Lead

"It looks like these enemies are covered in lead.
Only explosions, fire, and electricity can damage them!"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 14 (Hardcore)

"It wooks wike these enemies awe covewed in wead. (･ω･ `)...........
Onwy expwosions, fiwe, and ewectwicity can damage them! (☉ㅅ☉U)"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 14 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

Description

The Lead is an enemy which only appears on Hardcore mode. It has somewhat high health for its debut, but luckily it is quite slow. As it is a lead enemy, it cannot be damaged by towers without lead detection.

The Lead can be spawned by the Grave Digger in Hardcore mode. The Mystery can also spawn the Lead upon its death in Hardcore mode.

Appearance

The Lead is completely metal-plated from its head to its legs. It is faceless. It is about the same size as the Abnormal. Its head is slightly tilted downwards.

Strategy

• Any tower with splash, fire, electric, poison and collision damage will damage the Lead.
  • The Golden Pyromancer and Electroshocker are perhaps the most effective towers against the Lead due to their DPS and ability to damage multiple Leads.
  • The Freezer can slow down the Lead, but is unable to damage it.
    • The Cryomancer and Frost Blaster can both damage the Lead as well as slow it down, making it a great option against it.
  • Units can also deal with the Lead well, as most of them have a pretty decent amount of health.
    • Similarly, the Trapper's spikes are also very effective against Leads
  • Bombs from the Ace Pilot can damage the Lead, but its bullets cannot.
  • The Swarmer cannot damage the Lead without its ability.
• A Level 3+ Sniper, Warden or Ranger can damage the Lead directly, but these are relatively expensive options.
  • Likewise, the Accelerator and Level 1+ Pursuit can easily defeat the Lead.
• A Level 3 Golden Scout is a relatively cheap option to deal with multiple Leads.
  • Multiple Level 0 Brawlers or a Level 2 Brawler can also work pretty well.
• Low level Engineers might struggle with multiple Leads due to it having to take time to build sentries, which cannot damage them.

Gallery

Miscellaneous

Lead on its Index icon.

Trivia

• This enemy was based on the Lead Bloon from the Bloons Tower Defense series.

Update History

• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Lead added.