Water · Geyser branch
Whirlpool
“Goes down. Stays down.”
Whirlpool is one of the two tier II upgrades of Water's Geyser (the other is Riptide). It deals water damage (slow, area damage). The upgrade costs 260 gold and takes 5 s; its tiers run from II to IV, the last for 1040 gold.
- Race
- Water (Premium)
- Damage
- Water
- Role
- Slow, area damage
- Tiers
- II to IV
- Cost
- 260 / 520 / 1040 gold
Stats per tier
| Tier | Cost (gold) | Damage | Range (tiles) | Attacks every | Damage / s | Build time | Specials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whirlpool II | 260 | 96 | 3 | 1.7 s | 56.5 | 5 s | splash 2 tiles, slows 40% for 2.5 s |
| Whirlpool III | 520 | 178 | 3.3 | 1.65 s | 107.9 | 8.1 s | splash 2.5 tiles, slows 45% for 3 s |
| Whirlpool IV | 1040 | 336 | 3.5 | 1.57 s | 214 | 13.5 s | splash 3.2 tiles, slows 50% for 3.2 s |
From the game's data when this page was built. Damage per second is per target, before elements, armour and auras.
Upgrade path
Comes from: Geyser I (130 gold). The other branch is Riptide.
Strong and weak against
Whirlpool deals water damage. Fire beats nature, nature beats water and water beats fire.
- Strong against fire creeps (1.5× damage): Orc Warlord, Demon Lord, Dragon Lord and Wyvern.
- Weak against nature creeps (0.5× damage; bosses still take 0.75×): Scout, Swarmling, Howlrunner and Thornwarden.
- Neutral creeps take its normal damage.
- Armour cuts its damage: Siegebreaker 42%, Armored 35%, Thornwarden 30% and The Furnace Colossus 15%.
- While its slow lasts (50% at its top tier), a creep regenerates at 50% of its rate.
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