Slow King

"Wave 40. Thats it right?
...
There's... more???"

―Commander dialogue on Wave 41 (Hardcore)

"Wave 40. Thats it wight?
... ☒☒⌐■-■☒☒
Thewe's... mowe??? "

―Commander dialogue on Wave 41 (April Fools 2022 Hardcore)

Description

The Slow King is a slightly slow and tanky enemy that appears in Hardcore mode. It is similar to the Mega Slow, but has more health and faster speed. The Slow King also has Shield Health, and this is attached to its forcefield that it spawns with. With this forcefield, the Slow King has a high defense value. Without its shield, it will be reduced to 10%, regardless of what defense it spawned with. If it loses defense, the defense it changes to will include the defense reduction. For example, if its defense got reduced from 80% to 75%, it will have 5% defense after losing all of its Shield Health. The Slow King also has Stun Immunity, meaning that the Warden and Electroshocker can only slow it down, while knockback towers cannot knock it back.

The Slow King can be spawned by the Void Reaver. The Mystery Boss can spawn the Slow King upon its death in Hardcore mode, wave 41 onwards.

Appearance

Strategy

• The forcefield around the Slow King can be problematic if not taken care of. This is because it gives the Slow King a very high defense value.
  • The Pursuit can be useful here because of its high DPS and its missiles dealing full damage to defense enemies.
  • While being relatively slow, it allows other enemies, like the Lava and Fallen Titan, to go much further along the path.
  • Defense dropping towers like the Freezer, Pyromancer or Jester can be used to drop its defense, allowing your towers to deal more damage to it.
• The Electroshocker, Warden or Sledger can be used to slow this down.
  • Do note that due to its large size, freezing towers and the Warden will slow it down for a shorter amount of time.
  • The Slow King also has stun immunity, which means that stunning towers like the Warden can only slow it down instead of stopping it completely while knockback towers like the Brawler cannot knock it back.
• After the Slow King's forcefield disappears, other towers with high DPS, like the Minigunner, Turret, Accelerator and Ranger, can be used to defeat the Slow King.

Gallery

Previous Variants

First version without forcefield (29 October 2020 – 8 May 2021)

First version with forcefield (29 October 2020 – 8 May 2021)

Icons

Slow King on the game icon.

Promotional Videos

Renders

Slow King on a render.

Miscellaneous

Slow King on its Index icon.

Trivia

• The Slow King's cape is a re-textured version of the Atomic Prussian Cloak accessory from the Roblox catalog.
• This may be considered the Hardcore version of the Slow Boss.
• Oddly, the Slow King's forcefield is orange in the Index instead of purple.

Update History

• 29 October 2020 - Overhaul v1.0.0
  • Slow King added.
• 8 May 2021 - Overhaul v1.3.0
  • Appearance changed.
  • Bug: If the defense of the Slow King is decreased, there is a chance that its defense will not decrease to 10% after losing its shield health.
• 12 March 2022 - v1.0.0
  • Bugfix: Defense now properly decreases when reduced.
• 23 May 2023 - v1.7.3a
  • Energy immunity replaced with stun immunity.