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Glenn is a pizza delivery guy known for his endurance and resilience. He is armed with a knife, and dressed in a light and dark gray t-shirt, black pants, red shoes, and a blue and white baseball cap. After getting back up, his face, arms, shirt, and pants will be covered in his blood.

Military logo Glenn Woods is Glenn's first exclusive skin. He is armed with a knife, and dressed in a black T-shirt underneath a tactical vest with pouches, green camo pants, tan gloves, and a brown and red baseball cap with a tactical headset. After getting back up, his face, arms, vest, gloves, and pants will be covered in his blood.

Police logo Patrolman Glenn is Glenn's second exclusive skin. He is armed with a nightstick, and dressed in a policeman's uniform with a police badge, black pants, a brown belt with a yellow buckle, and a black police cap with a white emblem. After getting back up, his face, arms, uniform, pants, and nightstick will be covered in his blood.

Northerners logo Glenn Pines is Glenn's third exclusive skin. He is armed with a knife, and dressed in a black vest, a red T-shirt, black shorts, gray socks, black shoes, and a blue and white baseball cap. After getting back up, his face, the side of his head, arms, shirt, and pants will be covered in his blood.

He can be unlocked for 700 coins after reaching player level 6.

Functionality[]

Basics[]

Glenn is a fighter, meaning he engages in close-quarters combat, and can destroy the barricade.

Like most fighters, Glenn has low health and base damage, yet very fast attack and movement speed. His crits are landed just as swiftly. He has a medium courage cost and a very short preparation time.

Some time after (fully) dying, Glenn will turn into Tipsy.

Perks and Abilities[]

When killed for the first time, Glenn will revive on his own after 12 seconds (or immediately in Skirmish and Supply Runs) with 90% of his max health and a brief 0.5 seconds of invulnerability. Glenn's change in appearance and animations upon revival are purely aesthetic.

Revival removes the poison effect if he had it before death. The same holds true for fire damage as long as he isn't killed by it. If Glenn has the inspiration buff, he will always revive with it, and has a chance of receiving it otherwise. Fury buffs are lost when he is knocked out, but he can regain it if the item was still in effect.

Upon reaching level 13, Glenn's special can be unlocked, granting him a second revive. This ability vastly extends Glenn's presence on the battlefield, helping with his role as a pressure applier, and increasing his overall damage output to single targets. While that helps to justify Glenn's courage cost, he still retains his other general problems.

Gameplay[]

Main Campaign[]

Thanks to his higher base damage and attack speed than most fighters, Glenn functions as an efficient burst unit who also doesn't struggles against some hordes of zombies. His revival perk also makes him a valid option against poisonous enemies, as long as he receives some extra support. Unfortunately, Glenn is far from an all-around good unit, as he is simply too expensive, making it difficult to take advantage of associated team powers without using Generator.

His perk can negate poison upon knockout, meaning he wouldn't need to worry about its damage over time effect once there are no more poison enemies to fight. He will also negate any fire damage, provided if he isn't reduced to ashes or torched while knocked out by stray fire pools produced by Turret/Generator/Red Barrel/Molotov. An Energy Sphere will prevent him from reviving completely. Additionally, he is vulnerable when getting up.

Skirmish[]

In League, Glenn is generally not a strong choice due to his lack of bullet resistance. His only ability doesn't increase his survivability all that much due to the perk taking effect immediately in PvP – Glenn is largely vulnerable during his revive animation, often resulting in him getting killed again, usually by the same unit who took him down the first time or from crossfire from enemy ranged units.

However, Glenn becomes a vital member of Military and Police teams when joining his fellow Team Power members. His revival perk makes great use out of 3/3 Military team power which is one of the most cheesiest but highly effective strats to do. He’s also able to take great advantage of Military 5/5, as he can approach and get the first hit in. Not to mention that Glenn regains the effect of Military 5/5 when he revives, allowing him to effectively pull off surprise ambushes after the initial chaos subsides. And in Police, the shield he gets from Police 3/3 allows him to become an even more effective meatshield.

While his only perk becomes questionable in terms of viability, it does gives Glenn potential in meat shielding as he virtually has a higher total health pool. This potential is further improved with his special ability unlocked. He is able to tank things like Mechanic's additional damage and still fight on. Thanks to the immediate effects of his perk in Skirmish, Glenn's corpse cannot be burned off the ground by fire pools if he can still revive, although he will likely take fire damage if he does. His courage cost could be an issue given that he costs the second most out of all units in his class when the courage could be spent on a ranged unit or a cheaper fighter who'd give similar results.

Item Sets[]

Thanks to his fast attack speed, Glenn is capable of benefiting from just about any set that boosts damage, be it Gentleman or Gambling, with the former being the best option as usual. During mid-to-late-game, he can also find great success with Lucky Guy, since it accentuates his role as a meat shield by allowing him to survive even more lethal strikes. It's also the best option for Glenn when he is used as a member of Military, but can work with Police teams as well to reapply the Fury buff for units spawned after him.

Glenn is one of the few units for whom agility watches are strictly better than prep. time, since he already has a very short preparation time. He can find use from all sorts of books (aside from +% ranged, for obvious reasons) but the choice depends on his team and item set. If he is a member of Police, then +% health allows for him to be an even better wall as a part of 3/3. If he is in Northerners, +% crit. damage allows him to land massive bursts. In all other teams, +% melee is an acceptable option, unless you use Gentleman set, which requires a +% crit. chance book instead.

Skins and Synergies[]

Glenn, along with his respective skins, is a part of several teams: Military, Police, and Northerners.

Name Glenn Glenn Woods Patrolman Glenn Glenn Pines
Skin Glenn Sprite Military Glenn Sprite Police Glenn Sprite Northerners Glenn Sprite
Unlock Req. 300 money 300 money 300 money
Team Military logo Military Police logo Police Northerners logo Northerners

In all of the above teams, this unit is never a bad option, as he is capable of abusing their team powers one way or another. In Military, Glenn's revival doubles or even triples his chance as a single unit to summon an extra Specops on death. In Police, his revival means that he can activate the team's 5/5 synergy multiple times, providing insane support for both old teammates, and newly incoming units. Meanwhile, in Northerners, Glenn benefits from being the only melee unit with fast attack speed and a regular crit attack, increasing his burst damage potential even further.

Level stats[]

Level Health Main damage
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

Trivia[]

  • Glenn's deleted backstory was a reference to comic book series Kick-Ass. Similarly, to the protagonist David Lizewski, Glenn suffered a great deal of physical trauma that resulted in him having metal surgically implanted to his body to further protect him.
  • Glenn is a direct reference to the character of the same name from the comic book and TV series The Walking Dead. Glenn's description and ability to revive after supposedly being killed references (and jabs at) the absurd number of times The Walking Dead's Glenn seemingly cheated death in both the comics and show. In other words, his Plot Armor is being made fun of.
    • His flavor text even plays into this, being "he was always hard to kill.".
  • The Glenn Pines skin is reference to Dipper Pines From Gravity Falls.

Gallery[]

Units
Base game
Humans Redneck Farmer Builder Mechanic Pepper Chopper Firefighter Sheriff Charlotte Glenn Policeman Diaz Grenadier Gunslinger Private Rodriguez Sniper Polina Welder Carlos Guard Medic Sonya Ranger Willy Light Soldier Carol Paramedic Nancy Builder Abby Rogue Lionheart Juggernaut
Inanimate Empty Barrel Medkit Red Barrel Molotov Generator Nitrogen Turret Drone
Plot Sheriff Bill Minor Characters
Premium
TMF Squad Flamethrower Soldier Cap Swat Rogue*
Circus Saw Berserker Queen Austin
Scientists Dr. Kane Dr. Norman Dr. Miller Drone
Other Jailer Specops Agents
Event
Halloween Andrea
Christmas Lester Cashier Red Hood
Escorts Princess
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