Deathpuddle

Deathpuddle
30a
Acutely aware that he's in a video game, and of who he's based on.
Starting Cost	251n
Base DPS	?
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Deathpuddle is the new Crusader in the fourth tier of the Superhero Spring Event. At level 100, he unlockes X-Team to increase his DPS for each different tag in the formation, and Cell Mutation - unlocked at 300 - will further increase his damage (this time, multiplicatively) for each Healer present.

Deathpuddle: "Are you wondering how good I am? Of course you are. Spoiler alert: I am awesome at everything — assuming you want everything to die, that is.

I'm a killer of things. I get better at killing things with most of my upgrades. And, if you do somehow manage to get me killed, don't worry! Death is only temporary and I come back BETTER THAN EVER.

Seriously, I'm the best. Buy me!"

Deathpoodle
With his new skin, DP takes an animal form for more wacky hijinks. The new skin provides only one set of tag changes:

  Human
  Animal

Upgrades

Upgrade	Level	Cost	In-game Description
Swords and Guns	50	1.60U	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 200%
			Quote: No fight is complete without both.
X-Team	100	6.40D	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 100% per unique tag present in the formation
			Quote: "We'll need our best and brightest, plus some fodder."
Character Development	200	256T	For every 25 levels over and including 200, Deathpuddle's DPS is multiplied by 4x. This multiplier stacks.
			(Can't be buffed by Formation Abilities)
			Quote: He's learning to quip less.
Cell Mutation	300	24Qd	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 100% for each Healer Crusader (stacks multiplicatively)
			Quote: Probably unhealthy, but it sure sounds exciting.
Amped Up	400	4.09O	Every second while the formation is under attack, Deathpuddle buffs his DPS by 50% for 30 seconds, up to 50 stacks, stacking multiplicatively
			Quote: "I'm just getting started!"
We're Heroing	600	16.3v	Increase the DPS of all Crusaders by 50% for each Superhero Crusader in the formation.
			Quote: Anyone can be a hero, but only the best can be superheroes.
Living Weapon	800	6.55c	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 400%
			Quote: "You wanna go, pal?"

Items[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Item		Description
Gun	Common Model Pistol	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 10%
	Uncommon Rusty Sidearm	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 25%
	Rare Trusty Sidearm	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 50%
	Epic Action Hero's Handgun of Slow Motion	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 100%
	Golden Epic Ever-Smoking Gun	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 150%
	Legendary Akimbo Handguns of Tactical Rolling	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 200% Legendary: Increase the DPS of all Crusaders by 15% for each Male Crusader in the formation
	Golden Legendary Ever-Smoking Gun	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Swords and Guns ability by 300% Legendary: Increase the DPS of all Crusaders by 15% for each Male Crusader in the formation
Mask	Common Garbage Bag	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 10%
	Uncommon Canvas Sack	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 25%
	Rare Prototype Hero Mask	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 50%
	Epic Heroic Mask of Unknown Identity	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 100%
	Golden Epic My Best Mask Yet	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 150%
	Legendary Articulated Cowl of Expressive Eyes	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 200% Legendary: Increase the DPS of Deathpuddle by 100%
	Golden Legendary My Best Mask Yet	Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 300% Legendary: Increase the DPS of Deathpuddle by 100%
Sword	Common Wooden Training Sword	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 25%
	Uncommon Rusty Blade	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 50%
	Rare Simple Sword	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 100%
	Epic Twin Blades of Intimidating Stances	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 400%
	Legendary 'Slicey' and 'Dicey'	Increases the DPS of Deathpuddle by 800% Legendary: Increases the effect of Deathpuddle's Cell Mutation ability by 50%

Strategies[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

• When paired with a tank crusader, Dark Gryphon, and a healer, Deathpuddle's Amped Up upgrade can be used to push much further through the last levels than what's normally possible, albeit at a slower pace. This involves building up a crowd of enemies to attack your formation, preferably a well-healed tank crusader buffed by Dark Gryphon's damage reduction, which will cause Deathpuddle to multiplicatively buff his DPS by 50% once per second for up to 50 seconds. Eventually Deathpuddle's DPS will climb high enough to kill enough monsters to progress to the next level. Since enemies' health increases at higher levels, this process will take longer the further you push.
  • Dark Gryphon's Legendary Charm gear can be used to further increase the DPS output of Deathpuddle and speed up progressing through levels. At level 1, this gear increases the DPS of all crusaders by 10% for every monster on screen, and upgrading the legendary doubles the buff every level. Since the above strategy causes a large number of enemies to build up on screen, this buff will increase Deathpuddle's DPS quicker. Increasing enemy spawn speed will further accelerate the progress by bringin more enemies on screen.

However, since boss levels only have a limited number of enemies and they all die before the boss is defeated, thus leaving only one enemy on screen, the effect of Dark Gryphon's gear won't be as useful on bosses. Therefore this tactic is mostly useful for speeding up progress rather than buffing Deathpuddle's absolute maximum DPS for further progress through levels.

• • Polly the Parrot's Got a Cracker! upgrade can be used to decrease the amount of time it takes for an enemy to start attacking the formation and trigger Deathpuddle's ability, slightly decreasing the total amount of time spent on levels. However, this can become detrimental on the last levels when the number of enemies becomes overwhelming and you'd rather have them make their way to you slowly while still providing a DPS bonus via Dark Gryphon's gear.

Note that if you also have a crusader in your formation whose abilities increase your DPS while the formation is under attack (such as Jason, Master of Shadows with his Legendary sword's ability when the Golden Age talent has been purchased), this can negate Polly's use for this purpose by killing the monsters in less than a second when they reach your formation, thus not giving Deathpuddle's ability enough time to activate.