Tarnished Battler

is a Special Badge Alt form Battler unlocked by upgrading to level 10. He now has immense health, deals a strong AOE attack that spawns 3 s and spawning 10 s on death, at the cost of much slower walkspeed and attack speed, while also being the second most expensive unit in the game, tied with .
==Character==
While retains most of the features that has, it is now the size of a final boss like , with two more heads and a lot more tumors scattered around its whole body.
===Accessories===
*Face: Purple Glowing Eyes
*Heads: Tumored Head (replace the spheres with small heads with eyes)
*Front & Back: Blood 3 (Recolored to black)
*Cells across his body: Custom-made
==Usage==
 is the exact opposite of , serving as an insanely strong tank that is extremely durable and can clear weak enemies while also summoning a lot of while attacking and even upon death, the s will distract the enemies to prevent the enemies from directly hitting the , it is recommended to pair it with and/or to maximize its survivability due to its massive health pool. Using with Powerhouse is also a good idea, as it can fill the field with s, slightly alleviating Powerhouse's recharge penalty.
 also has some big weaknesses, however. His extreme cost makes it very difficult to afford, especially on higher stars where economy is very tight, as on 3 star difficulty, he costs a whopping $6000. He also has very slow windup which makes him prone to missing his slam, resulting in no AOE damage and no s being spawned. The best way to solve this problem is to use Ignition to heavily speed up , but this typically requires you to use and to maximize income. As an alternative, simply use or for a temporary speed boost.
===Strengths=== 
*Spawns 3 s every attack which can act as temporary meatshields and shield the from s or other dangerous foes, and can also bait attacks to be performed backwards.
**Spawns around 10 s after death.
*Extremely high health.
*Deals high AOE damage.
*Immune to several negative effects.
===Weaknesses===
*Extremely long recharge time.
*Sluggish walkspeed.
*Has longer attack windup and slower attack rate than his normal form. 
**Long windup speed makes missing more of a possibility.
*Extremely expensive, costing a whopping $6000 on 3 stars.
*Needs a very large amount of XP to level up.
*Summoned s take up NPC slots.
*Difficult to obtain
*Sadly does not gain beautiful hair like .
*Have fun using it against , , , , and !
==Statistics==
==Update History==
2023
===November 17===
2024
===April 19===
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==Quote==
== Gallery==
===Current===
File:Tarnished battler upcoming rework.png| in-game.
File:Tarnished Battler Ingame New.png|Another image of in-game.
File:Tarnished Battler slamming his fists down to the ground and attacking, causing an Area attack and spawning 3 Tumored Battler's..gif| crushing a and his wall, dealing high AOE damage and spawning 3 s.
File:Tarnished Battler upon death, releasing a scream which spawns 10 Tumored Battler's before being dismembered..gif| roaring on death, spawning 10 s before getting dismembered.
File:I hate it when this happens.gif| getting converted into a via .
===Old===
File:Tarnished Battler Ingame.png|Old in-game.
File:Tarnished Battler Attack.gif|Old attacking s.
==Audio==
Sound effects 	When they are heard
 	spawning in.
File:Tarnished Battler Summon.wav	spawning in s when attacking.
 	dying.
 	's old death sound.
==Trivia == 
* Prior to the Golden Bucket update, and were considered extremely difficult or if not, nearly impossible to get; with only 5 players owning it beforehand. 
**This is because was much stronger here, having higher overall DPS in its first phase with 30 base damage every 0.75s, healing to full when using Blood Sacrifice and exchanging his fast attack rate for 3 shockwaves, and not taking passive damage over time during his third phase.
* The Tumored and Tarnished Units are all references to the Crazed / Manic Cats from The Battle Cats, all of which are stronger than their normal counterparts with more crazed and insane looking designs. 
**Likewise, 's design is probably also somewhat inspired by Crazed Macho Cat. One can imagine his torso with abs in an in-game photo.
*An interesting interaction with and is that instead of turning into a , he gets turned into .
*Prior to the rework, would get scared away by enemies such as , however, instead of playing the standard fear animation, he would just walk away normally.
**This is probably because he would look goofy af with the fear animation, or Bucket didn't feel like animating a custom fear animation for him.
*If you think about it, the Tarnished Battlers are the only "bosses" that the players have access to.
* has the 6th highest base HP in the game, tied with other bosses, of course, those being: , , , and , all with 1.5k base HP. (more than , what a loser)
* is the only Alt Form Battler that can spawn Normal Form Battlers.
* description references the fact that normal and are very spammable.
*'s sounds originate from Ultra Pestilence from Binding of Isaac Repentance while some have different origins.
**'s Spawn sound is Ultra Pestilence's spawn sound but slowed and pitched down.
**'s summon sound is Ultra Pestilence's spit attack sound, but pitched and slowed down.
**'s death sound is the Half Life 2 Stalker scream sound effect but pitched and slowed down and Ultra Pestilence's death sound but pitched and slowed down.
**'s old death sound was a zombie's death sound in Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
*Speaking of "Binding of Isaac", fully inspires its Epiphamy Mod, along with other Tarnished units.
Category:Battlers
Category:Alt Form Battlers
Category:Badge Battlers
Category:Special Battlers
Category:Tarnished Battlers