ultimate Weapon Research Unlocks at Tier 3 Wave 400 Milestone. Tower fires missiles from the tower after a period of time. Missile damage is determined by Smart Missiles damage. When Smart Missiles are not unlocked, they will do the base damage of 14x. When the lab is unlocked in milestones, the display will show that missiles are fired every 20 seconds. Spotlight will not fire missiles until the first level is unlocked and frequency is 19 seconds. Has 18 levels.

Level Time Cost Value
1 6d 15h 58m                200,000,000       19.00
2 7d  0h 20m                200,313,514       18.00
3 7d  8h 52m                200,854,054       17.00
4 7d 17h 52m                202,551,351       16.00
5 8d  3h 48m                207,502,703       15.00
6 8d 15h  5m                219,286,486       14.00
7 9d  4h 17m                243,329,730       13.00
8 9d 19h 57m                287,156,757       12.00
9 10d 14h 47m                360,659,459       11.00
10 11d 13h 30m                476,367,568       10.00
11 12d 16h 48m                649,686,486         9.00
12 14d  1h 29m                899,091,892         8.00
13 15d 16h 22m            1,243,243,243         7.00
14 17d 14h 20m            1,718,918,919         6.00
15 19d 20h 16m            2,335,135,135         5.00
16 22d 11h  8m            3,145,945,946         4.00
17 25d 11h 53m            4,172,972,973         3.00
18 28d 23h 32m            5,470,270,270         2.00

Spotlight Coin Bonus[edit | edit source]

Lab.pngLab Ultimate Weapon Research Unlocks at Tier 7 Wave 80 Milestone. Provides a coin multiplier to enemies killed in spotlight. Does not need to be killed by spotlight.

Level Time Cost Value
1 1d 15h 59m                  20,000,000         1.10
2 2d  0h 21m                  21,405,405         1.20
3 2d  8h 53m                  23,124,324         1.30
4 2d 17h 54m                  26,627,027         1.40
5 3d  3h 49m                  35,837,838         1.50
6 3d 15h  6m                  58,248,649         1.60
7 4d  4h 17m                106,162,162         1.70
8 4d 19h 58m                197,870,270         1.80
9 5d 14h 49m                358,875,676         1.90
10 6d 13h 31m                623,091,892         2.00
11 7d 16h 49m            1,030,000,000         2.10
12 9d  1h 30m            1,640,000,000         2.20
13 10d 16h 23m            2,520,000,000         2.30
14 12d 14h 21m            3,740,000,000         2.40
15 14d 20h 18m            5,410,000,000         2.50
16 17d 11h  9m            7,630,000,000         2.60
17 20d 11h 54m          10,520,000,000         2.70
18 23d 23h 32m          14,230,000,000         2.80
19 27d 23h  5m          18,930,000,000         2.90
20 32d 11h 40m          24,800,000,000         3.00
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