# Every Tower's Job

> Every Blockade Brigade tower and its job: crowds, armour, reach, control, support and gold. Each tower's price, main strength and the second thing it does well.

- Page: https://blockadebrigade.com/strategies/tower-roles
- Site: Blockade Brigade, a tower defense game for Windows PC (https://blockadebrigade.com/)
- Last updated: 2026-10-27
- Text generated: 2026-11-02 07:36 UTC

Every tower has one job it does better than any other, and a second thing it is good at. Know the job and you know where it goes.

All-rounder 1 tower

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cannon Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/cannon) | 50 | Cheap, steady damage on ground and air | The best first tower of a game |

Crowds 5 towers

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cluster Mortar](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/cluster_mortar) | 250 | The biggest splash: one bomb can catch a whole group | Cracks armour |
| [Acid Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/acid) | 120 | Several hoses melt the health of a group | Covers a bend in the path well |
| [SawBlade Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/saw_blade) | 150 | Sends a blade down the path that hits everything on it | Good armour damage |
| [Lightning Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/lightning) | 125 | Lightning chains from enemy to enemy; shocked enemies draw more chains | Overcharges on 4 or more hits |
| [Tesla Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/tesla) | 600 | Bolts that jump between enemies | Strong against shields |

Armour and big targets 4 towers

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Missile Silo](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/missile_silo) | 200 | The armour specialist, ground and air | Stronger built in groups of 2 or 3 |
| [Railgun Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/railgun) | 450 | One shot goes through a whole line of enemies | The most armour and shield damage per shot |
| [Magnet Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/magnet) | 325 | Tears armour off enemies | Turns that armour into heavy armour-piercing slugs |
| [Laser Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/laser) | 175 | Boss and Blimp killer: the beam keeps getting stronger on one target | Burns through armour and reaches any height |

Reach 4 towers

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Sniper Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/sniper) | 500 | Very long range, big single hits | Strong against shields and armour |
| [Helicopter](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/helicopter) | 200 | Huge range: it flies out to the enemy | You pick its focus: shields, armour or health |
| [Airport](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/airport) | 800 | Planes cover nearly the whole map | Splash on ground and air |
| [Drone Hive](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/drone_hive) | 375 | Drones chase an enemy far beyond the tower's range | Hits ground and air |

Special enemies 1 tower

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Water Pump](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/water_pump) | 500 | Inferno killer: huge damage against fire enemies | Much stronger with water around it |

Control 3 towers

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Cold Snap](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/cold_snap) | 75 | Slows enemies, ground and air | Critical hits freeze them |
| [Gravity Well](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/gravity_well) | 400 | Pulls enemies into one tight group | Splash towers and Missile Silos in its range fire the moment the group forms |
| [Portal Tower](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/portal) | 475 | Sends enemies back down the path | A hit when they land |

Support and gold 4 towers

| Tower | Price | Its job | Also good at |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Support Station](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/support_station) | 600 | Boosts the towers around it | You pick the boost: damage, reload speed or range |
| [Repair Drones](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/repair_drones) | 300 | Repairs base lives after each wave | More drones, more lives repaired |
| [Miner](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/miner) | 150 | Earns gold every wave | Earns more on taller hills |
| [Power Plant](https://blockadebrigade.com/towers/power_plant) | 200 | Makes power for your towers | Makes more on a hill or a platform |

- Putting a team together
- Cover the three kinds of trouble: something for crowds, something for armour and something that hits flyers. See [Armour, shields and flyers](https://blockadebrigade.com/strategies/armour-shields-flyers).
- Control towers do little damage themselves. Their job is to give your damage towers more time or better targets: a Cold Snap in front of your big guns, a Gravity Well next to your splash.
- A Support Station is only as good as the towers it reaches. Put it beside your strongest ones.
- Not every tower is open at the start: many are unlocked with research.

The Clanker says

Every tower has a job. Mine is to walk. I am very good at it.

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