Tesla x104

The Tesla x104 is a Level 4 Artillery Tower in the original Kingdom Rush, with decent range and high damage. Its abilities allow its bolt to chain between more enemies, and create a static field that damages all enemies in its range. It is the last advanced tower to be unlocked (only available from Level 10, The Wastes).
It has the highest physical damage per shot of any tower in the entire game but is limited to hitting 3 targets per shot, or 5 targets per shot with Supercharged Bolt fully upgraded. Compared to the 500mm Big Bertha, the Tesla is stronger against spread-out enemies and deals higher single-target DPS. It's also more reliable against flying enemies than the Dragonbreath Missile.
==Description==
"Dwarven engineering at its finest, harnessing the power of a thousand thunderstorms. Who should we aim it at?"
This tower testifies to the true ingenuity of the dwarven race: the technological advances used in the Tesla are quite 'shocking', to say the least. Channeling electricity through its large coil, it fires a lightning bolt that chains between multiple enemies, even flying ones.
==Abilities==
===Overcharge===
 "Ride the lightning!"
Whenever the Tesla x104 attacks, a static field is created around the tower, dealing damage to all nearby enemies. This damage is explosive, like the main attack, and therefore ignores half of the enemies' armor. This ability is effective for dealing with numerous, but relatively weak enemies, such as Wulves and Skeletons.
Level	Cost 	Damage*
1 	250 (187)	10-20
2 	125 (93) 	20-30
3 	125 (93) 	30-40
*Note: This is the actual damage. The description can be incorrect.
===Supercharged Bolt===
 "You've been Thunderstruck!"
Increases the maximum number of targets that the bolt arcs to. Base maximum amount that the Tesla can reach is 3 targets.
Level	Cost 	Maximum Targets
1 	250 (187)	4
2 	250 (187)	5
== Range ==
KR_Howz2Tes_Range.PNG|Howitzer to Tesla
KR_Tesla_Range.PNG|Standard range without Upgrades
* 3% wider than Dwarven Bombard and Dwarven Artillery
* 8% narrower than Dwarven Howitzer and 500mm Big Bertha
==Strategy==
=== General ===
* The best spots for a Tesla to be built is at corners, where the enemies have to take a long route around the Tesla, making Overcharge more effective.
* Teslas gain effectiveness the more enemies it can hit with Overcharge. If there are multiple or branching paths, put Teslas before the path diverges, or after it converges. This way Overcharge can hit the most enemies possible.
* Tesla deals damage in an unusual way, similar to the hero Nivus from Kingdom Rush Frontiers. It deals 13 ticks of damage, each tick deals damage equally, which means damage Tesla roll will be distributed by 13 and rounded down. For example, if Tesla deals 121 damage, it will distributed by 13 to 9,307 damage, which is rounded down to 9. So the max damage Tesla actually deals is 117 damage. However, unlike Nivus who can deal his highest damage possible, Tesla deals below 117 damage which is actually 104 damage.
===Strengths===
*The main bolt can chain across a considerable distance, allowing the Tesla to effectively deal with spread-out enemies, a typical weakness of artillery towers. With chaining through enemies, the Tesla can deal damage to enemies out of its normal range.
*Overcharge allows the Tesla to reliably damage all enemies in range. This efficiently kills off weaker enemies (Orcs, Bandits, Skeletons), no matter how numerous. Clearing out these weaker enemies allows its main attack, and the attacks and abilities of other towers, to focus on stronger enemies.
*Unlike other artillery towers, the Tesla can target flying targets with its normal attack (Others can hit flying enemies, but only with the splash. They can not target flying enemies).
*Tesla Towers deal explosive damage, which means they ignore half of enemy armor (and all of enemy magic resistance). This means Tesla can still be somewhat effective vs heavily armored enemies, such as Dark Slayers and Raiders.
*The Tesla is one of the strongest towers in the game, if not the strongest, with regard to its raw damage output and ease of use. It is also one of the best cost/DPS ratio towers in the game, especially against large crowds of enemies.
===Weaknesses===
*Unlike other Artillery, the Tesla can hit only a limited number of enemies with its innate attack and must rely on Overcharge to deal any damage to more than 5 enemies at once. You should be maxing Overcharge immediately anyways.
*Tesla's single target DPS is low for its price, which means enemies with heavy regeneration are hard to kill. This is especially apparent when the regeneration is paired with a large health pool and/or armor, such as in the case of Forest Trolls and Troll Breakers. This can be remedied by using insta-kills. Tesla has an especially good synergy with the Sorcerer since it lowers armor by half and has an ability that serves as a pseudo-instakill (you can click on the sheep to kill it).
*Good Tesla spots are sometimes different from good regular artillery spots. In this case if you want to build a Tesla and you don't have the money for it immediately, you are at a catch-22. Build an artillery and slowly upgrade it as you save for the Tesla, or put the artillery in a good spot but end up with a Tesla in a suboptimal spot. 
== Additional Stats ==
* DPS: 27.27 to 50 (average 38.63)
* Total Cost: 1040 G (935 G with Field Logistic)
* Cost Efficiency: 26.92 gold per point of DPS (24.2 with Field Logistic)
* The Concentrated Fire upgrade increases the base DPS by 10%: 30 to 55 (average 42.5)
* Without Smart Targeting upgrade, the bolt deals 75% damage to the second target and only 50% damage to the third one and beyond.
* Overcharge Level 3 increases the DPS by 13.64 to 18.18 (average 15.91)
* Total Cost with abilities fully upgraded: 2040 G (1682 G with Field Logistic and Industrialization)
* DPS with max abilities and upgrades (single target): 43.64 to 73.18 (average 58.41)
==Related Upgrades==
==Related Achievements==
 ENERGY NETWORK
Build 4 Tesla towers in any stage.
 AC/DC
Kill 300 enemies with electricity.
==Quotes==
*"Charged and ready." (main)
*"Ride the lightning!" (Overcharge)
*"Toasty!" (Supercharged Bolt)
==Trivia==
*Nikola Tesla was a very famous inventor who invented alternative current, which is used as the main source of electricity nowadays. The tower name is a reference to the ability to create strong lightning ray.
**Also, he invented the Tesla coil, a machine that creates AC electricity. It originally had many practical applications in telecommunications and electronics when it was invented, a time of many innovations in communications technology and widespread adoption of electricity in the West, but nowadays is mostly displayed with glass spheres for entertainment and educational purposes. The bolts of electricity, the plasma generated from the electricity, are usually purple in color.
*"Ride the lightning"
** The name of the second album by heavy metal band Metallica. It is also the name of the second track on the album.
*"Toasty!"
** A line spoken in 1993 game Mortal Kombat II. It started as an easter egg, where an image of one of the game designers would appear on the screen and speak the line if a particular move was performed. Secret characters could be encountered if certain buttons were pressed whilst the image was on screen.
*The existence of this tower proves that the dwarves have a decent understanding of electricity
==Gallery==
Tesla.png|Fully upgraded and in action.
Category:Kingdom Rush
Category:Towers
Category:Artillery Towers
Category:S-tier towers