Harpoon Turret

Harpoon Turret
Tower Statistics
Level Unlocked	7
Defense/Minion Units	6
Mana Cost:	80
Effect	Fires enemy-piercing bolts.

The Harpoon Turret or Ballista is a Squire/Countess defense. It is a large crossbow with a wide range and medium-high damage.

Usage

The Harpoon Turret shoots piercing bolts which can hit up to 12 enemies in a straight line. It is the least durable Squire tower, but protecting it in walls and Reflection Beams is not a total necessity, even on Nightmare.

Harpoons are viable throughout the course of game progression. Early on, the fact they deal generic damage means that no Magic Blockades, Darkness Traps or Strength Drain Auras are required for the tower to damage all enemies. By the endgame, where auras are massive in size, Fireball and/or Lightning Towers are usually preferred. Harpoon Turrets have a special use case in Embermount Volcano -- to aggro the many Ogres that come to the south core away from it -- to the ground-level bridge instead.

In Redux, fired harpoons travel faster, thus improving the turret's accuracy.

Stat Scaling

• Stats measurements taken without extra buffs.
• All Squire towers have 1.625x more health and attack damage on Nightmare and Ascension.

Upgrade Table

• Numbers taken here are without applied skill points or Nightmare & Ascension difficulty buffs or active builder bonus.

PC

• * Indicates redux

Level	Health	Damage	Range	Attack Rate (Sec.)	Mana To Upgrade
Base	596 (*420)	126 (*97)	11.33 (*10.00)	3.65 (*4.63)	80
	883	180 (*241)	12.21	3.17	100
	1474	303 (*445)	13.91	2.53	200
	2544	540 (*857)	16.14	1.97	400
	3923	852 (*1438)	18.07	1.62	700
	5698	1262 (*2246)	19.88	1.37	1220

Console

Level	Health	Damage	Range	Attack Rate (Sec.)	Mana To Upgrade
Base	336	81	10.00	3.00	80
	573	164	12.21	2.02	100
	806	253	13.91	1.59	200
	1194	415	16.14	1.22	400
	1612	608	18.07	1.00	700
	2080	841	19.88	0.84	1220

Tips

• Similar to the Apprentice/Adept's attack towers, a defense stat ratio around 2:1 (Damage:Rate) will best optimize the DPS of Harpoon Turrets.

Notes:

• On Console, Harpoons will target enemies through any surface like a deadly striker tower, and they have very slow aiming + projectiles are off centered.

Version History

Console

• Patch 1 ( Moraggo ) : Damage Nerfed by 25%.

DDT Updates ( Vanilla Only )

• 9.3.0
  • Harpoons can now pierce through terrain

Vanilla

• 7.29: Changed to aim at center-of-target, rather than with an aim-offset, resolving harpoon missing case.
• 7.17d: Fixed Harpoons spawn height offset which caused them to sail over the heads of short enemies.
• 7.17c: Harpoon projectile collision height restored to previous value.
• 7.17b:
  • All projectile target leading has been improved to incorporate Z-height changes into its leading calculations (e.g. on stairs/ramps).
  • Increased projectile speed and turn speed again, by 33% and 15% respectively.
• 7.16: All Squire Towers HP buffed by 60% in NM, Harpoon Turret rotation speed increased by 40%.
• 7.07:
  • Attack Rate now scales correctly on Harpoon Turret, now can fire multiple times per second, etc.
  • Projectile speed increased by 20%.
  • Damage ramp increased by 10%.
  • DU cost reduced from 6 to 5.
  • Harpoon Turrets now prioritize air targets higher than ground targets.
• 7.06b:
  • Increased DPS by 30%.
  • Increased health scaling.
• 7.06:
  • Harpoon damage reduced by ~33% and attack rate by ~25%
  • Harpoons now limited to 12 hits before breaking.

See Also

Harpoon (Pet)