Arc welding himself to one of Zomboss' mega blimps was one of the lower points of his employment at Zomboss Inc. He's now been demoted to the front lines and placed on probation.
In-game description
The Welder packs an explosive punch, dealing fire damage over time.
The Welding Blaster is the primary weapon of the Welder. The facts below apply to a fully upgraded weapon.
The damage per hit at all ranges base and critical is 26.
The max DPS at all ranges is 46.1.
The splash damage at all ranges is 10.
The weapon has a fire effect which activates with a hit from the weapon. The fire effect deals 5 damage per second for 4 seconds. The effect activates from splash damage as well.
The Sonic Grenade is a grenade that, when thrown, will stun plants in a small radius for a short time and forces BurrowingChompers out from the ground.
An alternate ability of the Sonic Grenade, the Proximity Sonic Mine is a landmine which can stun plants for about five seconds when they come close to it. It makes Chompers come out of their Burrow ability if they are using it. This can be very useful for defending a teleporter or trying to escape from plants.
The Jackhammer allows for quicker movement but at the cost at not being able to use your other abilities, though you can still fire your primary weapon, and if you bump into a plant, the plant will suffer knockback and light damage.
An alternate ability of the Jackhammer, the Turbo Jackhammer functions the same as the Jackhammer except that it travels faster, but lasts for a shorter amount of time.
The Sonic Grenade is a grenade that, when thrown, will stun plants in a small radius for a short time and forces BurrowingChompers out from the ground.
An alternate ability of the Sonic Grenade, the Proximity Sonic Mine is a landmine which can stun plants for about five seconds when they come close to it. It makes Chompers come out of their Burrow ability if they are using it. This can be very useful for defending a teleporter or trying to escape from plants.
The Jackhammer allows for quicker movement but at the cost at not being able to use your other abilities, though you can still fire your primary weapon, and if you bump into a plant, the plant will suffer knockback and light damage.
An alternate ability of the Jackhammer, the Turbo Jackhammer functions the same as the Jackhammer except that it travels faster, but lasts for a shorter amount of time.
Weapon upgrades
Heat Resistant Reloader
With a heat resistant reloader the reload times improve.
Extra Heat Storage
Heating storage improved resulting in an increase in ammo capacity.
Extra Hot Fireballs
Who wants some extra Hot Fireballs? They look great, they're hot, and they increase damage.
Strategies
This character is similar to the Fire Pea, due to having splash damage and a fire effect. What sets the Welder apart is the abilities. The Sonic Grenade is amazing to use with this character, as it can set groups of plants up to take a lot of damage, as well as suffer form the fire effects. Use to Jackhammer to rush to ranges where you are comfortable shooting from. If you can keep on the pressure, the Welder can be one of the most dangerous Engineer variants in the game due to his sheer damage output.
Unlocking (Garden Warfare only)
In order to unlock this variant, the player must reach rank 10 with the Engineer class. They need to do this by completing challenges with the Engineer and any of its variants. The player earns a character piece for each rank they level up starting at level 6 all the way to level 10.