SpongeBob Tower Defense Tier List [Update 13]

With an ever-expanding roster of iconic Bikini Bottom characters in SpongeBob TD, it can be hard to keep track of what's good, and if you're completely new, you'll be even more clueless. So, to help you out, we created the ultimate SpongeBob Tower Defense units tier list.

SpongeBob Tower Defense (Spongebob TD) Units Tier List

Tier	Units
S++
S+
S
A
B
C
D

You can find our SpongeBob Tower Defense tier list in the table above. Even though the difference in the units menu seems minor between each character, they actually all have unique attacks and mechanics that can make them worth more than some higher-rarity characters.

For example, units like Handsom Squidward, Slappy Laszlo, and Garry can slow, while Princess Mindy and Flying Dutchman have line AoE attacks, which makes them worth placing on corners. For more details, check the SpongeBob TD unit list and descriptions below.

Limited SpongeBob TD Units

Limited units are fairly unique in SpongeBob Tower Defense as you can only get them by participating in events, and they are usually OP and towards the top of the tier list. Currently, the only limited unit is the Soaring Starfish, which you can now get only via trading.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Soaring Starfish	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 1,600 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 25 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good splash DPS + Very good range – Small splash area

Secret SpongeBob TD Units

Secret units are the best Spongebob Tower Defense has to offer, and they are almost exclusively at the top of the tier list. Their only downside is the 1 placement limit, which you can bypass by getting the Sidekick trait, effectively doubling their DPS.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Dennis	Attack: Full AoE, Burn DMG: 9,500 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 24 Max Placement: 1	+ One of the best units in SpongeBob TD + Insane full AoE DPS with a bonus single-target attack + Insane range + Burns enemies with his attacks
Hash Slinging Slasher	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 8,400 SPA: 1 RNG: 25 Max Placement: 1	+ One of the best units in SpongeBob TD + Insane full AoE DPS with a bonus single-target attack + Insane range
Sea Bear	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 7,000 SPA: 1 RNG: 28 Max Placement: 1	+ Broken splash AoE DPS + One of the best units in SpongeBob TD + Insane range + All around OP
Dream Gary	Attack: Splash AoE, Slow DMG: 1,216 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 17 Max Placement: 1	+ Meta support unit + One of the best support units in SpongeBob TD + Slow
SpongeHenge	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 4,125 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 1	+ Insane full AoE DPS + Meta full AoE DPS + Very good range + One of the best units in SpongeBob TD
Cyborg Plankton	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 2,500 SPA: 1.3 RNG: 26 Max Placement: 1	+ Insane pierce DPS + Insane range – Subpar compared to more recent Secret units

Mythical SpongeBob TD Units

Mythical units are the second-strongest rarity in SpongeBob Tower Defense, and they are mostly at the top of the tier list. However, unlike secret units, some of the mythicals are power-creeped, and they simply don't work anymore, most notably King Neptune.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Lord Poltergeist	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 1,250 SPA: 2 RNG: 23 Max Placement: 2	+ One of the best mythical full AoE units + Very good full AoE DPS + Very high range – Relatively low single-target DPS
Richard	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 2,400 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 22 Max Placement: 3	+ Extremely good line AoE DPS + Very good range + One of the best mythical units
Bubbles The Dolphin	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 2,500 SPA: 1.2 RNG: 24 Max Placement: 3	+ Extremely good line AoE DPS + Excellent range + One of the best mythical units in SpongeBob Tower Defense
Sea Rhino	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 2,500 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 28 Max Placement: 3	+ Extremely good pierce AoE DPS + Extremely good range + One of the best mythical units
Band Geek Mr. Krabs	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 950 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good splash AoE DPS + Big splash area – Relatively low range
Band Geek Mrs. Puff	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 1,800 SPA: 2 RNG: 26 Max Placement: 3	+ Insane range and pierce DPS + One of the best mythical units + Meta DPS
Pinhead Larry	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,200 SPA: 2 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good pierce DPS + Solid range – Lacking single-target DPS – Power creeped by other units
Dirty Dan	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 800 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 17 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good splash DPS + Solid range + Relatively big splash area – Power creeped by other units
GG Rock Spongebob	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,480 SPA: 0.3 RNG: 24 Max Placement: 3	+ Meta line DPS unit + Insane range + One of the best mythical units in SpongeBob Tower Defense
The Quickster	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 540 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good full AoE DPS + Good range – Lacking single-target DPS – Power creeped by other units
Captain Magma	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 1,820 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 15 Max Placement: 3	+ Meta AoE DPS unit + Extremely high DPS – Low range
SpongeGar	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 1,000 SPA: 3 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good single-target DPS + Boss killer – No AoE at all – Can't carry alone – Low range
Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 520 SPA: 2 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 3	+ Good AoE DPS + Full AoE – A bit lacking single-target DPS – Low range – Power creeped by other units
Realistic Fish Head	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 450 SPA: 2 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid AoE DPS + Full AoE – Low range – A bit lacking single-target DPS – Power creeped by other units
Mermaid Man	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,378 SPA: 3 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 2	+ Extremely good AoE DPS – Small AoE – Low range – Power creeped by other units
Man Ray	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 900 SPA: 1 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Good range + Solid line DPS – Long attack animation lowers DPS – Power creeped by other units – One of the worst Mythic units in SpongeBob TD
King Neptune	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 315 SPA: 3 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 2	+ Solid range + Very big AoE radius – Bad single-target DPS – Power creeped by other units – One of the worst Mythic units in SpongeBob TD
Hibernation Sandy	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 875 SPA: 2 RNG: 22 Max Placement: 3	+ Excellent line AoE DPS + Solid single-target DPS + Very good range – Narrow attack area – Power creeped by other units

Legendary SpongeBob TD Units

Legendary units are the golden middle between mythical and epic units. They all have 3 max placements, and they are often very OP, especially the more recent ones. However, some of the old ones are garbage and among the worst units in SpongeBob Tower Defense, making the legendary units fairly spread out through the tier list in general.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Spot	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 2,750 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good splash DPS + Big splash AoE radius – Low range compared to other meta legendaries – Subpar single-target DPS to other meta legendaries
Dream Patrick	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 2,048 SPA: 1 RNG: 24 Max Placement: 3	+ One of the best legendary single-target DPSs + Insane range and damage + Extremely low SPA
Perch Perkins	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,960 SPA: 1.4 RNG: 24 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good line AoE DPS for a legendary + One of the best legendary units + Extremely high range
Band Geek SpongeBob	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,873 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 25 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good line AoE DPS for a legendary + One of the best legendary units + Extremely high range
Band Geek Pearl	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 560 SPA: 2.3 RNG: 18 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good AoE DPS for a legendary unit + Solid range for a full AoE + One of the best legendary units – Expensive for a starter
Miss Appear	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 1,395 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Extremely good pierce DPS + Very good range + Excellent single-target DPS – Power creeped by other units
Mr. Krabs	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 522 SPA: 5 RNG: 11 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid AoE DPS – Very high SPA – AoE radius is a bit small – Low range
Handsome Squidward	Attack: Splash AoE, Slow DMG: 275 SPA: 2 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 3	+ Meta support unit + Very good dps + Slow – Low range
Flying Dutchman	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 500 SPA: 2 RNG: 13 Max Placement: 3	+ Okayish line AoE DPS + Solid single-target DPS – Low range – Power creeped by other units
Tango Karen	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 850 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid single-target DPS – Abyssmal AoE DPS – Long attack animation – One of the worst legendary units in SpongeBob Tower Defense
Snow Mollusk	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,170 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 17 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good line DPS + Better than Dutchman and the like + One of the best legendary units
Plankton	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 255 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 18 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good range + Okayish AoE DPS – Little reason to use him over Dutchman and Snow Mollusk – One of the worst legendary units in SpongeBob Tower Defense
DoodleBob	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 390 SPA: 2 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid single-target DPS + Solid range – No AoE DPS – Can't carry alone – One of the worst legendary units in SpongeBob Tower Defense

Epic SpongeBob TD Units

Epic units have 3 max placement, same as legendary units, but they all have just straight-up lower stats. There are some exceptional epic units towards the top of the tier list, like the full AoE Granny Tentacles (one of the best starters in SpongeBob Tower Defense), but most others are just mid and outscaled by most legendary units.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Granny Tentacles	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 1,350 SPA: 2.3 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Insane full AoE DPS for an epic unit + One of the best epic units in the game + Solid range – Bad single-target DPS compared to other meta epics
Band Geek Plankton	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 925 SPA: 1 RNG: 18 Max Placement: 3	+ Insane splash DPS for an epic unit + One of the best epic units in the game + Single-target DPS is through the roof
Band Geek Patrick	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 900 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 22 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good line DPS for an epic unit + Extremely good range
Texas Sandy	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 230 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 19 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good range – Bad single-target DPS
Mermaid Man Spongebob	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 1,000 SPA: 2.3 RNG: 17 Max Placement: 3	+ Very wide line AoE + Extremely good line AoE DPS for an epic unit + One of the best epic units
Karen	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 405 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 3	– Very slow attack animation – One of the worst epic units
Princess Mindy	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 240 SPA: 3 RNG: 16 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid range and attack animation – A bit low single-target DPS
Atomic Flounder	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 300 SPA: 1 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good full AoE DPS – Very low range – Power creeped by other units
Patty Obsessed Squidward	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 160 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid full AoE DPS – Power creeped by other units
Larry The Lobster	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,120 SPA: 2 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 3	+ Very good line DPS + One of the best epic units – Narrow AoE radius
Dirty Bubble	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 175 SPA: 3 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 3	+ Okayish AoE DPS – Low range
Baby Prunes	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 384 SPA: 3 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 3	+ Solid line AoE DPS – Relatively low range – There are better AoE epic units

Rare SpongeBob TD Units

Rare units are often the best starters SpongeBob Tower Defense has to offer, and some of them are so good they rank towards the top of the tier list. Plus, they have 4 max placements, making them better than some OP mythicals even in terms of pure DPS, most notably, Band Geek Sandy.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Band Geek Sandy	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 1,500 SPA: 1.7 RNG: 20 Max Placement: 4	+ Broken DPS for a rare unit + One of the most meta and easy to get starter units – Outscaled by most legendary starters
Band Geek Squidward	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 361 SPA: 2.8 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Insane DPS for a full AoE rare unit + One of the best starter units in the game – Outscaled by more recent epic starters
Karate Sandy	Attack: Single DMG: 135 SPA: 1.8 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Okayish single-target DPS – No AoE – One of the worst rare units in SpongeBob TD
The Elastic Waistband	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 284 SPA: 3 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 4	+ Good full AoE rare unit + Very good full AoE DPS – Power creeped by other units
Bubble Buddy	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 440 SPA: 3 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Very good rare unit + Solid line AoE DPS – Little reason to use him over new meta starters
Grandma Square Pants	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 420 SPA: 1.2 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 4	+ Easy to get + Very good AoE DPS – Puff and Squilliam are better
Krusty Krab	Attack: Farm Gold: 180 Max Placement: 2	+ Fairly useful for story/challenges/raids + Only farm unit in SpongeBob Tower Defense + Meta support
Kevin C. Cucumber	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 210 SPA: 3 RNG: 9 Max Placement: 4	+ Very good AoE DPS – Extremely low range – There are better rare units
Lord Royal Highness	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 320 SPA: 2.3 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Solid line DPS – Low range – Underwhelming single-target DPS
Old Man Jenkins	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 112 SPA: 3.9 RNG: 13 Max Placement: 4	+ Big AoE radius + Okayish DPS – Little reason to use him over other rare AoE units – One of the worst rare units in SpongeBob TD
Slappy Laszlo	Attack: Splash AoE, Slow DMG: 40 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Solid support unit + Slow – Short slow duration – One of the worst rare units in SpongeBob TD
Squilliam Fancyson	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 120 SPA: 3 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Solid full AoE DPS – Low range – Power creeped by other units
Pearl	Attack: Full AoE DMG: 120 SPA: 3.3 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 4	+ Extremely solid full AoE DPS + Solid range – Power creeped by other units
Mrs. Puff	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 525 SPA: 2 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 4	+ Solid AoE DPS – Low range

Uncommon SpongeBob TD Units

Uncommon units used to be useful in the early game, but with so many codes in SpongeBob Tower Defense, nowadays, they are virtually pointless, and that's why they are all at the bottom of the tier list.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
Karate SpongeBob	Attack: Single DMG: 100 SPA: 2 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 5	+ Okayish single-target DPS – No AoE – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Barnacle Boy Patrick	Attack: Single DMG: 125 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 5	+ One of the best uncommon units + Excellent single-target DPS – Non-existant AoE DPS – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Gene Scallop	Attack: Pierce AoE DMG: 70 SPA: 2 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 5	+ Solid line DPS – Low range – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Jim	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 75 SPA: 3 RNG: 14 Max Placement: 5	+ Okayish single-target DPS – One of the worst uncommon units in SpongeBob Tower Defense – Non-existant AoE DPS – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Barnacle Boy	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 72 SPA: 2 RNG: 8 Max Placement: 5	– One of the worst uncommon units in SpongeBob Tower Defense – Very low range – DoT does no damage at all – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Bubble Bass	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 64 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 9 Max Placement: 5	+ Okayish DPS – Small AoE radius – Low range – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Goofy Goober Waiter	Attack: Splash AoE DMG: 64 SPA: 2 RNG: 12 Max Placement: 5	+ Solid range + Solid AoE DPS + One of the best uncommon units – Outscaled by all rare units – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP

Common SpongeBob TD Units

Similarly to uncommon units, the common ones are virtually useless now in SpongeBob Tower Defense. The only exceptions are SpongeBob and Squidward, which are good for the first few story stages, and that's why they aren't glued to the bottom of the tier list like all the others.

Unit	Stats	Pros & Cons
SpongeBob	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 224 SPA: 3 RNG: 10 Max Placement: 6	+ Solid AoE DPS for a common + The best common unit in SpongeBob TD – Bad single-target DPS – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Sandy	Attack: Single DMG: 50 SPA: 1.5 RNG: 8 Max Placement: 6	+ Very good single-target DPS – Short range – No AoE – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Patrick	Attack: Single DMG: 42 SPA: 4 RNG: 13 Max Placement: 6	+ Okayish single-target DPS + Good range – Underwhelming compared to Squidward and SpongeBob – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Gary	Attack: Splash AoE, Slow DMG: 18 SPA: 2.5 RNG: 8 Max Placement: 3	+ Support unit – Slow duration is too short – Extremely bad DPS – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP
Squidward	Attack: Line AoE DMG: 280 SPA: 3.5 RNG: 9 Max Placement: 6	+ Very solid DPS for a common unit – Low range – Useful only if you're just starting out; replace ASAP

That does it for our SpongeBob Tower Defense (SpongeBob TD) units tier list. For more guides, including the tier list of all traits, visit the SpongeBob Tower Defense section on our website.