Hammer Battler

Hammer Battler is a special battler unlocked in Doomspire Brickbattle. He debuts as an enemy in Stop, Hammer Time!. He has a bucket, which provides some defense, and does an area-attack by slamming his hammer.
==Character==
Hammer Battler wears a blue bucket over its head, has a yellow skin, blue torso, brown legs and wields a sledge hammer.
During April Fools, 2023, he was dressed as a McDonald's employee.
===Accessories===
*Hat: textured: https://www.roblox.com/catalog/1081239/Bucket
*Gear: https://www.roblox.com/catalog/45177979/Sledge-Hammer
==Usage==
Note: Hammer Battler only fulfils its role as a generalist when in a stack
Hammer Battler is a pretty nice tank and a reliable AoE attacker. It can deal enough damage to clear many peons, and it has very decent health to deal with many enemies at once. It possesses good armor, making this a good counter against enemies with mediocre damage, such as or while also having good enough HP to take hits from higher-dmg enemies, such as . This also creates good synergy with healing units such as as Hammer Battler can take reduced amounts of damage, which can cause this to be able to be basically semi-immortal if against high-firerate enemies. However, this unit's defense barely does anything against high damaging attacks such as and , so Hammer Battler should be generally used in stages with high DPS but low attack per tick. Its cost and recharge aren't half bad either, so be sure to use it if you have the chance.
Hammer Battler is a general all-rounder, but this makes it struggle with enemies requiring brute force to defeat, like . It also has a pretty average attack rate, which can negatively impact Hammer Battler with its tendency to pause before it can advance. Hammer Battler is almost purely a generalist and can only deal with low to medium threats, meaning that against enemies with high DPS it may struggle a bit on its own. Hammer Battler is best played with other units to maximize the total firepower it brings to the team.
Hammer Battler also has a small, but underpowered niche ability where he can deal triple damage to buildings, but with his generalist stats and mediocre damage, Hammer Battler isn't suited to deal with bases or walls unless there's stacks of them, his full base-destroying and Trowel Battler clearing potential can be seen way more with .
Hammer Battler's armor also ends up becoming more situational in Tumore difficulty due to a lot of enemies in his niche switching to slower attack rate and higher damage, such as becoming and even then the alt forms that do have fast attack rate, such as and in their berserk modes, end up having enough damage to easily shred through Hammer Battler.
===Strengths===
* Decent health
* Decent armor
* Strong AoE attack
* Base destroyer (x3 damage against bases)
* Anti-Red
* Quick Recharge Time
* Cheap
===Weaknesses===
* Slightly slow attack rate
* Low DPS
* Enemies that ignore armor, such as 
* Gets countered by bulkier enemies like 
==Strategy (Enemy) ==
 introduces armor on the enemy side, which is a complete counter to your units that's DPS are focused on high firerate, like and . Try to use battlers that are more focused on damage stat over firerate to deal with these guys quickly, like will usually take them out quick. Otherise, it's he's really just with AOE and armor.
==Statistics==
==Update History==
2023
===April 1===
===April 2===
===April 21===
===April 22===
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==Appearances==
Hammer Battler only appears in Casual and Standard difficulty.
===Chapter 1===
#Stop, Hammer Time!
#Sledges and Swords
#Hardheaded
#TAAAAAANK!
#Demolition Site
#Special Stage
#Impending Doom
#Doomspire Brickbattle
===Chapter 2===
#I Has Your Bucket
#Offense Defense
#Big Brother
===Community Pack 1===
#Starting Strong 
#Cheap Swarm
#Ground Pound
#Catapult Defense
#Go for the Head
===Frozen Legion===
#Rock Formation
===Community Pack 2===
#Downgrading
#Natural Disasters
#Backliners Will Die
#Winter's Awakening
=== Chapter 3 ===
#Talent Show (Spawned by )
=== Community Pack 3 ===
#No Base?
===Anniversary With Cheese===
#Base Priority
#TAAAAAANK! But what new players see.
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==Quotes==
==Gallery ==
File:Hammer Battler In-game.png|Hammer Battler in-game
File:Hammer Battler In-game Enemy.png|Hammer Battler (enemy) in-game
File:Hammer Battler Attack.gif|Hammer Battler attacking
File:Hammer Battler Fighting.gif|Hammer Battler fighting (old)
File:Hammer Battler Bucket.gif|Hammer Battler losing his bucket after recieving a heavy attack (old)
File:Bucket Fools.png|Hammer Battler thumbnail during April Fools, 2023.
File:Hammer Fools1.png|Hammer Battler during April Fools, 2023.
==Trivia==
*It is one of the only battlers to not have their thumbnail changed during the Royal Flush update.
*There exists a golden version of this battler that is given to people who report game-breaking glitches and is slightly stronger but costs more.
*The description of the enemy version references the Bucket Zombie from the game series Plants Vs Zombies and "magnet battler" is a reference to Magnet-Shroom from the same game.
* Hammer Battler's death sound effect is from the game Team Fortress 2 
* Hammer battler's description is based on the ugc description he wears being this and this based on Talent Show.
* Hammer Battler's defense always matches the first digit(s) of his health.
* During the early days of Pre-Royal Flush, when a unit that inflicts heavy damage such as , or . 's bucket used to fall off, thus getting rid of his armor/defense entirety, the same thing applies to . Unfortunately, (or fortunately on your side) this got removed.
* Hammer Battler's hammer can be found in Muffin Kombat 2. It can be unlocked in wave 13 with 1275 muffinbucks. It doesn't have multihit and deals 140 damage, his hammer can deals 3x damage to vehicles. It has an ability that does 5 shockwaves, referencing his alt, .
Category:Special Battlers
Category:Enemies
Category:Battlers
Category:Bucket
Category:Anti-Red
Category:Traitless