Cryoneer

## **Summary**

* The Cryoneer is unlocked at Headquarters level 20, making it the ninth troop to unlock, and currently the last one to be unlocked.
* It shoots Freeze Beams from a moderate range just slightly below that of a Zooka with a beam-rake effect similar to a Lazor Beam, slowing any defenses and troops that come in its way, also dealing moderately low damage to buildings.
	+ Testing has shown they do not currently apply health damage to troops.
* The firing rate of frozen enemy turrets is reduced by 50%.
* Their firing range is effectively inside that of a Flamethrower so they cannot reliably outdistance any current turret.
	+ Replays of a test indicate a firing range of at least 6.08

tiles. The same replay showed a single Cryoneer in the perfect position
out-ranging a Flamethrower.

* They have a brief delay after each shot where they do not move or fire.
* Unlike other area-of-effect troops such as the Grenadier their weapons do not trigger Mines.

## **Offensive Strategy**

* Cryoneers will spread themselves out to cover as many targets as possible.
* Due to their low damage per second, they are not recommended to be used alone. Combine them with Zookas or other high-damage troops to alleviate this.
* Since they slow down the firing rate of enemy turrets

effectively dropping their damage output by a percentage instead of a
raw number, they are endlessly useful for supporting other troop
formations like Heavy-Zooka even on bases with very high damage boosts like Gearheart or upper-level Operation bases, unlike Medics
 whose raw-point-value healing effect gets quickly overpowered in these
situations. The Heavy-Zooka-Cryo formation is very, very effective.

## **Defensive Strategy**

* Cryoneers have moderate health so a Cannon or Boom Cannon can take her down in one shot if it is high-leveled.
* Due to this moderate amount of health, a few salvos from a Rocket Launcher or a few shots from Mortars may also work on wiping out a few Cryoneers at once.

## **Upgrade Differences**

* There are no visual changes between levels, but each upgrade

increases the Cryoneer's hitpoints (by 9%), DPS (by 5%), range (by about
 half a tile) and training cost (by 1000 gold).

## **Trivia**

* They are currently the fastest-firing troop. However, this only

accounts for when the beam is being shot. There is an approximate 3.5
second delay in between attacks.

* The name 'Cryoneer' may be a pun of 'Cryo' (the Greek prefix for "cold") and either 'Engineer' or 'Pioneer'.
* The Cryoneer has dozens of catchphrases which can be viewed by tapping her info button in the Armory. Almost every single one of these is either a reference, a pun, or both. They include, but are not limited to the following:
	+ ***Ice. Ice. Baby***
	+ ***Allow Me To Break The Ice***
	+ ***All The Cool Kids Are Doing It***
	+ ***You Don't Need Hot Pants To Look Cool***
	+ ***I'm A Special Snowflake***
	+ ***Let It Snow***
	+ ***Winter is Coming***
	+ ***Let It Go***
	+ ***Science is Cool***
	+ ***Humble Pie Served Cold***
	+ ***I'm A Stone Cold Freezer***
	+ ***My Game Froze!***
	+ ***Cool It, Hot Stuff***
	+ ***Snowblinded Me With Science***
	+ ***Cool Party!***
	+ ***Iceberg Right Ahead***
	+ ***Cold Spell Coming***
	+ ***The Ice Age Is Coming***
	+ ***Feel The Chill***