Gamemode rework really kills gladiator since quick spawn on wave 2 and gladiator can't hit em fast enough, heavy and boss spawn earlier too and also hidden, glad simply can't handle them, i personally hate this since this really delete gladiator speedrun method
The only gamemode that gladiator is still somewhat usefull in is just badlands(with 3 people having gladiator) and pizza party(atleast like 2 people with gladiator)
The game mode rework also really injured Elf Camp, it can't compete with the amount of things who stun units, specially since they have the lowest HP of all Spawner Towers now.
the main issue is increased health of the enemies. enemies nowadays can easily rack up to 10 hp in first few waves. not to mention fallen heavies being 70+ hp already
@@noobwithnorobuck2915Adding to your idea he could have an ability where he uses all swords at the exact same time for a short while. probably not a good idea
I remember using gladiator all the time to speed through molten and fallen matches like crazy. Now when I use it, bro barely scraps the surface on killing enemies such as the heavies in fallen now lol
I'm happy gladiator is getting reworked this year. He's clearly in need of a lot of buffs to make him good again. Let's just hope they don't pull a slasher
The problem with gladiator is the gamemodes and the reworks Since zombies now are faster and stronger, his crowd control is just too weak to deal with early game and in the late game is not enough, since now there is towers like trapper, military base with better dps in crowds and also an very good early game, there no reason to use it.
To put it simply, gamemode reworks KILLED Gladiator. The nerfs were fine, if not hurtful. But the new dps requirements? Gladiator just cant keep up. Heavies appear WAVE FIVE with 35 hp and 20% armor on MOLTEN. he simply doesn't keep up with the new ages dps standards.
Event towers in general are pretty 0 or 100 They can be good in their time ( toxic gunner, glad, elf camp, sledger ) Or only be trophys ( swarmer, archer, slasher)
@@jao9712 gonna be a 🤓, but... Swarmer was used in solo strats because of beehive bomb DoT stack. Holiday archer was a must have for gold grind and HW in 2020 and was a good tower overall. Slasher was also used for HW strats as early defense.
to be honest i hope they keep gladiator simple yet effective it was the main reason why people used gladiator he was just a good melee tower with no extra gimmicks beside a warriors call incase the have gets out of hand and with all the other melee towers being much more complex having stunning bleeding leaping freezing it would be nice to just have a standard reliable option with good dmg aoe and hidden.
On the same day the Gladiator was made as a gamepass somewhere in 2022, I also got robux from my parents but spent it right before I even knew it was out. I wanted the robux again so I could actually have the chance to get it. After many tantrums, I got the Gladiator. Epic!
I held a few wr speedruns in molten using gladiator for early game. However, I noticed as time passed my records were all being beaten since brawler became much better for early game when it was released. These people were beating my records a whole 30 seconds faster than my solo pb of 11:11, or my duo pb's of ~10:39, so they were unbeatable for me. For me that killed it, since speedrunning was for me at the time it's only use. Plus, this inflation of hp with the gamemode additions/reworks makes gladiator useless since it hasn't been balanced for this inflation. Hopefully the rework will help it out.
i do believe if glad had a unique gimmick it would definitely fit the role of an aoe cheap early tower, since they love their ammo/meter system so much then a hit count increasing their attack speed for the round would be a good gimmick over having another annoying button to press while i do like the interactive approach for tds, having the main interaction be trying to find which button presses what ability timed properly isn't fun all, but i do like the switching abilities and modes for towers, ive always liked that
gladiator NEVER should've been meta in the first place, as it is an event tower and it's best for it to be just good. nonetheless if the gladiator rework is anything like commando's, I am quite excited.
I remember back then in 2021 when gladiator was considered an op tower. Now honestly he's alright not the best but alright, one thing's for sure they definitely need to rework him so that he can be good again
I bought gladiator about a year ago it was fun to use until... Gamemodes had major reworks and all started do collaose, last gamemode i played on with glad was old molten sadly im not using gladiator cuz its just very bad, i hope they rework it and make it good :)
Out of topic, but i remember electroshocker used to be worst tower, and now they consider meta tower to stunned enemy and attacking flying enemy, great job electroshocker
I don't have gladiator but I used to see how tower was really powerful abd had to meet with him in matches a lot. Before, gladiator was really a meta until rebalances and reworks. Fallen, molten mode speedruns was really good with gladiator. Gladiator was #1 early game tower and only g scout was close to him. For now after brawler was added, shotgunner got buffed. Before brawler nerf and fallen rework I used to speedrun fallen mode with time scale for 8 minutes. That 2 nerfs about ability and piercing was to critical for gladiator and welp, his time has come.
his stat doesnt fit with the game requirements today old fallen and molten enemy from wave 1 to 20 are just super low like 4 to 300 at max now they are like 10 and 500
Gladiator deserves a rework because i used him alot back than but not as much due to his tower is very outdated with the new wave of game modes and enemies
The sledger rework with the new aoe melee attack mechanic when you select him might hint for the gladiator rework He slash and doing aoe damage and to be honest he is the clocest to a similar mechanic as the old sledger
Don't forget the Sledger has inf pierce (bug) and can literally smash any stalling tower. No Freeze? No problem, how about 75% chill? Defense? Melts through it, and cheeses everyone. Tank? (yeah maybe not so much but chill spam)
I don’t own glad but from what I’ve heard that he also sometimes misses his swings and only hits 1-2 enemies instead of the 3 which is a bug and unintentional if I’m correct But hey at least he’s getting reworked so that bug would be fixed but still kinda wish Swarmer got reworked tho
i thought glad could redeem himself with that legion challenge but no… he has max hits now from that one random nerf back then… at least he’s not terrible but damn.
In short : It’s outdated, The game has multiple eras and looks in its years but gladiator just needs a rework. Sledger had one, slasher had one, and the game is just changing again. Especially since the main modes were made harder, Reworking every single one, so the game is just completely different and gladiator doesn’t fit in.
the last time i played this game was on umbra boss event, i have a question: did they change the hardmode (?) system? like is it easier to get gems now or is it still the same
Exclusive towers are getting expensive, gladiator prob will cost 800 or 900 after rework instead 600 (I don't even have robux for 600 lol), I wish they make "the same event" for get old towers like gladiator, swarmer and archer
Gladiador NEEDS an rework, cuz' modern tds killed his utility, and you know who else needs an rework? My moth- _Swarmer_, he got so freaking heavily nerfed due to his bug, of bees stacking onto enemy, that was fixed, freaking *destroyed* everything on the tower, someone gotta give our forgotten boys an rework!
What is the current best melee tower in TDS?..
Hope you all enjoyed the video! :)
Slasher bro
Brawler in my opinion
Sledger.
@@Demolitionidiot Oh nah your right tho
Brawler
gladiator
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Gamemode rework really kills gladiator since quick spawn on wave 2 and gladiator can't hit em fast enough, heavy and boss spawn earlier too and also hidden, glad simply can't handle them, i personally hate this since this really delete gladiator speedrun method
Yea haha, i literally had old molten mode memorized by head for gladiator
The only gamemode that gladiator is still somewhat usefull in is just badlands(with 3 people having gladiator) and pizza party(atleast like 2 people with gladiator)
The game mode rework also really injured Elf Camp, it can't compete with the amount of things who stun units, specially since they have the lowest HP of all Spawner Towers now.
@Nichs-bd2wd elf was never good to begin with so
the main issue is increased health of the enemies. enemies nowadays can easily rack up to 10 hp in first few waves. not to mention fallen heavies being 70+ hp already
0:50 wow! this is such a cool segment with speedrunners using it! i sure hope none of them false strike this video!
How would anyone even think about it right? 😂
Gladiator could have a cool gimmick similar to jester that can allow him to switch between SFOTH swords to make him more diverse and versatile
Fire idea
Hold up, his writing is this fire?! 🔥🔥🔥
firebrand burns enemies
venomshank slows down enemy like toxic gunner
and so on
@@noobwithnorobuck2915Adding to your idea
he could have an ability where he uses all swords at the exact same time for a short while.
probably not a good idea
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I remember using gladiator all the time to speed through molten and fallen matches like crazy. Now when I use it, bro barely scraps the surface on killing enemies such as the heavies in fallen now lol
Bro I know even shotgunner is better
I'm happy gladiator is getting reworked this year. He's clearly in need of a lot of buffs to make him good again. Let's just hope they don't pull a slasher
The problem with gladiator is the gamemodes and the reworks
Since zombies now are faster and stronger, his crowd control is just too weak to deal with early game and in the late game is not enough, since now there is towers like trapper, military base with better dps in crowds and also an very good early game, there no reason to use it.
BRO ITS BACK THANK THE LORD THIS IS SUCH A GOOD VIDEO
"How gladiator went from og tower to tower that gets randomly obtainable by gamepass"
True
Money
@@Shololll ill buy it
@@TotallyNotSnowy. n o
@@Shololll why not :c
I really loved using gladiator for speed runs and kept me motivated to play the game every day, now I just play once in a while
To put it simply, gamemode reworks KILLED Gladiator. The nerfs were fine, if not hurtful. But the new dps requirements? Gladiator just cant keep up. Heavies appear WAVE FIVE with 35 hp and 20% armor on MOLTEN. he simply doesn't keep up with the new ages dps standards.
He even cant deal with breakers in badlands bc oh his 3 enemies per hit limit
Hopefully his rework this year will make him good again
Bro give swarmer some food
idk bout meta, but reliable like the others
He SHOULD NOT be the meta
Rework = gladiator sale again
@@ruru204yt true
Sledger 2nd Best Melee ngl
if you set 2 sledger a Last/Farthest target and other one Strongest or First
After all, every single tower and event tower had its best time.
Ok maybe not every tower but most of the towers.
I can say EVERY tower had it's time, even if it was a couple of minutes in the early waves of the event map.
Event towers in general are pretty 0 or 100
They can be good in their time ( toxic gunner, glad, elf camp, sledger )
Or only be trophys ( swarmer, archer, slasher)
@@jao9712 gonna be a 🤓, but...
Swarmer was used in solo strats because of beehive bomb DoT stack.
Holiday archer was a must have for gold grind and HW in 2020 and was a good tower overall.
Slasher was also used for HW strats as early defense.
amazing video, especially editing 👏🏻
W Vid!!! 🐢🔥🔥
w comment
the editting is SOO good
Thank you! 🙏
Keep up with the good work man!
Thank you Zilla!
1:32 yo Uhhmm… this example is backwards
Better than not having any face
yea a little goofy mistake.
to be honest i hope they keep gladiator simple yet effective it was the main reason why people used gladiator he was just a good melee tower with no extra gimmicks beside a warriors call incase the have gets out of hand and with all the other melee towers being much more complex having stunning bleeding leaping freezing it would be nice to just have a standard reliable option with good dmg aoe and hidden.
GJ mate, keep goin
On the same day the Gladiator was made as a gamepass somewhere in 2022, I also got robux from my parents but spent it right before I even knew it was out. I wanted the robux again so I could actually have the chance to get it. After many tantrums, I got the Gladiator. Epic!
3:44 well it can be massive pursuit's dps.. or massive amount of health that nuclear monster has or massive..
I held a few wr speedruns in molten using gladiator for early game. However, I noticed as time passed my records were all being beaten since brawler became much better for early game when it was released. These people were beating my records a whole 30 seconds faster than my solo pb of 11:11, or my duo pb's of ~10:39, so they were unbeatable for me. For me that killed it, since speedrunning was for me at the time it's only use. Plus, this inflation of hp with the gamemode additions/reworks makes gladiator useless since it hasn't been balanced for this inflation. Hopefully the rework will help it out.
i do believe if glad had a unique gimmick it would definitely fit the role of an aoe cheap early tower, since they love their ammo/meter system so much then a hit count increasing their attack speed for the round would be a good gimmick over having another annoying button to press
while i do like the interactive approach for tds, having the main interaction be trying to find which button presses what ability timed properly isn't fun all, but i do like the switching abilities and modes for towers, ive always liked that
Back in my day we used to FEIN for gladiator.. i remember it used in so many strats
What does fein mean
2021-22 gladiator might be the best prime any card has ever had
tower i mean i play too much clash royale
gladiator NEVER should've been meta in the first place, as it is an event tower and it's best for it to be just good.
nonetheless if the gladiator rework is anything like commando's, I am quite excited.
honestly this guy is fine he even asks other tds yt'ers for their opinion (+1sub)
Haha thank you 😊
I just got deja vu watching this after it’s been brought back. Turns out it’s the same video I watched when it came out..
THE VIDEO IS BACK!!!
I remember back then in 2021 when gladiator was considered an op tower. Now honestly he's alright not the best but alright, one thing's for sure they definitely need to rework him so that he can be good again
3:41 You know what else is massive?
the high strengthen color article
GET OUT
Bloathed giant boss
@kaiotrem358 oh nah
MY MOM *muscle Man laugh*
Gladiator my beloved...
I just watched your "how to build a flying boat" this is a glow up nice job👍
Thank you so much! Really put a lot into this 🙏
Swarmer: They fixeda bug and killed me.
That bug might aswell have been intentional.
i remember he was so meta i couldnt get into games in the discord because you needed glad for basically every hidden wave strat
ARISE GLADIATOR, YOUR TIME HAS COME TO SHINE TO BECOME ONCE THE BEST EARLY GAME TOWER !!!
its true man.
invest at 6.32k
expecting 1 mil 🤑
Gladiator rework if roblox classic event 2 comes
Probably around summer
And mybe lemonade stand farm
I know it's gonna get reworked
I just feel it
1:27 nostalgia explosion
I bought gladiator about a year ago it was fun to use until...
Gamemodes had major reworks and all started do collaose, last gamemode i played on with glad was old molten sadly im not using gladiator cuz its just very bad, i hope they rework it and make it good :)
love the vidoe idea
Preciate it :)
gladiator is one of the event towers that i will insta buy when rework comes out
1:30 ???
Out of topic, but i remember electroshocker used to be worst tower, and now they consider meta tower to stunned enemy and attacking flying enemy, great job electroshocker
5:06 bro Ace Pilot got nerfed down to the ground.
Still better than gsol almost😂
(Excluding hiddens)
@antsihooand cost efficiency, flight system
@antsihoo aint no way, still prefer gsoldier over ace
@antsihooGold Soldier smashes really hard
Rip to my boy ace pilot
FINALLY SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT IT!!
Gladiator: I’m forgotten 😭
Archer: 🗿🗿🗿
Swarmer:🗿🗿🗿
Swarmer still does 1 dps
Atleast both of them got a skin and a new animation meanwhile swarmer is still using the old animation and there is no skin for it
Archer LITERALLY got a rework just 1 year ago, tincan.
Yeah It Got Rework 1 Year Ago But For Me It's Look Outdated Now
@@Repration_Comfortical It’s called a rebalanced when the tower’s stats gets changed but the appearnce doesn’t change
W video am glad it came back it was striked for such a stupid reason btw what editing software you use bro ?
Is it worth buying glad if he came back again as a gamepass on his rework?
Well we’ll have to see if the rework makes him better or not
been a while that i didnt come to u channel u has changed especiality you voice and the edits
I remember how i used gladiator all the time back then. Now its brawler lol.
I don't have gladiator but I used to see how tower was really powerful abd had to meet with him in matches a lot. Before, gladiator was really a meta until rebalances and reworks. Fallen, molten mode speedruns was really good with gladiator.
Gladiator was #1 early game tower and only g scout was close to him. For now after brawler was added, shotgunner got buffed. Before brawler nerf and fallen rework I used to speedrun fallen mode with time scale for 8 minutes. That 2 nerfs about ability and piercing was to critical for gladiator and welp, his time has come.
his stat doesnt fit with the game requirements today
old fallen and molten enemy from wave 1 to 20 are just super low like 4 to 300 at max
now they are like 10 and 500
holy shit you’ve really changed your content i remember when i could just talk to you
abnomrals: 6 hp
quick fux: 8 hp (with crazy speed)
why did they decide to make speedy and quicks, tankier than normal and abnormal?
Tower defense simulator in the big 25 💔
He got worse but everything around him started to get stronger..
Still cool as hell, wish I didn't quit trying to beat the event.
Infinite pierce was like the one thing making glad good
TDS speedrunners are the most selfless players! They love helping the community, am I right? It's all just jokes.
Man I had the greatest birthday, the best event came out that’s crazy and no I wasn’t born in 2019
I remember quitting the game since I couldn't get this tower
Only reason I don’t use him is because his pierce got reduced to 3, it had infinite before
1:31 I think the normal boss image should be switched.
Gladiator deserves a rework because i used him alot back than but not as much due to his tower is very outdated with the new wave of game modes and enemies
the skins for gladiator tho they are super realistic same with the vigalante skin
I played when it was only just the 3 elevator room but I Didnt get the gladiator but got the commando.
after molten rework i don't use gladiator anymore. I play tds everyday and see him everyday wonder how I will use him
The sledger rework with the new aoe melee attack mechanic when you select him might hint for the gladiator rework
He slash and doing aoe damage and to be honest he is the clocest to a similar mechanic as the old sledger
Don't forget the Sledger has inf pierce (bug) and can literally smash any stalling tower.
No Freeze? No problem, how about 75% chill?
Defense? Melts through it, and cheeses everyone.
Tank? (yeah maybe not so much but chill spam)
I don’t own glad but from what I’ve heard that he also sometimes misses his swings and only hits 1-2 enemies instead of the 3 which is a bug and unintentional if I’m correct
But hey at least he’s getting reworked so that bug would be fixed but still kinda wish Swarmer got reworked tho
What's with the ignorance to warden?
Some strats still use it to solo molten and intermediate (including me)
Warden is paired with brawler to speedrun molten and fallen
I speed ran molten with warden time was 11 minutes and 28 seconds
it has alot of dps still, fym?
It's more of mid game to late game tower now instead of early with price increase and damage
The prime example of how 1 nerf can change a meta.
i thought glad could redeem himself with that legion challenge but no… he has max hits now from that one random nerf back then…
at least he’s not terrible but damn.
Archer : welcome to forgotten club
Cant wait for the gladiator rework this year
Honestly I think glad no longer being meta is good. You should have to pay money (if you didn’t get from 2019) just to play the best way possible
We're back baby
The devs confirmed he’s gonna get a rework this year
thank god i stopped myself from buying gladiator because i eventually knew that all event towers arent meta relevant.
Bee swarmer: “have we meet before?”
funny that this vid came after i used glad yesterday
Thank god he’s getting a rework early 2025
I mean yeah thats what happens when something stops being exclusive
In short : It’s outdated, The game has multiple eras and looks in its years but gladiator just needs a rework. Sledger had one, slasher had one, and the game is just changing again. Especially since the main modes were made harder, Reworking every single one, so the game is just completely different and gladiator doesn’t fit in.
How Gladiator became victim to Gamepass availability
Hey its back!
the last time i played this game was on umbra boss event, i have a question: did they change the hardmode (?) system? like is it easier to get gems now or is it still the same
Hardcore was changed from 2 void reavers to 1. Also gems were changed in value. But practically same gamemode.
@ okay thank youu
Id say buff its damage that it one shots Abnormals and that's it
Exclusive towers are getting expensive, gladiator prob will cost 800 or 900 after rework instead 600 (I don't even have robux for 600 lol), I wish they make "the same event" for get old towers like gladiator, swarmer and archer
Wait till we eventually get a gladiator rework again after this vid 😭🙏
I wonder if he's gonna make video about every event towers peak and downfall
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Gladiador NEEDS an rework, cuz' modern tds killed his utility, and you know who else needs an rework? My moth- _Swarmer_, he got so freaking heavily nerfed due to his bug, of bees stacking onto enemy, that was fixed, freaking *destroyed* everything on the tower, someone gotta give our forgotten boys an rework!
They said they are gonna rework him they said they already have the model they just changing the stats
Can't forget turret,bro still the same
@@Morakguy1950 it doesn't need a rework, its stat got changed a lot in 2024, like reducing placement limit to 3, over 400 dps
Bro even archer is better than swarmer😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@huongnguyenthi8915 yeah but the model is outdated
I got gladiator back when it came out and i never touched tds again lol :v
It’s still good for modes like intermediate, molten and below but its pointless for fallen
We back!
I can't wait for a rework that can only be experienced by paying 800 bobux instead of seeing a new base game tower that isn't lvl 100+