The Barrel Roller is a melee unit from the Legacy faction. They are equipped with an explosive barrel. |
Overview[]
The Barrel Roller is a low health, medium speed unit that explodes upon reaching their enemies, dealing high damage.
Location[]
To unlock, go to the Legacy map and look towards the Blue camp. You will find a barrel near one of the tents. Stare at it until it glows and shakes to unlock the unit. |
Appearance[]
The Barrel Roller appears to be a Pirate with white hair and a tricorner hat, riding on a normal explosive barrel. To move towards his destination, the Barrel Roller walks forward.
Unit Voice[]
Usage[]
A good way to use the Barrel Roller is to accumulate hordes of troops with a Peasant or two accompanying the Barrel Roller, which then explodes, killing or severely damaging the horde of enemies. Never use melee units where the barrel roller is going to explode, as there is friendly-fire in TABS. Barrel Rollers are highly susceptible to ranged units (Archers, Muskets, etc.).
Trivia[]
- In Early Access, the same can be done by using the "Units Don't Die" bug, except that the Barrel Roller floats.
- After the split of the Napoleon faction, the Barrel Roller was meant to be added to the Pirate faction before being moved to the legacy faction.
- They can sometimes glitch out and have their barrel fly into the sky.
- When walking, Barrel Rollers can easily get stuck on obstacles, which can make them completely useless if the entire enemy team is ranged
- In reality, Barrel Rollers should be walking backwards in order to roll the barrel forward. However, walking forwards may be intended.
- The barrel rollers icon is the same from the alphas but that it has been rotated 90 degrees.
- In the open/closed alpha, barrel rollers would leave a patch of fire on the ground for 10 seconds.
- In the closed alpha, you could also use a Gravity Dude and a Barrel Roller together to kill everything trapped in the Gravity Dude's vortex.
- If you take control of a barrel roller on first person mode you actually can press a button to detonate the barrel or else it won't detonate.
- When on the Neon Map, they are attracted to the tower in the middle, and they will blow up randomly.
- In the alphas, it is possible for the Peasant to be knocked off his barrel. The peasant is unable to attack, but the barrel can explode either by a unit touching it, or the peasant dying.