Cannoneer Elf

Stats

Damage Type

Collision, Single

Enemy Type

unit

Flying

No

Health

30

Hidden

No

Lead

Yes (Collision only)

Source

Elf Camp

Spawnrate

25s

Top speed

4

Description

The Cannoneer Elf is the one of the units that spawns from the Elf Camp. It spawns when the Elf Camp is at Level 2, replacing the Snowball Elf. As with other units, it starts from the end of the map path and moves towards the entrance of the map. It has a spawnrate of 25 seconds. Whenever there are enemies in its range, the Cannoneer Elf will stop moving and attack enemies with its snowball cannon. As the snowballs fired by it are a projectile, they may not hit the intended target but a different enemy instead or miss an enemy entirely. It will continue walking when there are no enemies left in its range. The Cannoneer Elf is replaced by the Gunner Elf for Level 3-4 of the Elf Camp. There's a limit of 4 Cannoneer Elves per Elf Camp.

Appearance

The Cannoneer Elf has dark skin and brown hair. It wears a green shirt with a brown belt and red details, green and red hat with golden stars, dark green pants and brown shoes. It wields a snowball cannon that it attacks enemies with.

Strategy

The Cannoneer Elves that spawn can be quite useful during the mid-game because of their high range and DPS. On two-pathed maps, only one Cannoneer Elves will spawn per Level 4 Elf Camp. It will go down a random path. The snowballs fired by the Cannoneer Elf can also sometimes hit a flying enemy, however, this also should not be relied on. The Cannoneer Elf cannot collide with Ghost enemies like Souls. The Cannoneer Elf can deal full collision damage to enemies with defense, like the Heavy or Elite Abnormal. Its gun damage is still affected by defense. The Cannoneer Elf is not affected by any buff or debuff. The Cannoneer Elf will struggle against any enemy with abilities that damage units because of its low health. For example, if the Fallen King uses its Sword Swing attack, and an Cannoneer Elf is caught in the attack, it is instantly defeated.

Update History

21 December 2022 - v1.6.0 Cannoneer Elf added. Cannoneer Elf stops spawning after some time. Cannoneer Elf firing sound is not affected by the Towers sound setting. 9 January 2023 - v1.6.0f Cannoneer Elf firerate decreased from 0.53 to 0.525 due to Firerate Bug getting less severe for units. 12 November 2023 - v1.9.0l Cannoneer Elf starts going backwards after reaching the entrance, dying at the exit. 1 December 2023 - v1.9.4b Cannoneer Elf no longer goes backwards after reaching the entrance, now disappears instead. 10 February 2024 - v1.13.0 Cannoneer Elf now has hidden detection. 23 October 2024 - v1.37.0 Cannoneer Elf ignores unit stacking restrictions, allowing it to occupy the same spot on the path as other units. 18 October 2025 - v1.77.0 Cannoneer Elf firing sound is now affected by the Towers sound setting. 20 December 2025 - v1.83.0 Health increased from 20 to 30. Damage increased from 4 to 5. Range increased from 20 to 22. Now spawned by a Level 2 Elf Camp instead of Level 4. Hidden detection removed. New skin: Classic No longer stops spawning after a while. Cannoneer Elf has issues with hitting enemies that are on an incline. 11 February 2026 - v1.85.0 New skin: Chocolatier 5 June 2026 - v2.0.0 Firerate decreased from 0.525 to 0.5 due to the Firerate Bug getting fixed. Cannoneer Elf snowballs struggle to hit majority of enemies, resulting in them dealing no damage to them. 17 June 2026 - V2.3.0 Cannoneer Elf snowballs now properly hit all enemies.