Water · Geyser branch
Riptide
“Don't fight it. You'll lose.”
Riptide is one of the two tier II upgrades of Water's Geyser (the other is Whirlpool). It deals water damage (multi-target, anti-air). The upgrade costs 260 gold and takes 5 s; its tiers run from II to IV, the last for 1040 gold.
- Race
- Water (Premium)
- Damage
- Water
- Role
- Multi-target, anti-air
- Tiers
- II to IV
- Cost
- 260 / 520 / 1040 gold
Stats per tier
| Tier | Cost (gold) | Damage | Range (tiles) | Attacks every | Damage / s | Build time | Specials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riptide II | 260 | 95 | 3.2 | 1.2 s | 79.2 | 5 s | hits 4 targets, targets flyers first |
| Riptide III | 520 | 170 | 3.5 | 1.15 s | 147.8 | 8.1 s | hits 5 targets, targets flyers first |
| Riptide IV | 1040 | 320 | 3.7 | 1.09 s | 293.6 | 13.5 s | hits 6 targets, targets flyers first |
From the game's data when this page was built. Damage per second is per target, before elements, armour and auras.
Upgrade path
Comes from: Geyser I (130 gold). The other branch is Whirlpool.
Strong and weak against
Riptide deals water damage. Fire beats nature, nature beats water and water beats fire.
- Strong against fire creeps (1.5× damage): Orc Warlord, Demon Lord, Dragon Lord and Wyvern.
- Weak against nature creeps (0.5× damage; bosses still take 0.75×): Scout, Swarmling, Howlrunner and Thornwarden.
- Neutral creeps take its normal damage.
- It targets flyers first when any are in range (Bat, Dragon Lord, Wyvern and Stormwake): flyers ignore the maze, so this is the race's answer to the sky.
- Armour cuts its damage: Siegebreaker 42%, Armored 35%, Thornwarden 30% and The Furnace Colossus 15%.
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