How do equipment buffs work on towers when switching characters

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I know from this question that when switching characters, the active character gets all the experience and credit.

However, how does this work with gear-based stats buffs? Does the tower get the weapon/armor buffs when it was placed, or from the current active player?

Example: I have a Squire with +20 to Tower Damage from buffs on his gear. I place my towers with him, then switch out to my Huntress, who has only +5 to Tower Damage from her gear. Do my towers get +20 damage or +5?

My main concern about this is because in using separate characters for Towers/Hero DPS, I often have gear that is tailored very differently. For example, on my Hero DPS Huntress, I may ignore the fact that a Bow has -5 to Tower Damage because I'm only using her for DPS. I don't want to accidentally nerf my towers though.

Best Answer

The equipment on the tower placing character is the equipment that matters for the defence built, so the towers would get the +20.

However, the active character's defences get a 33% boost, as noted by Patch 7.11 (scroll down to read it)

PvE: Active (non-retired) Heroes boost boost the Damage output of towers they specifically summoned by 33% (indicated via a Hero Face Icon on the tower's floating HUD)

(So when you switch away from the tower builder you are still nerfing your towers a little.)

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