Shotgun
Backstory, stats, upgrade paths and how it gets destroyed.
At a glance
| Cost | 🥚 30 |
| Rating | 🥚🥚🥚 (3/5) |
| Hits till destroyed | 7 |
| Class | Damaging |
| Placement | Beside the road |
Backstory
The farm has exactly one diplomatic strategy, and it is mounted beside the road at a range where conversation is impossible. The Shotgun fires three pellets at close range. It is, as the manuals note with an uncharacteristic lack of euphemism, very persuasive.
Negotiations follow a strict protocol. First, the chicken approaches. Second, the hooded negotiator levels the barrels. Third, three pellets make their point simultaneously. Chickens that survive the first round of talks rarely attend the second. The pellets are fast, close and unanimous — a burst so emphatic that single chickens have been known to change their entire philosophy mid-stride.
Its only weakness is reach. It must be close enough to be convincing, which means it lives on the short side of the road where the flock funnels. Upgraded with Armour Piercing Rounds and Rapid Fire, the farm’s negotiator becomes even more persuasive — and the flock has started taking the long way around. The farm considers this a win for diplomacy.
What it’s good at
Strong burst against single chickens — three pellets of pure persuasion.
Weakness
Short range
Power-ups & upgrade paths
📈 Perks that boost it
Armour Piercing Rounds, Rapid Fire
🔱 SUPER fusion
Eight of this defence fuse into one SUPER unit — x10 damage and double lifetime. Only one SUPER on the board at a time; extra sets feed it to power it up.
🔧 Upgrades & buffs
Hover a tower and press U for +25 seconds of lifetime per level. Overclock boosts all damage and fire rate by 50% for 25 seconds, and when the door drops below 15% HP every tower fires 25% faster. Press H for buff mode — towers beside a SUPER boost it 5% each.
Durability
💥 Smash hits
7 hits before it falls apart. 7 smash hits and the conversation is finally over.
🍗 Who smashes it
Demolition Drumsticks take 50–75% of a structure’s max HP per swing, and Heavy Metal Chickens and Bureaucrat Elites knock things down too.
☢️ Friendly fire
Your own Nuke and explosive chain reactions don’t care whose side it’s on — keep fragile towers out of the blast radius.
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