Archer Tower

Archer Tower
Type	Ranged
Level	1
Introduced	SouthportKR HammerholdKRF
Build Cost	70KR 70 (60)KRF
Damage	4-6KR 5-7 (6-8)KRF
Attack Rate	Average (0.8s)
Range	Short (Average)
Scope in Major Axis	280
Upgrades	Marksmen Tower

“

Dodge this!

”

The Archer Tower is a Level 1 Ranged Tower. It shoots arrows into enemies, dealing physical damage. The tower is the same in both Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush: Frontiers, with only a change in appearance.

Description

Archers ready to strike at your enemies from a distance.

These trainee archers fire a slow but constant stream of arrows into enemy forces. They deal low damage, but their fire rate is still okay, and they can attack both air and ground units.

Archers can be upgraded to Marksmen Tower at Level 2.

Range

(KR) Standard range without Upgrades

(KRF) Standard range without Upgrades

Strategy

Strengths

• Due to their low damage, non-upgraded archers are only effective against unarmored foes with low health, like Goblins, Shamans or Giant Spiders.
• In later stages of Kingdom Rush, they can be useful near the entrances to activate the Rocket Riders' speed boost early, giving the towers near the exit more time to deal with them properly.

Weaknesses

• Level 1 archers are ineffective against pretty much everything else. In later stages, they should upgraded as soon as possible, usually to at least level 2 or 3. In later stages where the player starts with more gold, upgrading an archer tower straight to level 4 might be a good idea.

Additional Stats

• Damage Per Second - 4.4 to 8.6 (average 6.5)
• Cost Efficiency - 10.7 gold per point of damage

• The Precision and Twin Shot Upgrades increase the DPS by 10%

Related Upgrades

Kingdom Rush

• Salvage (1 Star)
  • Marksmen Towers return 90% of value when sold. (Normal rate of return is 60%.)
• Eagle Eye (1 Star)
  • Increases Marksmen attack range (by 10%).
• Piercing Shots (2 Stars)
  • Piercing shots ignore a portion of the enemy's physical armor. (10%)
• Far Shots (2 Stars)
  • Increases marksmen attack range (by 10%, stacks multiplicatively for 21% total).
• Precision (3 Stars)
  • Marksmen attacks have a chance of dealing double damage. (10%)

Frontiers

• Steady Hand (1 Star)
  • Increases marksmen attack range (by 10%).
• Lumbermill (1 Star)
  • Reduces basic archer construction costs. (-10 gold for level 1-3 archer towers).
• Focused Aim (2 Stars)
  •  Increases marksmen attack damage (by 5%).
• Accuracy (2 Stars)
  • Increases marksmen attack range (by 5%) and damage (by 10%).
• Twin Shot (3 Stars)
  • Marksmen have a chance of shooting two projectiles at the same time. (10%)

Quotes

• "Archers ready!"
• "Bulls-eye!"
• "Dodge this!"

Trivia

• "Dodge this!"
  • A line spoken by the character Trinity in the 2000 film The Matrix .

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