Firework Technician

Stats

Base Cost

1,500

Base Damage

5, 1 (Burn)

Damage Type

Splash, Fire

Immune

None

Lead Detection

Level 0+

Placement

Ground

Placement Limit

1

Range

10

Role

Support

Selling Price

500

Unlock Cost

Mission Quests

Description

The Firework Technician is a support based tower that can only be obtained from completing a specific Mission Quest. Either the 🇺🇸 Rise for the Pledge! or Happy New Years! quests must be completed to get the Firework Technician, either of which costs 650 Coins to start. Currently, the 🇺🇸 Rise for the Pledge! quest can be started. At the beginning of each wave, Firework Technician grants all 3 detections; hidden, lead and flying, for a few seconds to all towers within its range, with the duration depending on the level. Additionally, all towers in its range at all times will have a chance to fire out a firework. The chance depends on the tower's firerate and the Firework Technician's firework shot percentage cap. At base, it is set to 0.5 which is a maximum chance of 50% and at Level 4 it is set to 1, a maximum chance of 100%. The maximum chances however, are quite unlikely to actually ever be reached outside of Sandbox mode, where the tower's firerate can be set to high numbers. Fireworks are fired out on impact, which is when enemy receives damage from the tower's main attack. If a tower can hit multiple enemies, in most cases this means each enemy damaged will have a chance to make the tower generate a firework. For example, the Rocketeer will generate one for each missile, the Necromancer will generate one for each enemy hit by its projectile or each one of its beams, and the Hallow Punk has a chance to generate an infinite number of fireworks as each enemy damaged by its explosion has a chance to generate one.

Statistics

To see all the previous statistics of this tower, see the history page.

Strategy

The Firework Technician's range is quite small, so it is recommended to use Range Buffs from the DJ Booth or alternatively, using the Range Flag consumable with it. The DJ Booth can also be useful to boost its damage, as its fireworks are affected by Damage Buffs. Furthermore, DJ Booth may also be used to reduce its upgrade costs as they are quite expensive. Do note that the Firework Technician itself needs to be within the range of the Damage Buff giver, not the tower that the firework is being fired from. As the Firework Technician has a placement limit of only one, its placement should be strategized for optimal effect on nearby towers. Multiple Firework Technicians can be brought into a match, though do note that their effects will not stack. For example, a tower with the firerate of 100, which is in range of 100 Firework Technicians, will only fire one firework instead of 100, despite having a guaranteed chance to do so. You can also use the Hacker's Hologram Tower ability to clone more Firework Technicians, but this can be costly. It is recommended to pair it with low firerate towers such as the Minigunner or area of effect towers such as the Rocketeer in order to fully optimize and maximize the firework shots. While towers with higher firerate do have better chances than towers with lower firerate, they are still not nearly as optimal. For example, a tower with a firerate of 0.1 in range of a Level 4 Firework Technician will have a chance of around ~4.98% to fire a firework, while a tower with a firerate of 1 will have a chance of around ~7.59%.

Update History

For previous cosmetic variations, see the gallery page.

Trivia

The Firework Technician is the first and only tower to be obtained from a Mission Quest. The Firework Technician is the first tower to give other towers all three types of detection, though it is not the first to do so in general, which would go to the Ace Pilot. The Firework Technician is the tower with the longest English name, being 18 characters long, excluding spaces. Other languages, such as German, can have tower names which exceed 18 characters.