Sound

**Sound** is a gag track that has very high accuracy, and becomes available once a Toon finishes the ToonTasks in Toontown Central, Minnie's Melodyland, or The Brrrgh if not chosen in the previous playgrounds. Sound gags are the fourth gags that are used by Toons in a Cog battle, after Toon-Up, Trap and Lure.

Sound gags are characterised by low damage output - the lowest single target damage per gag use, but compensate by attacking all Cogs in a target radius, regardless of line of sight. Sound is also more useful in groups because of a Resonance mechanic: for every additional Sound gag that hits a target Cog, the Cog receives a higher damage bonus.

There are two downsides to using Sound: First, when Sound is used on a Lured cog, it automatically wakes that target Cog up, and removes any Lure damage bonus used by Throw or Squirt Gags. As such, it is recommended not to use Sound on any Lured Cogs. Second, Toons need to be relatively close to Cogs to use Sound, and they need to group up specifically in a manner that targets all Cogs to make the most use of Resonance. This may open groups of Toons up to area of effect attacks by Cogs.

## Resonance

Typically, most Gags receive a 20% damage bonus when two or more of the same gag type is used on the same Cog (except Toon-Up, Trap and Lure). However, Sound Gags are unique in that their damage bonus increases for every Toon that uses any Sound Gag in battle on the same Cog.

The damage bonus is as follows:

 3
 4

For instance, the damage output of Toons using maxed Elephant Trunks is calculated as such:

* 2 Toons: 27 damage x 2 x 120% = 65 (rounded to the nearest whole number)
	+ Compared to 54 damage when used separately
* 3 Toons: 27 damage x 3 x 130% = 105
	+ Compared to 81 damage when used separately
	+ Compared to 97 damage with the ordinary 20% Gag damage bonus
* 4 Toons: 27 damage x 4 x 140% = 151
	+ Compared to 108 damage when used separately
	+ Compared to 130 damage with the ordinary 20% Gag damage bonus

In some instances, more than 8 players may be in battle at once (e.g. in Cog Boss battles). However, the Resonance bonus is capped at 1.4x even if more than four players use Sound Gags on a single Cog.

## Strategy

Sound Gags are among the least damaging Gags individually, but when combined together can take out a group of Cogs very quickly. This makes Sound Gags the most efficient Gags to defeat a large group of Cogs at once.

However, and unlike in Toontown Online, players will need to gather relatively close to the target group of Cogs, opening them up to various attacks. Players will also need to position themselves in such a way that all of their attacks overlap, especially with Sound Gags' relatively short range.

To compensate, Sound Gags deal more damage than in Toontown Online using the Resonance mechanic. Players can therefore get away with lower-levelled Gags to take out higher-levelled Cogs if used in a group.

### Damage Combinations

The following is a list setting out some examples of damage combinations that can be used to take out various levels of Cogs that players will encounter at higher levels in a single turn (assuming no Cog Modifiers or organic Gags):

Based on the above, several patterns emerge:

* Four Aoogahs can defeat up to Level 9 Cogs.
* Four Elephant Trunks can defeat up to Level 10 Cogs.
* Without Organic Gags, at least one Foghorn is required to defeat Level 11+ Cogs.
* At least two Foghorns are required to defeat Level 12+ Cogs.
* Four Foghorns can defeat up to Level 14 Cogs.
* Players looking to clear Cog facilities with Level 9+ Cogs should stock up on Bugles, Aoogahs, Elephant Trunks and Foghorns.
* After Level 15 Cogs, players cannot defeat a single Cog with Level 6 or below sound Gags in a single turn. At least one Opera Singer must be used.

## Trivia

* The Opera Singer is the least damaging level 7 Gag, dealing only 90 damage (99 damage if organic). However, it is also the Gag with the highest effective range, damaging all Cogs in a 5 square radius.
* Sound Gags can attack Cog Bosses with multiple parts, and hit Cogs hiding behind obstacles without direct line of sight - for instance, Sound Gags can damage a Public Defender behind its shield, or damage the Director of Ambush Marketing's rocket pack as well as the main body.